Lecture Series

Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion

Bhagavatam study 83 1.16.1-6 How Parikshit Maharaj manifested his predicated qualities

Gita 18.06 Karmic bondage is like emotional dependence – focus not just on the action but also on the motivation

Bhagavatam study 82 1.15.45-51 Our spirituality is our responsibility, not anyone else’s responsibility

Bhagavatam study 81 1.15.38-44 Responsibly hand over material responsibility to take up spiritual responsibility

Gita 18.05 To be mana-isha, we need not just a mana free from ishvara-bhava, but a mana fixed on ishvara

Bhagavatam study 80 1.15.31-37 Life is a relay race – know when to hand over the torch

Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation

Bhagavatam study 79 1.15.25-30 Remember Krishna in his absence by remembering his message

Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion

Gita 18.02 Devotional attachment is the best way to avoid worldly attachment

Bhagavatam study 78 1.15.19-24 Krishna takes away everything that covers us before him

Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to

Bhagavatam study 77 1.15.13-18 Arjuna treasures his memories of Krishna

Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful

Bhagavatam study 76 1.15.7-12 Devotees see their achievements as Krishna’s mercy

Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action

Bhagavatam study 75 1.15.1-6 When we lose everything we gain the Lord of everything

Bhagavatam study 74 1.14.34-44 Questions about causes of distress reveal conceptions of distress

Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy

Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence

Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita

Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute

In what context did you say that to err is divine and to forgive human?

Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion

Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila

Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila

Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil original sin and karma

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems

Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts

Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses

Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible

The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude

The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation

Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement

Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual

Healthy self-understanding 5 – Concluding QA session

Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves

Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance

Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self

Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is

Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential

Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will

Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger cause and target of our weaknesses

Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes not all effects

How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too

If someone’s religion allows meat-eating then is their eating meat a sin?

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1

How science and spirituality go together

How science points to spirituality

What is spirituality and why we need it

What science can provide – and what it can’t

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works and where it falls short

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?

Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification Direction Transformation

Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2

Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1

Managing the voice inside the head – 1

God as the Supreme therapist 7 – Understanding how Narasimhadeva gave strength to Prahlada

God as the supreme therapist 6 – Seek not the facility to do whatever we desire – seek the clarity to discern our deepest desire

God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion

God as the supreme therapist 4 – How association works and how to make it work

God as the supreme therapist 3 – Devotional detachment is not freedom from emotions but freedom of emotions

God as the supreme therapist 2 – To be others’ well wisher means to channel their emotions towards proper use of their free will

God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us

Bhakti in three modes 3 – Bhakti in goodness brings sustainability purity and harmony

Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual advancement

Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful

Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2

Science & Spirituality – Why psychiatry can’t replace spirituality

Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1

Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2

Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1

Gita 17.22 We need discrimination to ensure that doing good actually does good

Gita 17.21 – Charity is passion is a competition of humiliation

Gita 17.20 Give charity for purity not popularity

Gita 17.19 Slaving to get the whip that will lash us is stupidity

Science Spirituality and The Search for Meaning

Gita 17.18 The show of austerity without the substance of spirituality points to superficiality or even hypocrisy

How understanding destiny empowers

Gita 17.17 The mode in which austerity is performed different from the mode with which austerity is performed

Gita 17.16 Austerity of mind transforms our inner disruptive enemy into a constructive friend

Gita 17.15 Speech is meant not just for commnication but also for purification

Bhagavatam study 73 1.14.18.33 – When we apprehend the worst-case scenario we look for alternatives

Gita 17.14 Austerity enables us to use our bodily vehicle constructively not destructively

Bhagavatam study 72 1.14.12.17 – Inversion of natural order prophesies inauspiciousness

Gita 17.13 Yajna in ignorance expresses defiance externally and internally.mp3

Bhagavatam study 71 1.14.1.11 – Departure of the order-sustaining Lord leads to disruption of that order

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 4 – How Hanuman provoked to deter Ravana from war

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord he hides himself from us