70 hour work week: A Bhagavad-gita perspective || Chaitanya Charan
Hare Krishna.Tech pioneer and industrialist Narayan Murthy has recommended that Indians, especially the youth, work seventy hours a week to help India progress and become [...]
Gita 02.65 – Explanation
Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-65-purification-makes-external-intelligence-internal/ prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-cetaso hy āśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate (Bg 2.65) Word-for-word: prasāde — [...]
Gita 02.64 – Explanation
Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-64-material-regulation-is-the-launching-pad-for-spiritual-liberation/ rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati (Bg [...]
Gita 02.63 – Explanation
Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-63-irritation-delusion-oblivion-stupefaction-destruction-last-5-of-8-stages-to-falldown/ krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ smṛti-bhraṁśād [...]
Gita 02.62 – Explanation
Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-62-whatever-catches-our-attention-catches-us/ dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate (Bg 2.62) [...]
Gita 02.61 – Explanation
Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-61-control-concentration-conquest-three-stages-in-dealing-with-the-senses/ tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśe hi [...]
Gita 02.51 – Explanation
Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-51-same-action-with-higher-motivation-bestows-higher-destination/ karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam Word-to-word [...]
Gita 02.50 – Explanation
Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-50-yoga-facilitates-individualized-artistic-infusion-of-work-with-devotion/ buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam [...]
Gita 02.60 – Explanation
Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-60-endeavoring-and-discerning-are-not-enough-for-sense-control/ yatato hy api kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ [...]
Gita 02.59 – Explanation
Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-59-complement-renunciation-of-the-material-with-contemplation-on-the-spiritual/ viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya paraṁ [...]
Gita 02.58 – Explanation
Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-58-inevitable-exposure-to-sense-objects-is-different-from-initiated-or-instigated-exposure/ yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo ’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya [...]
Gita 02.57 – Explanation
Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-57-stay-unaffected-by-the-material-by-being-focussed-on-the-spiritual/ yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham nābhinandati na [...]
Gita 02.56 – Explanation
Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-56-emotional-non-entanglement-with-the-material-characterizes-the-seer/ duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate (Bg 2.56) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 02.47 – Explanation
Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture Audio: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-47-make-sense-of-four-counterintuitive-assertions-by-seeing-the-full-picture karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr [...]
Gita 02.49 – Explanation
Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best Audio file: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-49-the-good-becomes-bad-when-it-becomes-the-enemy-of-the-best/ dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañ-jaya buddhau [...]
Gita 02.29 – Explanation
Gita 02.29: Perception, Verbalization, Reception and incomprehension with respect to soul are all amazing Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-29-perception-verbalization-reception-and-incomprehension-wrt-soul-are-all-amazing/ āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ [...]
Gita 02.38 – Explanation
Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-38-to-reconcile-the-gitas-contradictions-recognize-the-multi-level-nature-of-its-discussions/ sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya [...]
Gita 02.31 – Explanation
Gita : 2.31 - Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-31-dharma-is-not-a-blanket-injunction-but-an-individualized-customization/ sva-dharmam api cāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyād dhi [...]
Gita 02.48 – Explanation
Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-48-yoga-requires-material-indifference-to-provide-spiritual-transcendence/ yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañ-jaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga [...]
Gita 02.45 – Explanation
Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-45-gain-possession-of-the-soul-by-giving-up-obsession-with-matter/ trai-guṇya-viṣayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣema ātmavān [...]
Gita 02.44 – Explanation
Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-44-prevent-attachment-from-abducting-consciousness-by-intelligence-and-taste/ bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛta-cetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate (Bg 2.44) Word-for-word: [...]