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July 2017

• 1127) Morality may be relativized, but the consequences of immoral indulgence can’t be relativized Gita 03.17
• 1126) How is the Gita relevant amidst today’s stress-filled times?
• 1125) Can all karma be offered to Krishna or does ugra-karma have to be given up?
• 1124) Can you explain some section of scripture that we can’t easily understand?
• 1123) What is the best way to understand the Bhagavad-gita?
• 1122) Why do you speak more on bhakti than on karma which the Gita stresses?
• 1121) We are never too far away from relapse Gita 02.60
• 1120) Our intelligence is our security system – don’t let temptation disable it Gita 02.63
• 1119) Why crave for hours and years for pleasures that last for moments Gita 05.22
• 1118) To say that philosophy is dead is to be dead to philosophy Gita 18.22
• 1117) Isn’t Prabhupada’s Gita just one among the many interpretations of the Gita?

June 2017

• 1116) Mental weight can’t be wished away, but it can be worked away Gita 06.35
• 1115) Don’t let perfectionism come in the way of progress towards perfection Gita 02.14
• 1114) The inner war is unavoidable Gita 03.43
• 1113) How can we understand that the attractiveness of all attractive things comes from Krishna?
• 1112) The possibility for self-improvement is reduced by materialism and expanded by spirituality Gita 18.60
• 1111) Study the Gita for understanding it, not undermining it
• 1110) Once we slip down a slope, we can’t control how far we slip down Gita 03.36
• 1109) The mind can make a soldier into a deserter or even a betrayer Gita 05.22
• 1108) Don’t waste your mental energy on people on whom you won’t waste your time Gita 11.55
• 1107) Address misery first by recognizing its fundamental cause then its circumstantial cause Gita 09.33
• 1106) Don’t give your enemies weapons to beat you with Gita 03.36
• 1105) Ask not how could he have done that – ask what is to be done next Gita 03.39
• 1104) Dumbness is not inability to understand gibberish – it is inability to see gibberish for what it is Gita 18.63
• 1103) Gita 14.11 Don’t chase the objects in perception – clean the doors of perception
• 1102) Gita 16.08 Materialism strips not only the other world of reality but also this world of meaning
• 1101) Gita 08.20 Those who reject a world beyond this world sentence themselves to pointless business in this world
• 1100) Gita 10.08 Blanking out questions about origins is like dealing in black money
• 1099) Gita 18.58 Devotion brings the inner morale to combat outer problems
• 1098) Gita 16.11 Technology is not just the provider of facility – it is also the shaper of mentality
• 1097) Gita 14.04 Dialogue requires methodological humility
• 1096) Gita 14.11 Our mind can be a transmitter, distorter or reflector of our consciousness
• 1095) Gita 01.46 – When emotions block our consciousness, Gita wisdom removes the blockage
• 1094) How can the Gita’s knowledge help poor people?
• 1093) Does the Gita give spiritual solutions to all material problems?

May 2017

• 1092) Gita 18.63 The call to the heart complements the call to the head
• 1091) Gita 18.38 Don’t be so caught in choosing the right seat as to fail to choose the right train
• 1090) Gita 17.01 Worldviews are meant to be vision-enhancers, not vision-diminishers
• 1089) Gita 17.16 Purity has to be cultivated as an austerity before it can be savored as a state
• 1088) Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up
• 1087) Gita 14.11 Inner illumination helps us to separate observation from evaluation
• 1086) Gita 16.11 Use developed human consciousness to decrease material fears, not increase them
• 1085) Gita 18.22 – Rise from tunnel vision through funnel vision
• 1084) Gita 13.13 Bhakti wisdom frames our knowledge and our need for knowledge within our aspiration for eternity
• 1083) Gita 12.08 Living in Krishna is a matter of not just relocation, but also of realization
• 1082) Gita 02.07 When surface identities lead to conflicting duties, seek the fundamental identity
• 1081) Gita 10.6 See genealogy as an arena for manifesting Krishna,s actions in this world
• 1080) Gita 18.38 Contact of senses and sense objects is not just physical but also visual
• 1079) Gita 02.08 Don’t let comforts lure you away from life’s purpose
• 1078) Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love
• 1077) Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love
• 1076) Gita 18.78 Human excellence and divine omnipotence herald victory
• 1075) Gita 01.42 Today’s war against family increases self-centeredness and obstructs spiritual growth
• 1074) What does seeing but not acting with equal vision mean?
• 1073) Gita 18.22 – A truncated representation of reality is not reality
• 1072) Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love
• 1071) Gita 16.24 – The transition from description to prescription requires discretion
• 1070) How free is our free will?
• 1069) Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure
• 1068) Gita 16.09 All truth-claims are power-claims – This is also a truth-claim and a power-claim

April 2017

• 1067) Gita 14.26 – Bhakti is both a state and a process
• 1066) Gita 18.63 – Don’t sway others – inspire them
• 1065) Gita 14.05 – The modes comprise objective reality and color subjective perception
• 1064) If we are detached from our goals, what will inspire us to work?
• 1063) IDEA acronym – The Bhagavad-gita in essence
• 1062) Why does the Gita consider karma-yoga better than jnana-yoga when jnana-yoga is higher in the yoga ladder?

March 2017

• 1061) Why does the Gita not have any Duryodhana uvaca, though he speaks several verses?
• 1060) How can we know that the Gita hasn’t changed over the centuries?
• 1059) Why does the Gita begin with Dhritarashtra, not Krishna?
• 1058) When the Gita Mahatmaya talks about Gita recitation countering various sinful reactions, is that karma kanda or is it bhakti?
• 1057) Significance of Chatur-Shloki Gita – Location, Content & Import

February 2017

• 1056) The eye to see the I
• 1055) Does Gita 12.8-11 refer to progressive levels or alternative ways?
• 1054) Gita 12.13 Devotion manifests as action, even aggression, without mundane passion
• 1053) Gita 12.12 Serenity comes by rising from piety to spirituality
• 1052) Gita 12.11 To be self-situated, begin with selflessness
• 1051) Gita 12.10 Bhakti means dedicating our external to the eternal internal instead of the ephemeral internal
• 1050) Gita 12.09 If absorption in Krishna is unattainable, seek attraction through connection
• 1049) Gita 12.08 Bhakti changes not our outer location but the locus of our inner world

January 2017

• 1048) The Gita’s five subjects analyzed as a guide to action
• 1047) What is the connection of vibhuti yoga with perceiving spiritual reality?

December 2016

• 1046) In Gita 6.5, can both atma be translated as the mind – elevate the mind with the mind?
• 1045) When the Gita is spoken to one specific person, how can it be universal?
• 1044) What I have learned from the Gita
• 1043) Why does the Gita use a battlefield setting?
• 1042) ​In Gita 17.1, do shraddha and nishtha refer to different things?
• 1041) What is the essence of the Bhagavad-gita?

November 2016

• 1040) Demystifying Gita 18.66 – Does surrender mean giving up dharma?
• 1039) Who all heard the Gita – why were Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra able to hear?
• 1038) Are all commentaries on Bhagavad-gita of equal value?
• 1037) For what purpose did Krishna speak the Bhagavad-gita?
• 1036) For whom is the Bhagavad-gita spoken?
• 1035) In the Bhagavad-gita, what is the significance of the word Bhagavan?
• 1034) What is the Bhagavad-gita?
• 1033) What is the spirit of Bhagavad-gita?
• 1032) Who is fit to understand Bhagavad-gita?
• 1031) Why did Krishna choose Arjuna as the recipient of Bhagavad-gita?
• 1030) ​Why does Krishna descend to this world – to kill demons or to teach the Gita?
• 1029) ​Did everyone on the Kurukshetra battlefield see Krishna’s universal form?

October 2016

• 1028) Does Krishna tell Arjuna that you are a kshatriya at the level of a brahmana?
• 1027) Does the Gita recommend doing yajna-dana-tapa or giving it up?
• 1026) ​​​​Which aspect of the universal form did Duryodhana see?
• 1025) ​What does the Gita’s call to control the mind by practice and renunciation mean practically?
• 1024) ​​In guna-karma mentioned in Gita 4.13, can karma be developed but not guna?
• 1023) ​Why does the Gita give its essence of bhakti in its middle and not at its end?
• 1022) ​Does Krishna’s call to Arjuna to rise beyond the three modes imply that we all can transcend our nature born from the modes?
• 1021) ​Channeling our emotions on the path of yoga – Gita 06.20-23
• 1020) What is the flow of the from Gita 6.20 to 6.23?

September 2016

• 1019) ​What does the Gita 4.11 – everyone is on my path – mean?
• 1018) ​Who is a sthita–prajna?
• 1017) Does the Gita tell us what kind of goals should we set for ourselves?
• 1016) ​How can a leader be benefited by the Gita’s leadership sutras?
• 1015) ​How can the Gita help us in change management?
• 1014) ​Should we differentiate between pre-Gita leadership and post-Gita leadership?
• 1013) ​Why did Arjuna need to hear the Gita – did he as a leader not have that spiritual knowledge earlier?
• 1012) ​How is Krishna the enjoyer of the sacrifices done without knowing his supremacy?
• 1011) ​What is the meaning of Gita 2.47 – don’t think of yourself as the cause of the result?
• 1010) ​How are the attached the cause of the fruit and the detached not?
• 1009) Understanding the practicality of karmany evadhikaraste (Gita 02.47)
• 1008) Gita 1​1.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna
• 1007) ​Gita 1​1.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic
• 1006) ​Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious
• 1005) ​Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features
• 1004) Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t
• 1003) Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting
• 1002) ​Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty

August 2016

• 1001) Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna
• 1000) ​Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa
• 999) ​Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents
• 998) ​How to persevere when humility feels very difficult to achieve?
• 997) ​Gita Leadership Sutras 5-10
• 996) ​Gita Leadership Sutras 2-4
• 995) ​Gita Leadership Sutras Intro & Sutra 1
• 994) Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear
• 993) Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning
• 992) Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma
• 991) Gita 11.17 – The blinding brightness conveys the universal form’s glory
• 990) Gita 11.16 – Description of vision stimulates identification of the source of that vision
• 989) ​Gita 11.15 – Arjuna’s vision encompasses the whole universe from top to bottom
• 988) How can the Gita’s spiritual knowledge be compared to nuclear weapons knowledge?
• 987) Gita 11.14 – Arjuna’s mood changes from submissive discussion to prayerful veneration
• 986) Gita 11.13 – The universal form reconciles the one and the many
• 985) Gita 11.12 – Human perception and description are inadequate before divine self-revelation
• 984) ​Gita 11.11 – The visual demonstration reinforces the philosophical exposition
• 983) ​Gita 11.10 The first impression of the universal form is astonishing
• 982) Gita 11.09 The universal form is the ultimate mystical vision
• 981) ​Gita 11.08 Our vision is a function of our qualification
• 980) Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that everything that happens is good?
• 979) Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time
• 978) How can one practice bhakti without going through other yogas?
• 977) How can knowledge of other yogas help in practicing bhakti?
• 976) Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see
• 975) ​Gita 11.05 – The many forms within the one form – variety manifests within divinity
• 974) Gita 11.04 – Devotee desires to see Krishna but doesn’t demand
• 973) ​Gita 11.03 – Arjuna’s desire to know Krishna’s glory comes not from doubt but from devotion
• 972) Gita 11.02 – Freedom from delusion comes by understanding the ephemeral and the eternal beyond the ephemeral
• 971) Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others
• 970) ​How can we cultivate gravity for controlling the mind, as told in the Gita 17.16?
• 969) Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment
• 968) How are Krishna’s self-contradictory statements in Gita 9.4 and 9.5 to be understood?
• 967) Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna
• 966) Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation
• 965) ​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible
• 964) Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing
• 963) ​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds

July 2016

• 962) ​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna
• 961) Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence
• 960) Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna
• 959) ​Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna
• 958) Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence
• 957) Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna
• 956) Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly
• 955) Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power
• 954) ​Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine
• 953) ​Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad
• 952) ​Gita 10.26 – ​The transcendental manifests among the celestial
• 951) ​Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness
• 950) Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe
• 949) ​Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme
• 948) ​Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere
• 947) Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory
• 946) ​Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time
• 945) ​Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna
• 944) How do reconcile the contradiction between Gita 14.20 – we can transcend the modes – and 18.40 – everyone is under the modes?
• 943) When the Gita talks about karma, jnana and bhakti equally, why emphasize bhakti unduly?

June 2016

• 942) Self excellence principles from Bhagavad Gita
• 941) ​Three types of austerities – Gita 17.14-16 (Hindi)
• 940) Anant Gita ke do anta – Gita 18.63-78
• 939) ​Western philosophers and Bhagavad-gita 1 – Beyond Cartesian duality

May 2016

• 938) Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful
• 937) ​Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence
• 936) ​Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject
• 935) Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism
• 934) Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it
• 933) ​Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion
• 932) ​Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence
• 931) Does the Gita recommend different yogas for different people?
• 930) Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light
• 929) Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him
• 928) Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna
• 927) Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition

April 2016

• 926) When Krishna talks about various yogas progressively, why does Prabhupada focus on bhakti alone?
• 925) ​Should we see adversities in material life as impetuses for practicing karmany va dhikaraste?
• 924) The Gita is elevating and accommodating – Overview of chapters 1-12

March 2016

• 923) Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him
• 922) Is Gandhiji’s commentary on the Gita ok?
• 921) Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy
• 920) Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace
• 919) Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good
• 918) Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins
• 917) Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion

February 2016

• 916) Why does the Gita refer to people following scripture (17.11) while describing people without scriptural faith?
• 915) Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection
• 914) Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna
• 913) Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence
• 912) Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality
• 911) How do impersonalists interpret the Gita’s clearly personalist verses?
• 910) 9.31 – For devotees connected with Krishna, the happily ever after is guaranteed
• 909) Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall
• 908) Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal
• 907) Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought
• 906) Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels
• 905) Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection
• 904) Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals
• 903) Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality
• 902) What is the difference between knowledge in the three modes and intelligence in the three modes?
• 901) Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism
• 900) Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna
• 899) Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness
• 898) Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation
• 897) Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled
• 896) Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer
• 895) Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers
• 894) Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental
• 893) Gita 09.15 – Jnana yajna is not the same as jnana-yoga
• 892) Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication
• 891) Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible
• 890) Gita 9.12 – Rejecting real currency as fake leaves one impoverished
• 889) Gita 09.11 – To claim the impersonal to be Krishna’s param bhava is contextually and grammatically indefensible
• 888) Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause
• 887) Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental

January 2016

• 886) Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity
• 885) Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision
• 884) Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom
• 883) Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations
• 882) Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent
• 881) Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal
• 880) Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge
• 879) Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious
• 878) Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too
• 877) Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy
• 876) Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes
• 875) Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull
• 874) Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation
• 873) Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework
• 872) Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything
• 871) Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world
• 870) Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial
• 869) Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual
• 868) Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed
• 867) How could Arjuna ask Krishna to become his charioteer?
• 866) If Arjuna being a kshatriya was anyway going to fight, why did Krishna speak the Gita?
• 865) Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal
• 864) Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable
• 863) Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment
• 862) Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective
• 861) Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation
• 860) Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental
• 859) Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation
• 858) Why do jnanis need many lives to become jnanavan?
• 857) Why are the eka-bhakti jnanis of Gita 7.17 considered jnana-mishra?
• 856) Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive
• 855) Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information
• 854) Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna
• 853) When the Vedas also talk about transcendence, why does Gita 2.45 ask us to go beyond the Vedas?
• 852) Does the Gita flow from 2.58 to 2.61 reflect rise from karma-yoga through jnana-yoga and dhyana-yoga to bhakti yoga?
• 851) Can buddhi-yoga refer to all three yogas – karma, jnana and bhakti?
• 850) Does Gita 2.12 actually counter impersonalism?
• 849) Does Gita 2.11 refer to the life-air or to the soul?
• 848) What is the difference between kula dharma and jati dharma?
• 847) Does the well-river example of Gita 2.46 illustrate transcending the Vedas recommended in Gita 2.45?
• 846) Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world

December 2015

• 845) Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position
• 844) Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination
• 843) Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krishna
• 842) What are the various levels of bhakti Sri Vishvanatha analyzes in the Gita?
• 841) Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature
• 840) Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground
• 839) Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings
• 838) Gita 07.30 – Teacher’s incomprehensible statements test student’s interest and attentiveness
• 837) Gita 07.29 – Detect misery to correct it
• 836) Gita 07.28 – Dont expect immediate steady determination – use present determination, even if unsteady
• 835) Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti
• 834) Gita 07.27 – Go beyond duality by spirituality
• 833) Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti
• 832) Gita 07.26 – Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence
• 831) Gita 07.25 – Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron
• 830) Gita 07.24 – To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context
• 829) Gita 07.23 – Accommodation is not recommendation
• 828) The ego is higher than the intelligence – can it be controlled using the intelligence?
• 827) Gita 07.22 – Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him
• 826) Why does Prabhupada differentiate between knowledge and devotion in Gita 2.14 purport?
• 825) Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor
• 824) Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge

November 2015

• 823) Was Arjuna’s faith enhanced by seeing the Universal Form?
• 822) What is the significance of the different names used for Arjuna in the Gita as in 14.11 & 12?
• 821) Is there any difference between attaining Krishna’s dharma mentioned in Gita 14.2 and attaining his bhava mentioned in Gita 14.19?

October 2015

• 820) Why did Krishna not inform Karna initially that he was Kunti’s son?
• 819) What does worshiping the Lord through our work mean?
• 818) Understanding the scopes of science and spirituality
• 817) God and Science – The Gita perspective
• 816) How is the Gita’s detachment different from Mayavadi detachment?
• 815) Does improperly performed work in the Gita shreyan sva-dharmo vigunah refer to incompetence in work?
• 814) What does the Gita verse karmany evadhikaraste mean?
• 813) God Proposes, Man Accepts
• 812) Overcome discouragement through spiritual wisdom
• 811) How do impersonalists derive impersonal conclusions from the Gita?
• 810) How can we do akarma practically?

September 2015

• 809) How is the worship of devatas inclusive within worship of Krishna?
• 808) Why does Krishna say the devatas are different from him in chp 7 and same with him in chp 10?
• 807) Does karshati in Gita 15.07 refer to attraction or struggle?
• 806) Why does the Gita 15.1 compare the Vedas to leaves?
• 805) How do we develop the qualities the Gita recommends?
• 804) How can I overcome sleepiness when studying the Gita?
• 803) Parenting Principles from Bhagavad-gita
• 802) Death and the search for meaning
• 801) Does the Gita contain verses against meat-eating?
• 800) What does the Gita say about attachment, detachment and rupture in relationships?
• 799) How exactly is work worship – is bad work also worship?

August 2015

• 798) Temptations may come, we don’t have to welcome
• 797) Essence of Gita 5 – Choose God over the world
• 796) Essence of Gita 4 – God helps those who let him help them
• 795) Essence of Gita 3 – Devotion connects us vertically and horizontally
• 794) Essence of Gita 2 – Direct love towards the ultimate object
• 793) Essence of Gita 1 – Love is eternal
• 792) How can knowledge alone free us from karmic bondage, as Gita 4.14 says?
• 791) Is a person in Krishna consciousness transcendental to varnashrama?
• 790) When Arjuna had enough mind control to perform great austerities, why does he say that he can’t control the mind?
• 789) How has surrender in Gita 2.7 changed Arjuna’s consciousness when he expresses the same sentiment in 1.35 and 2.8?
• 788) When Krishna calls as divine the vision for seeing the Universal Form, why does Vishvanatha Chakravarti call it a downgrade of vision?
• 787) When Arjuna was already able to see Krishna’s intimate form why did Krishna have to give him divine vision to see the Universal Form?
• 786) How was Sanjay able to see the Universal Form without being given special eyes by Krishna?
• 785) Should the Bhagavad-gita be made India’s national book?
• 784) When an eye for an eye will make everyone blind, why does the Gita teach that?

July 2015

• 783) In Gita 13.24 why does Krishna say that he has spoken about the modes when he hasn’t spoken about them?
• 782) Gita Metaphors 2 – Wind 1 – A Boat Amidst a Storm
• 781) Gita 13.26 – Hearing is foundational to the topmost yoga
• 780) Lust brings out our lower side – love, our higher side
• 779) Gita 18.61 – Krishna doesn’t cause our worldly wandering – he frees us from the cause of that wandering
• 778) Gita 09.02 – The most powerful knowledge brings about the most auspicious destruction
• 777) Bhagavad Gita Metaphors 1 – Introduction
• 776) Gita 02.52 – Take the intelligence beyond the illusion of knowledge
• 775) Gita 03.41 – Alluring sense objects are the trigger, not the cause, of lust
• 774) Gita 13.27 – Let sensory perception stimulate spiritual contemplation
• 773) Gita 16.10 – Differentiate between kama as an enemy and kama as a purusha-artha
• 772) Gita 18.73 – Harmony with the Supreme is the sure sign of enlightenment
• 771) Gita 02.72 – Spiritual connectedness can provide peace even amidst violence
• 770) Gita 16.17 – Devotion is a matter of inner intention, not outer ostentation
• 769) Gita 14.01 – The Gita’s jnana section higlights its bhakti essence
• 768) Gita 18.35 – Expecting the worst of everything is ignorant, not transcendent
• 767) Gita 17.03 – Gita’s categorization goes deeper than just believers and nonbelievers
• 766) Gita 14.18 – The modes present choices and propel us to choose
• 765) Gita 14.02 – Take shelter of the knowledge that inspires us to take shelter of Krishna
• 764) Gita 14.13 – Illumination and action make our life all-round productive
• 763) Gita 02.66 – We need Krishna-connection to keep our intelligence and mind on track
• 762) Gita 18.35 – We don’t lack determination – we lack direction for our determination
• 761) Gita 14.11 – Is our acquistion of knowledge done with knowledge?
• 760) Gita 14.16 – Goodness detoxifies our consciousness
• 759) Gita 16.16 – The more we are spiritually deprived, the more become materialy depraved
• 758) Gita 18.57 – Don’t renounce work – offer work to Krishna
• 757) Gita 14.12 – Passion produces workoholism – protect yourself by devotion
• 756) Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety
• 755) Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety

June 2015

• 754) Are there some Deities that are jagruta?
• 753) Do the modes come from Krishna or from prakriti?
• 752) In Gita 6.35 what does abhyasa and vairagya mean?
• 751) Is work worship?
• 750) If even sinful devotees are considered saintly should we not look for trustworthiness in relating with devotees?
• 749) Should we work without worrying about result or work for Krishna?
• 748) In Gita 3.1 what does intelligence and fruitive work refer to?

May 2015

• 747) Are jnana and karma complementary instead of hierarchical?
• 746) Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable
• 745) Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna
• 744) Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious
• 743) Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen
• 742) Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion
• 741) Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence
• 740) Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic
• 739) Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma
• 738) Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed
• 737) Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic
• 736) Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water
• 735) Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance
• 734) Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies
• 733) Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable
• 732) Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory
• 731) Does Krishna’s not being able to remember the Gita later in the Mahabharata prove that some higher being spoke the Gita through him?
• 730) Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish
• 729) Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything
• 728) Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga
• 727) Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna

April 2015

• 726) What does “avyakta” mean in the Gita’s eighth chapter?
• 725) How can we work for Krishna and avoid contaminating association in our workplaces?
• 724) Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle
• 723) How is Krishna attained by doing duty – doesn’t one need to rise to love for him?
• 722) How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?
• 721) As Krishna is the ultimate beneficiary, is devata prasad also Krishna-prasad?
• 720) If yajnas are not done will there be no rains?
• 719) What is the destination of those who take devatas’ prasad?
• 718) Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection
• 717) Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence
• 716) Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse
• 715) Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate
• 714) Why are the Gita’s first and last chapters of Krishna’s instructions its longest chapters?
• 713) Why does Prabhupada say in Gita 2.38p that sankhya doesn’t refer to and does refer to the Bhagavatam’s sankhya?
• 712) How is internal cleanliness a bodily austerity?
• 711) What is the difference between austerity and penance?
• 710) Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually
• 709) Which are the important commentaries on the Gita?
• 708) Why are there so many commentaries on the Gita?
• 707) Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win
• 706) Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited
• 705) Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness
• 704) Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence
• 703) What is the difference between energies in Gita chp 7 and potencies in chp 9?
• 702) Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process
• 701) Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence
• 700) Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm
• 699) What is the difference between giving up action and renunciation in Gita 3.4?
• 698) Did others apart from Arjuna see Krishna’s universal form?
• 697) Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier
• 696) Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference
• 695) Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul
• 694) Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion
• 693) Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance
• 692) Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects
• 691) Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

March 2015

• 690) Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map
• 689) Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness
• 688) Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes
• 687) Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection
• 686) Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery
• 685) The Gita’s progression from third person references to first person references
• 684) Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation
• 683) Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness
• 682) Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception
• 681) Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation
• 680) Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness
• 679) Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation
• 678) Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance
• 677) Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation
• 676) Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection
• 675) Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption
• 674) On seeing the Pandavas forces why does Duryodhana approach Drona not Bhishma?
• 673) Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification
• 672) Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals
• 671) Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga
• 670) Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging
• 669) Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision
• 668) Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul
• 667) Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained
• 666) Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us
• 665) Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage
• 664) Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress
• 663) Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose
• 662) Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits
• 661) Did Arjuna know Krishna’s supreme position in the Gita’s first chapter?
• 660) Could Krishna not convince Arjuna with philosophy alone and so he displayed the Universal Form?
• 659) Do sadhaka-devotees also become free all worldly obligations?
• 658) How does the Vedic rule of “no reactions in killing aggressors” apply today?
• 657) Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord
• 656) Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation
• 655) Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards
• 654) Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

February 2015

• 653) Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities
• 652) Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual
• 651) Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition
• 650) Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble
• 649) Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness
• 648) Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful
• 647) How can we best present the Gita to intellectuals who feel Prabhupada’s Gita is too devotional?
• 646) Why does Prabhupada say that Haridasa Thakura is superior to Lord Shiva?
• 645) Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation
• 644) Is simplicity and non-duplicity the same as humility or truthfulness?
• 643) Did the Gita originally have 745 verses?
• 642) Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all
• 641) Is the Gita relevant today?
• 640) Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge
• 639) Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord
• 638) Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction
• 637) Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body
• 636) Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates
• 635) Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is
• 634) Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification
• 633) Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world
• 632) Does Krishna consider Arjuna’s concerns about destruction of family meaningless?
• 631) Does the Gita offer spiritual solution to spiritual problem or to material problem?

January 2015

• 630) Let intelligence take from the poison phase to the nectar phase
• 629) Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is
• 628) Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms
• 627) Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction
• 626) Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing
• 625) Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same
• 624) Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose
• 623) Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation
• 622) Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best
• 621) Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception
• 620) Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war
• 619) Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic
• 618) Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness
• 617) Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge
• 616) Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga
• 615) Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes
• 614) Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge
• 613) Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna
• 612) Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana
• 611) Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge
• 610) Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation
• 609) Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive
• 608) Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation
• 607) Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities
• 606) Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna
• 605) Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders
• 604) Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna
• 603) Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual
• 602) Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity
• 601) Is Krishna’s reference to Arjuna as Bharata spiritual because the Bharata dynasty is filled with liberated souls?
• 600) If Krishna addresses Arjuna as per the bodily conception, does it mean that Krishna is in the bodily conception?
• 599) Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability
• 598) Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire
• 597) Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter
• 596) Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant
• 595) Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization
• 594) Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible
• 593) Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning
• 592) Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful
• 591) Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation
• 590) Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating
• 589) Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion
• 588) Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality
• 587) Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna
• 586) Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth
• 585) Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within
• 584) Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma
• 583) Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms
• 582) Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location
• 581) Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication
• 580) Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory
• 579) Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita
• 578) Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient
• 577) Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust
• 576) Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last
• 575) Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification
• 574) Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism
• 573) Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns
• 572) Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion
• 571) Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies
• 570) Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin
• 569) Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty
• 568) Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits
• 567) Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed
• 566) Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge
• 565) Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy

December 2014

• 564) Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating
• 563) Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant
• 562) Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action
• 561) Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion
• 560) Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher
• 559) Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention
• 558) Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara
• 557) Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk
• 556) Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila
• 555) Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others
• 554) Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible
• 553) Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection
• 552) Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation
• 551) Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty
• 550) Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life
• 549) Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible
• 548) Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal
• 547) 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
• 546) Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves
• 545) Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government
• 544) Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature
• 543) Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form
• 542) Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus
• 541) Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation
• 540) Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion
• 539) Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually
• 538) Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential
• 537) Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level
• 536) Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change
• 535) Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling
• 534) Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not
• 533) Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation
• 532) Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires
• 531) Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary
• 530) Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer
• 529) Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire
• 528) Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration
• 527) Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal
• 526) Was Arjuna aware of the soul’s existence before hearing the Gita?
• 525) Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation
• 524) Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown
• 523) Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us
• 522) Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses
• 521) Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control
• 520) Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual
• 519) Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism
• 518) Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual
• 517) Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer
• 516) Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized
• 515) Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps
• 514) Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction
• 513) Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence
• 512) Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination
• 511) Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion
• 510) Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best
• 509) Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence
• 508) Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture
• 507) Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose
• 506) Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste
• 505) Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema
• 504) Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom
• 503) Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence
• 502) Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee
• 501) Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga
• 500) Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions
• 499) Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win
• 498) Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message
• 497) Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception
• 496) Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action
• 495) Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution
• 494) Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success
• 493) Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization
• 492) Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action
• 491) Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing
• 490) Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief
• 489) Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process
• 488) Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless
• 487) Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual
• 486) Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere
• 485) Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty
• 484) Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition
• 483) Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge
• 482) Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does
• 481) Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction
• 480) Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure
• 479) Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything
• 478) Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence
• 477) Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal
• 476) Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it
• 475) Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging
• 474) Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural
• 473) Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise
• 472) Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood
• 471) Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn
• 470) Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress
• 469) Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple
• 468) Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance
• 467) Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences
• 466) Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness
• 465) Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position
• 464) Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation
• 463) Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony
• 462) Gita 01.46 – When the eye disheartens, let the ear hearten
• 461) Gita 01.45 – Sound arguments from a fragmented perception are actually unsound
• 460) Gita 01.44 – Arjuna’s reasoning is wrong, but his capacity for reasoning is laudable
• 459) Gita 01.43 – Hell forever is a subjective feeling, not an objective fact
• 458) Gita 01.42 – Three meanings of dharma
• 457) Gita 01.41 – Unwanted progeny – what does unwanted mean?
• 456) Gita 01.40 – Protecting women and ensuring good progeny are important social responsibilities
• 455) Gita 01.39 – As soon as dharma weakens adharma attacks
• 454) Gita 01.38 – Don’t let the anartha-maddened make us similarly mad
• 453) Gita 01.37 – Greed gives us a tunnel vision of reality
• 452) Gita 01.36 – Contemplate contextual karmic considerations before acting
• 451) Gita 01.35 – Arjuna’s profit-loss calculations miss the most important factor
• 450) Gita 01.34 – Arjuna’s evolved emotion and reason ready to be raised to the summit by Gita wisdom
• 449) Gita 01.33 – The contrasting words of Arjuna and Duryodhana reveal their consciousness’ levels
• 448) Gita 01.32 – Whom we live for determines the quality of our life
• 447) Gita 01.31 – Material long-term is not long-term enough
• 446) Gita 01.30 – Where materialism shows a dead end spirituality shows the way ahead
• 445) Gita 01.29 – The inner attack of emotions does what no outer attack of enemies could have done
• 444) Gita 01.28 – To avoid being consumed by material emotions, cultivate spiritual emotions
• 443) Gita 01.27 – Undiscerning visual perception erodes spiritual conviction
• 442) Gita 01.26 – The brutality of the imminent fratricide sinks in
• 441) Gita 01.25 – Over-reliance on visual perception ends in illusion
• 440) Gita 01.24 – Conquer lethargy to attain excellence in service
• 439) Gita 01.23 – How the evil got so many allies
• 438) Gita 01.22 – A last sight of the battling brethren
• 437) Gita 01.21 – The surprising request to see what is already known
• 436) Gita 01.20 – The monkey standard is permeated with the divine monkey’s presence
• 435) Gita 01.19 – Kauravas’ bravado battered and shattered by Pandavas’ bravery
• 434) Gita 01.18 – The Pandavas’ illustrious sons gallantly serve their parents
• 433) Gita 01.17 – Weapons are warrior’s ornaments
• 432) Krishna’s moods in the Gita – Gita Jayanti class
• 431) If we dont understand something in the Gita should we re-read it till we understand before going ahead?
• 430) What is the joking referred to in Gita 1.25 purport?

November 2014

• 429) If the Gita is contextual, why is it considered such an important scripture?
• 428) Is Modi anti-secular in giving the Gita to other heads of state?
• 427) Is the Gita a religious book or a secular book?
• 426) Why does Gita 7.25 use yoga-maya instead of maha-maya?
• 425) Does the Gita ask Arjuna to choose job over family?
• 424) What is the difference between spiritual, transcendental and devotional?
• 423) Retreat within to treat without

October 2014

• 422) Does papa-yonayah in Gita 9.32 refer to a fourth category?
• 421) Does Gita 18.56 refer to karma-yoga or bhakti-yoga?
• 420) How can a material process karma-yoga grow into the transcendental process bhakti-yoga?
• 419) Is karma-yoga superior to jnana-yoga according to the Gita chp 3?
• 418) Why does the Bhagavad-gita immediately after rejecting bodily identity address Arjuna with names which reinforce that very identity?
• 417) Which dictionary meaning of the word ‘mind’ does the Gita refer to?
• 416) Mind the mind
• 415) Do vaishyas have to do brahminical occupation to come to goodness for practicing bhakti?
• 414) Why do we counter-push against lower modes and not against goodness?
• 413) Are those who come to Krishna even for material benefit mahatmas?
• 412) Is the jnani of Gita 8.17 one of the four categories of 7.16?
• 411) When Prabhupada’s Gita is so obviously not as it is, how can he call it as it is?
• 410) What are the ten principles of godly life mentioned in Gita 16.1-3 purport?
• 409) Never lose heart
• 408) Redefine success
• 407) We can’t wish away our bodily identity – we have to work our way through it
• 406) Gita 01.16 – The individual conches manifest individual warrior’s virility
• 405) Gita 01.15 – The top trio in the Pandava army start the action
• 404) Gita 01.14 – The dramatically humble entry of the hero
• 403) Be concerned not disturbed
• 402) Gita 01.13 – Rituals of war express and stimulate the martial spirit
• 401) Opportunity in Adversity
• 400) Gita 01.12 – The valorous grandsire stops the politicking
• 399) Gita 01.11 – The manipulator misses the one who matters most
• 398) Is the doer the ego as Gita 18.58 states or the modes as Gita 3.27 states?
• 397) Spiritualizing our work
• 396) Gita 01.10 – Mulitiple meanings of same word reveal the possibilities of multiple interpretations
• 395) Gita 01.09 – Listing the warriors’ qualities for enlisting their commitment
• 394) Words shape worlds – watch your words
• 393) Just as a bigger Mahabharata exists in the heavens does a bigger Gita also exist?
• 392) What is the meaning of the Gita statement about the moon being the most prominent nakshatra?
• 391) Does the Gita recommend Deity worship?
• 390) Different approaches to Gita study: historical, literary, philosophical, revelational, descriptive, prescriptive

September 2014

• 389) As yogis become bhaktas at their topmost stage does that mean we should practice yoga before bhakti?
• 388) Gita 01.08 – Attachment makes the absent present
• 387) What is the difference between phenomenal and numinous in Gita 7.2
• 386) Gita 01.07 – Repetition of known information conveys prioritization
• 385) Gita 01.06 – Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength
• 384) Gita 01.05 – Affiliations were shaped by long-term affinity not short-term antipathy
• 383) Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference
• 382) Gita 01.03 – The politician seeks martial dedication by emotional manipulation
• 381) What does being free from all dualities mean wrt devotional service?
• 380) What is the difference between a jnani and jnani-yogi?
• 379) When Krishna says that the knowledge in disciplic succession was lost, weren’t the four sampradayas available at that time?
• 378) A devotee is already righteous, so why does Krsna say that he becomes righteous in Gita 9.31?
• 377) What is the difference between nitya and shashvata in Gita 2.20?
• 376) How can we convert our work in office into yajna?
• 375) What is the difference between karma yoga, buddhi yoga and bhakti yoga?
• 374) Gita 01.02 – Duryodhana’s choice of conversant reveals his political intent
• 373) Gita 01.01 – The transcendental manifests as the geographical
• 372) Why does Krishna refer to someone else as the object of surrender in the Gita 18.62?
• 371) Gita 04.39 – Faith is the necessary but not sufficient condition for knowledge

August 2014

• 370) What does the Gita’s chp 13 title ‘Nature, enjoyer and consciousness’ refer to?
• 369) Is the universal form in the Gita’s ninth chapter a conceptualization and the eleventh chapter, a revelation?
• 368) What does the Gita’s inverted tree metaphor signify?
• 367) Why does the Gita use a setting of war to convey its transcendental message when such a setting can be abused to provoke communal violence?
• 366) What is the theory of reflection Prabhupada refers to in the Gita 2.13 purport?
• 365) Why does Krishna emphasise consciousness at death which is much more uncontrollable than consciousness while living?
• 364) When Krishna had said he wouldn’t lift weapons in the Kurukshetra war, why does he say in Gita 11.33 that the Kauravas are already killed by him?
• 363) What is the significance of the two metaphors of rivers and moths used in the Gita’s description of warriors entering into the Universal Form

July 2014

• 362) Srimad Bhagavad-gita-mahatmyam  THE GLORY OF SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA  from Sri Vaisnaviya-tantra-sara
• 361) Is the Gita’s teaching that women are sinful resposible for female infanticide?
• 360) If Krishna’s ultimate instruction is to give up all duties for surrendering to him why shouldn’t everyone join the temple?
• 359) Is Krishna omninpresent as his energy or personally as the Supersoul?
• 358) If the Supersoul is present in all atoms and the space between them, what is special about the Superoul in our heart?
• 357) What happens to the Supersoul after death and after liberation?
• 356) Is the Supersoul actually expanded in every heart or is it an appearance of expansion?

June 2014

• 355) How the Gita’s ninth chapter reveals its bhakti essence
• 354) Why does the Gita 12.11 include material charity in the bhakti hierarchy?
• 353) Where do religious social workers like Mother Terersa fall in the Gita’s yoga ladder?
• 352) How does karma yoga mature into ashtanga yoga?
• 351) How does the nishkama karma yogi attain knowledge and liberation? Through the same path or by adopting another yoga?
• 350) Does ashtanga yoga always start from jnana yoga?
• 349) Are the jnanis mentioned in Gita 7.16-18 impersonalists as the example of Kumaras suggests or devotees as Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakura’s commentary states?
• 348) What does the identification of Krishna with time mean practically?
• 347) What is the significance of the word avyaya in Gita 9.2?
• 346) What is the meaning of Gita 14.11: “The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge”?

May 2014

• 345) When this world is duhkhalayam why are the distressed only one of the four categories of people coming to Krishna
• 344) Demonizing the other doesn’t remove the demons hither
• 343) Why do dharma-shastras say that aggressors should be forgiven?
• 342) Do the dharma-shastras say aggressors shouldn’t be killed and artha-shastras that they should be killed?
• 341) What are dharma-shastra and artha-shastra? How are they different?
• 340) How can we make our work into worship when it is not according to our nature and is not connected with Krishna?
• 339) How to make our work into worship (Gita 18.44-45) (Hindi)
• 338) Should a devotee avoid initiation due to not being able to follow the fourth regulative principle fully?
• 337) Does Krishna compassionately pull impersonalists from Brahman to Bhagavan?
• 336) How does attachment to result make us the cause of action, as the Gita 2.47 purport states?
• 335) Is conscience always the voice of the Supersoul? Does everyone’s conscience tell them that meat-eating is wrong?
• 334) Why does the Gita 18.68 restrict its message of devotion to devotees?
• 333) How are the feelings of victory and adventure Krishna’s opulences, especially when people get those feelings in illicit activities such as gambling?
• 332) Are the demigod worshipers in Gita 9.15 different from normal karma kandis because the Gita refers to them as jnanis?
• 331) Do the ekatvena worshipers of Gita 9.15 refer to 9.11-12 or 12.3-6?

April 2014

• 330) What kind of rules and regulations do the prestige-seekers referred to in the Gita 16.17 follow?
• 329) Are the Gita’s instructions applicable in the spiritual world too or only in the material world?
• 328) If the Gita is a transcendental literature, then why does the Gita Mahatmya glorify the attainment of heavenly planets?
• 327) Why do we have a right to do prescribed duties as the Gita 2.47 states?
• 326) Did Prabhupada want to re-write Bhagavad Gita As It Is because he worked very fast to publish it quickly?
• 325) Why doesn’t Srila Prabhupada mention even once in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is that we should chant 16 rounds of Hare Krsna Mahamantra?
• 324) Can chanting Hare Krsna help one to assimilate the knowledge of the scriptures more efficiently? How?
• 323) How can I turn my occupational duty into devotional service to Krishna?
• 322) How does contemplating on Krishna differ from mental speculation about Krishna?
• 321) Does Gita 2.47 ma phasehu kadachana mean that we don’t have a right to obtain the result or a right to enjoy the result?
• 320) How exactly are “those in Krishna consciousness not responsible for their actions”, as Prabhupada states?
• 319) Can Gita 18.14 adhisthanam refer to some place of action other than the body?
• 318) Who is the actual doer according to the Gita?
• 317) How can we reconcile the Gita (3.4) – don’t give up work – and the Bhagavatam (1.5.17) – give up work?
• 316) What is the difference between charity in goodness and transcendence?
• 315) Why is the edited BBT Gita different from Prabhupada’s unedited original Gita?
• 314) Why is the Bhagavad-gita so pessimistic? (expanded with four-point analysis)
• 313) What is the connecting link between the Gita’s ninth and tenth chapters?
• 312) In which verses of the Gita’s eight chapter are the Lord’s glories stated?

March 2014

• 311) Do the daivi maya in Gita 7.14 and daivi prakriti in 9.13 to the same thing or different things?
• 310) I am a Physics student. How can I study the Bhagavad-gita scientifically when it seems like a discussion in a story?
• 309) Is the jnani in Gita 7.16 and jnanavan in 7.19 the same or different?
• 308) In the Gita chp 8, what is the yogis’ conception of Krishna?
• 307) In Gita chp 13, what exactly does jneya refer to?
• 306) Are there any examples of yoga-mishra bhaktas becoming kevala bhaktas?
• 305) Can Gita verses be translated differently from Prabhupada’s translations?
• 304) How can we understand Prabhupada’s equating buddhi-yoga in 2.39 purport with bhakti-yoga?
• 303) Gita 18.64-78 – The Gita culminates in a call for pure love (Hindi)
• 302) Gita 18.40-63 – Bhakti is the spiritual summit that also extends down to wherever we may be (Hindi)
• 301) As tapa is not a distinct spiritual path, what does Gita 6.46 tapsvibhyo adhiko yogi refer to?
• 300) Why is the flow the Gita verses not given in Prabhupada’s Gita?
• 299) What is the connection between Gita 6.4 yogarudha stage and 6.5-6 mind’s inimical nature?
• 298) Gita 18.29-39 Choose the intelligence, determination and happiness for attaining auspiciousness (Hindi)
• 297) How can we practically understand the modes influencing us wrt the jnana karma and karta analysis in Gita 18.20-28?
• 296) How are the 6 components of action in Gita 18.18 reduced to 3 in Gita 18.19?
• 295) Gita 18.13-18.28 – The five factors and the three components of action (Hindi)
• 294) Gita 18.01-12 – Don’t garb irresponsibility as renunciation (Hindi)

February 2014

• 293) Gita 17.17-17.28 – Various religions are pathways towards the same sat moutain-peak (Hindi)
• 292) Gita 3.9 enjoins yajna for the satisfaction of Vishnu. Then why does the next section talk about the lower level of karma kanda?
• 291) Gita 2.38 and 2.48 seem very similar. What is the difference between them?
• 290) What is the difference between karma-kanda and sakama karma-yoga? Which does Gita 2.31-37 refer to?
• 289) Gita 2.39 is a linking verse. Which sections in the Gita and which levels in the yoga ladder does it link?
• 288) Is there any difference between nishkama bhakti and shuddha bhakti?
• 287) Do karma-mishra, yoga-mishra, jnana-mishra bhakti come under sakama bhakti?
• 286) Gita 17.07-16 – Understanding food, sacrifice and austerity from material and transcendental perspectives (Hindi)
• 285) Gita 16.13-17.06 – Demoniac mentality in today’s society (Hindi)
• 284) Gita 15.15-16.12 – Purushottama – the highest reality and the qualities that define our natures (Hindi)
• 283) Gita 15.01-14 – Understanding material existence metaphorically and philosophically (Hindi)
• 282) Gita 14.06-27 – Understanding and transcending the modes (Hindi)
• 281) Gita 13.30-14.05 – Jnana Chakshu and the reality of dreams (Hindi)
• 280) Gita 13.18-29 – How the purusha gets bound by prakriti (Hindi)
• 279) Gita 13.08-17 – Understanding jnana and jneya (Hindi)
• 278) How are the living symptoms of consciousness manifestations of the subtle body as the Gita 13.6-7 purport says?
• 277) Gita 13.01-07 – Overview of chps 1-12 and understanding Kshetrajna & Kshetra – Hindi
• 276) According to Krishna, which is more important – karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga or both?
• 275) Do our impulses come from outside us or inside us?
• 274) Is karma yoga practical when even the people for whom we sacrifice consider it insane?
• 273) How is the Gita 4.9 the essence of the Bhagavad-gita?

January 2014

• 272) What is the difference between ‘nishkarma’ & ‘karma’ as explained in Gita & its significance?
• 271) When Krishna is complete, how can he be the beneficiary of our sacrifices, as Gita 5.29 says?
• 270) Why are we bound to certain patterns of thinking? Doesn’t that make us like pre-programmed robots?

December 2013

• 269) Though Yudhishthira is the oldest Pandavas, why does Gita chp 1 mention him after Arjuna & Bhima?
• 268) As all the bodily forms we take are temporary, does that mean the eternal and real is formlessness?
• 267) When sex is an experience of Krishna, as the Gita states, why does Yamunacharya spit at sex desire?
• 266) Isn’t Prabhupada’s Gita 18.65 call to worship Krishna alone and no other Vishnu form fanatical?
• 265) Is Gita 18.55’s impersonal message (vishate tad anantaram) overridden by Prabhupada’s translation?
• 264) If the Gita is a manual why is it so confusing? Why couldn’t it have been clearer?
• 263) Is the Gita an attempted reconciliation of different Upanishadic thoughts and not a revelation?
• 262) Does “knowing in truth” (Gita 4.9) happen by “experiences of Truth” or by “understanding”?
• 261) When Prabhupada’s perfect purports to the Gita are there, why are Gita daily articles needed?
• 260) Six steps to spiritual perfection – Bhagavad Gita 07.01
• 259) How is the material world non-existent as Prabhupada states in the Gita introduction?
• 258) In Gita 13.12 is there any difference between atma-vinigrahah and indriyartheshu vairagya?
• 257) What is the Gita’s position on deontology?
• 256) What is the Gita’s etiology?
• 255) What is the Gita’s ontology?
• 254) What is the Gita’s soteriology?
• 253) What is the Gita’s eschatology?
• 252) Does Gita 9.32 which says that anyone can begin bhakti apply to those who fall while practicing bhakti?
• 251) Is the Gita 18.66 exclusivist or inclusivist in spirit?
• 250) If we need to see intellectually before we can see visually, what about non-intellectual practitioners?
• 249) Isn’t unconsciousness of Krishna more harmful than unconsciousness of our faults?
• 248) Is there any difference between dambha, darpa and abhimana in Gita 16.04?

November 2013

• 247) When the Supersoul is a judge, how is he neutral? And how is his role reconcilable with deism?
• 246) Can Kuruskshtera be compared to the body, the senses to the Pandavas, the Kauravas to the vices and the war to the inner battle?
• 245) Knotty Verse Series 6 – 11.33 – Is the Gita’s call for violence literal or metaphorical?
• 244) Knotty Gita Verses Series 5 – 03.35 – Does the Gita endorse the caste system?
• 243) What exactly does the Gita say about ‘work is worship’?
• 242) The nonviolent violence of the Gita
• 241) Why do jnanis say that bhakti is for the less intelligent and Prabhupada say that only the intelligent can take to bhakti?
• 240) If my sva-dharma is not favourable for my bhakti, then can I accept another dharma favourable for my bhakti?
• 239) Can our prescribed duties be changed according to our likes or dislikes?
• 238) How can we become equally disposed toward every living entity?

October 2013

• 237) The Glory of Gita wisdom (Reflections on the second anniversary of Gita-daily)
• 236) The Multiples Conflicts within the Gita
• 235) Is buddhi-yoga a separate type of yoga apart from the four main yogas?
• 234) What is the meaning of the Gita 6.44 statement that the advanced yogi goes beyond the range of Vedic sound?
• 233) How can we offer all the results of our work to Krishna?
• 232) Comparison of Bhagavata worldview with scientific materialism, Christianity and impersonalism
• 231) Is the world a playground or a battleground?

September 2013

• 230) Does the Vishva-rupa’s devouring the Kauravas prove that the Hindu God is a cannibal, as preachers of some other religion claim?
• 229) When the Gita says the world is duhkhalayam, does that mean we should face all duhkha passively?
• 228) What is the ideal path to live according to the Bhagavad Gita As It Is?
• 227) How can we excel in our work if we are detached and don’t set goals?
• 226) How do we discover our sva-dharma? Should we wait for the spiritual master to tell us our lifelong service?.mp3
• 225) Why does the Gita emphasize sva-dharma repeatedly from the second chapter (2.31) to the eighteenth chapter (18.47)?
• 224) Does one need to be intellectual to understand Krishna tattvatah, in truth?

August 2013

• 223) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.8-18 How the Chatur Shloki is the essence of the Gita
• 222) 18.56-78 – Krishna reveals his heart of love Gita Study Pune 2013
• 221) 18.36-55 Bhakti in karma yoga and jnana yoga Gita Study Pune 2013
• 220) 18.29-35 The link between Knowledge, Intelligence & Determination Gita Study Pune 2013
• 219) 18.20-28 Cultivating repentence and avoiding lamentation in Sadhana Bhakti Gita Study Pune 2013
• 218) 18.13-19 Understanding Sankhya in Bhagavad-Gita Gita Study Pune 2013
• 217) 18.1-12 Frustration is not the qualification for renunciation Gita Study Pune 2013
• 216) 17.20-28 How Om Tat Sat spiritualizes Yajna, Dana and Tapa Gita Study Mumbai 2013
• 215) 17.11-19 Applying the principles of austerity in our life Gita Study Pune 2013
• 214) 17.1-10 Understanding faith in the three modes Gita Study Pune 2013
• 213) 16.9-24 Demoniac direction of modern society Gita Study Pune 2013
• 212) Won’t inter-caste marriages lead to varna sankara (unwanted progeny)?
• 211) When Krishna tells Arjuna in the Gita to do his duty, why do brahmacharis give up their duty in the name of the Gita?
• 210) If the soul is inconceivable, why should we bother to conceive it?
• 209) Why does the “yena sarvam idam tatam” in Gita 2.17 refer to the body and not all of existence
• 208) Why is the Gita’s first chapter called a chapter on yoga when it contains no yogic teachings?
• 207) Why is the Gita called yoga-shastra?
• 206) What does the Gita say about love and inter-caste marriages?

July 2013

• 205) How can I understand and apply the Gita?
• 204) Leadership Sutras based on the Bhagavad-gita
• 203) What does the sentence “From your place at your pace join the race” mean?
• 202) During their spiritual advancement, do devotees see the Supersoul in their heart? How?
• 201) What does the term Gita wisdom refer to in your Gita-daily articles, when it refers to points not present in the Gita?
• 200) How can we always be conscious that the Paramatma is present within our heart and hear his inner voice?
• 199) How can we apply sarva dharman parityajya in our life as, for example, students?
• 198) As per Gita 10.10 does Krishna help only those who serve him constantly and with love or does he help all his devotees?
• 197) Why do we need to get rid of good reactions in addition to bad reactions?
• 196) What does the word ’cause’ mean in Gita 2.47 “Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities…”?

June 2013

• 195) Gita Study Pune 2013 – The Yoga Ladder Explained
• 194) Gita Study Pune 2013 15.16-16.8 Importance of Tri Shloki Bhagavad-Gita
• 193) Gita Study Pune 2013 15.6-15 Two ways to attain Jnana Cakshu
• 192) Gita Study Pune 2013 15.1-5 How the material world is comprehensible as well as incomprehensible
• 191) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.16-24 How the analysis of the modes leads to Bhakti
• 190) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.10-15 Examining the modes in today’s society
• 189) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.1-9 The background for the Gita’s discussion of the modes
• 188) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 13.20-35 The Bija Vakya of the Gitas last six chapters
• 187) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 13.8-19 Achintyabhedabheda in the Gita
• 186) 08.08 – Leave no space to space out
• 185) Why does Krishna talk about controlling the senses to Arjuna when the purpose of the conversation seems to be to incite Arjuna to fight?
• 184) Why is Arjuna’s name not mentioned in the guru-shisya parampara at the start of the Gita when Krishna gave him knowledge in parampara?
• 183) Prabhupada says one who is not able to control mind is animal but in Gita Arjuna says that he cannot control mind. Please explain
• 182) Why does Prabhupada put in his translations references to Krishna that are not actually there in the Sanskrit verses of the Gita?
• 181) Directing the four lanes of our consciousness – intellectual emotional devotional and motivational – towards Krishna Gita 5.17
• 180) Self-Control – The Key to Happiness Gita 5.21-24

May 2013

• 179) Why does Krishna refer to two different seasons as his opulences in Gita 10.35?
• 178) Is the Bhagavad-gita shruti or smriti? Did it become important only recently in the Indian tradition?
• 177) What does the Gita 4.24 verse brahmarpanam brahma havir mean? How do we respond to its impersonalist interpretation?
• 176) Understanding Krishnas first-person and third-person referencs in the Gita – part 2
• 175) What is the significance of the Gita’s definition of yoga as equanimity?
• 174) Why does the Gita 8.13 recommend the chanting of om and not Hare Krishna?
• 173) As the soul is higher than the intelligence then how can the intelligence understand the soul as the Gita 3.43 says?
• 172) As the Brahman Paramatma Bhagavan are referred to in the Gita 6.28-30 then how are these terms not referred to in the Vedic texts?
• 171) Understanding Krishna first-person and third-person references in the Gita – part 1
• 170) Gita 13.21-22 Material existence as a virtual reality
• 169) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 12.12-20 – The last rung in the Gita’s downward ladder of love
• 168) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 12.1-11 Arjuna’s question refers to Brahmavada not Mayavada
• 167) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.47-55 – How Virat Rupa revelation ends in glorification of bhakti
• 166) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.28-46 The Frightening Virat Rupa – Kala Rupa
• 165) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.1-27 The Magnificent Virat Rupa
• 164) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.19-42 How the Vibhutis manifest Krishna’s glory
• 163) Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.1-7 – Review of the first nine chapters of the Gita

April 2013

• 162) What does the statement that Prabhupadas purports are more important than even the translations really mean? And are scriptures written such that they cannot be misinterpreted?
• 161) What is the real translation of Gita 7.21?
• 160) Why does the Gita say that “for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death” and also say “consider honor and dishonor to be the same”?

March 2013

• 159) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.73-78 Concluding messages from the Gita
• 158) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.65-72 – Comprehending dharman parityajya and vraja in 18.66
• 157) What is the basis for saying that the mode of goodness is right?
• 156) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.62-64 Why bhakti is the conclusive message of the Gita
• 155) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.54-62 Bhakti is the summit of spirituality but also reaches down to wherever we are
• 154) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.40-53 Rising to the brahman platform through devotionalized karma yoga within varnashrama
• 153) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.36-39 Choose happiness based on intelligence
• 152) 18.35 Sustaining our determination is our responsibility
• 151) 18.29-34 Intelligence in the three modes and its difference from knowledge in the three modes
• 150) Gita Overview Mumbai18.22-28 How the modes shape the doer and the deed
• 149) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.18-21 The motivations and components of action
• 148) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.12-17 Five factors of action
• 147) Gita Overview Mumbai 18.1-9 When renunciation does and doesn’t bear fruit
• 146) Gita Overview Mumbai 17.23-28 How om tat sat sanctifies and spiritualizes
• 145) 17.15-22 Being soft-spoken and satisfied are matters of choice not just of nature
• 144) Gita Overview Mumbai 17.11-14 Understanding svabhava svakarma and svadharma
• 143) Gita Overview Mumbai 17.5-10 When austerities become demoniac
• 142) Gita Overview Mumbai 17.3-4 Panchopasana and religions in various modes
• 141) Gita Overview Mumbai 16.21-17.2 – Scripture takes us beyond nature nurture and culture
• 140) 16.13-20 The demoniac treat religion as a social cosmetic
• 139) Gita Overview Mumbai 16.8-12 Atheists abuse science for demoniac purposes
• 138) Gita Overview Mumbai 16.1-7 Understanding pravrtti and nivrtti
• 137) Gita Overview Mumbai 15.15-20 Trishloki Gita refutes Mayavada unambiguously
• 136) Gita Overview Mumbai 15.9-14 Krishna arranges for even our material enjoyment
• 135) Gita Overview Mumbai 15.1-8 Analysis of the upside-down tree metaphor
• 134) Gita Overview Mumbai 14.22-27 Become an observer of the consciousness
• 133) Why does Prabhupada’s Gita 6.46 translation of karmi not include nishkama karmis?
• 132) Gita Overview Mumbai 14.17-21 Knowledge arises from sattva not abhyasa
• 131) Gita Overview Mumbai 14.11-16 How knowledge became redefined as the quest for power not truth
• 130) Gita Overview Mumbai 14.1-10 Characteristics of the three modes
• 129) Gita Overview Mumbai 13.20-35 A coherent understanding of the 6 items taught in Chp 13-
• 128) Gita Overview Mumbai 13.13-19 Understanding five koshas and achintyabhedabheda in the Gita
• 127) Gita Overview Mumbai 13.8-12 Role of bhakti in jnana and of jnana in bhakti
• 126) Gita Overview Mumbai 13.1-7 Vyashti and Samashti approaches to understanding reality
• 125) Gita Overview 12.12-20 Unraveling the mysterious hierarchy of 12.12
• 124) Gita Overview Mumbai 12.1-11 Progression from Virata Rupa to Impersonal Brahman
• 123) Gita Overview Mumbai 11.41-55 Pure devotion reveals all visions

February 2013

• 122) Gita Overview Mumbai 11.24-40 Material destruction paves the way for spiritual ressurection
• 121) Gita Overview Mumbai 11.1-23 The background to understand Vishva-rupa – Yoga aishvarya to rupa aishvarya
• 120) Gita Overview 10.34-42 – Krishna as victory adventure and other opulent manifestations
• 119) Gita Overview Mumbai10.25-33 – Metaphors for understanding Krishna’s glories
• 118) Is ISKCON’s claim for a paramapara connection to understand the Gita not an attempt to monopolize the Gita?
• 117) Does the Gita’s instruction that we work without expecting results mean that we work without salaries?

January 2013

• 116) Why did Krishna say to Arjuna that he had not shown the Universal Form to anyone else when he had shown it to Yashoda and Duryodhana?
• 115) When Krishna doesn’t recommend roots as items to be offered to him why do we offer him potatoes?
• 114) “Brahman spoke through Krishna by entering into him like a ghost.” How do we respond to this idea?
• 113) As devotees are sincerely trying to live according to principles can the mithyachari Gita verse 3.6 be applied to them?
• 112) Please explain how we become co-creators with God through sex, as you mention in your Gita-dailies
• 111) If dharma is our essential nature, then why does the Gita (18.66) ask us to abandon dharma?
• 110) Is the classification of the four kinds of miscreants in Gita 7.15 strict?
• 109) Is the tree at Jyotisar in Kuruskhetra the spot where the Gita was spoken?

December 2012

• 108) Why does Krishna describe Maya as daivi in the Gita 7.14?
• 107) Chatur Shloki Gita 10.8-11 – Gita Jayanti (2012) – Hindi
• 106) Number Magic in the Bhagavad-gita
• 105) What is the difference between renunciation in passion and ignorance?

November 2012

• 104) Are there clear references to “love” in the Gita? Are the words “devotional service” and “love” synonymous?
• 103) Can we experience spiritual happiness with material senses and mind?
• 102) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 10.12-10.25 Understanding the concept of Vibhuti
• 101) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 10.1-10.11 Knowledge about Krishna – the rarity the speciality and the methodology
• 100) Gita Study 2012 9.26-9.34 Why is a sinful devotee considered saintly?
• 99) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 Gita 9.16-9.25 The Krishna factor in worship of the Universal Form and demigods
• 98) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 9.10-9.15 The four kinds of causes and the three kinds of jnana-yajna
• 97) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 9.1-9.9 The glory of knowledge about Krishna
• 96) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.23-8.28 Bhakti is superior to the paths of devayana and pitrayana
• 95) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.14-8.22 How the Gita identifies the supreme abode with Krishna’s abode
• 94) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.10-8.13 Understanding yoga-mishra bhakti
• 93) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.5-8.9 How to think of Krishna constantly

October 2012

• 92) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.1-8.5 Understanding the link between objects words and concepts
• 91) How does the word bhavana in Gita 2.66 refer to fixed mind?
• 90) What is the higher taste for jnanis?
• 89) Is God everything? What exactly does the verse “vasudevah sarvam iti” mean?

September 2012

• 88) The encouraging, more encouraging and most encouraging messages of the Gita

August 2012

• 87) Why did the Lord give spiritual knowledge to the sun-god when he had already given it to Brahma?
• 86) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.24-30: Are Mayavadi interpretations of Gita justified?
• 85) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.15-23: Those who don’t surrender, surrender, and surrender to Krishnetara
• 84) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.04-14: How Krishna pervades the material world as its essence
• 83) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.01-03 – Understanding phenomenon and noumenon
• 82) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.42-47: The Glory of Bhakti
• 81) What is the difference between householder devotees and karma-yogis?
• 80) Why Srila Prabhupad is using “the Lord’s not forgetting” as proof for his having transcendental body?
• 79) What is importance of Sandwich analogy to explain Bhagavad Gita from philosophical perspective?
• 78) How the Bhagavad-gita is special among all books in the world – Gita Jayanti class

July 2012

• 77) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 6.35-41: Understanding the Gita flow from dhyana-yoga to bhakti-yoga.mp3
• 76) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 6.29-34 Krishna’s position in the path of dhyana-yoga
• 75) If Krishna says “Go beyond the Vedas” in Bhagavad Gita, then why do we take the Hare Krishna Mantra from the same Vedas?
• 74) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.22-28 Transforming emotions from obstacles to pathways towards samadhi
• 73) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.15-21 Taking the mind through the five stages of mind control
• 72) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.08-14 Going from knowledge to realization
• 71) What is the basis for saying that Arjuna engaged in contemplation according to Gita 2.62-63 when he did not fall down as the verse predicts?
• 70) What is the basis for equating Arjuna’s Gandiva bow with our determination?
• 69) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.01-07 Understanding how the mind deludes
• 68) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 05.24-29: How knowing Krishna brings peace
• 67) Gita Study Mumbai 2012: 05.17-23 The four investments for gaining knowledge of Krishna.mp3
• 66) Gita Study Mumbai 2012: 05.09-16 Understanding who is the actual doer
• 65) Gita Study Mumbai 2012 05.01-08: How Krishna subtly but surely changes Arjuna’s conceptions about the hierarchy of karma yoga and jnana yoga
• 64) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.34-42 Glories of transcendental knowledge
• 63) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.26-33 Different kinds of yajnas and their underlying principles
• 62) Gita study Mumbai – 2012 04.18-25 How the internal consciousness prevents bondage
• 61) Does the Supersoul control the the soul’s desires?
• 60) Gita study Mumbai 2012 – Different approaches for scriptural study
• 59) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.10-17 Understanding Krishna’s nature
• 58) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.07-09 The three obstacles to knowing Krishna
• 57) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.01-06 How the parampara is continued or lost
• 56) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.37-43 Lust is not just dangerous but also treacherous
• 55) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.31-36 The middle way between total supression and unrestricated expression
• 54) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.25-30 Four differences between karma kandi and karma yogi
• 53) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.21-24 Are Krishna’s action are immoral
• 52) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.14-20 Playing our part in the cycle of sacrifice
• 51) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.9-13 Understanding the principles and mechanism of yajna
• 50) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.1-8 The principles and purposes underlying renunciation
• 49) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.67-72 Going beyond sense control to mind control
• 48) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.62-66 Avoiding undesirable contemplation
• 47) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.55-61 Becoming a sthita prajna
• 46) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.48-54 Understanding and living the three definitions of yoga
• 45) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.46-47 Understanding 4 parts of karmanya va dhikaraste
• 44) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.26-38 Refuting materialism
• 43) Gita study mumbai 2012 – 2.39-45 How karma yoga is superior to karma kanda
• 42) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.17-25 Characteristics of the soul
• 41) Gita study mumbai 2012- 2.1-16 Gita begins by refuting mayavada
• 40) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 1.27-46 Giving up horizontal relationship for vertical relationship
• 39) Gita study Mumbai 2012- 1.1-1.25 Introducing Mahabharat character
• 38) In the Bhagavad gita verse 14.6, what does ‘being conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge mean’?
• 37) Do BG 18.20 and 18.21 support a Brahmavad conception of God?
• 36) How hearing does wonders BG 7.1
• 35) Why are the chapters of the Bhagavad-gita named differently by different acharyas?

June 2012

• 34) Understanding “action in inaction and inaction in action” as mentioned in Bhagavad-Gita 5.17.
• 33) When Krishna spoke the Gita to the sun-god, was that Gita exactly the same as was spoken to Arjuna?
• 32) Why does Prabhupada say in Bhagavad Gita 2.62 purport that Lord Shiva is not able to control his senses?
• 31) Why does Srila Prabhupada translate karma-yoga as “devotional service”?

May 2012

• 30) When the soul obviously moves, how do we to explain the Gita 2.24 statement that the soul is immovable?
• 29) Is Vyasadeva not doing self-glorification when he writes “by the mercy of Vyasa” in the Gita ?
• 28) Why does Krishna refer to himself in the third person in the Gita?
• 27) Krishna has himself given the Vedas; then why does he tell us to go beyond the Vedas in the Gita 2.46?
• 26) My heart tells me that jnana-yoga is the best path for me. What should I do?

April 2012

• 25) What happens to demigods when yajna is stopped?
• 24) How do we understand the scriptural statement that we are not the doers?
• 23) Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that all paths lead to the same goal?
• 22) If consciousness is spiritual, then why is it said to a part of the material field in Chp 13 of the Gita?
• 21) Systematic overview of all Bhagavad-gita verses in 50 hours
• 20) In the Gita 1.1, why is Dhritarashtra’s asking “What did they do?” in the past tense instead of the present tense?
• 19) How can one understand “action in inaction and inaction in action”

March 2012

• 18) Gita Overview Hindi
• 17) Gita Overview 2 (2.1-2.30)
• 16) Gita Overview 5 (2.54-3.8)
• 15) Gita Overview 1 (1.1-1.46)

February 2012

• 14) The Song of God – A brief introduction to the Bhagavad-gita
• 13) Why does Srila Prabhupada add electricity in the translation of 15.6?
• 12) Why does Srila Prabhupada give two contradictory translations of the word “vraja” in 18.66?
• 11) Why does the Gita say that “I am intelligence among women?”

January 2012

• 10) Why is “Sri Bhagavan uvaca” in the Bhagavad Gita translated as “The Blessed Lord”? said”
• 9) Are there any references in the Gita to the chanting of the holy names?
• 8) Is the Bhagavad-gita an extremist book?

December 2011

• 7) Is the metaphorical interpretation of the Gita’s battlefield setting authorized?
• 6) Why does the Bhagavad-gita call for violence?
• 5) Bhagavad-gita for the Jet-age
• 4) The Gita’s Secret Message Of Love
• 3) Why is the Bhagavad-gita so pessimistic?
• 2) Emotional Exchanges between Krishna and Arjuna in the Gita

November 2011

• 1) Why does the Gita recommend working with detachment?