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April 2018

• 753) Gita 17.20 Give charity for purity, not popularity
• 752) Gita 17.19 Slaving to get the whip that will lash us is stupidity
• 751) Gita 17.18 The show of austerity without the substance of spirituality points to superficiality or even hypocrisy
• 750) Gita 17.17 The mode in which austerity is performed different from the mode with which austerity is performed
• 749) Gita 17.16 Austerity of mind transforms our inner disruptive enemy into a constructive friend
• 748) Gita 17.15 Speech is meant not just for commnication but also for purification
• 747) Gita 17.14 Austerity enables us to use our bodily vehicle constructively, not destructively
• 746) Gita 17.13 Yajna in ignorance expresses defiance externally and internally.mp3

February 2018

• 745) Gita 17.12 Yajna is like modern technology – can fuel the illusion that we are controllers and enjoyers.mp3
• 744) Gita 17.11 Focus not on expectation from the world, focus on contribution from yourself.mp3
• 743) Gita 17.10 Food in ignorance isn’t nourishing, satisfying or appealing.mp3
• 742) Gita 17.09 Food in passion is is sensually stimulating but eventually distressing and disease-inducing.mp3
• 741) Gita 17.08 Food in goodness provides profusely both nutrition and satisfaction
• 740) Gita 17.07 Food, sacrifice, charity and austerity represent broad patterns of the soul’s interaction with its encasing circles
• 739) Gita 17.06 Defying scripture, be it for pandering the body or tormenting the body, is demonic
• 738) Gita 17.05 Our body is not ours to abuse by arbitrary austerity
• 737) Gita 17.04 Our level of consciousness determines who we feel is worshipable
• 736) Gita 17.03 The relationship between our existence and our faith is causal, constitutional and consequential
• 735) Gita 17.02 See not just people’s ideological faith – see also their functional faith
• 734) Gita 17.01 The Gita universalizes and contextualizes the analytical framework of the three modes
• 733) Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity
• 732) Gita 16.23 Those who reject scripture suffer both in this life and the next
• 731) Gita 16.22 To pursue our self-interest, we need to purge out self-defeating desires
• 730) Gita 16.21 The metaphorical usage stresses the reality and gravity of the demoniac forces of lust, anger and greed
• 729) Gita 16.20 Demoniac action and demoniac destination is perpetuated by demoniac disposition
• 728) Gita 16.19 Devilish delights doom the demonic to deadly destinations
• 727) Gita 16.18 When bad situations make us take shelter of our bad side, we become bad people
• 726) Gita 16.17 Self-complacence and impudence perpetuate ignorance
• 725) Gita 16.16 Desires and fears cover our consciousness completely with illusion
• 724) Gita 16.15 The ungodly want to look good, not become good
• 723) Gita 16.14 Greed makes the covetous murderous
• 722) Gita 16.13 Let the mind’s chariot take us where we want to go, not where it wants to go
• 721) Gita 16.12 Sensual desires are ropes of enslavement, not roads to enjoyment
• 720) Gita 16.11 We make our beliefs and our beliefs make us
• 719) Gita 16.10 Taking shelter of lust amidst problems is like taking shelter of kidnappers when threatened by thieves
• 718) Gita 16.09 The ungodly are born for destructive action unless they do drastic course correction

January 2018

• 717) Gita 16.08 From atheism to hedonism is a natural slide
• 716) Gita 16.07 Observe others actions not to condemn, but to help
• 715) Gita 16.06 Knowing the inclination of the road where our car is is education, not condemnation
• 714) Gita 16.05 Acknowledging where a car’s wheels are pointing is not accusing the car driver
• 713) Gita 16.03 Giving appropriate honor promotes harmony, demanding excessive honor disrupts harmony
• 712) Gita 16.02 Our godliness needs to be seen in our harmonious interactions with others
• 711) Gita 16.01 Godliness is both a decision and a disposition

May 2016

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

April 2016

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

March 2016

• 663) Gita 13.35 Knowledge helps us perceive and achieve spiritual reality
• 662) Gita 13.33 The soul is not entangled, but the mind is
• 661) Gita 13.32 The soul is situated in the body, but its consciousness doesn’t have to imprisoned in the body
• 660) Gita 13.31 See variety not as illusion above the unity but as emanation from the unity
• 659) Gita 13.30 The soul is not the doer of the activities impelled by the body
• 658) Gita 13.34 Consciousness can be the channel to illumination – and to illusion too
• 657) Gita 13.29 See beyond people’s particular actions to Krishna’s universal positive intention
• 656) Gita 13.28 To see that which is critical to see is to really see
• 655) Gita 13.27 See beyond functional categorization to philosophical comprehension
• 654) Gita 13.26 Hearing directs us to destination immortality
• 653) Gita 13.25 The many ways to see within are meant to show the same truth within
• 652) Gita 13.24 Sankhya and bhakti are different in form, but similar in essential content and ultimate purpose
• 651) Gita 13.23 One purusha is controlled by nature, the other is the controller of nature
• 650) Gita 13.22 Our desire to enjoy matter subjects us to material distress
• 649) Gita 13.21 Material causality is not complete causality
• 648) Gita 13.20 Matter is eternal, but material forms are temporary
• 647) Gita 13.19 Subtle spiritual truths are comprehended through devotion, not intellection
• 646) Gita 13.18 All objects of knowledge are meant to direct us to the objective of knowledge
• 645) Gita 13.17 The all-round glory of the Absolute includes its glory as the destroyer
• 644) Gita 13.16 The Gita’s Absolute reflects not naive anthropomorphism but profound sophistication
• 643) Gita 13.15 The Absolute’s paradoxical attributes underscore its transcendental inconceivability
• 642) Gita 13.14 The knowable’s all-pervasiveness points to its transcendence of our capacity to know
• 641) Gita 13.13 That which grants the immortal is the most vital knowable
• 640) Gita 13.12 Knowledge means to what is the most important to know
• 639) Gita 13.11 The way of devotion is different from the way of the masses

February 2016

• 638) Gita 13.10 Detachment is not meant to make us hard-hearted
• 637) Gita 13.09 To cultivate detachment from matter, contemplate the distresses of material existence
• 636) Gita 13.08 The Gita is not a glorification of war, but a delineation of dharma
• 635) Gita 13.07 Consciousness is shaped, not sourced, by changes of matter
• 634) Gita 13.06 The subtle points towards the spiritual
• 633) Gita 13.05 Study matter for functioning and transcending
• 632) Gita 13.04 Use your sphere of influence for bringing about the ultimate change
• 631) Gita 13.03 Knowledge means to know both matter and spirit
• 630) Gita 13.02 Our field reflects our sphere of influence
• 629) Gita 13.01 The meanings of words exist not just in dictionary but also in context
• 628) Gita 12.20 The concluding verse reiterates and reinforces the starting verse
• 627) Gita 12.19 Seek satisfaction not by horizontal improvement, but by vertical advancement
• 626) Gita 12.18 To rise above material dualities, break free from material association
• 625) Gita 12.17 Conserve your emotional energy by focus on service
• 624) Gita 12.16 Complement spiritual devotion with material dispassion
• 623) Gita 12.15 Avoid agitation coming from the social and the mental
• 622) Gita 12.14 To sustain satisfaction, seek absorption
• 621) Gita 12.13 Devotion manifests as action, even aggression, without mundane passion
• 620) Gita 12.12 Serenity comes by rising from piety to spirituality
• 619) Gita 12.11 To be self-situated, begin with selflessness
• 618) Gita 12.10 Bhakti means dedicating our external to the eternal internal instead of the ephemeral internal
• 617) Gita 12.09 If absorption in Krishna is unattainable, seek attraction through connection
• 616) Gita 12.08 Bhakti changes not our outer location but the locus of our inner world
• 615) Gita 12.07 Bhakti-yoga complements human agency with divine agency
• 614) Gita 12.06 Devotional renunciation centers not on what we renounce but on for whom we renounce
• 613) Gita 12.05 Attachment to oneness leaves us with nothingness to be attached to
• 612) Gita 12.04 Don’t treat impersonalists impersonally – they are not all the same
• 611) Gita 12.03 To say that the Absolute is indescribable is to describe it
• 610) Gita 12.02 Closeness unites more than oneness
• 609) Gita 12.01 Pantheism and impersonalism both conceive of the Absolute as diffused
• 608) Gita 11.54 Pure devotion grants the topmost spiritual vision
• 607) Gita 11.53 Krishna can’t be known by the Vedas, although the Vedas are meant for knowing him
• 606) Gita 11.52 Vision results not just from perception but also comprehension

January 2016

• 605) Gita 11.51 Right emotion results from right perception
• 604) Gita 11.50 The many-handed changes through the four-handed to the two-handed
• 603) Gita 11.49 If we maintain a service disposition, Krishna will reveal a conducive vision
• 602) Gita 11.48 Pious action doesn’t qualify us for devotional vision
• 601) Gita 11.47 The vision of the universal form, even its destructive feature, is a rare favor
• 600) Gita 11.46 Darshan of Vishva-rupa and Vishnu-rupa provide visual demonstration of verbal exposition
• 599) Gita 11.45 The vishva-rupa causes jubilation, the kala-rupa causes trepidation
• 598) Gita 11.44 Humility in the forgiveness-seeker and magnanimity in the forgiver uplifts both
• 597) Gita 11.43 Our response on coming to know others’ greatness is shaped by our relationship with them
• 596) Gita 11.42 Intimacy comes not by formality or informality but by affinity
• 595) Gita 11.41 Knowledge reveals the power asymmetry to be in the opposite direction
• 594) Gita 11.40 Acknowledge Krishna’s presence everywhere and appreciate it where it is specially manifest
• 593) Gita 11.39 Appreciate the Absolute Truth in both bheda and abheda aspects
• 592) Gita 11.38 Knowledge of the Absolute helps us see how the things we know manifest the one we need to ultimately know
• 591) Gita 11.37 God in this world is like an author in a book – the cause outside the cause-effect chain
• 590) Gita 11.36 What brings joy to the godly causes misery to the ungodly
• 589) Gita 11.35 The kala rupa makes the fearless fearful
• 588) Gita 11.34 Assurances are reassuring when they are not just generic but also specific
• 587) Gita 11.33 Harmonizing with the divine will is the perfection of human expertise
• 586) Gita 11.32 Question about the identity of the familiar refers to the unfamiliar within the familiar
• 585) Gita 11.31 Encountering the fearful kala rupa in the vishva-rupa is disconcerting
• 584) Gita 1​1.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna
• 583) ​Gita 1​1.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic
• 582) ​Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious
• 581) ​Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features
• 580) Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t
• 579) Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting
• 578) ​Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty
• 577) Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna
• 576) ​Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa
• 575) ​Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents

December 2015

• 574) Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear
• 573) Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning
• 572) Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma
• 571) Gita 11.17 – The blinding brightness conveys the universal form’s glory
• 570) Gita 11.16 – Description of vision stimulates identification of the source of that vision
• 569) ​Gita 11.15 – Arjuna’s vision encompasses the whole universe from top to bottom
• 568) Gita 11.14 – Arjuna’s mood changes from submissive discussion to prayerful veneration
• 567) Gita 11.13 – The universal form reconciles the one and the many
• 566) Gita 11.12 – Human perception and description are inadequate before divine self-revelation
• 565) ​Gita 11.11 – The visual demonstration reinforces the philosophical exposition
• 564) ​Gita 11.10 The first impression of the universal form is astonishing
• 563) Gita 11.09 The universal form is the ultimate mystical vision
• 562) ​Gita 11.08 Our vision is a function of our qualification
• 561) Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time
• 560) Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see
• 559) ​Gita 11.05 – The many forms within the one form – variety manifests within divinity
• 558) Gita 11.04 – Devotee desires to see Krishna but doesn’t demand
• 557) ​Gita 11.03 – Arjuna’s desire to know Krishna’s glory comes not from doubt but from devotion
• 556) Gita 11.02 – Freedom from delusion comes by understanding the ephemeral and the eternal beyond the ephemeral
• 555) Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others
• 554) Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment
• 553) Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna
• 552) Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation
• 551) ​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible
• 550) Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing
• 549) ​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds
• 548) ​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna
• 547) Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence
• 546) Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna
• 545) ​Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna
• 544) Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence
• 543) Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna
• 542) Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly
• 541) Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power
• 540) ​Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine

November 2015

• 539) ​Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad
• 538) ​Gita 10.26 – ​The transcendental manifests among the celestial
• 537) ​Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness
• 536) Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe
• 535) ​Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme
• 534) ​Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere
• 533) Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory
• 532) ​Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time
• 531) ​Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna
• 530) Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful
• 529) ​Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence
• 528) ​Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject
• 527) Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism
• 526) Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it
• 525) ​Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion
• 524) ​Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence
• 523) Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light
• 522) Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him
• 521) Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna
• 520) Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition
• 519) Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him
• 518) Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy
• 517) Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace
• 516) Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good
• 515) Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins
• 514) Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion
• 513) Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection
• 512) Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna
• 511) Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence
• 510) Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality

October 2015

• 509) Gita 9.31 – For devotees connected with Krishna, the happily ever after is guaranteed
• 508) Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall
• 507) Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal
• 506) Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought
• 505) Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels
• 504) Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection
• 503) Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals
• 502) Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality
• 501) Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism
• 500) Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna
• 499) Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness
• 498) Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation
• 497) Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled
• 496) Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer
• 495) Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers
• 494) Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental
• 493) Gita 09.15 – Jnana yajna is not the same as jnana-yoga
• 492) Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication
• 491) Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible
• 490) Gita 9.12 – Rejecting real currency as fake leaves one impoverished
• 489) Gita 09.11 – To claim the impersonal to be Krishna’s param bhava is contextually and grammatically indefensible
• 488) Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause
• 487) Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental
• 486) Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity
• 485) Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision
• 484) Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom
• 483) Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations
• 482) Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent
• 481) Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal
• 480) Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge

September 2015

• 479) Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious
• 478) Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too
• 477) Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy
• 476) Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes
• 475) Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull
• 474) Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation
• 473) Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework
• 472) Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything
• 471) Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world
• 470) Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial
• 469) Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual
• 468) Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed
• 467) Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal
• 466) Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable
• 465) Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment
• 464) Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective
• 463) Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation
• 462) Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental
• 461) Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation
• 460) Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive
• 459) Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information
• 458) Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna
• 457) Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world
• 456) Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position
• 455) Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination
• 454) Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krishna
• 453) Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature
• 452) Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground
• 451) Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings

August 2015

• 450) Gita 07.30 – Teacher’s incomprehensible statements test student’s interest and attentiveness
• 449) Gita 07.29 – Detect misery to correct it
• 448) Gita 07.28 – Dont expect immediate steady determination – use present determination, even if unsteady
• 447) Gita 07.27 – Go beyond duality by spirituality
• 446) Gita 07.26 – Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence
• 445) Gita 07.25 – Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron
• 444) Gita 07.24 – To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context
• 443) Gita 07.23 – Accommodation is not recommendation
• 442) Gita 07.22 – Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him
• 441) Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor
• 440) Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge
• 439) Gita 07.19 – Krishna is not a dispensable filler; he is an indispensable shelter
• 438) Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable
• 437) Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna
• 436) Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious
• 435) Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen
• 434) Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion
• 433) Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence
• 432) Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic
• 431) Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma
• 430) Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed
• 429) Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic
• 428) Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water
• 427) Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance
• 426) Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies
• 425) Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable
• 424) Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory
• 423) Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish
• 422) Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything
• 421) Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga
• 420) Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna
• 419) Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle
• 418) Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection
• 417) Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence
• 416) Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse
• 415) Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate
• 414) Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually
• 413) Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win
• 412) Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited
• 411) Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness
• 410) Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence
• 409) Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process
• 408) Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence
• 407) Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm
• 406) Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier
• 405) Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference
• 404) Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul
• 403) Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion
• 402) Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance
• 401) Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects
• 400) Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

July 2015

• 399) Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map
• 398) Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes
• 397) Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection
• 396) Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery
• 395) Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation
• 394) Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness
• 393) Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception
• 392) Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation
• 391) Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness
• 390) Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation
• 389) Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance
• 388) Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation
• 387) Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection
• 386) Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption
• 385) Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification
• 384) Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals
• 383) Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga
• 382) Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging
• 381) Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision
• 380) Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul
• 379) Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained
• 378) Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us
• 377) Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage
• 376) Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress
• 375) Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose
• 374) Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits
• 373) Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord
• 372) Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation
• 371) Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards
• 370) Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon
• 369) Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

June 2015

• 368) Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual
• 367) Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition
• 366) Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble
• 365) Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness
• 364) Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful
• 363) Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation
• 362) Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all
• 361) Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge
• 360) Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord
• 359) Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction
• 358) Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body
• 357) Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates
• 356) Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is
• 355) Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification
• 354) Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world
• 353) Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is
• 352) Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms
• 351) Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction
• 350) Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing
• 349) Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same
• 348) Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose
• 347) Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation
• 346) Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best
• 345) Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception
• 344) Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war
• 343) Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic
• 342) Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness
• 341) Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge
• 340) Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga
• 339) Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes
• 338) Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge

May 2015

• 337) Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna
• 336) Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana
• 335) Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge
• 334) Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation
• 333) Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive
• 332) Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation
• 331) Gita 04.29 – Infuse pranayama with the imagery of yajna
• 330) Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities
• 329) Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna
• 328) Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders
• 327) Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna
• 326) Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual
• 325) Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity
• 324) Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability
• 323) Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire
• 322) Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter
• 321) Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant
• 320) Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization
• 319) Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible
• 318) Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning
• 317) Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful
• 316) Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation
• 315) Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating
• 314) Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion
• 313) Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality
• 312) Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna
• 311) Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth
• 310) Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within
• 309) Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

April 2015

• 308) Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms
• 307) Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location
• 306) Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication
• 305) Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory
• 304) Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita
• 303) Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient
• 302) Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust
• 301) Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last
• 300) Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification
• 299) Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism
• 298) Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns
• 297) Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion
• 296) Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies
• 295) Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin
• 294) Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty
• 293) Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits
• 292) Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed
• 291) Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge
• 290) Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy
• 289) Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating
• 288) Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant
• 287) Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action
• 286) Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion
• 285) Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher
• 284) Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention
• 283) Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara
• 282) Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk
• 281) Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila
• 280) Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others
• 279) Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible
• 278) Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection

March 2015

• 277) Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation
• 276) Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty
• 275) Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life
• 274) Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible
• 273) Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal
• 272) 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
• 271) Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves
• 270) Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government
• 269) Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature
• 268) Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form
• 267) Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus
• 266) Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation
• 265) Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion
• 264) Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually
• 263) Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential
• 262) Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level
• 261) Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change
• 260) Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling
• 259) Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not
• 258) Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation
• 257) Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires
• 256) Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary
• 255) Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer
• 254) Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire
• 253) Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration
• 252) Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal
• 251) Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation
• 250) Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown
• 249) Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us
• 248) Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses
• 247) Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control
• 246) Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

February 2015

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

January 2015

• 218) Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization
• 217) Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action
• 216) Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing
• 215) Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief
• 214) Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process
• 213) Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless
• 212) Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual
• 211) Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere
• 210) Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty
• 209) Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition
• 208) Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge
• 207) Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does
• 206) Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction
• 205) Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure
• 204) Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything
• 203) Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence
• 202) Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal
• 201) Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it
• 200) Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging
• 199) Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural
• 198) Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise
• 197) Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood
• 196) Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn
• 195) Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress
• 194) Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple
• 193) Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance
• 192) Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences
• 191) Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness
• 190) Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position
• 189) Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation
• 188) Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony

December 2014

• 187) Gita 01.46 – When the eye disheartens, let the ear hearten
• 186) Gita 01.45 – Sound arguments from a fragmented perception are actually unsound
• 185) Gita 01.44 – Arjuna’s reasoning is wrong, but his capacity for reasoning is laudable
• 184) Gita 01.43 – Hell forever is a subjective feeling, not an objective fact
• 183) Gita 01.42 – Three meanings of dharma
• 182) Gita 01.41 – Unwanted progeny – what does unwanted mean?
• 181) Gita 01.40 – Protecting women and ensuring good progeny are important social responsibilities
• 180) Gita 01.39 – As soon as dharma weakens adharma attacks
• 179) Gita 01.38 – Don’t let the anartha-maddened make us similarly mad
• 178) Gita 01.37 – Greed gives us a tunnel vision of reality
• 177) Gita 01.36 – Contemplate contextual karmic considerations before acting
• 176) Gita 01.35 – Arjuna’s profit-loss calculations miss the most important factor
• 175) Gita 01.34 – Arjuna’s evolved emotion and reason ready to be raised to the summit by Gita wisdom
• 174) Gita 01.33 – The contrasting words of Arjuna and Duryodhana reveal their consciousness’ levels
• 173) Gita 01.32 – Whom we live for determines the quality of our life
• 172) Gita 01.31 – Material long-term is not long-term enough
• 171) Gita 01.30 – Where materialism shows a dead end spirituality shows the way ahead
• 170) Gita 01.29 – The inner attack of emotions does what no outer attack of enemies could have done
• 169) Gita 01.28 – To avoid being consumed by material emotions, cultivate spiritual emotions
• 168) Gita 01.27 – Undiscerning visual perception erodes spiritual conviction
• 167) Gita 01.26 – The brutality of the imminent fratricide sinks in
• 166) Gita 01.25 – Over-reliance on visual perception ends in illusion
• 165) Gita 01.24 – Conquer lethargy to attain excellence in service
• 164) Gita 01.23 – How the evil got so many allies
• 163) Gita 01.22 – A last sight of the battling brethren
• 162) Gita 01.21 – The surprising request to see what is already known
• 161) Gita 01.20 – The monkey standard is permeated with the divine monkey’s presence
• 160) Gita 01.19 – Kauravas’ bravado battered and shattered by Pandavas’ bravery
• 159) Gita 01.18 – The Pandavas’ illustrious sons gallantly serve their parents
• 158) Gita 01.17 – Weapons are warrior’s ornaments

October 2014

• 157) Gita 01.16 – The individual conches manifest individual warrior’s virility
• 156) Gita 01.15 – The top trio in the Pandava army start the action
• 155) Gita 01.14 – The dramatically humble entry of the hero
• 154) Gita 01.13 – Rituals of war express and stimulate the martial spirit
• 153) Gita 01.12 – The valorous grandsire stops the politicking
• 152) Gita 01.11 – The manipulator misses the one who matters most
• 151) Gita 01.10 – Mulitiple meanings of same word reveal the possibilities of multiple interpretations
• 150) Gita 01.09 – Listing the warriors’ qualities for enlisting their commitment

September 2014

• 149) Gita 01.08 – Attachment makes the absent present
• 148) Gita 01.07 – Repetition of known information conveys prioritization
• 147) Gita 01.06 – Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength
• 146) Gita 01.05 – Affiliations were shaped by long-term affinity not short-term antipathy
• 145) Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference
• 144) Gita 01.03 – The politician seeks martial dedication by emotional manipulation
• 143) Gita 01.02 – Duryodhana’s choice of conversant reveals his political intent
• 142) Gita 01.01 – The transcendental manifests as the geographical

April 2018

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

June 2018

• 139) Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute
• 138) Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita
• 137) Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence
• 136) Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy
• 135) Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action
• 134) Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful
• 133) Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to
• 132) Gita 18.02 Devotional attachment is the best way to avoid worldly attachment
• 131) Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion
• 130) Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation
• 129) Gita 18.05 To be mana-isha, we need not just a mana free from ishvara-bhava, but a mana fixed on ishvara
• 128) Gita 18.06 Karmic bondage is like emotional dependence – focus not just on the action but also on the motivation
• 127) Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion
• 126) Gita 18.08 Desire for bodily pleasure and fear of bodily trouble both keep us in the cage of bodily consciousness
• 125) Gita 18.09 Renunciation in goodness means to know that we as parts just need to do our parts

July 2018

• 124) Gita 18.10 Take the route that takes us to the destination, not the route that looks the easiest
• 123) Gita 18.11 To pursue liberation, give up the idea of giving up action
• 122) Gita 18.12 Intelligence sees consequence and fosters detachment
• 121) Gita 18.13 The journey from illusion to illumination requires philosophical education
• 120) Gita 18.14 God is the fifth factor as well as the foundation of all factors
• 119) Gita 18.15 Spiritual consciousness ensures that our actions give a favorable result
• 118) Gita 18.16 To think that we are the sole doers is to have deluded intelligence
• 117) Gita 18.17 When we act without false ego, we stay free of reactions
• 116) Gita 18.18 Analysis of the components of action is meant to direct towards non-reactive action
• 115) Gita 18.19 The Gita’s flow verses make its question-directed discussion more accessible
• 114) Gita 18.20 Seeing commonality alone is not vision in goodness – seeing spirituality as the foundation of commonality is
• 113) Gita 18.21 To equate others physical appearance with spiritual substance is vision in passion
• 112) Gita 18.22 Knowledge in ignorance makes us obsessed with one fragment of reality and one kind of action
• 111) Gita 18.23 To gain knowledge, we need basic knowledge about where to seek knowledge
• 110) Gita 18.24 Disconnection from our Lord leads to the consumption of our consciousness by passion
• 109) Gita 18.25 To see our actions disconnected from the past and the future is to see in illusion
• 108) Gita 18.26 The doer is not a non-doer but is a component in doing
• 107) Gita 18.27 Our actions reflect our self-conception and our world-conception
• 106) Gita 18.28 Doers in ignorance act destructively for others and even for themselves
• 105) Gita 18.29 To drive purposefully, we need to know the destination, the path and the vehicle
• 104) Gita 18.30 Intelligence means to see beyond appearance to consequence
• 103) Gita 18.31 Confusing between long-term purposes and short-term pleasures characterizes intelligence in passion
• 102) Gita 18.32 Intelligence in ignorance mistakes the binding to be freeing
• 101) Gita 18.33 What intelligence discerns, that determination sustains
• 100) Gita 18.34 When one worldly desire trumps all other material desires, what results is determination in passion
• 99) Gita 18.35 To hold on to thought-patterns that hurt us is to abuse our determination
• 98) Gita 18.36 Some pleasures are the start of sorrow – and some the end of sorrow
• 97) Gita 18.37 Spiritual knowledge gives us the purpose to persevere through the poison till the nectar
• 96) Gita 18.38 The pleasure of titillation leads to the agony of tribulation
• 95) Gita 18.39 Pleasure in ignorance begins in ignorance and ends in increased ignorance

August 2018

• 94) Gita 18.40 To attain harmony with our spiritual nature, we need engagement that is in harmony with our psychophysical nature
• 93) Gita 18.41 Varnashrama provides customized spirituality for elevating people from where they are
• 92) Gita 18.42 Brahmanas cultivate material material regulation and spiritual redirection by intellectual conviction
• 91) Gita 18.43 Kshatriyas control in service of the supreme controller
• 90) Gita 18.44 Protecting cows protects the cow protectors from greed
• 89) Gita 18.45 Inclusive spirituality centers on rejection of work, but on its reconceptualization and redirection
• 88) Gita 18.46 See work as an offering the divine’s gifts to the divine
• 87) Gita 18.47 Acknowledging our present diversity is essential for realizing our spiritual commanality
• 86) Gita 18.48 See beyond the unpalatable to the essential to pursue the transcendental
• 85) Gita 18.49 Our spiritual evolution goes through multiple levels of perfection from engagement through disengagement to devotion
• 84) Gita 18.50 The Gita’s purpose is not to describe spiritual paths but to analyze them for making an informed choice
• 83) Gita 18.51 Use intelligence to counter the mind’s centrifugal force
• 82) Gita 18.52 Take shelter of renunciation to cultivate inner absorption
• 81) Gita 18.53 Determined disconnection from the material paves the way to the spiritual
• 80) Gita 18.54 Devotion doesn’t culminate in liberation, liberation culminates in devotion
• 79) Gita 18.55 Don’t divorce the literal reading of one word from the overall context of the text
• 78) Gita 18.56 The bhakti university takes seekers from any level to the summit of spiritual perfection
• 77) Gita 18.57 Take shelter of the intelligence to convince yourself of the need to take Krishna’s shelter
• 76) Gita 18.58 The destructive voice can’t be tuned out unless we tune in to the divine voice
• 75) Gita 18.59 Ego means to think that we know better than God
• 74) Gita 18.60 How we act is determined by our material nature but for what purpose we act isnt
• 73) Gita 18.61 Though we are controlled by material nature, we are still within the control of our Lord
• 72) Gita 18.62 The deepest peace comes by not an external serene situation but by an internal spiritual connection
• 71) Gita 18.63 Knowledge guides our free will by showing us the consequences of our actions
• 70) Gita 18.64 Krishna’s tone rises from informational analysis to impassioned advocacy
• 69) Gita 18.65 Promises in a close relationship reflect and affect the closeness of the relationship
• 68) Gita 18.66 The call to rise above dharma is not a call to slip below dharma
• 67) Gita 18.67 Though ultimately every heart longs for divine love, not every heart is presently ready for divine love
• 66) Gita 18.68 The bhakti cure cures more those who share the cure more

September 2018

• 65) Gita 18.69 See the superlative as an exhortation to devotional action
• 64) Gita 18.70 See the sanctity of Gita study in terms of intent, content and result
• 63) Gita 18.71 Krishna compassionately offers connections at decreasing levels of commitment
• 62) Gita 18.72 A philosophical conversation amidst emotional tribulation testifies to Arjuna’s sincerity and Krishna’s potency
• 61) Gita 18.73 Harmony with the divine infuses our fleeting insignificant lives with lasting significance
• 60) Gita 18.74 The Gita describes a mahatama and makes its hearer into a mahatma
• 59) Gita 18.75 Sanjaya appreciates the content, the source and the channel of the Gita’s wisdom
• 58) Gita 18.77 Recollecting Krishnas universal form stimulates wonder in some and fear in others
• 57) Gita 18.78 The Gita’s purpose is not just to proclaim God’s position but primarily to transform man’s disposition
• 56) Gita 18.76 The Gita’s conversation is memorable and relishable

October 2018

• 55) Gita 01.01 The Gita’s first word dharma conveys its essential, universal theme
• 54) Gita 01.02 Sanjaya addresses not just the content of Dhritarashtra’s question but also its intent
• 53) Gita 01.03 Context can convert compliment into criticism
• 52) Gita 01.04 Duryodhana tries to change Drona’s emotion for the opposite side from affection to anger
• 51) Gita 01.05 Our mode of description reflects our intention
• 50) Gita 01.06 Duryodhana diplomatically continues to incite Drona against the Pandava army
• 49) Gita 01.07 Be aware of how what we say to one person may be heard by others
• 48) Gita 01.08 We need to be calm-headed, not cold-blooded
• 47) Gita 01.09 Duryodhana’s slip of tongue leads to his speaking the truth unintentionally
• 46) Gita 01.10 Symmetry of structure stresses contrast in content
• 45) Gita 01.11 The protector too needs to be protected
• 44) Gita 01.12 Just because we get others to do what we want them to do doesn’t mean we have won them over to our side
• 43) Gita 01.13 Actions that throw caution to the winds are preceded by caution
• 42) Gita 01.14 The Gita’s audio-visual camera starts with the character of the questioner’s interest, but shifts now to the central characters
• 41) Gita 01.15 The devoted see God before they see the world, the undevoted see only the world
• 40) Gita 01.16 Yudhishthira doesn’t come first in the list of warriors but is still their undisputed leader
• 39) Gita 01.17 Don’t let minor grammatical disputes overshadow major narrational and philosophical thrust
• 38) Gita 01.18 The Pandavas lost Pandu but gained Drupada as a father figure
• 37) Gita 01.19 The Pandavas win the mental battle before the physical battle
• 36) Gita 01.20 Life is so unpredictable that it can unbalance the unflappably balanced
• 35) Gita 01.21 The non-partisan position of the Gita’s revelation points to its universality
• 34) Gita 01.22 Asking to see something that is already known points to a dynamic that is not known
• 33) Gita 01.23 Virtue doesn’t count when determining the military count in a fight
• 32) Gita 01.24 The position of maximum visibility is also the position of maxiumum vulnerability
• 31) Gita 01.25 What catches ouar attention is determined by what is prominent in our external situation and in our internal disposition
• 30) Gita 01.26 When we can’t fight the circumstances that make us fight against our loved ones, we have to fight against our loved ones

November 2018

• 29) Gita 01.27 The sequence of perception determines the consequence on our emotion
• 28) Gita 01.28 Our thought-train’s journey from intentions to actions is diverted by our emotions
• 27) Gita 01.29 Know which emotion is mental and which spiritual not just by content, but also by context and consequence
• 26) Gita 01.30 When we face challenges bigger than ourselves, we look for omens to sense the intentions of forces bigger than ourselves
• 25) Gita 01.31 What we think of as long-term may not be long-term enough
• 24) Gita 01.32 Don’t let the means to an end become an end that diverts us from the actual ends
• 23) Gita 01.33 When various purposes pull us in different directions, we need to prioritize our purposes
• 22) Gita 01.34 To retaliate and cause death requires courage, but to not retaliate at the cost of one’s own death requires greater courage
• 21) Gita 01.35 Our pleasure-pain calculation determines our decisions and is determined by our worldview
• 20) Gita 01.36 The ethical tension between kula-dharma and kshatriya-dharma leads to emotional over-reaction and physical inaction
• 19) Gita 01.37 Consciousness that is contaminated becomes conquered and covered
• 18) Gita 01.38 To restrain a violent madman, their restrainers may have to fight like the madman
• 17) Gita 01.39 Our sense of honor coming from our lineage can raise us but can also stop us from rising to the highest
• 16) Gita 01.40 Dharma prevents human society from being ruled by the law of the jungle
• 15) Gita 01.41 When the family is disrupted, the faith of the children is also devastated
• 14) Gita 01.42 Disruption of dharma leads to overpopulation of disruptive souls, causing total breakdown of dharma
• 13) Gita 01.43 Hearing is important, but from whom we are hearing is even more important
• 12) Gita 01.44 When our emotion rules our reason, we rationalize a one-sided view of reality
• 11) Gita 01.45 The war was not to gain a kingdom but to protect the rule of law
• 10) Gita 02.01 The intensity of Arjuna’s emotion conveys the potency of Krishna’s solacing wisdom
• 9) Gita 02.02 Fight against lower emotions by fighting for higher emotions
• 8) Gita 02.03 Identify behavior that is out of character with our character
• 7) Gita 02.05 Deliberation is desirable, but depth of deliberation is decisive
• 6) Gita 02.06 The decision that seems a no-brainer turns out to be a brain-exhauster

December 2018

• 5) Gita 02.07 Seek first to understand the question to best understand the answer

November 2018

• 4) Gita 01.46 The significance of our actions depends not just on the actions but also on the situations in which we do those actions

January 2015

• 3) Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna

February 2016

• 2) Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention
• 1) Gita 11.55 The same chapter that calls for war also calls for giving up animosity