Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-42-having-past-spiritual-impressions-reinforced-in-a-present-life-is-extremely-fortunate/ atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām [...]
Bhagavad Gita 5.23 śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ "Tolerating while in this bodily frame, Desire and anger's [...]
Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-44-prevent-attachment-from-abducting-consciousness-by-intelligence-and-taste/ bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛta-cetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate (Bg 2.44) Word-for-word: [...]
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 my quest for eternity be grounded in your promise Bhagavad Gita 2.12 na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na [...]
Rising from the worldviews of desire despair and dread to the worldview of devotion Opening our eyes to reality is not meant to fill us [...]
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 [...]
Devotion is not just about worshiping some being; it is about finding our own small story within the larger story that is the divine plan [...]
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 [...]
Purification is often equated with being puritanical, which may evoke images of holier-than-thou people morally policing everyone else. Influenced by such images, we may not [...]
We all know various areas where we can improve ourselves: exercise regularly, become better-organized, meditate earnestly. Yet we often neglect such self-improvement. Why? Because we [...]
We live in a world that cherishes equality. Affirming our innate aspiration, Gita wisdom explains that people themselves are equal in that everybody has a [...]
Suppose a person is driving a car on the road — then they are belonging to a whole bigger than themselves: the road transport system. [...]
Suppose we are trapped in a chamber and are trying to push the locked door open. But suppose simultaneously, someone is trying to liberate us, [...]
We are often so caught in the immediate that we don't spend time to consider the ultimate. Material things are immediately accessible, essential and enjoyable, [...]
The state of being alive is associated with activities such as growing, reproducing, preserving one's existence. The state of being aware is usually associated with [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 14.6 tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvāt [...]
Suppose we are looking at the ground level of a skyscraper building. If we look up, we may be either impressed or intimidated to see [...]
Now Sri Krishna will talk about on what basis a person will become bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā. Why one should give up outer pleasures Sri Krishna says [...]
BG 5.8 Bg 5.8-9 naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So first Krishna talked about [...]
