Bhagavad Gita 11.33 tasmāt tvam uttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṁ samṛddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sācin Therefore arise; gain glory [...]
Bhagavad Gita 8.20 paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ‘nyo ‘vyakto ‘vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati Beyond this changing world of rise [...]
Bhagavad Gita 8.16 ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ‘rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate From the topmost domain down to the lowest [...]
Bhagavad Gita 8.15 mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ Having attained me, the supreme destination, The great souls with [...]
Bhagavad Gita 8.14 ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ sulabhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ Remembering me with undivided attention, Those who reach constant absorption, [...]
The Gita as a Compass, not a Catalogue The Bhagavad Gita offers us timeless principles, but not exhaustive prescriptions for every modern situation. It functions [...]
Bhagavad Gita 8.9 kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṁsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt The ancient sage, the supreme controller, Smaller than [...]
There is no getting to know the mind without getting to say no to the mind We all wish to understand our minds better so [...]
Do we know who we are dealing with? "You don’t know who you’re dealing with" is a common line delivered by villains in movies [...]
Treating our mind like an inherited property Treat our mind like an inherited property that we can't sell: take what is usable and stay away [...]
You are the transcendent shelter beneath and beyond all practical shelters (8.07) Bhagavad Gita 8.7 tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mām [...]
May you, as the supreme destination, be my mind's final manifestation (8.06) Bhagavad Gita 8.6 yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṁ tam [...]
Bhagavad Gita 8.5 anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ Those who remember me at life’s [...]
Your form is not limiting for you but is liberating for me (7.24) Bhagavad Gita 7.24 avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto [...]
Whatever my desires, may they take me toward you, never away from you. (7.20) Bhagavad Gita 7.20 kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ [...]
How to deal with our past constructively Boasting about how good our past was can be as childish and pointless as complaining about how bad [...]
Whatever my driving desire, let it drive me toward you (7.16) Bhagavad Gita 7.16 chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca [...]
Free me from the four anti-devotional mentalities (7.15) Bhagavad Gita 7.15 na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ Fools of destructive [...]
Let me cast far away the illusion that you are far away (7.07) Bhagavad Gita 7.7 mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya mayi sarvam idaṁ [...]
Bhagavad Gita 7.12 ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi Whatever conditions arise [...]
Remembering Krishna is not like locking him into our memory bank When we try to remember something, we often imagine it as locking that fact [...]
