Vedic Scriptures

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Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam

Why does the Gita not have any Duryodhana uvaca, though he speaks several verses?

How can we know that the Gita hasn’t changed over the centuries?

Was the Mahabharata war predestined?

How did Krishna as Shanti-duta use sama, dama, bheda and danda?

The Pandavas could have won a kingdom anywhere by defeating someone else – why did they win it by killing their own relatives?

Why does the Gita begin with Dhritarashtra, not Krishna?

The ninth canto contains many stories of shocking debauchery by sages such as Brihaspati – what is their point?

When the Gita Mahatmaya talks about Gita recitation countering various sinful reactions, is that karma kanda or is it bhakti?

Significance of Chatur-Shloki Gita – Location, Content & Import

The eye to see the I

Does Gita 12.8-11 refer to progressive levels or alternative ways?

When Ravana knew scripture, why did he abduct Sita – Hindi?

Why did Dhritarashtra stay silent when Duryodhana insulted Vidura (Hindi)?

The Gita’s five subjects analyzed as a guide to action

What is the connection of vibhuti yoga with perceiving spiritual reality?

In Gita 6.5, can both atma be translated as the mind – elevate the mind with the mind?

What I have learned from the Gita

Why does the Gita use a battlefield setting?

​In Gita 17.1, do shraddha and nishtha refer to different things?

Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 3 – Exceeding Expectations

Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 2 – Discouraged yet determined

Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 1 – Overcoming Obstacles

Ramayana Reflection – Why Rama abandoned Sita

If the Gita is a recorded conversation reported by Sanjaya to Dhritarashtra, how does it contain Sanjaya’s speech?

Did Sanjaya report the Kurukshetra war from Kurukshetra or from Hastinapura?

Why did Rama abandon Sita?

What is the essence of the Bhagavad-gita?

Hanuman manifests a combination of bhakti and shakti

​What is the relation between Valimiki Ramayana and Rama-charita-manasa?

What is the devotional reason why Rama sent Sita away?

​​Why Rama banished Sita – Hindi

Demystifying Gita 18.66 – Does surrender mean giving up dharma?

Why did Rama not stand by Sita when she was defamed?

Was Ravana an ideal brother who stood by his sister at all costs?

Why did Balarama favor Duryodhana?

Why is the Bhagavatam called the Amala Purana?

If Vyasadeva wrote the Bhagavatam, how is he present in the Bhagavatam?

Who all heard the Gita – why were Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra able to hear?

Why does Bhagavatam contains sections that don’t glorify the Lord?

Are all commentaries on Bhagavad-gita of equal value?

For what purpose did Krishna speak the Bhagavad-gita?

For whom is the Bhagavad-gita spoken?

In the Bhagavad-gita, what is the significance of the word Bhagavan?

What is the Bhagavad-gita?

What is the spirit of Bhagavad-gita?

Who is fit to understand Bhagavad-gita?

Why did Krishna choose Arjuna as the recipient of Bhagavad-gita?

​Why didn’t Rama uphold the truth of Sita’s purity?

​Why did Rama take people’s criticism of Sita so seriously?

​When Sita was devastated on Rama’s exiling her, how can we say that she just accepted her exile?

​Did Karna choose his fate or was he fated to die?

Why did Nalakuvera-Manigriva not untie Krishna before going to heaven?

​Why does Krishna descend to this world – to kill demons or to teach the Gita?

​Why did Krishna not stop Yudhishthira from gambling?

​Did everyone on the Kurukshetra battlefield see Krishna’s universal form?

​Why was Arjuna Krishna’s favorite among the Pandavas?

How did Draupadi have so much devotion for Krishna, more than that of even the Pandavas?

Does Krishna tell Arjuna that you are a kshatriya at the level of a brahmana?

Does the Gita recommend doing yajna-dana-tapa or giving it up?

Why was Bharat Maharaja punished with a deer body for his compassion?

How Rama tests Bharata – and how we can pass the test of desires

​Did Karna ever feel that he had made a wrong choice by fighting for Duryodhana?

​When did Kunti reveal to Karna that he was her son – why?

Does Krishna ask Karna for his punya when Karna is about to die?

Sumanta-Akrura parallels and ADD acronym for dealing with doubts

​Understanding why Rama banished Sita

​What can we learn from Yudhishthira’s gambling?

​Was the Pandavas’ killing Bhishma and Drona according to dharma?

​Respond to adversity with dignity

Did Krishna feel confused about which pure devotee to support – Arjuna or Bhishma?

​​​​Which aspect of the universal form did Duryodhana see?

​What does the Gita’s call to control the mind by practice and renunciation mean practically?

​​In guna-karma mentioned in Gita 4.13, can karma be developed but not guna?

​Why does the Gita give its essence of bhakti in its middle and not at its end?

Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect

Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable

​Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna

Understanding the Bhagavatam’s chronological and conceptual flow

​Does Krishna’s call to Arjuna to rise beyond the three modes imply that we all can transcend our nature born from the modes?

​Channeling our emotions on the path of yoga – Gita 06.20-23

What is the flow of the from Gita 6.20 to 6.23?

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding inconceivability as an explanation for the world’s nature

In the Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam, Krishna refers to himself inclusively, not exclusively – what does this mean?

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding God is all that exists

Does Draupadi not know that Krishna protected her from disrobing?

​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University

​What does the Gita 4.11 – everyone is on my path – mean?

​Who is a sthita–prajna?

​What happens to Krishna’s queens after he departs from the world?

​When Krishna had vowed not to lift weapons during the Kurukshetra war, why did he lift up a wheel?

Why did Krishna first tell the Pandavas to fight and then to renounce the world because of their sins?

Does the Gita tell us what kind of goals should we set for ourselves?

​How can a leader be benefited by the Gita’s leadership sutras?

​How can the Gita help us in change management?

​Should we differentiate between pre-Gita leadership and post-Gita leadership?