Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-08-material-duty-maintains-material-stability-and-facilitates-spiritual-focus/ niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ śarīra-yātrāpi ca [...]
Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-07-regulation-is-more-conducive-for-advancement-than-renunciation/ yas tv indriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjuna karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate [...]
Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-43-use-intelligence-to-pursue-transcendence-and-subdue-lust/ evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā jahi śatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam [...]
Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-42-in-the-line-of-fire-from-lust-the-soul-is-the-last/ indriyāṇi parāṇy āhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ manasas [...]
Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-41-regulation-is-the-foundation-for-purification/ tasmāt tvam indriyāṇy ādau niyamya bharatarṣabha pāpmānaṁ prajahi hy enaṁ jñāna-vijñāna-nāśanam (Bg 3.41) [...]
Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-40-lust-has-taken-over-our-knowledge-acquiring-mechanism/ indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam (Bg [...]
Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-39-the-eternal-enemy-blinds-binds-and-burns/ āvṛtaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca (Bg 3.39) Word-for-word: [...]