Lectures

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

CC daily 211 – 7.59-63 – Our devotion is seen in our appreciation for others devotion

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

Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings

From the Mahabharata Krishna to the Bhagavatam Krishna

Appreciating Bhagavatam as rasa shastra

Gita 07.30 – Teacher’s incomprehensible statements test student’s interest and attentiveness

Balaram Jayanti – How Balaram helps Krishna remember Vrindavan outside Vrindavan

Temptations may come, we don’t have to welcome

Gita 07.29 – Detect misery to correct it

Gita 07.28 – Dont expect immediate steady determination – use present determination, even if unsteady

CC daily 210 – 7.54-58 – The Lord adjusts his plans to accomodate his devotees

CC daily 209 – 7.50-53 – Serve according to capacity; don’t crave for services we cant do

CC daily 208 – 7.46-49 – To lose a treasure we have just appreciated is devastating

CC daily 207 – 7.42-45 – Appreciate the sweetness that underlies Vaishnava etiquette

Gita 07.27 – Go beyond duality by spirituality

Gita 07.26 – Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence

Spiritual Insights for dealing with HIV

Essence of Gita 5 – Choose God over the world

Essence of Gita 4 – God helps those who let him help them

Essence of Gita 3 – Devotion connects us vertically and horizontally

Essence of Gita 2 – Direct love towards the ultimate object

Essence of Gita 1 – Love is eternal

Gita 07.25 – Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron

CC daily 206 – 7.39-41 – Understand the CV needed to be the Lord’s servant

CC daily 205 – 7.36-38 – Ensure that the Lord’s service is done, even if we can’t do it ourselves

Gita 07.24 – To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context

Gita 07.23 – Accommodation is not recommendation

CC daily 204 – 7.33-35 – More important than our desire for the Lord’s proximity is his pleasure

Lord Chaitanya’s momentous victory in Puri – Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Chp 6

Gita 07.22 – Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him

CC daily 203 – 7.30-32 – The Lord’s seeming hard-heartedness is due to his soft-heartedness

CC daily 202 – 7.27-29 – The Lord tastes the devotees affection while reproaching their action

CC daily 201 – 7.25-27 – Neglect of etiquette can be due to disrespect – and due to love too

CC daily 200 – 7.23-24 – Non-expression of emotion conveys depth of affection

Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor

Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge

Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga

Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna

Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable

Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna

Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection

Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna

Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle

CC daily 199 – 7.21-22 – Insistence is a sign of intimacy

CC daily 198 – 7.18-20 – The Lord reproaches the disruption of his plans but appreciates the underlying devotion

CC daily 197 – 7.15-17 – Love seeks proximity and safety of beloved

Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence

Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious

Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse

Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen

Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate

Independence Day Meditation – A Patriotism beyond Patriotism

Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion

CC daily 196 – 7.10-14 – The Lord’s external reason for South India tour conceals his inner reason

Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence

CC daily 195 – 7.9 – The bhakti movement is nourished not by inreach or outreach but by loving exchanges

Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win

Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually

Prabhupada’s one step to enter Jaladuta – A giant leap in humanity’s spiritual evolution

CC daily 194 – 7.7-8 – The call of duty is not a license for insensitivity

Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness

Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited

Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic

CC daily 193 – 7.4-6 – Cycilicity of time is a universal truth

Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence

Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma

Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process

CC daily 192 – 7.2-3 – The Lord doesnt rest on his laurels but desires to spread mercy further

Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed

CC daily 191 – 7.1 – The summary reflects the systematic structure of the book

Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic

Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence

CC daily 189 – 6.278-80 – Sarvabhauma’s dramatic transformation points to the transformer’s divinity

Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm

Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water

Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance

Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier

CC daily 188 – 6.277 – Training our emotions is the key to transforming them

Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference