Lead my love for truth to victory over my lust for power
Bhagavad Gita 11.2 bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śrutau vistaraśo mayā tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣa māhātmyam api cāvyayam Of birth and death I’ve heard your lore, Your endless [...]
Please enrich my life with meaning before I die and after it too
Bhagavad Gita 11.28 yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ samudram evābhimukhā dravanti tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrāḥ viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti As rivers rush in roaring streams, All racing [...]
Gita 05.08 – Explanation
Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-08-dont-take-credit-for-actions-done-by-bodily-mechanisms/ naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan [...]
Gita 05.07 – Explanation
Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-07-inner-purity-ensures-outer-action-without-reaction/ yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate Word-to-word yoga-yuktaḥ — engaged [...]
Gita 05.06 – Explanation
Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-06-renunciation-without-yogic-connection-is-distressing/ sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati Word-to-word sannyāsaḥ — [...]
Gita 05.05 – Explanation
Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-05-sankhya-and-yoga-aim-for-the-same-destination-yet-they-arent-same/ yat sāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tad yogair api gamyate [...]
Gita 05.29 – Explanation
Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-29-peace-comes-by-devotion-to-the-all-powerful-all-loving-lord/ bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati (Bg [...]
Gita 05.28 – Explanation
Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-28-controlling-the-external-and-the-internal-brings-liberation/ yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ (Bg 5.28) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 05.27 – Explanation
Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-27-shut-out-the-sense-objects-to-seek-inwards/ sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṁś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau [...]
Gita 05.26 – Explanation
Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-26-success-on-the-spiritual-path-will-come-surely-and-soon/ kāma-krodha-vimuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām (Bg 5.26) [...]
Gita 05.25 – Explanation
Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-25-removing-impurities-empowers-us-to-rip-apart-the-facade-of-dualities/ labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ [...]
Gita 05.24 – Explanation
Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-24-the-inner-is-the-way-to-the-spiritual/ yo ’ntaḥ-sukho ’ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto ’dhigacchati [...]
Gita 05.23 – Explanation
Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-23-the-war-against-lust-is-a-war-of-attrition/ śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa [...]
Gita 05.22 – Explanation
Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-22-the-so-called-pleasure-is-the-source-of-trouble/ ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu [...]
Gita 05.21 – Explanation
Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-21-give-up-outer-pleasure-and-seek-inexhaustible-inner-happiness/ bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam [...]
Let me seek the support that draws me to you, not away from you (9.18)
Bhagavad Gita 9.18 gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, [...]
Gita 03.34 – Explanation
Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-34-dont-let-sensory-urges-steal-dharmic-credits/ indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau (Bg [...]
Gita 03.33 – Explanation
Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed Audio Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-33-our-varna-nature-needs-to-be-channelized-not-repressed/ sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni [...]
Gita 03.06 – Explanation
Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-06-outer-renunciation-with-inner-sensual-contemplation-is-self-delusion/ karmendriyāṇi saṁyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate [...]
Gita 03.05 – Explanation
Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-05-inaction-is-unnatural-materially-and-spiritually/ na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ [...]
Gita 03.32 – Explanation
Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-32-turning-away-from-krishna-defeats-the-purpose-of-knowledge/ ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāṁs tān viddhi [...]