Gita 06.07 – Explanation
Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-07-the-controlled-mind-disregards-dualities-and-discovers-the-supersoul/ jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ (Bg 6.7) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 06.06 – Explanation
Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-06-train-the-mind-as-a-horse-is-trained/ bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatru-vat (Bg [...]
Gita 06.05 – Explanation
Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-05-the-responsibility-for-controlling-the-mind-rests-on-us/ uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur [...]
Gita 06.04 – Explanation
Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-04-rigorous-renunciation-characterizes-the-yogarudha-stage/ yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasv anuṣajjate sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadocyate (Bg 6.4) Word-for-word: yadā [...]
Gita 06.03 – Explanation
Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-03-different-levels-require-different-methods-for-progress/ ārurukṣor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam ucyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate (Bg [...]
Gita 06.02– Explanation
Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-02-renunciation-of-matter-and-connection-with-spirit-share-the-same-purpose/ yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava [...]
Gita 06.01– Explanation
Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-01-renunciation-means-to-give-up-the-shelter-of-works-fruits/ śrī-bhagavān uvāca anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa [...]
Gita 05.20 – Explanation
Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-20-equanimity-is-meant-to-make-us-not-emotionless-but-purposeful/ na prahṛṣyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid [...]
Gita 05.19 – Explanation
Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-19-sameness-of-perception-is-the-situation-of-liberation/ ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma [...]
Gita 05.18 – Explanation
Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-18-spiritual-realization-grants-equal-vision-towards-all/ vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ (BG 05.18) Word-to-word [...]
Gita 05.17 – Explanation
Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-17-spiritualize-all-the-channels-of-consciousness-to-gain-liberating-knowledge/ tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ (BG 05.17) Word-to-word [...]
Gita 05.03 – Explanation
Gita 5.3 - Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-03-renunciation-in-action-is-lasting-renunciation/ jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt [...]
Gita 05.02 – Explanation
Gītā 5.2 - The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-02-the-path-that-takes-us-away-from-bondage-fastest-is-the-best/ śrī-bhagavān uvāca sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau [...]
Gita 05.01 – Explanation
Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-01-understand-meanings-of-terms-from-context-not-from-preconception/ arjuna uvāca sannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punar yogaṁ ca śaṁsasi yac [...]
Gita 04.36 – Explanation
Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-36-the-subjunctive-case-underscores-the-redemptive-power-of-spiritual-knowledge/ api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛjinaṁ [...]
Gita 04.35 – Explanation
Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-35-knowledge-takes-us-beyond-illusion-and-reveals-connection-of-everything-with-krishna/ yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi [...]
Gita 04.33 – Explanation
Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-33-let-action-be-permeated-by-knowledge-and-culminate-in-knowledge/ śreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ paran-tapa sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne [...]
Gita 04.34 – Explanation
Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-34-learn-from-guru-how-to-do-karma-as-yajna-and-attain-jnana/ tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te [...]
How we lose credibility and how to prevent it
If we don't realize that our mind has low credibility, it is we who will end up with low credibility. Credibility is crucial for anyone [...]
Be simple, not naive
Simplicity is often lauded as a virtue in spiritual traditions worldwide. Yet, simplicity is sometimes conflated with naivety, leading people to become uncritical, gullible, and [...]
How to see our pain positively
See whatever is lacking within us or whatever is hurting within us to be not so much broken as unfinished. During the course of life, [...]