The eternality of bhakti yoga (Appreciating bhakti-yoga 3)
The eternality of bhakti yoga - Many religious paths promise happiness, including happiness beyond this life. Gita wisdom explains that not all post-mortem destinations are [...]
The simplicity of bhakti-yoga (Gita 09.20-34 explained: Appreciating bhakti-yoga 2)
The simplicity of bhakti-yoga - Various religious paths require particular resources to be successfully executed. Those resources may relate with the capacities to get expensive [...]
09.34 Four glories of bhakti-yoga (Gita 09.20-34 explained: Appreciating bhakti-yoga 1)
09.34 Four glories of bhakti-yoga - The glories of bhakti-yoga, as explained in the Bhagavad-gita (09.20-34), can be summarized through the acronym SETU: Simple, Eternal, [...]
How the Gita’s conclusion integrates its contextual and universal dimensions (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 7)
How the Gita’s conclusion integrates its contextual and universal dimensions - The Bhagavad-gita starts with a vividly specific setting: an inquiry by the blind king [...]
How the Bhagavad-gita’s battlefield setting demonstrates its core teaching (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 6)
How the Bhagavad-gita’s battlefield setting demonstrates its core teaching - The Gita’s first chapter describes how both the ungodly Duryodhana and the godly Arjuna were [...]
The Gita’s starting and ending usage of Partha (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 5)
The Gita’s starting and ending usage of Partha - In Krishna’s first and last words in the Bhagavad-gita, he addresses Arjuna as Partha. Let’s explore [...]
Gita 01.21-01.22 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan 1 - 26 observing the [...]
The Gita’s triple use of ‘Achyuta’ (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 4)
The Gita’s triple use of ‘Achyuta’ - The Bhagavad-gita uses various names for Krishna and Arjuna not just for literary variety or poetic symmetry, but [...]
The cyclicity of the Bhagavad-gita (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 3)
The cyclicity of the Bhagavad-gita - A well-written book cycles back to the starting point in its ending point. Let’s see how such cyclicity is [...]
From the specific to the universal and back to the specific (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 2)
From the specific to the universal and back to the specific - Well-written books exhibit an expert balance between specifics and universals, whereby the specifics [...]
Three levels of answers to the Gita’s driving question (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 1)
Three levels of answers to the Gita’s driving question - The Bhagavad-gita (02.07) is spoken by Krishna to answer Arjuna’s question, “What is dharma, the [...]
Does the quest for knowledge have an end? (From ignorance to knowledge series 7)
Does the quest for knowledge have an end? - Knowledge in almost every area can be pursued nearly infinitely. The more we come to know [...]
Gita 06.44 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya 38-45: If the mind deviates the [...]
How does the journey from ignorance to knowledge begin? (From ignorance to knowledge series 6)
How does the journey from ignorance to knowledge begin? - Suppose someone wants to mine gold. They need to know quite a few things about [...]
When knowledge increases ignorance … (From ignorance to knowledge series 5)
When knowledge increases ignorance - We usually consider knowledge to be the cure for ignorance: where knowledge increases, ignorance decreases. In fact, a celebrated Upanishadic [...]
Two stages in valuing knowledge (From ignorance to knowledge series 4)
Two stages in valuing knowledge - Suppose we have a map for finding our way through a complex terrain. That map will be a valuable [...]
Knowledge & value (From ignorance to knowledge series 3)
Knowledge & value- Value knowledge: It’s easy to value property, possessions or other visible forms of wealth. It’s easy also to value other tangible things [...]
The mysterious door to knowledge (From ignorance to knowledge series 2)
The mysterious door to knowledge - Suppose we see a majestic palace and notice a low door to enter into it. Intrigued, we bend ourselves, [...]
When our ignorance is exposed … (From ignorance to knowledge series 1)
When our ignorance is exposed - Because we are tiny beings living in a huge and complex world, what we know will always be dwarfed [...]
Gita 07.04 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Bg 7.4 bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ [...]
Can spirituality address all mental health problems? (Mental health series 7)
Can spirituality address all mental health problems? - The mind exists at the junction between the body and the soul, as such the mind is [...]