How to expose inner traitors
What makes life dangerous is not just outer threats, but inner traitors What makes life truly dangerous is not merely the external presence or occurrence [...]
How to prevent life’s daily ups and downs from becoming dramas and traumas
Life is filled with ups and downs. These fluctuations, when seen with exaggerated importance, can turn routine events into massive dramas, escalating into emotional traumas. [...]
Why we need to listen to our intelligence, not our mind
Why we need to listen to our intelligence not our mind Listening to our intelligence insulates us from illusion, whereas listening to our mind insulates [...]
Gita 05.20 – Explanation
Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-20-equanimity-is-meant-to-make-us-not-emotionless-but-purposeful/ na prahṛṣyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid [...]
Gita 05.19 – Explanation
Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-19-sameness-of-perception-is-the-situation-of-liberation/ ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma [...]
Gita 05.18 – Explanation
Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-18-spiritual-realization-grants-equal-vision-towards-all/ vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ (BG 05.18) Word-to-word [...]
Gita 05.17 – Explanation
Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-17-spiritualize-all-the-channels-of-consciousness-to-gain-liberating-knowledge/ tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ (BG 05.17) Word-to-word [...]
Gita 05.03 – Explanation
Gita 5.3 - Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-03-renunciation-in-action-is-lasting-renunciation/ jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt [...]
Gita 05.02 – Explanation
Gītā 5.2 - The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-02-the-path-that-takes-us-away-from-bondage-fastest-is-the-best/ śrī-bhagavān uvāca sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau [...]
Gita 05.01 – Explanation
Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-01-understand-meanings-of-terms-from-context-not-from-preconception/ arjuna uvāca sannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punar yogaṁ ca śaṁsasi yac [...]
Gita 05.08 – Explanation
Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-08-dont-take-credit-for-actions-done-by-bodily-mechanisms/ naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan [...]
Gita 05.07 – Explanation
Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-07-inner-purity-ensures-outer-action-without-reaction/ yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate Word-to-word yoga-yuktaḥ — engaged [...]
Gita 05.06 – Explanation
Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-06-renunciation-without-yogic-connection-is-distressing/ sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati Word-to-word sannyāsaḥ — [...]
Gita 05.05 – Explanation
Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-05-sankhya-and-yoga-aim-for-the-same-destination-yet-they-arent-same/ yat sāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tad yogair api gamyate [...]
Gita 05.29 – Explanation
Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-29-peace-comes-by-devotion-to-the-all-powerful-all-loving-lord/ bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati (Bg [...]
Gita 05.28 – Explanation
Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-28-controlling-the-external-and-the-internal-brings-liberation/ yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ (Bg 5.28) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 05.27 – Explanation
Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-27-shut-out-the-sense-objects-to-seek-inwards/ sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṁś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau [...]
Gita 05.26 – Explanation
Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-26-success-on-the-spiritual-path-will-come-surely-and-soon/ kāma-krodha-vimuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām (Bg 5.26) [...]
Gita 05.25 – Explanation
Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-25-removing-impurities-empowers-us-to-rip-apart-the-facade-of-dualities/ labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ [...]
Gita 05.24 – Explanation
Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-24-the-inner-is-the-way-to-the-spiritual/ yo ’ntaḥ-sukho ’ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto ’dhigacchati [...]
Gita 05.23 – Explanation
Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-23-the-war-against-lust-is-a-war-of-attrition/ śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa [...]