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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 11.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna
583)
Gita 11.29 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
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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
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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
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Gita 01.01 The Gita’s first word dharma conveys its essential, universal theme
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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
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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
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Gita 02.07 Seek first to understand the question to best understand the answer
November 2018
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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
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Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna
February 2016
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Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention
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Gita 11.55 The same chapter that calls for war also calls for giving up animosity