Bhagavad Gita 9.9 na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu By none of the world’s mess or distress, Am [...]
Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee Audio - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-40-the-spiritual-path-comes-with-a-no-loss-and-a-fear-relieving-guarantee/ nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya [...]
The worldview of devotion centers on the understanding that there is a transcendental person, Krishna, who exists as the supreme divinity at the pinnacle of [...]
Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution Audio Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-33-honorable-position-brings-obligation-of-tangible-contribution/ atha cet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ [...]
Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-25-contemplate-the-inconceivable-to-relish-the-spiritual/ avyakto ’yam acintyo ’yam avikāryo ’yam ucyate tasmād evaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśocitum arhasi [...]
Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action Audio Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-30-knowlege-of-the-soul-is-not-a-call-for-resignation-but-for-action/ dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe [...]
Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-27-see-death-not-as-a-future-event-but-as-an-ongoing-process/ jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya [...]
The demoniac consider standing up to God to be courage, while the divine understand standing up for God to be courage. No one likes to [...]
Gita 02.03 - Fight Degrading Temptation By Remembering Honoroble Position Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-03-fight-degrading-temptation-by-remembering-honoroble-position/ klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate kṣudraṁ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha [...]
Gita 02.05 Deliberation is desirable, but depth of deliberation is decisive Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-05-deliberation-is-desirable-but-depth-of-deliberation-is-decisive/ gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyam apīha loke hatvārtha-kāmāṁs [...]
Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritua2lscientist.com/gita-02-05-hard-choices-have-to-be-made-to-avoid-harder-consequences/ gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyam apīha [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So now Arjuna is describing [...]
Vice refers to the impure, dishonorable, and destructive desires within us that can lurk in the background, loom in the foreground, or leap into a [...]
Why did Vidura in the Mahabharata not join the Pandavas when he was driven away by Duryodhana? That's because in the Mahabharata, the close relative [...]
Duryodhana continued with his atrocities even after they failed. Sometimes, when we try to do something bad and it doesn't work, we realize, "This is [...]
One reason that is clear from the Mahabharata itself is that Arjuna was born with a special focus on devotion; his father Pandu sought a [...]
Chapter 1 How, O how, can I fight and kill Those whose pleasure is my heart's will? A kingdom is worth no more than mere [...]
To make sense of the Kalki movie through the lens of the Bhagavad-gita, let's consider three aspects. Connection, Concoction and Conception. Connection: it is good [...]
When we study the Bhagavad-gita teachings on karma, we may often read into it ideas that are prevalent in contemporary conceptions about karma. Such ideas [...]
When we face a difficult situation, to what extent do we accept that situation as destiny and to what extent do we take responsibility for [...]
When we face a difficult situation, to what extent do we accept that situation as destiny and to what extent do we take responsibility for [...]
