Lectures

Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi

QA session with Delhi youth

Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA

Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi

How to increase our faith – Hindi

Bhagavatam study 95 1.17.37-42 Undestanding how restricting area of residence is a form of punishment

Gita 18.19 The Gita’s flow verses make its question-directed discussion more accessible

We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember

Gita 18.18 Analysis of the components of action is meant to direct towards non-reactive action

Bhagavatam study 94 1.17.31-36 Adharama-bandhu Kali can’t be allowed to live in the kingdom of Dharma-raja pautra

Gita 18.17 When we act without false ego, we stay free of reactions

Bhagavatam study 93 1.17.24-30 Avoid both extremes of taking everything in scripture only literally or only metaphorically

Bhagavatam study 92 1.17.18-23 The cause of suffering is sometimes incomprehensible

Gita 18.16 To think that we are the sole doers is to have deluded intelligence

Gita 18.15 Spiritual consciousness ensures that our actions give a favorable result

Bhagavatam study 91 1.17.13-17 Act honorably to protect the honor of those whom we represent

Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi

Gita 18.14 God is the fifth factor as well as the foundation of all factors

Bhagavatam study 90 1.17.7-12 – When in a position of material responsibility, act responsibly

Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving

Bhagavatam study 89 1.17.1-6 Outrage on seeing atrocity is healthy

Gita 18.13 The journey from illusion to illumination requires philosophical education

Bhagavatam study 88 1.16.31-36 The earth and dharma’s devotion for Krishna

Gita 18.12 Intelligence sees consequence and fosters detachment

Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi

Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 3 – How to deal with troubling people – Hindi

Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 2 – If why has no answer focus on how – Hindi

Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 1 – See beyond the immediate cause – Hindi

Role of determination and association in devotion – Hindi

Bhagavatam study 87 1.16.25-30 Krishna is the shelter of dharma and dharmic qualities

Gita 18.11 To pursue liberation, give up the idea of giving up action

Gita 18.10 Take the route that takes us to the destination, not the route that looks the easiest

Bhagavatam study 86 1.16.19-24 Understanding what all things cause distress to the earth

Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi

Gita 18.09 Renunciation in goodness means to know that we as parts just need to do our parts

Bhagavatam study 85 1.17.13-18 Parikshit M delighted in his spiritual opulence, not his material opulence

Snana-Yatra Meditation – Understanding how God can fall sick – Hindi

Gita 18.08 Desire for bodily pleasure and fear of bodily trouble both keep us in the cage of bodily consciousness

Bhagavatam study 84 1.16.7-12 Choose carefully what we hear

Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion

Bhagavatam study 83 1.16.1-6 How Parikshit Maharaj manifested his predicated qualities

Spiritual lessons from world history 1 – Reflections on the Christian Reformation

Gita 18.06 Karmic bondage is like emotional dependence – focus not just on the action but also on the motivation

Bhagavatam study 82 1.15.45-51 Our spirituality is our responsibility, not anyone else’s responsibility

Bhagavatam study 81 1.15.38-44 Responsibly hand over material responsibility to take up spiritual responsibility

Gita 18.05 To be mana-isha, we need not just a mana free from ishvara-bhava, but a mana fixed on ishvara

Bhagavatam study 80 1.15.31-37 Life is a relay race – know when to hand over the torch

Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation

Bhagavatam study 79 1.15.25-30 Remember Krishna in his absence by remembering his message

Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion

Gita 18.02 Devotional attachment is the best way to avoid worldly attachment

Bhagavatam study 78 1.15.19-24 Krishna takes away everything that covers us before him

Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to

Bhagavatam study 77 1.15.13-18 Arjuna treasures his memories of Krishna

Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful

Bhagavatam study 76 1.15.7-12 Devotees see their achievements as Krishna’s mercy

Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action

Bhagavatam study 75 1.15.1-6 When we lose everything we gain the Lord of everything

Bhagavatam study 74 1.14.34-44 Questions about causes of distress reveal conceptions of distress

Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy

Appreciating the potency of online outreach

Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi

Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence

Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita

Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute

We may be hurt but we don’t have to stay hurt

Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion

Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection

Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila

Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila

How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi

Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble

Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology

Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil original sin and karma

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems

Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts

Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses

Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible

Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers reformers – and presenters

The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude

The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off not recreating the take-off point

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil

QA session in London

Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation

Strive first for devotion then for pure devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people

How to get realizations

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement

Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual

Healthy self-understanding 5 – Concluding QA session

Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves

Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance

Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self

Healthy and unhealthy emotions in the renounced order

Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is