Lecture Series

Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed

Bhagavatam-daily 294 – 11.13.27 – Contemplate one’s observer position to cultivate dispassion

Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic

Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence

Bhagavatam-daily 293 – 11.13.26 – Resist the lower natural by embracing the higher natural

Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm

Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water

Bhagavatam-daily 292 – 11.13.25 – Use your capacity to control to connect with the supreme controller

Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance

Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier

Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference

Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies

Bhagavatam-daily 291 – 11.13.24 – Agnosticism reduces God to irrelevance and non-existence

Bhagavatam-daily 290 – 11.13.23 – Both spiritual and material monism are fallacious

Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable

Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul

Bhagavatam-daily 289 – 11.13.22 – Impersonalim reduces all inquiry to incoherence

Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory

Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion

Bhagavatam-daily 287 – 11.13.20 – Devotees want to know the identity of not just God but also his specific manifestations

Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish

Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance

Bhagavatam-daily 286 – 11.13.19 – The essence-shower enlightens the essence-seeker

Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything

Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects

Bhagavatam-daily 285 – 11.13.18 – Spiritual safety comes not by position but by devotion

Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map

Bhagavatam-daily 284 – 11.13.17 – Beware of the sense objects to which you are attracted and those which are attracted to you

Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes

Bhagavatam-daily 283 – 11.13.16 – Inspiration can’t be extracted by law or blood

Bhagavatam-daily 282 – 11.13.15 – The Kumaras are exalted souls eminently qualified for enlightenment

Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection

Bhagavatam-daily 281 – 11.13.14 – The purpose of yoga is to help the mind find rest in Krishna

Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery

Bhagavatam-daily 280 – 11.13.13 – Connect regularly with transcendence to prevent sliding into ignorance

Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation

Bhagavatam-daily 279 – 11.13.12 – We may be contaminated by the modes, but we dont have to be controlled by them

Bhagavatam-daily 278 – 11.13.11 – Awareness of consequence without alteration of lifestyle is non-transformational

Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception

Bhagavatam-daily 277 – 11.13.10 – The mind’s oscillation keeps us in illusion

Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation

Bhagavatam-daily 276 – 11.13.9 – To think we are what we are not is our foundational illuson

Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness

Bhagavatam-daily 275 – 11.13.8 – Illusion makes us to stick to the source of suffering

Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness

Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation

Bhagavatam-daily 274 – 11.13.7 – Guided destruction facilitates regeneration

Bhagavatam-daily 273 – 11.13.6 – Cultivate goodness as a foundation for spiritual takeoff

Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance

Bhagavatam-daily 272 – 11.13.5 – The Vedic plan is not just inclusive but also progressive

Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation

Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection

Bhagavatam-daily 271 – 11.13.4 – Observe and alter the ten factors that determine the mode influencing us

Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption

Bhagavatam-daily 270 – 11.13.3 – Goodness helps us to best live in the ocean while bhakti takes us to the shore

Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification

Bhagavatam-daily 269 – 11.13.2 – Dont reject the material – connect with the material that takes us to the transcendental

Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals

Bhagavatam-daily 268 – 11.13.1 – We need to come to goodness before acting in pure goodness

Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga

Bhagavatam-daily 267 – 11.12.24 – Both Gitas teach using and transcending jnana

Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging

Bhagavatam-daily 266 – 11.12.23 – The godless are like reverse-swans

Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision

Bhagavatam-daily 265 – 11.12.22 – The Bhagavatam’s sophisticated analogies provide intellectual absorption in Krishna

Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul

Bhagavatam-daily 264 – 11.12.21 – Krishna is the source and the essence of the material manifestation

Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained

Bhagavatam-daily 263 – 11.12.20 – Let perception of variety enhance appreciation of its one source

Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us

Bhagavatam-daily 262 – 11.12.19 – Krishna manifests as the senses and the sense perception mechanism to ultimately spiritualize our consciousness

Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage

Bhagavatam-daily 261 – 11.12.18 – Sacred fire and sacred sound are manifestations of and means to Krishna.mp3

Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress

Bhagavatam-daily 260 – 11.12.17 – We depend on Krishna even if we deny that dependence

Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose

Bhagavatam-daily 259 – 11.12.16 – Deference doesn’t mean settling for ambiguity

Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits

Bhagavatam-daily 258 – 11.12.15 – Surrender is the path to fearlessness

Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord

Bhagavatam-daily 257 – 11.12.14 – Bhakti provides what other paths do and more

Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation

Bhagavatam-daily 256 – 11.12.13 – Devotion transcends mundane morality

Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards

Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

Bhagavatam-daily 255 – 11.12.12 – Krishna uses impersonalist imagery to convey devotional glory

Bhagavatam-daily 254 – 11.12.11 – Relativity of the gopis’ perception of time demonstrates their intensity of love

Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

Bhagavatam-daily 253 – 11.12.10 – Radharani’s love is the summit of selflessness

Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual

Bhagavatam-daily 252 – 11.12.09 – Religious activities should increase our Krishna consciousness, not our self-consciousness

Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition

Bhagavatam-daily 251 – 11.12.08 – Even the unqualified become liberated by bhakti

Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble

Bhagavatam-daily 250 – 11.12.07 – Association of devotees is equivalent to the association of Krishna

Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness

Bhagavatam-daily 249 – 11.12.06 – Association benedicts not just the elevated but also the degraded

Bhagavatam-daily 248 – 11.12.05 – Association’s potency is not just declared but also demonstrated

Bhagavatam-daily 247 – 11.12.04 – Social division is not to be eternalized because social designation itself is not eternal