Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3
Gita 01.17 Don’t let minor grammatical disputes overshadow major narrational and philosophical thrust
Gita 01.16 Yudhishthira doesn’t come first in the list of warriors but is still their undisputed leader
Gita 01.14 The Gita’s audio-visual camera starts with the character of the questioner’s interest, but shifts now to the central characters
Gita 01.12 Just because we get others to do what we want them to do doesn’t mean we have won them over to our side
Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 55 -10.10.10-14 Narada curses not impulsively, but after deep reflection
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 54 – 10.10.1-9 The curse that takes us away from the things that take us away from Krishna is mercy
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 50 -10.9.1-6 Yashoda demonstrates the same bhakti perfection as does Arjuna
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 49 – 10.8.46-52 Transcendental and contextual explanations for the fortune of Nanda and Yashoda
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 48 – 10.8.42-45 Yashoda makes sense of the incomprehensible by taking shelter of the transcendental Lord
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 45 – 10.8.20-25 Krishna’s childhood activities fill Vraja ladies with anxiety and ecstasy
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 43 – 10.8.7-12 Religious celebration is meant for spiritual purification, not social congregation
Understanding rasa-lila 3 – Arrogance keeps us locked in ourselves, both apara-dharma and para-dharma get us out of ourselves
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 42 – 10.8.1-6 The saintly come to the worldly to expand the consciousness of the wordly
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 40 – 10.7.27-30 Krishna silences Trinavarta to minimize anxiety for Vrajavasis
Gita 18.78 The Gita’s purpose is not just to proclaim God’s position but primarily to transform man’s disposition
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 38 – 10.7.13-18 The potency of blessings increases with the purity of the blesser