Lecture Series

Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion

Bhagavatam first canto study 6 – 1.2.9-1.2.15 – Bhakti leads to realization of the Absolute Truth

Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality

Bhagavatam first canto study 5 – 1.2.1-1.2.8 – The Bhagavatam’s speaker and subject are radically exalted

Bhagavatam-daily 197 – 11.11.02 – Does material existence have no existence?

Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna

Bhagavatam-daily 196 – 11.11.01 – Our subjective perception is not the objective reality

Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth

Bhagavatam-daily 195 – 11.10.37 – Non-imitable observable attributes characteristize the advanced

Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within

Bhagavatam-daily 194 – 11.10.36 – The difference between the bound and the entangled eludes the eye

Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

Bhagavatam-daily 193 – 11.10.35 – Desire drags us from the real world to the reel world

Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms

Bhagavatam-daily 192 – 11.10.34 – Good becomes bad when made into God

Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location

Bhagavatam-daily 191 – 11.10.33 – Defiance of God sentences us to fearful life

Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication

Bhagavatam-daily 190 – 11.10.32 – Dependence on Krishna makes us independent of illusion

Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory

Bhagavatam-daily 189 – 11.10.31 – The more we understand that we are controlled, the more we can break free

Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita

Bhagavatam-daily 188 – 11.10.30 – Krishna as time impels us to turn towards Krishna as Bhagavan

Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient

Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust

Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last

Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification

Bhagavatam first canto study 4 – 1.1.4-1.1.23 – The sages’ questions

Bhagavatam-daily 187 – 11.10.29 – Enjoying by closing eyes doesn’t do away with consequences

Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism

Bhagavatam-daily 186 – 11.10.28 – Animal slaughter and fascination with vampires reflects tamo-guna

Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns

Bhagavatam-daily 185 – 11.10.27 – Obsession with pleasure causes degeneration of character

Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion

Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies

Bhagavatam-daily 184 – 11.10.26 – Seek to not forget the temporariness of reality, but to transcend it

Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin

Bhagavatam-daily 183 – 11.10.25 – Infatuation with gratification induces oblivion of impending tribulation

Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty

Bhagavatam-daily 182 – 11.10.24 – Seek change not in scale of pleasure, but in its nature

Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits

Bhagavatam-daily 181 – 11.10.23 – Heaven is a station – seeing it as a destination is illusion

Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed

Bhagavatam-daily 180 – 11.10.22 – Karma-kanda is a technique that can backfire at minor error

Bhagavatam-daily 179 – 11.10.21 – Extension of vision from this world to the next doesn’t help without extension of conception of self

Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge

Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy

Bhagavatam-daily 178 – 11.10.20 – Expose the tricks by which the mind denies our mortality

Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating

Just delight in the Lord’s glories – he govinda he gopala song meaning

Bhagavatam-daily 177 – 11.10.19 – Death represents our ultimate failure to sustain relationships

Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant

Bhagavatam-daily 176 – 11.10.18 – Material expertise is no insurance from misery

Surrender by service and meditation – Sarvasva tomara meaning

Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action

Bhagavatam-daily 175 – 11.10.15 – See the frustration of our material plans as confirmation of our spiritual purpose

Treasure the supreme realization – ekhona bujhinu prabhu meaning

Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion

Bhagavatam-daily 174 – 11.10.16 – Holding that consciousness is eternal but not transcendental is misleading

Bhagavatam-daily 173 – 11.10.15 – Karma-mimamsa accepts the Vedas but defeats their purpose

Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher

Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention

Bhagavatam-daily 172 – 11.10.14 – Don’t let variety become the mother of illusion

Bhagavatam-daily 171 – 11.10.13 – The flame of purificatory knowledge incinerates all illusions

Bhagavatam-daily 170 – 11.10.12 – The guru’s flame of knowledge ignites the disciple’s flame through instruction

Bhagavatam-daily 169 – 11.10.11 – Spiritual curiosity changes the default object of our consiousness

Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara

Bhagavatam-daily 168 – 11.10.10 – See the Lord as the source of illusion – and illumination

Bhagavatam-daily 167 – 11.10.09 – Variety of levels of consciousness is due to variety of mediums, not of sources

Bhagavatam-daily 166 – 11.10.08 – See beyond visible object to invisible active principle

Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk

Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila

Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others

Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible

Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection

Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation

Bhagavatam-daily 165 – 11.10.07 – Be self-interested, but after knowing the true self

Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty

Bhagavatam-daily 164 – 11.10.06 – Let speech elevate, not downgrade, consciousness

Bhagavatam-daily 163 – 11.10.05 – The purpose of sadhana is the change of desires

Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life

Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible

Bhagavatam-daily 162 – 11.10.04 – For the best, give up not just the bad but also the good

Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal

Yashomati Nandana meaning – Seek shelter in the spotless and delightful holy names

Bhagavatam-daily 161 – 11.10.03 – Sense objects are insubstantial like dream objects

Gita 03.13 – See God not just as the provider of food but also as its enjoyer.mp3 Gita 11.37 kasmac ca te nameran mahatman .mp3

Bhagavatam-daily 160 – 11.10.02 – Understand the deceptiveness of material appearance of things

Krishna jinka naam hai – Relish the most endearing vision of God

Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves

Bhagavatam-daily 159 – 11.10.01 – Take shelter of Krishna according to your nature

Bhagavatam-daily 158 – 11.09.33 – Don’t just learn – learn to learn

Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government

Vidyara vilase meaning – Godless knowledge is the intellect’s monument to illusion

Bhagavatam-daily 157 – 11.09.32 – Sharing spiritual knowledge enriches both student and teacher

Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature

Emona durmati meaning – Put good news to good use

Bhagavatam-daily 156 – 11.09.31 – Take responsibilty of internalizing the guru’s teachings from different perspectives

Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form

Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus