Two ways to know our attachments
To understand our attachments, we need to notice where our thoughts go when they have nowhere else to go. Our minds are always full of [...]
Let me not be a stranger to my inner world
Bhagavad Gita 14.21 arjuna uvāca kair liṅgais trīn guṇān etān atīto bhavati prabho kim ācāraḥ kathaṁ caitāṁs trīn guṇān ativartate By what signs are [...]
Help me observe you through the world’s events and the mind’s emotions
Bhagavad Gita 14.23 udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vicālyate guṇā vartanta ity eva yo ’vatiṣṭhati neṅgate Like one detached, unmoved, aware, Unshaken by the [...]
May the power of desire empower me, not overpower me
Bhagavad Gita 14.19 nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati guṇebhyaś ca paraṁ vetti mad-bhāvaṁ so ’dhigacchati When one sees modes as all that act, In [...]
Please break the bond between my illusions and my ego
Bhagavad Gita 14.17 sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajasaḥ lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva ca From goodness springs awakened sight, From passion grows [...]
Let the necessary never steal me away from the nourishing
Bhagavad Gita 14.16 karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam rajasas tu phalaṁ duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam From righteous acts comes fruit serene, Pure and bright, [...]
Help me see that the conflicts inside me are actually outside me
Bhagavad Gita 14.10 rajas tamaś cābhibhūya sattvaṁ bhavati bhārata rajaḥ sattvaṁ tamaś caiva tamaḥ sattvaṁ rajas tathā At times, pure goodness rises high, Subduing [...]
Please shake and break the wall between you and me
Bhagavad Gita 14.13 aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana When darkness veils the inner sight, No urge to [...]
Let me seek the clarity that invites wisdom, not the certainty that imprisons it
Bhagavad Gita 14.11 sarva-dvāreṣu dehe ’smin prakāśa upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṁ sattvam ity uta When light shines through every gate, Through every [...]
Make my passion an instrument of your compassion
Bhagavad Gita 14.12 lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha Greed awakens restless drive, Ceaseless striving to achieve and thrive; [...]
Please enter into my world, so I may enter into yours
Bhagavad Gita 14.7 rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam Passion is craving—burning desire, Born of thirst that fans the fire; It [...]
Let wisdom prompt me to look up at you, not look down at the unwise
Bhagavad Gita 14.6 tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam sukha-saṅgena badhnāti jñāna-saṅgena cānagha Goodness, by purity, shines as light, Clear and healing, stainlessly bright; It [...]
Please bridge the divide between my outer persona and my inner personhood
Bhagavad Gita 14.5 sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛti-sambhavāḥ nibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam Goodness, passion, ignorance—they all bind, Born of nature, they condition [...]
Even if I can’t find shelter in your love, grant me shelter in your wisdom
Bhagavad Gita 14.2 idaṁ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ sarge ’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca Sheltered in this wisdom bright, They attain my [...]
O pull behind all love, may I feel the pull of your love
Bhagavad Gita 14.4 sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā In every womb that forms appear, All shapes of [...]
You remain my best friend even when I remain my worst enemy
Bhagavad Gita 14.26 māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate One who serves me with devotion true, Amid the modes—steadfast, [...]
How to avoid acting thoughtlessly
When we are thoughtless, it's not that we have less thoughts; it's that we give less thought to the thoughts that drive us. We all [...]
Let me not feel helpless about feeling helpless
Bhagavad-gītā 14.13 aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana No light of truth, no urge to act. Intoxication and [...]
A Gita lens on the Tariff War: Practicing C.A.R.
As the tariff war initiated by Trump continues to escalate, how might we view this through the lens of the Bhagavad Gita? One helpful approach [...]
Navigating the inner marketplace
Introspection is meant to tune out the louder voices inside us so that we can tune in to the wiser voices inside us. Suppose we [...]
How to dump emotional bumps and slumps during meditation
Life is filled with ups and downs, or alternatively, life is filled with bumps and slumps. Things go up and down at times. If we [...]