Vedic Scriptures

How is internal cleanliness a bodily austerity?

What is the difference between austerity and penance?

Bhagavatam first canto study 4 – 1.1.4-1.1.23 – The sages’ questions

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?

Bhagavatam Overview – Canto 1 – Setting the Scene of Devotion in Separation

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

What exactly was Bharata Maharaj’s mistake?

How could Bharata Maharaj have become attached to a deer after renouncing the world?

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

When neither yajnik-brahmanis nor their husbands get Krishna’s shelter, what is the point of that pastime?

Why is Vritrasura portrayed as a demon in the Rig-Veda and as a devotee in the Bhagavatam?

Why does Jiva Goswami deem Bhagavatam 2.2.37 the book’s phala-shruti?

How can we avoid getting lost in the many conversations in the Bhagavatam?

Which are the important commentaries on the Bhagavatam?

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

Judging without understanding – The recipe for ruining relationships (Ramayana Reflections 1)

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

Why did Hanuman not defeat Vali?

Hanuman – An endearing blend of bhakti and shakti

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

The Recipe for Ruining Relationships – Ramayana Wisdom 1

Nāmarāmāyaṇam (The Ramayana conveyed in 108 names)

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

Ramayana’s enduring message – Rise from me to we

Value Education and Spirituality 35 – Ramayana 17 – Hanuman 2 – Never lose heart

Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation

Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination

Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others

Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common

Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude

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

Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually

Can only those who don’t break brahmchari-vrata attain the kingdom of God?

Why is Bhagavatam 2.6 called the Purusha-Sukta confirmed?

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

Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration

Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal

Did Arjuna know Krishna’s supreme position in the Gita’s first chapter?

Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation

Could Krishna not convince Arjuna with philosophy alone and so he displayed the Universal Form?

Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown

Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us

How could Bhima drink Dushashana’s blood?

Did Bhima kill Duryodhana or just wound him?

Do sadhaka-devotees also become free all worldly obligations?

How does the Vedic rule of “no reactions in killing aggressors” apply today?

Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses

Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control

Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism

Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual

Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer

Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized

Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps

Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction

Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence

How can we best present the Gita to intellectuals who feel Prabhupada’s Gita is too devotional?