Vedic Scriptures

Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained

Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us

Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage

Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress

Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose

Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits

Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety

How do the sages’ austerities produce fire?

Why is Dattatreya described so briefly in the Bhagavatam – what is the significance?

Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord

Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation

How was Kunti ever truthful when she lied to conceal Bhima’s identity?

Why was there ajnata vasa in Mahabharata, but not in Ramayana?

Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards

Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

Are there some Deities that are jagruta?

Krishna went to Kubja to satisfy her desires – how to understand?

Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual

Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition

Why did the Pandavas blindly follow Kunti’s uninformed words to share Draupadi?

Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble

Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness

Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful

Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation

Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all

Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge

Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord

Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction

Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates

Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body

Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is

Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world

Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification

Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is

In Gita 6.35 what does abhyasa and vairagya mean?

Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms

If even sinful devotees are considered saintly should we not look for trustworthiness in relating with devotees?

Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction

Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing

Should we work without worrying about result or work for Krishna?

Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same

Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose

In Gita 3.1 what does intelligence and fruitive work refer to?

Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation

Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best

Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception

Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war

Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic

Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness

Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge

Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga

Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes

Karna’s tragic choice

Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge

Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna

Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana

Conceptual, conversational and chronological background of the Bhagavatam’s creation narrative

Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge

Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation

Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive

Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation

Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities

Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna

Devastation by Disinformation (Ramayana Reflections 2)

Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders

Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna

Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual

Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity

Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability

Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire

Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter

Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant

Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization

Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible

Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning

Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful

Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation

Does Krishna’s not being able to remember the Gita later in the Mahabharata prove that some higher being spoke the Gita through him?

Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating

Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion

Bhagavatam first canto study 6 – 1.2.9-1.2.15 – Bhakti leads to realization of the Absolute Truth

Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality

Bhagavatam first canto study 5 – 1.2.1-1.2.8 – The Bhagavatam’s speaker and subject are radically exalted

Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna

Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth

Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within

Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms

Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location

Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication

What does “avyakta” mean in the Gita’s eighth chapter?

How can we work for Krishna and avoid contaminating association in our workplaces?

When Upadeshamrita is for seekers, why does it start by telling who can become a guru?

Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory

How is Krishna attained by doing duty – doesn’t one need to rise to love for him?

How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?

As Krishna is the ultimate beneficiary, is devata prasad also Krishna-prasad?

If yajnas are not done will there be no rains?

What is the destination of those who take devatas’ prasad?