Vedic Scriptures

Does Gita 6.28 refer to brahman or to bhakti to bhagavan? (Bhagavad-gita)

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 44 – 10.8.13.19 Garga conceals and reveals Krishna’s identity

Why is Kurukshetra known as Dharma-kshetra – why was it chosen as the venue for the Mahabarata war?

Understanding Rasa-lila 4 – Radharani’s apparent pride expresses her selfless love

How the Bhagavad-gita’s first and last words reflect its empowering message

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 43 – 10.8.7-12 Religious celebration is meant for spiritual purification, not social congregation

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 42 – 10.8.1-6 The saintly come to the worldly to expand the consciousness of the wordly

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 41 – 10.7.31-37 Krishna’s first revelation of the universe in his mouth

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 40 – 10.7.27-30 Krishna silences Trinavarta to minimize anxiety for Vrajavasis

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 39 – 10.7.19-26 Krishna protects Yashoda before tackling Trinavarta

In the Daksha-Shiva conflict, why did Shiva not clarify to Daksha about why he hadn’t offered respects?

Gita 18.78 The Gita’s purpose is not just to proclaim God’s position but primarily to transform man’s disposition

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 38 – 10.7.13-18 The potency of blessings increases with the purity of the blesser

Gita 18.77 Recollecting Krishnas universal form stimulates wonder in some and fear in others

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 37 – 10.7.7-12 Vrajavasis try to protect the one who protects everyone

Gita 18.76 The Gita’s conversation is memorable and relishable

Gita 18.75 Sanjaya appreciates the content, the source and the channel of the Gita’s wisdom

Why didn’t Indra become sober even after Govardhana lila?

Gita 18.74 The Gita describes a mahatama and makes its hearer into a mahatma

Gita 18.73 Harmony with the divine infuses our fleeting insignificant lives with lasting significance

How could Samba abduct Lakshmana against her will?

Gita 18.72 A philosophical conversation amidst emotional tribulation testifies to Arjuna’s sincerity and Krishna’s potency

Gita 18.71 Krishna compassionately offers connections at decreasing levels of commitment

Gita 18.70 See the sanctity of Gita study in terms of intent, content and result

Gita 18.69 See the superlative as an exhortation to devotional action

Gita 18.68 The bhakti cure cures more those who share the cure more

Gita 18.67 Though ultimately every heart longs for divine love, not every heart is presently ready for divine love

Gita 18.66 The call to rise above dharma is not a call to slip below dharma

Gita 18.65 Promises in a close relationship reflect and affect the closeness of the relationship

Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 2?

Gita 18.64 Krishna’s tone rises from informational analysis to impassioned advocacy

Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 1?

Gita 18.63 Knowledge guides our free will by showing us the consequences of our actions

Gita 18.62 The deepest peace comes by not an external serene situation but by an internal spiritual connection

Gita 18.61 Though we are controlled by material nature, we are still within the control of our Lord

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 20 -10.3.47-53 Just as the ocean gave way to Rama, Yamuna gave way to Krishna

Don’t take others’ actions personally – they are dealing more with their mind than with you

Gita 18.60 How we act is determined by our material nature but for what purpose we act isnt

Gita 18.59 Ego means to think that we know better than God

Gita 18.58 The destructive voice can’t be tuned out unless we tune in to the divine voice

Gita 18.57 Take shelter of the intelligence to convince yourself of the need to take Krishna’s shelter

Gita 18.56 The bhakti university takes seekers from any level to the summit of spiritual perfection

Gita 18.55 Don’t divorce the literal reading of one word from the overall context of the text

Gita 18.54 Devotion doesn’t culminate in liberation, liberation culminates in devotion

Gita 18.53 Determined disconnection from the material paves the way to the spiritual

Gita 18.52 Take shelter of renunciation to cultivate inner absorption

Karna character analysis – Are we doomed by destiny or by our own decisions?

Ashwatthama character analysis – Just because we are empowered doesn’t mean that we are right

Duryodhana character analysis 2 – If we don’t want help, even God can’t help

Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?

Gita 18.51 Use intelligence to counter the mind’s centrifugal force

Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attachments?

Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted

Gita 18.50 The Gita’s purpose is not to describe spiritual paths but to analyze them for making an informed choice

Gita 18.49 Our spiritual evolution goes through multiple levels of perfection from engagement through disengagement to devotion

Gita 18.48 See beyond the unpalatable to the essential to pursue the transcendental

Gita 18.47 Acknowledging our present diversity is essential for realizing our spiritual commanality

Gita 18.46 See work as an offering the divine’s gifts to the divine

Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion

Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti

Gita 18.45 Inclusive spirituality centers on rejection of work, but on its reconceptualization and redirection

Gita 18.44 Protecting cows protects the cow protectors from greed

Gita 18.43 Kshatriyas control in service of the supreme controller

Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym

Gita 18.42 Brahmanas cultivate material material regulation and spiritual redirection by intellectual conviction

Gita 18.41 Varnashrama provides customized spirituality for elevating people from where they are

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 19 – 10.3.39-46 Omnipotent Krishna can act through transcendental or normal means

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 18 – 10.3.32-38 How past life connections make sense of present-life situations

Gita 18.40 To attain harmony with our spiritual nature, we need engagement that is in harmony with our psychophysical nature

Gita 18.39 Pleasure in ignorance begins in ignorance and ends in increased ignorance

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 17 – 10.3.26-31 Devaki acknowledges Krishna as the provider of the supreme safety and strives for his safety

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 16 – 10.3.20-25 The divine’s complexion is sometimes a description and sometimes a signification

Why was Ekalavya treated so unfairly?

Gita 18.38 The pleasure of titillation leads to the agony of tribulation

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 15 – 10.3.11-19 Krishna’s appearance dissipates the darkness without and within

Gita 18.37 Spiritual knowledge gives us the purpose to persevere through the poison till the nectar

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 14 – 10.3.1-10 The celestial, terrestrial and psychological characteristics that celebrate the Lord’s appearance

Gita 18.36 Some pleasures are the start of sorrow – and some the end of sorrow

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 13 – 10.2.37-42 Why the unborn Lord is born is both inferable and inconceivable

Gita 18.35 To hold on to thought-patterns that hurt us is to abuse our determination

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 12 – 10.2-31-36 Krishna’s lotus feet make the insurmountable material ocean insignificant

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 11 – 10.2.25-30 The devatas glorify the true nature of the Absolute Truth

Gita 18.34 When one worldly desire trumps all other material desires, what results is determination in passion

Bhagavatam study 109 1.19.34-40 When God remains anonymous through coincidences devoteees identify and glorify him

Gita 18.33 What intelligence discerns, that determination sustains

Bhagavatam study 108 1.19.25-33 Devotee’s attractiveness attracts people to Krishna’s supreme attractiveness

Gita 18.32 Intelligence in ignorance mistakes the binding to be freeing

Bhagavatam study 107 1.19.19-24 Knowledge comes alive thorugh those live that knowledge

Gita 18.31 Confusing between long-term purposes and short-term pleasures characterizes intelligence in passion

Gita 18.30 Intelligence means to see beyond appearance to consequence

Bhagavatam study 106 1.19.13-18 Our personal deliberation and our mentor consultation can be complementary, not contradictory

Gita 18.29 To drive purposefully, we need to know the destination, the path and the vehicle

Bhagavatam study 105 1.19.7-12 The universal sages come to see of the royal sage

Bhagavatam study 104 1.19.1-6 If sinful reaction rectifies sinful mentality, then the reaction is auspicious, not inauspicious

Gita 18.28 Doers in ignorance act destructively for others and even for themselves

How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant

Bhagavatam study 103 1.18.44-50 Abuse of power by those representing God makes people godless

Gita 18.27 Our actions reflect our self-conception and our world-conception

Gita 18.26 The doer is not a non-doer but is a component in doing

Bhagavatam study 102 1.18.36-43 Avoid offenses carefully and avoid getting offended easily