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 [...]
Let my ability not steal my humility (7.08)
Bhagavad Gita 7.8 raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu Water’s taste is me, as is the moon’s ray, [...]
Conquer my heart with your most lethal weapon, your beauty (11.51)
Bhagavad Gita 11.51 dṛṣṭvedaḿ mānuṣaḿ rūpaḿ tava saumyaḿ janārdana idānīm asmi sańvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiḿ gataḥ Seeing your form, so gentle and kind, A divine [...]
Please make me immune to the illusion that I am immune to illusion (7.13)
Bhagavad Gita 7.13 tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam By nature’s modes, the world is bound. In [...]
Let me focus on your will, not my skill (9.32)
Bhagavad Gita 9.32 māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim Those born in conditions [...]
Gita 05.16 – Explanation
Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-16-knowledge-illumines-our-inner-territory-and-reveals-the-indwelling-lord/ jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣāṁ nāśitam ātmanaḥ teṣām āditya-vaj [...]
Gita 05.15 – Explanation
Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-15-the-judge-is-not-responsible-for-the-criminals-conviction/ nādatte kasyacit pāpaṁ na caiva sukṛtaṁ vibhuḥ ajñānenāvṛtaṁ jñānaṁ tena [...]
Gita 05.14 – Explanation
Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-14-the-more-we-become-detached-the-more-we-master-the-body/ na kartṛtvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ na [...]
Gita 05.13 – Explanation
Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-13-the-bodily-city-metaphor-conveys-our-difference-from-our-sensory-gates/ sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśī nava-dvāre pure dehī [...]
Gita 05.12 – Explanation
Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-12-action-per-se-is-not-binding-attached-action-is/ yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale [...]
Gita 05.11 – Explanation
Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-11-change-the-motivation-for-action-from-gratification-to-purification/ kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ [...]
Gita 05.10 – Explanation
Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-10-live-in-the-world-but-be-not-of-the-world/ brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ lipyate na [...]
Gita 05.09 – Explanation
Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-09-contact-of-senses-sense-objects-is-not-the-problem-infatuation-with-the-contact-is/ pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann [...]
Gita 04.32 – Explanation
Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-32-knowing-the-unity-among-various-yajnas-grants-liberation/ evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaṁ jñātvā [...]
Gita 04.31 – Explanation
Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-31-happiness-in-this-world-and-the-next-dont-have-to-be-mutually-exclusive/ nāyaṁ loko ’sty ayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama [...]
Gita 04.30 – Explanation
Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-30-the-knowers-of-yajna-attain-purification-satisfaction-and-liberation/ sarve ’py ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam Word-to-word sarve [...]
Gita 04.29 – Explanation
Gita 04.29 – Infuse pranayama with the imagery of yajna Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-29-infuse-pranayama-with-the-imagery-of-yajna/ apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu [...]
Gita 04.37 – Explanation
Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-37-the-fire-of-knowledge-reduces-karma-to-ashes/ yathaidhāṁsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā [...]
Gita 04.38 – Explanation
Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-38-dont-reduce-jnana-to-jnana-yoga/ na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁ pavitram iha vidyate tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati (Bg 4.38) [...]
Gita 04.39 – Explanation
Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-39-faith-is-the-pre-condition-for-knowledge/ śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati (Bg 4.39) Word-for-word: [...]