Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-08-we-are-helpless-before-material-natures-inexorable-cyclicity/ prakṛtiṁ svām avaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛtsnam avaśaṁ prakṛter [...]
Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-07-repetition-of-discussion-is-meant-for-elevation-of-vision/ sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmy [...]
Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-06-krishna-limits-not-our-freedom-but-the-scope-of-our-freedom/ yathākāśa-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni [...]
Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations Audio link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-05-gods-self-contradiction-points-to-his-inconceivable-multi-level-manifestations/ na ca mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram bhūta-bhṛn na [...]
Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent Audio Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-04-god-relates-with-the-world-through-the-impersonal-the-immanent-and-the-transcendent/ mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad [...]
Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal Audio Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-03-bhakti-harmonizes-the-temporary-with-the-eternal/ aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya paran-tapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani (BG 09.03) Word-for-word [...]
Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-02-knowledge-that-gives-the-greatest-power-is-the-greatest-knowledge/ rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum [...]
Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-01-krishnas-glory-can-be-appreciated-by-the-devoted-not-the-envious/ śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ tu te guhya-tamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave [...]
Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-28-yogi-gets-what-other-paths-offer-and-gets-more-too/ vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yat puṇya-phalaṁ pradiṣṭam atyeti [...]
Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-27-devotional-consistency-is-more-important-than-chronological-accuracy/ naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaścana tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yoga-yukto [...]
Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-26-disinvest-emotion-from-matter-before-it-crashes/ śukla-kṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ [...]
Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-25-yogis-spiritual-exit-velocity-needs-to-be-greater-than-the-worlds-gravity-pull/ dhūmo rātris tathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā dakṣiṇāyanam [...]
Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-24-astrological-positions-and-psychological-dispositions-contribute-to-the-souls-liberation/ agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam tatra prayātā gacchanti [...]
Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-23-the-gita-unifies-diverse-vedic-concepts-in-a-devotional-framework/ yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ prayātā yānti [...]
Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-22-everything-is-in-krishna-and-krishna-is-in-everything/ puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni [...]
Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-21-our-longing-for-home-is-our-longing-for-the-spiritual-world/ avyakto ’kṣara ity uktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatim [...]
Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-20-the-spiritual-is-not-just-non-manifest-but-also-nonmaterial/ paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa [...]
Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-19-recognizing-our-lack-of-control-over-the-destructible-material-imples-us-to-direct-our-consciousness-to-the-eternal-spiritual/ [...]
Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-18-matter-becomes-unmanifest-but-material-form-is-destroyed/ avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty ahar-āgame rātry-āgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-saṁjñake (Bg 8.18) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-17-the-immortal-is-not-eternal/ sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ (Bg 8.17) Word-for-word: sahasra [...]
Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-16-the-world-is-like-a-jail-or-hospital-returning-to-it-is-undesirable/ ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjuna [...]
