Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-16-the-world-is-like-a-jail-or-hospital-returning-to-it-is-undesirable/ ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjuna [...]
Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-15-attaining-krishna-is-the-eternally-inalienable-attainment/ mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ (Bg [...]
Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-14-what-is-difficult-in-one-perspective-is-easy-in-another-perspective/ ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ su-labhaḥ [...]
Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-13-external-recitation-and-internal-recollection-propel-us-to-spiritual-liberation/ oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti [...]
Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-12-in-yoga-the-technical-is-a-necessary-preliminary-to-the-transcendental/ sarva-dvārāṇi saṁyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ [...]
Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-11-liberation-in-yoga-requires-renunciation/ yad akṣaraṁ veda-vido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ yad icchanto brahma-caryaṁ caranti tat te [...]
Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-10-yoga-restrains-the-negative-bhakti-energizes-the-positive/ prayāṇa-kāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena caiva bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak [...]
Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-09-systematic-contemplation-begins-with-tangible-information/ kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṁsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt [...]
Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-08-practice-to-take-consciousness-beyond-endlessly-deceptive-material-reality-to-krishna/ abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā paramaṁ puruṣaṁ divyaṁ yāti pārthānucintayan (BG [...]
Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-07-devotion-is-not-about-rejecting-the-outer-world-but-about-offering-the-inner-world/ tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya [...]
Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-06-our-emotional-disposition-becomes-our-physical-position/ yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā [...]
Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-05-our-choice-at-the-junction-determines-our-destination/ anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ [...]
Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krsna Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-04-everything-is-ultimately-a-manifesatation-of-Krsna/ adhibhūtaṁ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam adhiyajño ’ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛtāṁ vara (Bg 8.4) [...]
Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-03-spirituality-is-our-nature/ śrī-bhagavān uvāca akṣaraṁ brahma paramaṁ svabhāvo ’dhyātmam ucyate bhūta-bhāvodbhava-karo visargaḥ karma-saṁjñitaḥ (Bg 8.3) Word-to-word: śrī-bhagavān [...]
Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-02-death-is-not-the-termination-of-life-but-its-testing-ground/ adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko ’tra dehe ’smin madhusūdana prayāṇa-kāle ca [...]
Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-08-01-terms-have-specific-and-generic-meanings/ arjuna uvāca kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣottama adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam [...]
Bhagavad Gita 18.36 sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaṁ ca nigacchati Now, O best of Bharatas, hear, Of threefold [...]
Bhagavad Gita 10.4 buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo ’bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayam eva ca Wisdom, knowledge, perception undeluded, Forgiveness, truthfulness, [...]
Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-47-the-perfection-of-yoga-is-not-disconnection-from-matter-but-connection-with-krishna/ yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo [...]
Bhagavad Gita 9.10 mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate "Under my supervision, nature unfolds, Through everything moving and nonmoving, my control still [...]
The word fire has multiple meanings: a natural force that burns, the dismissal of someone from their job, and an energizing enthusiasm or motivation (as [...]