Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-28-bhakti-accommodates-even-those-for-whom-bhakti-is-an-afterthought/ śubhāśubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣyase karma-bandhanaiḥ sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣyasi (Bg [...]
Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-27-bhakti-accommodates-seekers-at-multiple-levels/ yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva [...]
Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-26-krishna-is-hungry-for-the-reciprocation-of-affection/ patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam [...]
Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-25-different-paths-lead-to-different-goals/ yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino ’pi mām [...]
Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-24-education-about-reality-is-not-discrimination-against-certain-features-of-reality/ ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhur eva ca [...]
Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-23-the-gitas-multi-level-monotheism-is-the-balance-between-abrahamic-monotheism-and-greco-roman-polytheism/ ye ’py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ te [...]
Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krsna Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-22-seek-spiritual-security-not-just-in-the-soul-but-in-Krsna/ ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ [...]
Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-21-blindness-to-mortality-even-if-it-be-in-heaven-is-still-blindness/ te taṁ bhuktvā svarga-lokaṁ viśālaṁ kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ [...]
Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-20-karma-kanda-leads-to-elevation-but-not-liberation/ trai-vidyā māṁ soma-pāḥ pūta-pāpā yajñair iṣṭvā svar-gatiṁ prārthayante te puṇyam āsādya surendra-lokam aśnanti [...]
Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-19-in-krishna-contradictions-are-transcended-and-reconciled/ tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac [...]
Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-18-god-is-not-a-remote-controller-he-is-the-pervasive-sustainer/ gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt prabhavaḥ [...]
Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-17-krishna-is-the-sustainer-of-our-sustainers/ pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ vedyaṁ pavitram oṁ-kāra ṛk sāma yajur eva [...]
Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-16-see-beyond-the-technical-to-the-transcendental/ ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir [...]
Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-10-nature-is-not-causally-complete-without-an-ultimate-cause/ mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate (Bg 9.10) [...]
Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-09-krishna-is-concerned-but-not-sentimental/ na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu (Bg [...]
Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-08-we-are-helpless-before-material-natures-inexorable-cyclicity/ prakṛtiṁ svām avaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛtsnam avaśaṁ prakṛter [...]
Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-07-repetition-of-discussion-is-meant-for-elevation-of-vision/ sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmy [...]
Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-06-krishna-limits-not-our-freedom-but-the-scope-of-our-freedom/ yathākāśa-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni [...]
Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations Audio link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-05-gods-self-contradiction-points-to-his-inconceivable-multi-level-manifestations/ na ca mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram bhūta-bhṛn na [...]
Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent Audio Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-04-god-relates-with-the-world-through-the-impersonal-the-immanent-and-the-transcendent/ mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad [...]
Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal Audio Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-09-03-bhakti-harmonizes-the-temporary-with-the-eternal/ aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya paran-tapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani (BG 09.03) Word-for-word [...]