Lecture Series

Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others

Positive Thinking 17 – Unearth the treasure within

List of all talks in Positive Thinking Series

Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment

Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna

Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen the intelligence

Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation

Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual

Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association

​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible

​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds

​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna

Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing

Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively

Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see

Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence

Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively

Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna

Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action

​Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna

Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity

Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence

Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order

Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna

Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity

Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity

Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly

Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power

​Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine

​Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad

Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality

​Gita 10.26 – ​The transcendental manifests among the celestial

Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual

​Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness

Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things

Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe

Positive Thinking – 3 Science and positive thinking

​Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme

Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts

Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity

​Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere

Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory

​Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time

​Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna

Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful

​Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence

​Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject

Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism

Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it

​Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion

​Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence

Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light

Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him

Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna

Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition

Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him

Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy

Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace

Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good

Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins

Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion

Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection

Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna

Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence

Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality

Gita 9.31 – For devotees connected with Krishna, the happily ever after is guaranteed

Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge

Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall

Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal

Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought

Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection

Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals

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Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality

Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism

Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna

Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness

Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation

Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled

Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer

Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers

Gita 09.15 – Jnana yajna is not the same as jnana-yoga

Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication

Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible

Gita 9.12 – Rejecting real currency as fake leaves one impoverished

Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels

Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental

Gita 09.11 – To claim the impersonal to be Krishna’s param bhava is contextually and grammatically indefensible

Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause

Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental

Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision

Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom

Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations

Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent

Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal

Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious

Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too

Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy

Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes

Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull