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September 2021

• 604) If a daughter takes care of her parents because the son doesn’t, is she giving up her sva-dharma?

August 2021

• 603) Can we quote the Shabari pastime when it is not mentioned in the Valmiki Ramayana?
• 602) Can devotees participate in the puja of the devatas done in their family or community?
• 601) How can we interact with a worshiper of the devatas without criticizing or approving their conceptions?
• 600) Are our svabhava and prarabdha-karma two results of our past karma?
• 599) Do karmic actions and reactions happen at gross and subtle levels – do our present actions add to our destined pleasure or pain?

July 2021

• 598) Were Lord Chaitanya’s teachings influenced by navya-nyaya tradition present in Navadvipa?
• 597) Can the souls between lives learn from guides and choose their next lives – what is the Vedic perspective?
• 596) Amid danger, how can we be watcful without being fearful?
• 595) How can we experience Krishna’s love at our stage?
• 594) How can we become a responsible child of Krishna?
• 593) How exactly is change the only constant in the world?
• 592) Why does Krishna talk about controlling the senses to Arjuna when the purpose of the conversation seems to be to incite Arjuna to fight?
• 591) Don’t associate with Mayavadis – what does this mean practically?
• 590) Wouldn’t killing Ashwatthama have been just punishment & prevented his future attack with Brahmastra?
• 589) What is the difference between Gita 2.60 and 2.67?
• 588) Should scriptural stories be used to draw moral lessons that don’t convey Krishna’s supremacy clearly
• 587) ​How can a student practice bhakti?
• 586) Is it scientific to believe in weird things such as ghosts, hallucinations and near-death experiences?
• 585) How is mantra meditation different from other forms of meditation?
• 584) When scriptures depict animals speaking human languages, how is that to be understood?
• 583) When we are in anxiety searching for a new job, how can we maintain our spiritual practices?
• 582) When the Gita is spoken to one specific person, how can it be universal?
• 581) How can we cultivate the mode of goodness when we are puppets of the modes?
• 580) Is it really possible to be happy while you yourself see so much suffering in yours like as well as everywhere around?
• 579) Wasn’t it immoral for Rama to exile Sita on just a rumour?

June 2021

• 578) Is living in villages better for cultivating goodness and devotion?
• 577) Should we tell people about hellish torment to deter them from breaking the regulative principles?
• 576) Why did Prahlada Maharaja provide wine for demons instead of making them devotees as he did in childhood?
• 575) When we are unable to follow instructions, what can we do?
• 574) If we have to punish anyone, how can we decide whether we are over-punishing or under-punishing?
• 573) I can’t speak anything about God at my mother’s funeral – should I just remain silent?
• 572) How can we know if a particular guru is an uttama-adhikari or not?
• 571) When we multitask do we miss something as we switch from one thing to the next?
• 570) If we forget everything upon rebirth, how do our instincts carry over to the next life?

May 2021

• 569) How do we understand scriptural statements that reject all non-devotional literature
• 568) Is the Bhagavatam anti-grihastha ashram?
• 567) How do we know when we are accepting ourselves and when we are justifying our weaknesses?
• 566) If we feel empty or lonely despite having enough materially, how to respond to such feelings?
• 565) Is death as dreadful as we fear?

April 2021

• 564) If after striving for a long time in one area, we get only moderate success, what should we do?
• 563) Why is there no description of a pandemic in the Vedic scriptures?
• 562) How can we be responsible in our relationships without becoming attached?
• 561) How can contradictory-seeming scriptural statements be understood?
• 560) How are humans intrinsically moral beings?

March 2021

• 559) How does bhakti change our inner impressions?
• 558) Why do senior devotees sometimes judgmentally dismiss other devotees because of just one mistake
• 557) If our past karma impels us to wrongdoing, do we get further bad karma?
• 556) Can our past karma force us into wrongdoing – then how do we have free will?
• 555) Does our varna change with time – can we belong to several varnas?
• 554) How can we increase empathy and heart-to-heart interactions in the devotee community
• 553) If we live in a complicated environment that requires us to be duplicitous, how can we prevent duplicity from becoming our habit
• 552) How can we talk about pure devotion without making people discouraged, thinking it is too lofty
• 551) If a devotee friend of ours is criticizing other devotees what should we do at that time ?
• 550) Was Abhimanyu killed because he acted without consulting his superiors?
• 549) Should we have doubt only initially while choosing a path and have full faith thereafter
• 548) Does spiritual growth lead to an external transformation along with internal transformation
• 547) Why is the conclusion of the Gita–18.66–rejected as external in the Chaitanya-Ramananda Samvada?

February 2021

• 546) Why do we feel more envy toward some people than toward others?
• 545) Isn’t the Vedic path better because it doesn’t narrow-mindedly claim to be the only way as do the Abrahamic religions
• 544) Do We Need To Be Politically Correct And Say That All Paths Are The Same When Addressing Devotees?
• 543) When we know that our senses are defective and that Big Pharma can be manipulative, how can we work in or with science without cognitive dissonance
• 542) During Western outreach, results come very slowly – how to avoid becoming encouraged?
• 541) How do people use spirituality and religion to justify suffering?
• 540) Does the caste system still exist in some parts of India?

January 2021

• 539) If our guides speak unpalatably to us and we can’t express ourselves to them what can we do?
• 538) When Narada has a transcendental body, how does he appear through Brahma’s body
• 537) Was Yudhishthira wrong to gamble and cowardly to not protect Draupadi while she was dishonored?
• 536) Does surrender mean simply leaving our fate to God – then why practice bhakti-yoga to attain him?
• 535) When Vasudeva Was In Prison With Devaki, How Did Rohini Conceive A Child?
• 534) In the Gita’s tenth chapter, why does Krishna identify various opulences with himself instead of saying they belong to him?
• 533) Does Krishna consciousness while removing our conditionings create its own set of conditionings that obstruct wisdom?

June 2020

• 532) The Monk’s Podcast (141)

April 2018

• 531) Gita 17.22 We need discrimination to ensure that doing good actually does good
• 530) Gita 17.21 – Charity is passion is a competition of humiliation

May 2016

• 529) Gita 15.20 Using the knowledge and devotion we presently have propels us symbiotically towards life’s perfection
• 528) Gita 15.19 Bhakti is not non-intellectual or anti-intellectual – it is trans-intellectual
• 527) Gita 15.18 Fragmentation is not the cause of illusion, disharmonization is
• 526) Gita 15.17 Liberation is not just elevation out of illusion but also connection with the supreme reality
• 525) Gita 15.16 Purification means to change our emotional center
• 524) Gita 15.15 The purpose of perceiving the spiritual through the material is to perceive the spiritual in its own right
• 523) Gita 15.14 The world’s origin and operation points requires something beyond the world
• 522) Gita 15.13 The existence of multiple factors congenial to our existence points to transcendence
• 521) Gita 15.12 We need the eyes to see what our eyes need to see
• 520) Gita 15.11 What we see depends on what we want to see
• 519) Gita 15.10 We need knowledge to see our vulnerability in material existence
• 518) Gita 15.09 The mind makes chasing mirages the soul’s tragic habit
• 517) Gita 15.08 The essence of growth is evolution in our conception of life
• 516) Gita 15.07 Even when the mind is directed by the senses, it still directs the senses
• 515) Gita 15.06 The spiritual world is self-luminous and its luminosity is malleable to Krishna’s will
• 514) Gita 15.05 Surrender means to give up everything for Krishna – even the feeling of hopelessness
• 513) Gita 15.04 The Personal Absolute is not a way to transcendence – he is the summit of transcendence
• 512) Gita 15.03 Detachment cuts not the world but our own attachment to the world
• 511) Gita 15.02 We are bound by action and knowledge can guide us to action that leads to liberation
• 510) Gita 15.01 The metaphor of the upside-down tree points to the reality beyond the reflection

April 2016

• 509) Gita 14.27 Brahman refers not just to the impersonal spiritual but also the generically spiritual
• 508) Gita 14.26 Health is a product of medication but it is also a precondition for medication
• 507) Gita 14.25 As long as we are materially motivated, we will be materially agitated
• 506) Gita 14.24 To be equipoised, be situated in the self, not in the world
• 505) Gita 14.23 We are not our scars, be they physical or emotional
• 504) Gita 14.22 Be a non-judgemental non-committal observer of your emotions
• 503) Gita 14.21 When the disease is subtle, we need education to perceive the symptoms of sickness and health
• 502) Gita 14.20 Those who transcend the modes transcend miseries
• 501) Gita 14.19 Seeing that our actions are impelled by the modes inspires us to resist the desires induced by the modes
• 500) Gita 14.18 Goodness leads to elevation, passion to stagnation, ignorance to degradation
• 499) Gita 14.17 Different modes foster different emotions, dispositions and destinations
• 498) Gita 14.16 Piety purifies, craving torments and intoxication stupefies
• 497) Gita 14.15 The modes are not just psychological constructs, they are also post-mortem destination shapers
• 496) Gita 14.14 A disposition of knowledge and purity elevates to the destination of the knowledgeable and the pure
• 495) Gita 14.13 The mode of ignorance block us in both contemplation and action
• 494) Gita 14.12 Desires that drive us with the lure of pleasure are insatiable
• 493) Gita 14.11 Illumination of knowledge regulates the input and output through the doorways of the senses
• 492) Gita 14.10 The modes are neither in segregation nor in integration but are in competition
• 491) Gita 14.09 The longer a pleasure lasts, the greater its lure
• 490) Gita 14.08 The mode of ignorance begins with not knowing and leads to false knowing
• 489) Gita 14.07 Passion is composed of attachment, gives rise to craving and binds us to work
• 488) Gita 14.06 Anything that keeps us away from realizing our spirituality is binding, even if it is illuminating
• 487) Gita 14.05 Modes are a combination of matter that trigger emotion which matter in isolation doesnt
• 486) Gita 14.04 The seed-giving father is also the soul-attracting liberator
• 485) Gita 14.03 We determine our bodies and our bodies determine us
• 484) Gita 14.02 Death can’t be avoided, but affliction due to death can be
• 483) Gita 14.01 The Gita uses diverse frames of analysis to reiterate its consistent conclusion

March 2016

• 482) Gita 13.35 Knowledge helps us perceive and achieve spiritual reality
• 481) Gita 13.34 Consciousness can be the channel to illumination – and to illusion too
• 480) Gita 13.33 The soul is not entangled, but the mind is
• 479) Gita 13.32 The soul is situated in the body, but its consciousness doesn’t have to imprisoned in the body
• 478) Gita 13.31 See variety not as illusion above the unity but as emanation from the unity
• 477) Gita 13.30 The soul is not the doer of the activities impelled by the body
• 476) Gita 13.29 See beyond people’s particular actions to Krishna’s universal positive intention
• 475) Gita 13.28 To see that which is critical to see is to really see
• 474) Gita 13.27 See beyond functional categorization to philosophical comprehension
• 473) Gita 13.26 Hearing directs us to destination immortality
• 472) Gita 13.25 The many ways to see within are meant to show the same truth within
• 471) Gita 13.24 Sankhya and bhakti are different in form, but similar in essential content and ultimate purpose
• 470) Gita 13.23 One purusha is controlled by nature, the other is the controller of nature
• 469) Gita 13.22 Our desire to enjoy matter subjects us to material distress
• 468) Gita 13.21 Material causality is not complete causality
• 467) Gita 13.20 Matter is eternal, but material forms are temporary
• 466) Gita 13.19 Subtle spiritual truths are comprehended through devotion, not intellection
• 465) Gita 13.18 All objects of knowledge are meant to direct us to the objective of knowledge
• 464) Gita 13.17 The all-round glory of the Absolute includes its glory as the destroyer
• 463) Gita 13.16 The Gita’s Absolute reflects not naive anthropomorphism but profound sophistication
• 462) Gita 13.15 The Absolute’s paradoxical attributes underscore its transcendental inconceivability
• 461) Gita 13.14 The knowable’s all-pervasiveness points to its transcendence of our capacity to know
• 460) Gita 13.13 That which grants the immortal is the most vital knowable
• 459) Gita 13.12 Knowledge means to what is the most important to know
• 458) Gita 13.11 The way of devotion is different from the way of the masses

February 2016

• 457) Gita 13.10 Detachment is not meant to make us hard-hearted
• 456) Gita 13.09 To cultivate detachment from matter, contemplate the distresses of material existence
• 455) Gita 13.08 The Gita is not a glorification of war, but a delineation of dharma
• 454) Gita 13.07 Consciousness is shaped, not sourced, by changes of matter
• 453) Gita 13.06 The subtle points towards the spiritual
• 452) Gita 13.05 Study matter for functioning and transcending
• 451) Gita 13.04 Use your sphere of influence for bringing about the ultimate change
• 450) Gita 13.03 Knowledge means to know both matter and spirit
• 449) Gita 13.02 Our field reflects our sphere of influence
• 448) Gita 13.01 The meanings of words exist not just in dictionary but also in context
• 447) Gita 12.20 The concluding verse reiterates and reinforces the starting verse
• 446) Gita 12.19 Seek satisfaction not by horizontal improvement, but by vertical advancement
• 445) Gita 12.17 Conserve your emotional energy by focus on service
• 444) Gita 12.18 To rise above material dualities, break free from material association
• 443) Gita 12.16 Complement spiritual devotion with material dispassion
• 442) Gita 12.15 Avoid agitation coming from the social and the mental
• 441) Gita 12.14 To sustain satisfaction, seek absorption
• 440) Gita 12.13 Devotion manifests as action, even aggression, without mundane passion
• 439) Gita 12.12 Serenity comes by rising from piety to spirituality
• 438) Gita 12.11 To be self-situated, begin with selflessness
• 437) Gita 12.10 Bhakti means dedicating our external to the eternal internal instead of the ephemeral internal
• 436) Gita 12.09 If absorption in Krishna is unattainable, seek attraction through connection
• 435) Gita 12.08 Bhakti changes not our outer location but the locus of our inner world
• 434) Gita 12.07 Bhakti-yoga complements human agency with divine agency
• 433) Gita 12.06 Devotional renunciation centers not on what we renounce but on for whom we renounce
• 432) Gita 12.05 Attachment to oneness leaves us with nothingness to be attached to
• 431) Gita 12.04 Don’t treat impersonalists impersonally – they are not all the same
• 430) Gita 12.03 To say that the Absolute is indescribable is to describe it
• 429) Gita 12.02 Closeness unites more than oneness
• 428) Gita 12.01 Pantheism and impersonalism both conceive of the Absolute as diffused
• 427) Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention
• 426) Gita 11.55 The same chapter that calls for war also calls for giving up animosity
• 425) Gita 11.54 Pure devotion grants the topmost spiritual vision
• 424) Gita 11.53 Krishna can’t be known by the Vedas, although the Vedas are meant for knowing him
• 423) Gita 11.52 Vision results not just from perception but also comprehension

January 2016

• 422) Gita 11.51 Right emotion results from right perception
• 421) Gita 11.50 The many-handed changes through the four-handed to the two-handed
• 420) Gita 11.49 If we maintain a service disposition, Krishna will reveal a conducive vision
• 419) Gita 11.48 Pious action doesn’t qualify us for devotional vision
• 418) Gita 11.47 The vision of the universal form, even its destructive feature, is a rare favor
• 417) Gita 11.46 Darshan of Vishva-rupa and Vishnu-rupa provide visual demonstration of verbal exposition
• 416) Gita 11.45 The vishva-rupa causes jubilation, the kala-rupa causes trepidation
• 415) Gita 11.44 Humility in the forgiveness-seeker and magnanimity in the forgiver uplifts both
• 414) Gita 11.43 Our response on coming to know others’ greatness is shaped by our relationship with them
• 413) Gita 11.42 Intimacy comes not by formality or informality but by affinity
• 412) Gita 11.41 Knowledge reveals the power asymmetry to be in the opposite direction
• 411) Gita 11.40 Acknowledge Krishna’s presence everywhere and appreciate it where it is specially manifest
• 410) Gita 11.39 Appreciate the Absolute Truth in both bheda and abheda aspects
• 409) Gita 11.38 Knowledge of the Absolute helps us see how the things we know manifest the one we need to ultimately know
• 408) Gita 11.37 God in this world is like an author in a book – the cause outside the cause-effect chain
• 407) Gita 11.36 What brings joy to the godly causes misery to the ungodly
• 406) Gita 11.35 The kala rupa makes the fearless fearful
• 405) Gita 11.34 Assurances are reassuring when they are not just generic but also specific
• 404) Gita 11.33 Harmonizing with the divine will is the perfection of human expertise
• 403) Gita 11.32 Question about the identity of the familiar refers to the unfamiliar within the familiar
• 402) Gita 11.31 Encountering the fearful kala rupa in the vishva-rupa is disconcerting
• 401) Gita 1​1.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna
• 400) Gita 11.29 – The natural is not always desirable
• 399) ​Gita 1​1.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic
• 398) ​Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious
• 397) ​Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features
• 396) Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t
• 395) Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting
• 394) ​Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty
• 393) Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna
• 392) ​Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa
• 391) ​Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents

December 2015

• 390) Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear
• 389) Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning
• 388) Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma
• 387) Gita 11.17 – The blinding brightness conveys the universal form’s glory
• 386) Gita 11.16 – Description of vision stimulates identification of the source of that vision
• 385) ​Gita 11.15 – Arjuna’s vision encompasses the whole universe from top to bottom
• 384) Gita 11.14 – Arjuna’s mood changes from submissive discussion to prayerful veneration
• 383) Gita 11.13 – The universal form reconciles the one and the many
• 382) Gita 11.12 – Human perception and description are inadequate before divine self-revelation
• 381) ​Gita 11.11 – The visual demonstration reinforces the philosophical exposition
• 380) ​Gita 11.10 The first impression of the universal form is astonishing
• 379) Gita 11.09 The universal form is the ultimate mystical vision
• 378) ​Gita 11.08 Our vision is a function of our qualification
• 377) Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time
• 376) ​Gita 11.05 – The many forms within the one form – variety manifests within divinity
• 375) Gita 11.04 – Devotee desires to see Krishna but doesn’t demand
• 374) ​Gita 11.03 – Arjuna’s desire to know Krishna’s glory comes not from doubt but from devotion
• 373) Gita 11.02 – Freedom from delusion comes by understanding the ephemeral and the eternal beyond the ephemeral
• 372) Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others
• 371) Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment
• 370) Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna
• 369) Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation
• 368) ​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible
• 367) ​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds
• 366) ​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna
• 365) Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing
• 364) Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see
• 363) Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence
• 362) Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna
• 361) ​Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna
• 360) Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence
• 359) Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna
• 358) Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly
• 357) Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power
• 356) ​Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine

November 2015

• 355) ​Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad
• 354) ​Gita 10.26 – ​The transcendental manifests among the celestial
• 353) ​Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness
• 352) Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe
• 351) ​Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme
• 350) ​Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere
• 349) Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory
• 348) ​Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time
• 347) ​Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna
• 346) Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful
• 345) ​Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence
• 344) ​Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject
• 343) Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism
• 342) Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it
• 341) ​Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion
• 340) ​Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence
• 339) Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light
• 338) Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him
• 337) Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna
• 336) Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition
• 335) Gita 10.08 Blanking out questions about origins is like dealing in black money
• 334) Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him
• 333) Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy
• 332) Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace
• 331) Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good
• 330) Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins
• 329) Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion
• 328) Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection
• 327) Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna
• 326) Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence
• 325) Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality

October 2015

• 324) Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge
• 323) Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall
• 322) Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal
• 321) Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought
• 320) Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection
• 319) Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals
• 318) Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality
• 317) Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism
• 316) Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna
• 315) Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness
• 314) Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation
• 313) Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled
• 312) Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer
• 311) Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers
• 310) Gita 09.15 – Jnana yajna is not the same as jnana-yoga
• 309) Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication
• 308) Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible
• 307) Gita 9.12 – Rejecting real currency as fake leaves one impoverished
• 306) Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels
• 305) Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental
• 304) Gita 09.11 – To claim the impersonal to be Krishna’s param bhava is contextually and grammatically indefensible
• 303) Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause
• 302) Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental
• 301) Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity
• 300) Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision
• 299) Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom
• 298) Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations
• 297) Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent
• 296) Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal

September 2015

• 295) Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious
• 294) Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too
• 293) Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy
• 292) Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes
• 291) Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull
• 290) Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation
• 289) Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework
• 288) Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything
• 287) Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world
• 286) Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial
• 285) Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual
• 284) Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed
• 283) Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal
• 282) Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable
• 281) Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment
• 280) Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation
• 279) Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental
• 278) Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation
• 277) Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive
• 276) Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information
• 275) Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna
• 274) Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective
• 273) Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world
• 272) Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position
• 271) Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination
• 270) Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krishna
• 269) Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature
• 268) Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground
• 267) Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings

August 2015

• 266) Gita 07.30 – Teacher’s incomprehensible statements test student’s interest and attentiveness
• 265) Gita 07.29 – Detect misery to correct it
• 264) Gita 07.28 – Dont expect immediate steady determination – use present determination, even if unsteady
• 263) Gita 07.27 – Go beyond duality by spirituality
• 262) Gita 07.26 – Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence
• 261) Gita 07.25 – Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron
• 260) Gita 07.24 – To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context
• 259) Gita 07.23 – Accommodation is not recommendation
• 258) Gita 07.22 – Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him
• 257) Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor
• 256) Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge
• 255) Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga
• 254) Gita 07.19 – Krishna is not a dispensable filler; he is an indispensable shelter
• 253) Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna
• 252) Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable
• 251) Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna
• 250) Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection
• 249) Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna
• 248) Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle
• 247) Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence
• 246) Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious
• 245) Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse
• 244) Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen
• 243) Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate
• 242) Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion
• 241) Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence
• 240) Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win
• 239) Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually
• 238) Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness
• 237) Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited
• 236) Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic
• 235) Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence
• 234) Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma
• 233) Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process
• 232) Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed
• 231) Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic
• 230) Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence
• 229) Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm
• 228) Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water
• 227) Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance
• 226) Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier
• 225) Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference
• 224) Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies
• 223) Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable
• 222) Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul
• 221) Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory
• 220) Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion
• 219) Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish
• 218) Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance
• 217) Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything
• 216) Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects
• 215) Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

July 2015

• 214) Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map
• 213) Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes
• 212) Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection
• 211) Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery
• 210) Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation
• 209) Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception
• 208) Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation
• 207) Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness
• 206) Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness
• 205) Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation
• 204) Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance
• 203) Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation
• 202) Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection
• 201) Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption
• 200) Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification
• 199) Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals
• 198) Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga
• 197) Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging
• 196) Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision
• 195) Gita 06.07 – To attain peace, focus on conquering the inner enemy, not dealing with outer enemies
• 194) Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul
• 193) Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained
• 192) Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us
• 191) Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage
• 190) Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress
• 189) Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose
• 188) Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits
• 187) Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord
• 186) Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation
• 185) Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards
• 184) Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon
• 183) Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

June 2015

• 182) Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual
• 181) Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition
• 180) Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble
• 179) Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness
• 178) Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful
• 177) Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation
• 176) Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all
• 175) Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge
• 174) Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord
• 173) Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction
• 172) Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates
• 171) Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body
• 170) Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is
• 169) Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world
• 168) Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification
• 167) Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is
• 166) Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms
• 165) Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction
• 164) Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing
• 163) Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same
• 162) Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose
• 161) Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation
• 160) Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best
• 159) Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception
• 158) Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war
• 157) Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic
• 156) Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness
• 155) Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge
• 154) Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga
• 153) Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes
• 152) Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge

May 2015

• 151) Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna
• 150) Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana
• 149) Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge
• 148) Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation
• 147) Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive
• 146) Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation
• 145) Gita 04.29 – Infuse pranayama with the imagery of yajna
• 144) Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities
• 143) Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna
• 142) Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders
• 141) Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna
• 140) Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual
• 139) Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity
• 138) Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability
• 137) Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire
• 136) Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter
• 135) Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant
• 134) Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization
• 133) Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible
• 132) Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning
• 131) Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful
• 130) Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation
• 129) Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating
• 128) Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion
• 127) Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality
• 126) Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna
• 125) Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth
• 124) Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within
• 123) Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

April 2015

• 122) Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms
• 121) Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location
• 120) Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication
• 119) Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory
• 118) Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up
• 117) Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita
• 116) Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient
• 115) Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust
• 114) Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last
• 113) Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification
• 112) Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism
• 111) Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns
• 110) Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion
• 109) Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies
• 108) Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin
• 107) Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty
• 106) Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits
• 105) Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed
• 104) Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge
• 103) Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy
• 102) Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating
• 101) Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant
• 100) Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action
• 99) Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion
• 98) Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher
• 97) Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention
• 96) Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara
• 95) Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk
• 94) Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila
• 93) Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others
• 92) Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible
• 91) Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection

March 2015

• 90) Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation
• 89) Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty
• 88) Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life
• 87) Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible
• 86) Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal
• 85) Gita 03.13 – See God not just as the provider of food but also as its enjoyer.mp3 Gita 11.37 kasmac ca te nameran mahatman .mp3
• 84) Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves
• 83) Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government
• 82) Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature
• 81) Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form
• 80) Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus
• 79) Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation
• 78) Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion
• 77) Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually
• 76) Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential
• 75) Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level
• 74) Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change
• 73) Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling
• 72) Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not
• 71) Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation
• 70) Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires
• 69) Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary
• 68) Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer
• 67) Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire
• 66) Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration
• 65) Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal
• 64) Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation
• 63) Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown
• 62) Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us
• 61) Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses
• 60) Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control
• 59) Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

February 2015

• 58) Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism
• 57) Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual
• 56) Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer
• 55) Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized
• 54) Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps
• 53) Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction
• 52) Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence
• 51) Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination
• 50) Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion
• 49) Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best
• 48) Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence
• 47) Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture
• 46) Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose
• 45) Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter
• 44) Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste
• 43) Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema
• 42) Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom
• 41) Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence
• 40) Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee
• 39) Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga
• 38) Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions
• 37) Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win
• 36) Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message
• 35) Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception
• 34) Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action
• 33) Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution
• 32) Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success

January 2015

• 31) Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization
• 30) Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action
• 29) Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing
• 28) Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief
• 27) Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process
• 26) Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless
• 25) Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual
• 24) Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere
• 23) Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty
• 22) Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition
• 21) Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge
• 20) Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does
• 19) Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction
• 18) Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure
• 17) Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything
• 16) Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence
• 15) Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal
• 14) Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it
• 13) Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging
• 12) Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural
• 11) Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise
• 10) Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood
• 9) Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn
• 8) Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress
• 7) Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple
• 6) Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance
• 5) Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences
• 4) Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness
• 3) Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna
• 2) Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position
• 1) Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation