Gita 10.23 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 10.23 rudrāṇāṁ śaṅkaraś cāsmi [...]
The mind is a universe – not everything in it is relevant
The universe’s vastness and our smallness render irrelevant much of what happens in the universe. We don’t let, say, a comet shooting through the solar [...]
Gita 10.22 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 10.22 vedānāṁ sāma-vedo ’smi [...]
No rite can make us right with God – we need to make our heart right
Some people reduce religion down to a set of rituals, “If you just do the rites right, God will be pleased with you.” Such a [...]
Gita 10.21 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 10.21 ādityānām ahaṁ viṣṇur [...]
Don’t just tell it like it is – tell it like it can be
People who speak candidly often say, “I just tell it like it is.” In an increasingly spin-doctored world, hearing the truth spoken unvarnished can be [...]
Gita 10.20 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan 10.19 was introductory verse. Bg [...]
You will see it when you first believe it
Some people say, “I will believe in the soul when I see it. Seeing is believing.” Actually, the converse holds true, especially for subtle things – [...]
Gita 10.19 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan In response to this Krishna [...]
We help ourselves best by remembering that we are helpless without God
The saying “God helps those who help themselves” conveys validly that we shouldn’t expect God to do everything for us, but should strive to do [...]
God’s infinitude makes him not unknowable, but inexhaustible
Some people argue, “God is infinite, so we can never know him.” Such an argument, while apparently preserving God’s infinitude, makes loving him difficult, if [...]
Where we are determines what we see
To a person on the North Pole, the equator is towards the south. But to a person on the South Pole, the same equator is [...]
Gita 10.16 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now next few verses Arjuna [...]
Scriptural regulation is productive, not restrictive
Suppose a gold-seeker digs at a place where there’s no gold and is told by a geologist to not dig there. Is such a direction [...]
We may let go of Krishna, but Krishna will never let go of us
A person falling off a cliff can be saved by holding on to another person standing on the cliff. We are like the falling person, [...]
Gita 10.14 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So this is the essential [...]
Happiness comes not by collecting the material, but by recollecting the spiritual
We live in a materialistic culture that aggressively propagates the notion that we will become happy by gaining more and more material things. Being seduced [...]
Gita 10.12-13 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan What is Arjuna response we [...]
Contemplation is the natural result of attraction and contemplation naturally results in attraction
When we are attracted to something, we naturally think of it and even mentally live with it. Cricket lovers, for example, often live in their [...]
Don’t let net surfing degenerate to suffering in the net
When we travel to an unfamiliar place, we are alert to dangers such as muggers. When we surf the net, our consciousness travels to whatever [...]
What we think of at our death is more important than what others think about us after our death
Some teachers recommend that we visualize our funeral and contemplate what others will say about us at that time. The difference between what others say [...]