My not knowing your plan, O Lord, is also part of your plan
Bhagavad Gita 10.19 śrī-bhagavān uvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ prādhānyataḥ kuru-śreṣṭha nāsty anto vistarasya me Delighted am I, O noble one, to [...]
When I lack clarity, let me turn to you through humility, curiosity and receptivity
Bhagavad Gita 10.15 svayam evātmanātmānaṁ vettha tvaṁ puruṣottama bhūta-bhāvana bhūteśa deva-deva jagat-pate O Lord of the universe, your glory, you alone know, O supreme [...]
Let me seek to know you so I may single you out, not try to figure you out
Bhagavad Gita 10.14 sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁ vidur devā na dānavāḥ True indeed is all [...]
When I realize you, I live in you, for you, and with you
Bhagavad Gita 10.12 arjuna uvāca paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum You are truth, the supreme divine, [...]
Even if I am disoriented, let me never be disconnected
Bhagavad Gita 10.11 teṣām evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmy ātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā Out of mercy, I promptly move, Ignorance of theirs to remove; From [...]
Let me serve you by being both aware of the ultimate and alert to the immediate
Bhagavad Gita 10.10 teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te Those who stay always within a divine connection, Serving me [...]
Let my desire for you grow both linearly and triangularly
Bhagavad Gita 10.9 mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam kathayantaś ca māṁ nityaṁ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca With their lives and hearts in me aligned, Sharing [...]
You are the explanation for all explanations and indeed for explanability itself
Bhagavad Gita 10.8 ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ I am source of all that exists, From me [...]
Let the yoga of you reaching out to me inspire my reciprocal yoga to reach out to you
Bhagavad Gita 10.7 etaṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ so ’vikampena yogena yu-jyate nātra saṁśayaḥ One who knows my glories unending, And [...]
Help me see that the point of the world is to point beyond the world
Bhagavad Gita 10.4 buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo ’bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayam eva ca Wisdom, knowledge, perception undeluded, Forgiveness, truthfulness, [...]
You don’t just wait for me at the finish line; you walk with me through every step of the journey
Bhagavad Gita 10.1 śrī-bhagavān uvāca bhūya eva mahā-bāho śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ yat te ’haṁ priyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hita-kāmyayā Hear again my words of love [...]
You are different from everyone else—and so is loving you different from all other loves
Bhagavad Gita 10.12 arjuna uvāca paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum Arjuna said: You are the Supreme [...]
A Diwali Deep Dive – Significance of the Six Festivals
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How to make the best of the things that are significant but impermanent
Whatever feels important and seems permanent today will eventually become little more than a memory. Experience it fully while it endures, so that it becomes [...]
Let me always bathe in curiosity (10.39)
Bhagavad Gita 10.39 yac cāpi sarva-bhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṁ carācaram Of all that lives, I [...]
Help me to both look away and look through illusion (10.41)
Bhagavad Gita 10.41 yat yat vibhūtimat sattvaṁ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo-'ṁśa-sambhavam Whatever holds great charm or might, Splendor [...]
When life makes me weak, O Lord, make me strong (10.39)
Bhagavad Gita 10.39 yac cāpi sarva-bhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṁ carācaram Of all that lives, I [...]
The Journey from effortful remembrance to divine absorption
The Bhagavad-gita (10.9) states that the thoughts of the devotees reside in Krishna. This is a far more devotionally endearing way of describing the activity [...]
Meditation & life – compartmentalized or integrated
Our love needs to be seen, not just through the words that we speak but also through the actions that we do. The Bhagavad Gita [...]
Bhakti is a journey through physical reality to spiritual reality
The Bhagavad-gita declares that all attractive things derive their attractiveness from a spark of Krishna's supreme attractiveness (10.41). This implies that the world we encounter [...]
Changes that happen over time can’t be accelerated by working over time
Things happen in nature at their own pace. A baby grows into a child and an adolescent and an adult according to the pace of [...]