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 – 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 – 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 – 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 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-30-focus-not-on-detaching-from-the-entangling-but-on-attaching-to-the-liberating/ mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā nirāśīr nirmamo [...]
Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-29-the-wise-should-elevate-not-agitate-the-ignorant/ prakṛter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu tān akṛtsna-vido mandān kṛtsna-vin na vicālayet (Bg [...]
Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-59-complement-renunciation-of-the-material-with-contemplation-on-the-spiritual/ viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya paraṁ [...]
Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-58-inevitable-exposure-to-sense-objects-is-different-from-initiated-or-instigated-exposure/ yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo ’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya [...]
Bhagavad Gita 2.34 akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ’vyayām saṁbhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate "Infamy will forever stain your name, People will speak of your [...]
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: [...]
Gita 02.34 - Engage the power of honour to encourage honourable action Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-34-engage-the-power-of-honor-to-encourage-honorable-action/ akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate [...]
Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message. Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-36-behave-respectably-to-bring-respectability-to-krishnas-message/ avācya-vādāṁś ca bahūn vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkha-taraṁ nu [...]
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 02.30 – 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 [...]
God will never waste our pain—provided we don’t waste it by feeling sorry for ourselves or feeling angry with God. Pain is one of life’s [...]
What seems to be a dead end for us can simply be, for God, a means to show us that without him, we are dead—and [...]
Gita 02.07 Seek First To Understand The Question To Best Understand The Answer Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-07-seek-first-to-understand-the-question-to-best-understand-the-answer/ kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ [...]
Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-07-arjuna-exhibits-3-characteristics-of-an-ideal-disciple/ kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me [...]
Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-12-spirit-is-not-just-eternal-but-also-plural/ na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva [...]
Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-22-the-dress-metaphor-redefines-death-not-as-a-miserable-termination-but-as-a-welcome-transition/ vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya [...]
Gita 02.23 – The utter indestructibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-23-the-utter-indestrutibility-of-the-soul-underlies-the-path-of-difficult-duty/ nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na [...]
