What we do with our blessings
In our life, we all have both blessings and problems. Unfortunately, we often tend to fixate on our problems, which may arise due to our [...]
What is Bhagavad-gita? – 3
The Bhagavad-gita is quintessentially a book of dharma, wherein the word means primarily ‘the right thing to do.’ Indeed, Arjuna’s seminal question (02.07) that drives [...]
What is Bhagavad-gita? – 2
The Bhagavad-gita is centered on the ethical and metaphysical conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. Textually, it is presented as a part of a much larger [...]
What is Bhagavad-gita? — 1
Literally, the word Bhagavad-gita means the song (gita) of God (Bhagavan, changed to Bhagavat as an adjective). It is book-length wisdom about life and living [...]
How to work with our mind
Even a little introspection can demonstrate to us how distracting and distractible our mind is — it gets captivated by trivial things and then makes [...]
Our mind’s attention vs our attention
Our mind is by nature fickle (Bhagavad-gita 06.34). It gets attracted to almost any and every shiny object that comes within its attention, be it [...]
Is a long life a good life?
When somebody dies in old age, people often say about them: “They had a good life.” But does the length of a life determine its [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 10 summary
[Among the many things you have spoken till now, can you clearly state what is the highest?] Again indeed Arjuna, hear my supreme words – [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 9 summary — part 4
[How can you be worshiped?] Very simply; those who offer me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water – that offering of [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 9 summary — part 3
[What’s lacking if those who perform sacrifices end up conceiving the Divine as the multiplicity of deities?] They don’t know that it is me whom [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 9 summary — part 2
[When you are the overseer of material nature, why doesn’t everyone understand your divine position?] Because some people are deluded; they despise and deride me [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 9 summary — part 1
[For attaining the supreme result that you just mentioned, what is the easiest process?] Krishna said: This most confidential knowledge, in both its intellectual and [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 3
[If even Brahma’s world is destructible, is there any world that is indestructible?] Higher than this entire material world, in both its manifest and unmanifest [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 2
[While meditating on the attributes of the Supreme, do seekers themselves need to develop any attributes?] They know the Vedas well enough to recognize that [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 1
[Can you explain the terms mentioned at the end of the last chapter (07.29-30)?] Arjuna: Krishna, what is brahman? What is adhyatma? What is karma? [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 7 summary — part 2
[If you sustain everything, why doesn’t everyone know about you?] Everyone in material existence is deluded by nature made up of the three modes – [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 7 summary — part 1
[For attaining the level of the highest yogis (06.47), is there an alternative, easier way?] Hear, Arjuna, the knowledge that will free you from doubt [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 5
[How can this feeling of discouragement be addressed?] Krishna: O Partha, neither in this world nor in the next will they meet with destruction; O [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 4
[How is it possible to keep the mind equally disposed when dealing with people of opposite qualities — such as the virtuous Yudhishthira and the [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 3
[What happens when the consciousness is steadily fixed on the self?] By the sustained practice of yoga, all material movements of consciousness stop; and the [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 2
[Having ceased worldly work, how do advanced yogis progress further?] They focus constantly on the self — to that end, they stay alone in a [...]