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Understanding acharaya’s controversial statements

Krishna demonstrates prevailing definition of success – and transcends it

Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary

Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer

Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire

Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration

Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal

Holi – Let the fire burn the impurities within

Gaur Purnima – Lord Chaitanya makes supremely fortunate the materially unfortunate and the materially fortunate

Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation

Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown

Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us

Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses

Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control

Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

PURI acronym – 4 special qualities of Madhavendra Puri

ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor – H H Jayapataka Swami Maharaj

Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism

Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual

Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer

Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized

What is violence for the infectant is benevolence for the infected

Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps

The destructibility of the body is not a license for its wanton destruction

Don’t just see the provision – see the provider

The soul wears out the body and the body wears out the soul

Don’t be so concerned about others’ future destination as to be cut off from their present emotion

Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction

Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence

Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination

Harinaam Sankirtan unites dance with meditation

Music therapy and Harinaam Sankirtan

Is the Gita relevant today?

Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion

Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best

Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence

Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture

Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose

Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter

Valentine’s Day – Commercial exploitation of urban isolation sets up the heart for disappointment

Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste

Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema

Should we hate the mind?

Vaishnava Sadachara 4 – Managing harmoniously

Vaishnava Sadachara 3 – Acting according to time place circumstance

Vaishnava Sadachara 2 – Dealing appropriately with different people

Vaishnava Sadachara 1 – Importance of Sadachara

Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom

Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence

Are miracles compatible with science?

Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee

Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga

Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions

Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win

Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message

Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception

Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action

Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution

Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success

Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization

Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action

Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing

Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief

What a saint learned from a prostitute

Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process

Let intelligence take from the poison phase to the nectar phase

Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless

How to present scriptural wisdom scientifically

Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual

Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere

Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty

Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition

Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge

Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does

Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction

Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure

Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything

Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence

Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal

Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it

Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging

Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural

Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise

Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood

Don’t anoint everything as spiritual or denounce everything as material

Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn

Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress

Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple

Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance

Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences

Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness

Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna

Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position

Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation

Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony

Happy New Year – How bhakti-yoga fulfills the import of this sincere wish

Vaishnava Meditations on Christmas

Daily-Bhagavatam 66 – 11.07.56 – Counter temptation by intelligence, vigilance and diligence

Don’t sharpen the axe in the criminal’s hands; cure the criminal

Hold on to Hari, not to worry