Let my desire for you drive away all my other desires (2.72)
Bhagavad Gita 2.72 eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ’pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati "This is the state divine, the goal of life's [...]
Let my desire for you be stronger than the world’s currents (2.69)
Bhagavad Gita 2.69 yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ "What is night to the worldly, to the [...]
Understanding what pushes us toward transcendence and what pulls us toward transcendence
Intelligence means keeping accessible not just the factors that push us toward transcendence but also those that pull us. When we aspire to grow spiritually [...]
What truth will our life story demonstrate?
We can choose what truth our life story will demonstrate: what is possible with God or what is inevitable without him. Our life is defined [...]
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 [...]
Far away from God
We may be far away from God, but God is close to us. Sometimes we may pray to God and not get any result from [...]
Seeing Krishna’s Plan
Krishna's implication, Acharyas explain, is that Arjuna, don't think you are the greatest well-wisher of the Kauravas. I am their greatest well-wisher. And you are [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 1
[Can you explain the terms mentioned at the end of the last chapter (07.29-30)?] Arjuna: Krishna, what is brahman? What is adhyatma? What is karma? [...]
What is karma meant for
The Bhagavad-gita (04.17) states that the workings of karma can be incomprehensible. This speaks to our experience – we all are sometimes faced with adversities [...]
How purification and willpower relate with self-transformation
Whenever we try to change ourselves for the better, we often feel that we need willpower. And we may think of purification as something other-worldly, [...]
How is everyone on Krishna’s path?
In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna offers what might be best described as user-friendly spirituality. This is seen in his declaration that all people are on his [...]
How Arjuna’s words reveal the Gita’s sadhana and sadhya
One traditional way to know the import of a complex text is the path-purpose hermeneutic or the sadhana-sadhya approach. Sadhana refers broadly to the means [...]
Gita 08.05 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now Sri Krishna is answering [...]
Gita 08.06 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now Sri Krishna will give [...]
Why does the Gita discuss the moment of death so much?
The Bhagavad-gita’s eighth chapter is centered on the theme of one’s consciousness at the moment of death. In fact, Krishna has referred to that theme [...]
How Krishna is understanding not demanding
Some people think of God as demanding, but Krishna’s self-revelation in the Bhagavad-gita shows him to be a very understanding God. A demanding God expects, [...]
The cyclicity of the Bhagavad-gita (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 3)
The cyclicity of the Bhagavad-gita - A well-written book cycles back to the starting point in its ending point. Let’s see how such cyclicity is [...]
From the specific to the universal and back to the specific (Appreciating the Gita’s flow 2)
From the specific to the universal and back to the specific - Well-written books exhibit an expert balance between specifics and universals, whereby the specifics [...]
Gita 06.44 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya 38-45: If the mind deviates the [...]
The mysterious door to knowledge (From ignorance to knowledge series 2)
The mysterious door to knowledge - Suppose we see a majestic palace and notice a low door to enter into it. Intrigued, we bend ourselves, [...]
Don’t let doubt stop our human search for understanding (Dealing with doubt 6)
Don’t let doubt stop our human search for understanding - We humans have an innate thirst for understanding. This thirst impels us to explore the [...]