Bhagavad Gita

Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive

Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation

Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities

Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna

Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders

Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna

Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual

Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity

Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability

Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire

Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter

Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant

Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization

Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible

Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning

Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful

Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation

Does Krishna’s not being able to remember the Gita later in the Mahabharata prove that some higher being spoke the Gita through him?

Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating

Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion

Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality

Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna

Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth

Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within

Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms

Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location

Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication

What does “avyakta” mean in the Gita’s eighth chapter?

How can we work for Krishna and avoid contaminating association in our workplaces?

Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory

How is Krishna attained by doing duty – doesn’t one need to rise to love for him?

How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?

As Krishna is the ultimate beneficiary, is devata prasad also Krishna-prasad?

If yajnas are not done will there be no rains?

What is the destination of those who take devatas’ prasad?

Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up

Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita

Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient

Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust

Why are the Gita’s first and last chapters of Krishna’s instructions its longest chapters?

Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last

Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification

Why does Prabhupada say in Gita 2.38p that sankhya doesn’t refer to and does refer to the Bhagavatam’s sankhya?

How is internal cleanliness a bodily austerity?

What is the difference between austerity and penance?

Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism

Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns

Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion

Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies

Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin

Which are the important commentaries on the Gita?

Why are there so many commentaries on the Gita?

Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty

Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits

Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed

What is the difference between energies in Gita chp 7 and potencies in chp 9?

Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge

Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy

Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating

What is the difference between giving up action and renunciation in Gita 3.4?

Did others apart from Arjuna see Krishna’s universal form?

Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant

Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action

Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion

Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher

Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention

Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara

Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk

Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila

Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others

Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible

Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection

Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation

Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness

Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty

Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life

Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible

Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal

The Gita’s progression from third person references to first person references

Gita 03.13 – See God not just as the provider of food but also as its enjoyer.mp3 Gita 11.37 kasmac ca te nameran mahatman .mp3

Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves

Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government

Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature

Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form

Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus

Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation

Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion

Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually

Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential

On seeing the Pandavas forces why does Duryodhana approach Drona not Bhishma?

Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level

Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change

Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling

Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not

Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation

Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires

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