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June 2022
614)
How could Yudhishthira stake his own wife in gambling?
613)
When the Gita is spoken to one specific person, how can it be universal?
612)
Why do scriptures urge women to do vat-savitri puja to get the same husband for seven lives when the goal of life is to attain liberation?
611)
Till what point should we tolerate?
610)
How is the Bhagavad gita applicable for students?
609)
When we see something wrong happening, should we humbly tolerate or stand up for justice?
608)
How can we get the determination to apply scripture?
607)
How can we maintain our faith amid extreme difficulties?
606)
What is the difference between Arjuna fighting under Krishna and jehadis fighting under Allah?
605)
How can a student practice bhakti?
October 2021
604)
Was the medieval desecration of temples due to providence or due to incompetence of Indian rulers
603)
If those who chant a lot face material problems, are they chanting too much
September 2021
602)
If a daughter takes care of her parents because the son doesn’t, is she giving up her sva-dharma?
August 2021
601)
Can we quote the Shabari pastime when it is not mentioned in the Valmiki Ramayana?
600)
Can devotees participate in the puja of the devatas done in their family or community?
599)
How can we interact with a worshiper of the devatas without criticizing or approving their conceptions?
598)
Are our svabhava and prarabdha-karma two results of our past karma?
597)
Do karmic actions and reactions happen at gross and subtle levels – do our present actions add to our destined pleasure or pain?
July 2021
596)
Were Lord Chaitanya’s teachings influenced by navya-nyaya tradition present in Navadvipa?
595)
Can the souls between lives learn from guides and choose their next lives – what is the Vedic perspective?
594)
Amid danger, how can we be watcful without being fearful?
593)
How can we experience Krishna’s love at our stage?
592)
How can we become a responsible child of Krishna?
591)
How exactly is change the only constant in the world?
590)
Why does Krishna talk about controlling the senses to Arjuna when the purpose of the conversation seems to be to incite Arjuna to fight?
589)
Don’t associate with Mayavadis – what does this mean practically?
588)
Wouldn’t killing Ashwatthama have been just punishment & prevented his future attack with Brahmastra?
587)
What is the difference between Gita 2.60 and 2.67?
586)
Should scriptural stories be used to draw moral lessons that don’t convey Krishna’s supremacy clearly
585)
Is it scientific to believe in weird things such as ghosts, hallucinations and near-death experiences?
584)
How is mantra meditation different from other forms of meditation?
583)
When scriptures depict animals speaking human languages, how is that to be understood?
582)
When we are in anxiety searching for a new job, how can we maintain our spiritual practices?
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 (199)
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 11.30 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 11.29 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