Let me not equate frustration with renunciation (3.04)
Bhagavad Gita 3.4 na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣkarmyaṁ puruṣo ’śnute na ca saṁnyasanād eva siddhiṁ samadhigacchati "Not by avoiding all duties and toil, Does one [...]
Gita 01.07 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.07 - Repetition of known information conveys prioritization Audio Link 1: Gita 01.07 - Repetition of known information conveys prioritization - The Spiritual [...]
Gita 01.07 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.07 - Be aware of how what we say to one person may be heard by others Audio Link 2 - Gita 01.07 [...]
Gita 01.06 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.06 – Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength Link1: Gita 01.06 - Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength - The Spiritual Scientist [...]
Gita 01.06 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.06 Duryodhana diplomatically continues to incite Drona against the Pandava army Audio Link 2: Gita 01.06 Duryodhana diplomatically continues to incite Drona against the [...]
Gita 01.05 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.05 - Affiliations Were Shaped By Long-Term Affinity Not Short-Term Antipathy Link 1: Gita 01.05 - Affiliations were shaped by long-term affinity not [...]
Gita 01.05 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.05 - Our Mode Of Description Reflects Our Intention Link2: Gita 01.05 Our mode of description reflects our intention - The Spiritual Scientist [...]
Gita 01.04 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.04 - Duryodhana tries to change Drona's emotion for the opposite side from affection to anger Audio Link 1: Gita 01.04 Duryodhana tries [...]
Gita 01.04 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.04 - Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference Audio Link 2: Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of [...]
Gita 01.01 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Chapter 1 – Overview Total 46 verses, preparation for Krishna to speak His message. In the original Mahabharata written by Srila Vyasa Deva, and the [...]
Pray to gain purpose not pleasure
Pray to God—not for pleasure, but for purpose. When we approach God through prayers, we often seek pleasure or, more specifically, the objects that we [...]
What is Bhagavad-gita? – 2
The Bhagavad-gita is centered on the ethical and metaphysical conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. Textually, it is presented as a part of a much larger [...]
Gita 18.61 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 18.61 Now Krishna explains [...]
Are we asking God the wrong question?
Suppose we find ourselves impeded, even imprisoned, by some conditioning — say, our mind keeps becoming jealous or angry, despite our best efforts to fight [...]
Gita 03.16 explained
Now Krishna will say what will happen if we do not follow this cosmic cycle: Bg 3.16 evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ [...]
What to expect from prayer — 1
Our conceptions of things shape our expectations from those things. Suppose we conceive of prayer as a means to get God to remove obstacles from [...]
Gita 18.63 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 18.63 iti te jñānam [...]
Gita 18.48 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So Krishan will give examples [...]
Gita 09.18 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So again in next verse [...]
How Krishna expands Arjuna’s understanding of his choices
At the start of the Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna faced a crippling ethical dilemma: Should he work or should he renounce work? Krishna explains that neither work [...]
Gita 18.65 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 18.65 man-manā bhava mad-bhakto [...]