Satsang on the Bhagavad Gita

In the following satsang given in conjunction with the Bhagavad Gita Jayanti, Swami Maheshvaranand Ji, a senior disciple of Jagadgurutam Shri Kripalu Mahaprabhu, has expatiated on the importance of one's last thoughts at the time of death, and the dangers of attachments, which inform those final thoughts.

Maharaj-ji has touched on many important spiritual secrets buried in the sacred texts, including the following:

1. Recognising a true guru.

2. The dangers of accepting an unqualified and disqualified person as a guru

3. The importance of parting with prasad (sanctified remnants of a mahatma)

4. How one acquires the Grace of God.

5. Cycles of Yugas

A short biography of the the speaker: Swami Maheshvaranand Ji (Swami Ji) is a senior disciple of Jagadgurutam Shri Kripalu Mahaprabhu. A leader of the Radha Govind Society (RGS) in Trinidad, New York, Florida, and Canada, he has 30 years of experience spreading the philosophy of Bhakti to sincere seekers on the path to God realisation through thousands of discourses.

Swami Ji was born and raised in Trinidad. He was born to a Brahmin family. His grandfather was a revered Pandit - Pandit Ramdhanie from "Welcome in central Trinidad".

Swami Ji studied under the guidance of Senior Pandit Parasram from Mc. Bean Village, Couva. As a youth growing up in Trinidad, he was always actively involved in uplifting Hinduism by assisting several communities to raise funds for constructing mandirs and conducting Hindi classes at various venues. He had a very successful career as an engineer and secondary school teacher. However, he remained disenchanted with the world, believing there must be a greater purpose to his life beyond daily mundane existence. He resigned from his job and travelled to India in search of deeper meaning. He enrolled at the Sampurnaanand Sanskrit Vishwa Vidhyalaya in Varanasi and began studying Sanskrit.

In the year 1988, he visited the ashram of Shri Kripalu Mahaprabhu. After meeting him and spending just a short time there, he realised that he had found his true spiritual master under whose guidance he would find true happiness. He was accepted into his fold, and under his guidance, maharaj mastered the intricate secrets of all the various sacred texts.