Bhagavad Gita Archives

Circumstances are like carpets – keep them below, not above

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-18T06:59:10+05:30May 18, 2015|Chapter 02, Text 16, Empower Yourself, Nourish Yourself|

Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. Not being able to respond appropriately to them, we may even feel as if we are simply being [...]

Rift with God makes us drift with the mind

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-17T09:00:31+05:30May 17, 2015|Chapter 15, Text 07|

We are pleasure-seeking beings. And we are intrinsically the eternal parts of Krishna, as the Bhagavad-gita (15.07) states. Because Krishna is the all-attractive reservoir of [...]

The world is a classroom, not a courtroom

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-16T23:03:37+05:30May 16, 2015|Chapter 15, Text 15|

Some religious people have a negative fear-centered conception of God as a judge waiting to catch them doing wrong. They also view the world darkly [...]

Gita 15.20 explained

Vallabhi2025-09-13T16:58:00+05:30May 16, 2015|Bhakti Shastri Class, Chapter 15, Text 20, Explanation|

Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now Krishna concludes this chapter [...]

Renunciation centers not on running away from the world but running towards Krishna

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-15T10:42:15+05:30May 15, 2015|Chapter 18, Text 08|

Some people say, “Those who can’t face the world’s problems run away from them by becoming renunciates.” Sadly, it’s true that some people do take to [...]

Surrender is not rejection of the intelligence, but its perfection

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-14T09:00:28+05:30May 14, 2015|Chapter 18, Text 72|

Some people perceive surrender to God as anti-intellectual, as an abandonment of the intelligence for an abject capitulation to God. However, that’s not the kind [...]

Gita 15.17 explained

Vallabhi2025-09-13T16:58:01+05:30May 13, 2015|Bhakti Shastri Class, Chapter 15, Text 17, Explanation|

Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 15.17 uttamaḥ puruṣas tv [...]

Act proactively, not reactively

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-13T09:00:09+05:30May 13, 2015|Chapter 14, Text 19|

Acting proactively means acting according to our principles and purposes in actions we initiate as well as the ways we respond to events. Acting reactively [...]

Gita 15.16 explained

Vallabhi2025-09-13T16:58:02+05:30May 12, 2015|Bhakti Shastri Class, Chapter 15, Text 16, Explanation|

Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So now Krishna will talk [...]

While knowledge curbs the senses, devotion conquers the senses

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-12T09:00:28+05:30May 12, 2015|Chapter 02, Text 61|

Knowledge, specifically spiritual knowledge, helps us understand our spiritual identity and thereby recognize the necessity of controlling the senses that drag us towards material enjoyment [...]

Comprehension comes by the integration of visual perception with intellectual education

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-11T09:00:43+05:30May 11, 2015|Chapter 15, Text 10|

We usually consider our eyes as reliable sources of knowledge. In court cases, eyewitness testimonies are deemed strong evidence. Yet valuable as visual perception is, [...]

The world’s being a miserable place doesn’t mean we have to be miserable

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-10T08:59:41+05:30May 10, 2015|Chapter 08, Text 14|

An oft-quoted Bhagavad-gita verse deems this world a place of misery (08.15: duhkhalyam). Yet the same Gita was spoken to relieve Arjuna of misery. Initially [...]

Gita 15.13 explained

Vallabhi2025-09-13T16:58:03+05:30May 9, 2015|Bhakti Shastri Class, Chapter 15, Text 13, Explanation|

Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan After Cosmological let us look [...]

Even if we can’t get over things, we can still get on with things

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-09T07:48:16+05:30May 9, 2015|Chapter 18, Text 28, Empower Yourself, Nourish Yourself|

Sometimes life throws at us devastating reversals that cause overwhelming grief, fury or frustration. Some losses may even make us feel that life itself is [...]

Temptations will come, we don’t have to welcome

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-08T22:46:28+05:30May 8, 2015|Chapter 05, Text 23, Mindfulness, Nourish Yourself, Quotes|

Seekers sometimes ask, “I am practicing bhakti-yoga seriously, yet I feel tempted by worldly desires. Why is bhakti not working?” Bhakti is definitely working. The [...]

Gita 15.12 explained

Vallabhi2025-09-13T16:58:04+05:30May 8, 2015|Bhakti Shastri Class, Chapter 15, Text 12, Explanation|

Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan 12-15: How Krishna assists us [...]

The spiritual in application leads to the spiritual in constitution

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-07T21:31:12+05:30May 7, 2015|Chapter 04, Text 24|

The multiple senses of the word ‘spiritual’ can be confusing. For example, the material body is said to be radically different from the spiritual soul, [...]

Defiance of God dooms us to dependence on matter

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-06T08:00:26+05:30May 6, 2015|Chapter 15, Text 07|

Some people openly defy God and claim, “I am independent – I will do whatever I want and enjoy whichever way I choose to.” While [...]

The modes make Krishna seem irrelevant and the world seem irresistible

Chaitanya Charan2015-05-05T10:08:53+05:30May 5, 2015|Chapter 07, Text 13|

Perception, or more specifically false perception, is the basis of illusion. The Bhagavad-gita (07.13) explains that we can’t know Krishna due to the delusion created [...]