Lecture Series

Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom

Bhagavatam-daily 118 – 11.08.34 – Why desire anyone other than the infallible Lord who delivers eternal happiness

Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence

Bhagavatam-daily 117 – 11.08.33 – Contemplate the body’s nature to get a illusion-countering cerebral jolt

Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee

Bhagavatam-daily 116 – 11.08.32 – Making money by sexually provoking others is reprehensible

Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga

Bhagavatam-daily 115 – 11.08.31 – Giving up the proximate and potent Lord for anyone else is pathetic

Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions

Bhagavatam-daily 114 – 11.08.30 – Eureka moments help us see our own plight

Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win

Bhagavatam-daily 113 – 11.08.29 – Knowledge and renunciation are symbiotic – and corollary to bhakti

Bhagavatam-daily 112 – 11.08.28 – Let the imagery of war energize spiritual life

Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message

Bhagavatam-daily 111 – 11.08.27 – Pray for the leap from frustration to renunciation

Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception

Bhagavatam-daily 110 – 11.08.26 – Depending on anyone except Krishna makes us vulnerable to frustration

Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action

Bhagavatam-daily 109 – 11.08.25 – The best charity is different from our conceptions about charity

Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution

Bhagavatam-daily 108 – 11.08.24 – Don’t condemn sinner but don’t condone sin either

Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success

Bhagavatam-daily 107 – 11.08.23 – To equate love with love-making is to lose lasting love

Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization

Bhagavatam-daily 106 – 11.08.22 – A saint’s learning from a prostitute demonstrates the world’s utilization even amidst the world’s renunciation

Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action

Bhagavatam-daily 105 – 11.08.21 – Learn to differentiate pseudo-hunger from hunger

Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing

Bhagavatam-daily 104 – 11.08.20 – Fasting is incomplete without focusing on Krishna

Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief

Bhagavatam-daily 103 – 11.08.19 – Don’t fall for the bait of glamorized unhealthy food

Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process

Mukunda Mala Stotra 3 – Remembrance of Krishna is life’s greatest treasure

Bhagavatam-daily 102 – 11.08.18 – Don’t underestimate the danger of sonic temptation

Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless

Bhagavatam-daily 101 – 11.08.17 – Let the ear lead to truth, not to illusion

Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual

Bhagavatam-daily 100 – 11.08.16 – See analogy in the light of its purpose to avoid misunderstanding

Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere

Bhagavatam-daily 99 – 11.08.15 – Material accumulation by hi-tech means heightens anxiety

Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Drinking poison when nectar is available is tragic

Gita 02.23 – The utter indestructibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty

Bhagavatam-daily 98 – 11.08.14 – Desire divorced from dharma drives us to disaster

Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition

Bhagavatam-daily 97 – 11.08.13 – Sexual discipline is not fanatical but essential for the spiritually purposeful

Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge

Bhagavatam-daily 96 – 11.08.12 – Don’t let possessions possess you

Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does

Bhagavatam-daily 95 – 11.08.11 – Even when seeking Lakshmi for Narayana, don’t pursue Lakshmi more than pursuing Narayana

Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction

Bhagavatam-daily 94 – 11.08.10 – Focus on essence takes us beyond peripheral differences among scriptures

Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure

Bhagavatam-daily 93 – 11.08.09 – Madhukari-vrtti means to collect modestly and not from one place

Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything

Bhagavatam-daily 92 – 11.08.08 – The fashion and cosmetic industries make the fire more seductive for moth-like humans

Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence

Bhagavatam-daily 91 – 11.08.07 – Illusion makes the destructive seem attractive

Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal

Bhagavatam-daily 90 – 11.08.06 – When we experience oceanic Krishna within, river-like material ups and downs can’t disturb

Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it

Bhagavatam-daily 89 – 11.08.05 – Absorption in the unlimited keeps us unagitated

Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging

Bhagavatam-daily 88 – 11.08.04 – Use bodily energy to unlock consciousness from the body

Are there two gods: the god who created man and the god whom man created? (PK QA 6)

Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural

Bhagavatam-daily 87 – 11.08.03 – Don’t spend more mental energy on the body than necessary

PK QA – article series

Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise

Bhagavatam-daily 86 – 11.08.02 – Apply python’s attitude by being an optimizer, not a maximizer

Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood

Bhagavatam-daily 85 – SB 11.08.01 – Why struggle to increase the pleasure that is unchangeably finite?

Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn

Bhagavatam-daily 84 – 11.07.74 – When the prison door is open don’t turn your back to it

Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress

Bhagavatam-daily 83 – 11.07.73 – Don’t delight in duality – delight in Krishna

Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple

Bhagavatam-daily 82 – 11.07.72 – Seek shelter from merciless hunters in the mercful Lord

Are rituals wrong numbers to God? (PK QA 1)

Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance

Bhagavatam-daily 81 – 11.07.71 – Devotion protects us from the frustration and destruction of lamentation

Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences

Bhagavatam-daily 80 – 11.07.70 – Choose that purpose of life which will never leave us purposeless

Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness

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

Bhagavatam-daily 79 – 11.07.69 – What we lament about reflects our consciousness level

Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position

Bhagavatam-daily 78 – 11.07.68 – In scriptural study focus on practical application, not historical precision

Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation

Bhagavatam-daily 77 – 11.07.67 – A time for commiseration, a time for education

Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony

Bhagavatam-daily 76 – 11.07.66 – Attachment constricts our intelligence

Bhagavatam-daily 75 – 11.07.65 – Don’t let emotion rule action amidst tribulation

Daily-Bhagavatam 74 – 11.07.64 – Direct affection where it will bring satisfaction, not affliction

Daily-Bhagavatam 73 – 11.07.63 – Temporary shelter is a danger if it distracts from eternal shelter

Daily-Bhagavatam 72 – 11.07.62 – See food as the grace of God

Daily-Bhagavatam 71 – 11.07.61 – Don’t let love stop with this world

Daily-Bhagavatam 70 – 11.07.60 – Parent in the service of the supreme parent

Daily-Bhagavatam 69 – 11.07.59 – As the infant needs parent, the soul needs Krishna

Daily-Bhagavatam 68 – 11.07.58 – Appreciate the inconceivable even in the material

Daily-Bhagavatam 67 – 11.07.57 – Let horizontal love remind us of vertical love