Audio Lectures

Gita 15.03 Detachment cuts not the world but our own attachment to the world

Gita 15.02 We are bound by action and knowledge can guide us to action that leads to liberation

Naam Ramayana – Pride induces and perpetuates misjudgment

Gita 15.01 The metaphor of the upside-down tree points to the reality beyond the reflection

​You came, you gave, you conquered – Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s mercy

​Naam Ramayana – When the supreme appears to be deluded, that appearance is a delusion

​Naam Ramayana – Disciplining is not punishing

Naam Ramayana – Devotion requires no qualification except the desire to serve

​Naam Ramayana – The supreme blesser blesses and is blessed

​Naam Ramayana – The all-pure purifies at multiple levels – tangible and intangible

Naam Ramayana – Our worldview shapes our responses to the world’s ups and downs

Gita 14.27 Brahman refers not just to the impersonal spiritual but also the generically spiritual

Gita 14.26 Health is a product of medication but it is also a precondition for medication

​ Varahadeva – Bhakti theology goes far beyond zoomorphism

Gita 14.25 As long as we are materially motivated, we will be materially agitated

Gita 14.24 To be equipoised, be situated in the self, not in the world

​Shakespeare seen in the light of the bhakti tradition

Gita 14.23 We are not our scars, be they physical or emotional

​The cause of temptation lies inside not outside

Gita 14.22 Be a non-judgemental non-committal observer of your emotions

Gita 14.21 When the disease is subtle, we need education to perceive the symptoms of sickness and health

Improving our chanting – Hindi

Gita 14.20 Those who transcend the modes transcend miseries

Bhagavatam highlights devotion through recollection in separation

QA in Nasik 2 April 2016

QA in Nasik 1 April 2016

Gita 14.19 Seeing that our actions are impelled by the modes inspires us to resist the desires induced by the modes

Gita 14.18 Goodness leads to elevation, passion to stagnation, ignorance to degradation

Gita 14.17 Different modes foster different emotions, dispositions and destinations

​Appreciating Rama’s appreciation of Lakshmana – Ramanavmi class

​Rama: Fact, not Fiction

Gita 14.16 Piety purifies, craving torments and intoxication stupefies

Gita 14.15 The modes are not just psychological constructs, they are also post-mortem destination shapers

​Don’t be attached to being detached

Gita 14.14 A disposition of knowledge and purity elevates to the destination of the knowledgeable and the pure

Gita 14.13 The mode of ignorance block us in both contemplation and action

Gita 14.12 Desires that drive us with the lure of pleasure are insatiable

How can we avoid feeling disheartened on hearing exalted levels of devotion?

​Don’t let your fears block you

​Abrahamic and impersonalist misconceptions about Krishna’s position

Gita 14.11 Illumination of knowledge regulates the input and output through the doorways of the senses

Gita 14.10 The modes are neither in segregation nor in integration but are in competition

​​Learning when and how to forgive

Gita 14.09 The longer a pleasure lasts, the greater its lure

​Near Death Experiences – Where science points to spirituality

Gita 14.08 The mode of ignorance begins with not knowing and leads to false knowing

​How can we neglect the mind when it obsesses on the very object we want to avoid?

Angada’s journey – Unity within begets unity without

​Sugriva’s journey from doubt to faith

Gita 14.07 Passion is composed of attachment, gives rise to craving and binds us to work

The Gita is elevating and accommodating – Overview of chapters 1-12

​QA session at Perth

​The earth-bound are dearth-bound

​Appreciating Krishna’s love for us

​Disproportionate punishment can be atrocious – Ashwattama pastime analysis 2

Understanding Krishna’s position and disposition from the Gita and the Mahabharata

Is constantly thinking about death psychologically damaging?

Gita 14.06 Anything that keeps us away from realizing our spirituality is binding, even if it is illuminating

Gita 14.05 Modes are a combination of matter that trigger emotion which matter in isolation doesnt

Gita 14.04 The seed-giving father is also the soul-attracting liberator

Gita 14.03 We determine our bodies and our bodies determine us

Gita 14.02 Death can’t be avoided, but affliction due to death can be

Faith is essential in daily life, science – and spiritual life

Different levels of seeing Krishna

Beware of the temptation to punish 1- Ashwattama pastime analysis

Gita 14.01 The Gita uses diverse frames of analysis to reiterate its consistent conclusion

Discover Your Inner Power

Understanding the purpose of explicit language in scripture

Two ways to realization: as sudden illumination and as gradual awakening

Vritrasura lila analysis 2 – The heroic leader and the hidden devotee

The mind is a monkey that makes us a donkey

Vritrasura lila analysis 1 – The setting for the stunning twist in the storyline

Concluding QA session in Dharma to Prema Retreat

Overcoming discouragement in life

Understanding the many forms of surrender

Mapping our inner territory – Anartha nivritti explained from Madhuraya Kadambini

Understanding karma dharma and destiny

From dharma to prema

GAURA acronym – 5 glorious qualities of Lord Chaitanya

How faith contributes to harmony – Multi-faith meeting

Gaura Purnima lecture – Lord Chaitanya manifested the three internal reasons for his descent in his Ratha-yatra lila

Gita 13.35 Knowledge helps us perceive and achieve spiritual reality

Gita 13.34 Consciousness can be the channel to illumination – and to illusion too

Gita 13.33 The soul is not entangled, but the mind is

Bhakti is an experiential science

Pray not to get things done but to connect with Krishna

Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 3

Gita 13.32 The soul is situated in the body, but its consciousness doesn’t have to imprisoned in the body

Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 2

Beyond sentimentality to sentiments

Gita 13.31 See variety not as illusion above the unity but as emanation from the unity

Gita 13.30 The soul is not the doer of the activities impelled by the body

Gita 13.29 See beyond people’s particular actions to Krishna’s universal positive intention

You are bigger than your habits

Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 1

Gita 13.28 To see that which is critical to see is to really see

Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi part 3

Gita 13.27 See beyond functional categorization to philosophical comprehension

Gita 13.26 Hearing directs us to destination immortality

Harmonizing our spiritual and material lives