Audio Lectures

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

Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall

Avoiding the three misdirectons in the blame game (Bhagavatam 1.16.24)

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

Sensitively transforming others’ hearts – Analysis of Lord Chaitanya’s delivering Sarvabhauma

Spirituality and Business

Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals

LOAD acronym – How work becomes workload

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

“Chant and be happy” is not just causal but also parallel (Bhagavatam 1.2.22)

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

Understanding the scopes of science and spirituality

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

God and Science – The Gita perspective

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

Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled

Grihastha ashrama in bhakti – Shifting the focus from grihastha to ashrama

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

Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers

Our longing for love is perfected in Krishna

Go beyond Hurry Worry Sorry

Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication

To manage the mind, regulate the mind’s diet

Preserving tradition means fulfilling the purpose of the tradition

Cooperating among equals

Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible

Association reminds us of our spiritual glory

GOD acronym – Reconciling human independence with divine omnipotence

Appreciate the depth and length of our existence to appreciate Krishna’s love

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

God proposes, Man Disposes – Understanding Krishna’s failed peace mission

The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?

Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental

Life’s 4 defining D’s: Desire, Decision, Destiny and Dharma

Tread the path of the ears to the eyes and the heart

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

RASA acronym for finding rasa in bhakti

Prabhupada – dependent on Krishna yet dynamic in service – 50th anniversary address

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

IDEA – 4 insights for facing adversities

Overcome discouragement through spiritual wisdom

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

Three special results of loving Krishna – PSI: Purification Satisfaction Illumination (Bhagavatam 1.2.14)

Intention in Tension? – Principles for Sustainable Relationships

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

Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13)

Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal

Practicing bhakti amidst todays fast-paced life

QA tradition brings intellectual vibrancy to bhakti

Manage the mind through introspection and meditation

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

Judgmental attitude ruins relationships

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

How spirituality increases our social contributions

Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy

Parenting Principles from Bhagavad-gita

Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes

Love is the highest reality

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

Analyzing envy through Duryodhana’s history

MIND acronym 3 – The mind neglects opportunity and denies reality

Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation

Appreciating scripture’s perennial relevance

MIND acronym 2 – Mind imagines pleasure

Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework

Death and the search for meaning

Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything

Appreciating Radharani’s position and devotion – Radhashtami class

Understanding the Marshmallow test from the three modes’ perspective

Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world

Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial

MIND acronym 1 – Magnifies the problem

Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual

Deconstructing Shishupala’s character assassination of Krishna

Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed

Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal

Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable

Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment

Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation

Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental

Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation

Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive

Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information

Relevance of Krishna’s descent – TEMPLE acronym – Janmashtami special

Comparing appearances of Krishna and Rama – Janmashtami special

Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna

Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective

Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world

Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position

Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination

Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krishna

Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature

Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground