How to be flexible without being sentimental - The first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita begins with a description of Kurukshetra as a battlefield, where two [...]
Gita 01.46 The Significance Of Our Actions Depends Not Just On The Actions But Also On The Situations In Which We Do Those Actions [...]
Gita 01.46 - When The Eye Disheartens Let The Ear Hearten Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-46-when-the-eye-disheartens-let-the-ear-hearten/ sañjaya uvāca evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat visṛjya [...]
Gita 01.45 The War Was Not To Gain A Kingdom But To Protect The Rule Of Law Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-45-the-war-was-not-to-gain-a-kingdom-but-to-protect-the-rule-of-law/ yadi mām [...]
Gita 01.45 - Sound Arguments From A Fragmented Perception Are Actually Unsound Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-45-sound-arguments-from-a-fragmented-perception-are-actually-unsound/ yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe [...]
Gita 01.44 When Our Emotion Rules Our Reason, We Rationalize A One - Sided View Of Reality Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-44-when-our-emotion-rules-our-reason-we-rationalize-a-one-sided-view-of-reality/ aho bata [...]
Gita 01.44 - Arjuna's Reasoning Is Wrong But His Capacity For Reasoning Is Laudable Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-44-arjunas-reasoning-is-wrong-but-his-capacity-for-reasoning-is-laudable/ aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ [...]
Gita 01.43 Hearing Is Important But From Whom We Are Hearing Is Even More Important Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-43-hearing-is-important-but-from-whom-we-are-hearing-is-even-more-important/ utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana narake [...]
Gita 01.43 - Hell Forever Is A Subjective Feeling Not An Objective Fact Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-43-hell-forever-is-a-subjective-feeling-not-an-objective-fact/ utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana narake niyataṁ vāso [...]
Gita 01.42 Disruption Of Dharma Leads To Overpopulation Of Disruptive Souls Causing Total Breakdown Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-42-disruption-of-dharma-leads-to-overpopulation-of-disruptive-souls-causing-total-breakdown-of-dharma/ doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante [...]
Gita 01.42 - Three Meanings Of Dharma Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-42-three-meanings-of-dharma/ doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ Word-for-word: doṣaiḥ [...]
Gita 01.41 When The Family Is Disrupted The Faith Of The Children Is Also Devastated Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-41-when-the-family-is-disrupted-the-faith-of-the-children-is-also-devastated/ saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya [...]
Gita 01.41 - Unwanted Progeny - What Does Unwanted Mean Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-41-unwanted-progeny-what-does-unwanted-mean/ saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya ca patanti pitaro hy eṣāṁ [...]
Gita 01.40 Dharma Prevents Human Society From Being Ruled By The Law Of The Jungle Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-40-dharma-prevents-human-society-from-being-ruled-by-the-law-of-the-jungle/ adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ [...]
Gita 01.40 - Protecting Women And Ensuring Good Progeny Are Important Social Responsibilities Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-40-protecting-women-and-ensuring-good-progeny-are-important-social-responsibilities/ adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ strīṣu duṣṭāsu [...]
Gita 01.39 Our Sense Of Honor Coming From Our Lineage Can Raise Us But Can Also Stop Us From Rising Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-39-our-sense-of-honor-coming-from-our-lineage-can-raise-us-but-can-also-stop-us-from-rising-to-the-highest/ [...]
Gita 01.39 - As Soon As Dharma Weakens Adharma Attacks Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-39-as-soon-as-dharma-weakens-adharma-attacks/ kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo [...]
Gita 01.37 Consciousness That Is Contaminated Becomes Conquered And Covered Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-37-consciousness-that-is-contaminated-becomes-conquered-and-covered/ yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe [...]
Gita 01.37 - Greed Gives Us A Tunnel Vision Of Reality Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-37-greed-gives-us-a-tunnel-vision-of-reality/ yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ [...]
Gita 01.38 To Restrain A Violent Madman Their Restrainers May Have To Fight Like The Madman Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-38-to-restrain-a-violent-madman-their-restrainers-may-have-to-fight-like-the-madman/ kathaṁ na jñeyam [...]
Gita 01.38 - Dont Let The Anartha - Maddened Make Us Similarly Mad Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-38-dont-let-the-anartha-maddened-make-us-similarly-mad/ kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān [...]
