3.20 The one key to satisfaction
When a company collapses—or when a person implodes— is there a common denominator behind it all? The triggers may differ, but one pattern runs [...]
Break up with our mind or a break from our mind?
Break up with our mind or a break from our mind? We can't break up from our mind, yet we need to have breaks from [...]
You are supremely lovable; to love you, make me able
Bhagavad Gita 9.1 śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase ’śubhāt The Supreme Lord said: I now declare [...]
How remembering Krishna is different from remembering anything else
Remembering Krishna is not like locking him into our memory bank When we try to remember something, we often imagine it as locking that fact [...]
Let my desire be guided and guarded by dharma (7.11)
Bhagavad Gita 7.11 balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣabha In the strong, I am their strength divine, Unstained by lust's crooked [...]
Power is your gift, not my right (7.10)
Bhagavad Gita 7.10 bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanam buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham I am the seed that all life sustains, The [...]
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, [...]
When Attachment Turns Relationships into Burdens
When we are attached to someone, we become desperately dependent on their approval. We feel as if we cannot live with ourselves if they don’t [...]
Bless me to marvel at your miraculous presence in this world (4.06)
Bhagavad Gita 4.6 ajo ’pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro ’pi san prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā "Though unborn and changeless I ever remain, The [...]
Gita 02.49 – Explanation
Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best Audio file: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-49-the-good-becomes-bad-when-it-becomes-the-enemy-of-the-best/ dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañ-jaya buddhau [...]
Gita 02.29 – Explanation
Gita 02.29: Perception, Verbalization, Reception and incomprehension with respect to soul are all amazing Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-29-perception-verbalization-reception-and-incomprehension-wrt-soul-are-all-amazing/ āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ [...]
Let my sense of honor inspire me to do what is honorable (2.34)
Bhagavad Gita 2.34 akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ’vyayām saṁbhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate "Infamy will forever stain your name, People will speak of your [...]
Help me, O Lord, to rise beyond the waves of dualities (2.15)
Bhagavad Gita 2.15 yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate "The wise are unshaken by pleasure or pain, Through [...]
Let tolerance increase my intelligence, not my impotence (2.14)
Let tolerance increase my intelligence, not my impotence Bhagavad Gita 2.14 mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata "From the contact of [...]
Let me put the unchanging soul first, not the changing body (2.13)
Bhagavad Gita 2.13 dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati "As we move through childhood, youth, and old [...]
Gita 02.41 – Explanation
Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence Audio - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-41-intent-shapes-intelligence/ vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām (Bg 02.41) Word-for-Word: vyavasāya-ātmikā — resolute [...]
Please become the supreme driver of my life (2.08)
Bhagavad Gita 2.8 na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṁ rājyaṁ surāṇām api cādhipatyam "I see no cure for [...]
Even when there is no right way, you remain the right way (2.07)
Bhagavad Gita 2.7 kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me śiṣyas te ’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam "With weakness clouding [...]
With you, my Lord, there are no dead ends (2.06)
Bhagavad Gita 2.6 na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ [...]