Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-12-action-per-se-is-not-binding-attached-action-is/ yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale [...]
Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-11-change-the-motivation-for-action-from-gratification-to-purification/ kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ [...]
Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-10-live-in-the-world-but-be-not-of-the-world/ brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ lipyate na [...]
Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-09-contact-of-senses-sense-objects-is-not-the-problem-infatuation-with-the-contact-is/ pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann [...]
Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-32-knowing-the-unity-among-various-yajnas-grants-liberation/ evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaṁ jñātvā [...]
Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-31-happiness-in-this-world-and-the-next-dont-have-to-be-mutually-exclusive/ nāyaṁ loko ’sty ayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama [...]
Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-30-the-knowers-of-yajna-attain-purification-satisfaction-and-liberation/ sarve ’py ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam Word-to-word sarve [...]
Gita 04.29 – Infuse pranayama with the imagery of yajna Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-29-infuse-pranayama-with-the-imagery-of-yajna/ apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu [...]
Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-37-the-fire-of-knowledge-reduces-karma-to-ashes/ yathaidhāṁsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā [...]
Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-38-dont-reduce-jnana-to-jnana-yoga/ na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁ pavitram iha vidyate tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati (Bg 4.38) [...]
Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-39-faith-is-the-pre-condition-for-knowledge/ śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati (Bg 4.39) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-40-dont-let-doubts-deprive-you-of-happiness/ ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ [...]
Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-41-knowledge-and-faith-can-be-symbiotic/ yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya (BG 4.41) Word-for-word: yoga — by [...]
Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-42-win-the-inner-war-with-spiritual-knowledge-and-fight-the-outer-war/ tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛt-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogam [...]
Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-24-when-our-vision-becomes-spiritual-our-action-and-destination-also-become-spiritual/ brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva [...]
Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-23-sacrifice-is-not-just-an-activity-but-a-mood-that-pervades-all-activity/ gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ [...]
Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-22-see-scriptural-principle-in-the-light-of-its-social-context-to-find-its-practicability/ yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāv [...]
Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-21-nirasha-is-not-disappointment-in-fulfilling-desire-but-detachment-from-the-fever-to-fulfill-desire/ nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śārīraṁ [...]
Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-10-overcome-3-obstructive-attitudes-for-taking-shelter-of-krishna/ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ (Bg [...]
Gita 04.11 - Appreciate the profundity of Krishna's reciprocity and universality Audio: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-11-appreciate-the-profundity-of-krishnas-reciprocity-and-universality/ ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha [...]
Gita 04.12 - Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion Audio: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-12-demigod-worship-is-quick-fix-in-the-world-of-religion/ kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke [...]
