Activities That Friends and Family Should Adopt to Avoid Conflict

This vignette is taken from Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji's discourses on the Mahabharata. Paramahamsaji focuses on a verse that details the activities that friends and family members should partake in to avoid conflict in their midst. In these times where small and big misunderstanding between close friends and relatives leads to so much of misery, this verse from the Mahabharata will be a great reminder to all of us about how to maintain closeness and friendship. The world revered teacher, Prajnananandaji chants the verse with his students at Hariharananda Gurukulam (at Balighai near Puri in India) and then elaborates in detail on each part of the verse. Guruji shares stories and narratives, including ones from his own experience, to help us understand. We share this vignette with our viewers with the hope that we will all contemplate on the Guru's teaching, adopt these practices, and make our lives and relationships more beautiful and peaceful. Paramahamsa Prajnanananda is a God-realized Yogi and the current Guru of an authentic and unbroken lineage of Kriya Yoga masters represented by Kriya Yoga International organizations. The Guru is an authority on scriptural wisdom and is renowned for helping seekers apply the scriptural concepts to day to day life. Please visit www.kriya.org to learn more about the Guru and his lineage, and also about his mission.