Bhagavad Gita

Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map

In Gita 13.24 why does Krishna say that he has spoken about the modes when he hasn’t spoken about them?

Gita Metaphors 2 – Wind 1 – A Boat Amidst a Storm

Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes

Gita 13.26 – Hearing is foundational to the topmost yoga

Lust brings out our lower side – love, our higher side

Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection

Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery

Gita 18.61 – Krishna doesn’t cause our worldly wandering – he frees us from the cause of that wandering

Gita 09.02 – The most powerful knowledge brings about the most auspicious destruction

Bhagavad Gita Metaphors 1 – Introduction

Gita 02.52 – Take the intelligence beyond the illusion of knowledge

Gita 03.41 – Alluring sense objects are the trigger, not the cause, of lust

Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation

Gita 13.27 – Let sensory perception stimulate spiritual contemplation

Gita 16.10 – Differentiate between kama as an enemy and kama as a purusha-artha

Gita 18.73 – Harmony with the Supreme is the sure sign of enlightenment

Gita 02.72 – Spiritual connectedness can provide peace even amidst violence

Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception

Gita 16.17 – Devotion is a matter of inner intention, not outer ostentation

Gita 14.01 – The Gita’s jnana section higlights its bhakti essence

Gita 18.35 – Expecting the worst of everything is ignorant, not transcendent

Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation

Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness

Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness

Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation

Gita 17.03 – Gita’s categorization goes deeper than just believers and nonbelievers

Gita 14.18 – The modes present choices and propel us to choose

Gita 14.02 – Take shelter of the knowledge that inspires us to take shelter of Krishna

Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance

Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation

Gita 14.13 – Illumination and action make our life all-round productive

Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection

Gita 02.66 – We need Krishna-connection to keep our intelligence and mind on track

Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption

Gita 18.35 – We don’t lack determination – we lack direction for our determination

Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification

Gita 14.11 – Is our acquistion of knowledge done with knowledge?

Gita 14.16 – Goodness detoxifies our consciousness

Gita 16.16 – The more we are spiritually deprived, the more become materialy depraved

Gita 18.57 – Don’t renounce work – offer work to Krishna

Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals

Gita 14.12 – Passion produces workoholism – protect yourself by devotion

Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga

Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging

Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision

Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul

Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained

Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us

Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage

Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress

Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose

Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits

Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety

Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord

Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation

Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards

Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

Are there some Deities that are jagruta?

Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual

Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition

Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble

Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness

Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful

Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation

Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all

Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge

Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord

Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction

Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates

Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body

Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is

Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world

Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification

Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is

In Gita 6.35 what does abhyasa and vairagya mean?

Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms

If even sinful devotees are considered saintly should we not look for trustworthiness in relating with devotees?

Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction

Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing

Should we work without worrying about result or work for Krishna?

Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same

Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose

In Gita 3.1 what does intelligence and fruitive work refer to?

Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation

Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best

Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception

Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war

Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic

Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness

Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge

Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga

Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes

Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge

Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna

Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana

Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge

Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation