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Service above Self as a path to Self Realization
Is Rotary a Spiritual Organization ?
ByHari Kiran Vadlamani
Rotary District 3150 Conference held on 09/01/16 at Hyderabad
Disclaimer
• I have not done a systematic study of the Scriptures, nor do I know Sanskrit proficiently.
• I offer my gratitude to the Gurus from whom I am learning (by listening to their talks and reading their books), yet do not wish to name them for the fear of causing them embarrassment with my ignorance.
• Through this presentation, I only seek to explore the role of Service in Spiritual pursuits. This is not a Spiritual talk but a talk about Spirituality & Service.
Outline
Background
Influence of Gita on Paul Harris?
What is Spirituality ?
Discovering your divinity through Rotary
Background• Founded Advaita Academy in 2011• To preserve and promote traditional AdvaitaVedanta
• Follower of Gurus from Pujya Swami DayanandaSaraswati lineage.
• Nearly 100,000 Facebook Followers from across the world.
• 25 Teachers conduct classes which are live streamed or recorded from several places across the world.
• More than 4500 videos on various Scriptures.• Proposal to construct a Gurukul offering 3 year courses in Advaita Vedanta
• Advaita Vedanta is source spiritual knowledge that is logical & structured and therefore intellectually appealing to the beginners
Outline
Background
Influence of Gita on Paul Harris?
What is Spirituality ?
Discovering your divinity through Rotary
Influence of Gita on Paul Harris?
This book traces the impact of the Indian philosophy on foremost American thinkers like Emerson, Thoreau etc. Watch the link From 6.30 minutes to 11 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geU0SsjE5IA
Influence of Gita on Paul Harris?
Influenced by his Grandparents
Influenced by the philosophies of Emerson & Thoreau
Good ideas are like Rivers. The transformation they bring over hundreds of years, across geographies is profound.
Outline
Background
Influence of Gita on Paul Harris ?
What is Spirituality ?
Discovering your divinity through Rotary
Spirituality is solving a simple equation
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What is Spirituality ?
Purushartha or Human goals
Dharma
Artha
Kama
Moksha Liberation
Objects Events People
Pursuit of Happiness from the outside
Pursuit of Happiness from the inside
• Legal & Legitimate• Accounting
of unseen effects ;Punya & Papa
T for D
Three step process for sculpting yourself
Karma Yoga
UpasanaYoga
JnanaYoga
Liberation
Malam(Impurity)
Vikshepa(Disturbances)
Aavarana(Veil)
Three stage vison of God
Personal God Aham BrahmasmiIshvara(Seeing the world as God)
Outline
Background
Influence of Gita on Paul Harris ?
What is Spirituality ?
Discovering your divinity through Rotary
Karma Yoga in Seven Steps
UnderstandYourself
Re – Developyour Professional
Career
Plan your Rotary Career
Nishkama Karma
Giving back as your Dharma
Satvika Karma
Ishvara ArpanaPrasadaBhavam1
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Karma Yoga
UpasanaYoga
JnanaYoga
Liberation
Understand Yourself
Guna
RajasActivity
TamasIndolence
SatvaKnowledge
60%30%
10%
Rajas Sattva Tamas
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Ideal composition of Gunasin a Selflessly active person
Re-Develop your Professional Career
What you love doing or passionate about
What earns you themost income
Vasanas are inherent tendencies that
determine what you are good at.
Intersection of the three gives you the most satisfaction
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2The choice of your first career may not have been driven by your aptitude or passion. Time to look at a second innings if it was not.
Adapted from Jim Collins ‘ Good to Great”
Plan your Rotary career
What you love doing
Different roles in your Rotary Career
What you aregood at
Intersection of the three gives you satisfaction
Events
Leadership
Admin
Communication
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3Each of you have different motives for joining Rotary. Networking or Personality Development or Social Service.
Karma
NishkamaKarma
SakamaKarma
NishidhaKarma
Deva Yagna
PitruYagna
Rishi Yagna
ManushyaYagna
BhutaYagna
Pancha Maha Yagna
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The above four yagnas can also be done non ritualistically
Legitimate andmoderate pursuit of Artha & Kama
ProhibitedActions
Giving back is your Dharma
Approach to Karma
Vidhi
LordsCommandement
Yagna
Offering ingratitude
Dharma
Giving Backwhat you have
taken
SelfPurification
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T for D
Satvika Karma
Karma
Rajasic
Satvik Tamasic
Helpful to self,Harmful to others
Helpful to only Self
Helpful to Large number
of people including self
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Will it be beneficial to all concerned ?
Ishavararpana Prasada Bhavana
Work as an offering to Ishvara.
Only the best possible effort as its anoffering to the Lord.
Accepting the results as Prasadam
You get what you deserve & not what you Desire.
Trust that Ishvara is just.
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SatvikaAction
Nishkama Karma
BhutaYagna
Giving Back is your Dharma
Proper Action
Proper Attitude Rotary
Professional
Karma Yoga
UpasanaYoga
JnanaYoga
Liberation
Recap
ManushYagna
PitruYagna
RishiYagna
Time spent on Service
80%
20%
Time Spent
Professional
Rotary
Before After
100%
When the attitude of service pervades your profession
Object of Rotary
To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular,
to encourage and foster:
1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of
all useful occupations; and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation as an
opportunity to serve society;
3. The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to his personal,
business, and community life;
4. The advancement of international understanding, good will, and peace through a world
fellowship of business and professional men united in the ideal of service.
Three Rs for Spirituality
Karma Yoga
UpasanaYoga
JnanaYoga
Liberation
RishiRamdev( For Yoga)
Rotary
Baba Ramdev added only for alliteration purpose. It can be from any Yoga teacher .I personally do not subscribe to his social views
Conclusion - 3 take-aways for a Spiritual India
Attitude
Spiritual Path
Dharma T for D
2 G
3 R’s
We live in times of Digital India, Skill India etc. Also alliterations are fashionable.!
Tattvam for Dharmam.
Tatvalu are philisophical songs by BalaMurali Krishnan in Telugu.The lyrics convey both the need for modest desires as well as good karma being the only asset that you take with you upon death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elblyjta5rE
Two Gestures to describe Karma Yoga
Rotary, Ramdev & Rishi
Visit www.advaita-‐academy.org
For Rishi Yagna visit