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, [...]
What humility is and what it isn’t
Humility is meant to facilitate absorption in a higher reality, not abuse by a higher authority. Humility is a vital virtue, recommended by spiritual traditions [...]
Gita 06.28 – Explanation
Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-28-to-get-the-best-happiness-connect-with-god-not-sense-objects/ yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigata-kalmaṣaḥ sukhena brahma-saṁsparśam atyantaṁ [...]
Gita 06.27 – Explanation
Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruit of purity Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-27-joy-is-the-natural-fruity-of-purity/ praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ yoginaṁ sukham uttamam upaiti śānta-rajasaṁ brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam (Bg 6.27) [...]
Gita 06.26 – Explanation
Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-26-expect-and-correct-the-minds-restlessness/ yato yato niścalati manaś cañcalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet [...]
Gita 06.25 – Explanation
Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-25-dont-expect-overnight-change-determinedly-make-gradual-changes/ śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛti-gṛhītayā ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid [...]
Gita 06.24 – Explanation
Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-24-determination-means-rejection-of-dejection/ sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇa-cetasā saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāṁs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ (Bg [...]
Gita 06.22 – Explanation
Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-22-seek-the-achievement-beyond-hankering-and-lamentation/ yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi [...]
Gita 06.23 – Explanation
Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-23-yoga-brings-disconnection-from-our-infatuation-with-misery/ taṁ vidyād duḥkha-saṁyoga- viyogaṁ yoga-saṁjñitam Word-for-word: tam — that; vidyāt — [...]
Gita 06.21 – Explanation
Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-21-the-intelligence-opens-the-door-to-trans-sensory-happiness/ sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam vetti yatra na caivāyaṁ sthitaś [...]