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Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 12

Does Krishna discard karma yoga or varnasrama in Gita 18.66?

Is the soul is eternal, how is Krishna the cause of the soul?

How dukhalayam Bhagavad gita 8.15 is a teaching of positivity not negativity?

A Bhagavad Gita perspective on India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations

Demons in Krishna-lila 6 – Bakasura – From Appearance to Substance to Transcendence

Gita 18.69 See the superlative as an exhortation to devotional action

Gita 18.08 Desire for bodily pleasure and fear of bodily trouble both keep us in the cage of bodily consciousness

Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion

What is the difference between conscience and intelligence?

Gita 18.06 Karmic bondage is like emotional dependence – focus not just on the action but also on the motivation

Gita 18.05 To be mana-isha, we need not just a mana free from ishvara-bhava, but a mana fixed on ishvara

Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation

Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion

Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to

Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful

Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action

Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy

Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence

Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita

Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute

QA transcriptions uploaded on 01-May-18

Krishna descends to establish dharma – what does that dharma refer to?

When Krishna is the cause of all causes how do we have free will?

Gita 17.07 Food sacrifice charity and austerity represent broad patterns of the soul’s interaction with its encasing circles

Gita 17.06 Defying scripture be it for pandering the body or tormenting the body is demonic

Gita 17.05 Our body is not ours to abuse by arbitrary austerity

Gita 17.04 Our level of consciousness determines who we feel is worshipable

Gita 17.03 The relationship between our existence and our faith is causal constitutional and consequential

Gita 17.02 See not just people’s ideological faith – see also their functional faith

Gita 17.01 The Gita universalizes and contextualizes the analytical framework of the three modes

Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity

Gita 16.23 Those who reject scripture suffer both in this life and the next

Gita 16.22 To pursue our self-interest we need to purge out self-defeating desires

Gita 16.09 The ungodly are born for destructive action unless they do drastic course correction

Gita 16.08 From atheism to hedonism is a natural slide

Gita 16.07 Observe others actions not to condemn but to help

Gita 16.06 Knowing the inclination of the road where our car is is education not condemnation

Gita 16.05 Acknowledging where a car’s wheels are pointing is not accusing the car driver

Gita 16.03 Giving appropriate honor promotes harmony demanding excessive honor disrupts harmony

How is our intelligence partly our friend and partly our enemy?

Gita 16.02 Our godliness needs to be seen in our harmonious interactions with others

The soul can’t be cut but can God cut the soul – Hindi?

LEAD acronym – 4 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad-gita

Can our material progress and spiritual progress go together

Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us

Is forgiving those who have hurt us necessary for moving on in our life?

Is the self located in the brain?

Why can’t science measure love?

What is consciousness – why does science have difficulty in understanding it?

Why can’t scientists understand that our identity is spiritual?

Do we have free will?

Does scientific advancement make life seem pointless – why?

Are people who have out-of-body experiences out of their mind?

How sound is the scientific evidence of past-life memories?

Acknowledging and regulating our passions – Wisdom on Wisdom 8

Should we drink cow’s milk nowadays when it is got by causing violence to cows?

Who are we – how can we understand the Gita’s answer from a scientific perspective?

What can we resist temptation?

How does the three-level model of the self explain near death experiences?

How does the three-level model of the self explain past-life memories?

When we perceive internally how can we differentiate between the mind and the soul?

Who experiences love – brain mind or soul?

How does the three-level model of the self reconcile science and spirituality?

On hearing sweet kirtans is the happiness we experience spiritual or material?

When dasya permeates all rasas why is it considered a separate rasa?

How can we be both assertive about getting things done while being sensitive to others’ feelings?

When we try to help someone by pointing out their mistake and they see it as an attack on them what can we do?

How do we understand that the spiritual world has no physical location?

Is bhakti materially independent or is it more likely to occur in certain places?

Can people with an empty stomach practice bhakti – shouldn’t material needs be fulfilled first?

How can the impatient people of Kali-yuga have the patience to wait for the results of bhakti-yoga?

Don’t let the mind send the intelligence on a vacation

When Krishna thrusts his mercy inconceivably (Reflections on the departure of Vaishnava Seva Prabhu’s father)

Is there any proof for God’s existence?

How is the Gita relevant amidst today’s stress-filled times?

Is reincarnation a Hindu belief?

Can all karma be offered to Krishna or does ugra-karma have to be given up?

If bhakti is transcendental why is cultivating the mode of goodness important?

How can we harmonize ourselves with our situation when say our boss works by opposite principles?

What does having faith amidst problems mean practically?

How can we avoid reinforcing our biases by discussing delicate issues with others who have similar biases?

Our addictions originate not in uncontrollable desires but in unmet needs

Even after practicing bhakti we explode at people who irritate us – what can we do?

If we feel guilty because of having exploded at someone how can we overcome that guilt?

How does bhakti relate with being present in the present?

Is it better to be overwhelmed by knowledge or by ignorance?

How could Lava-Kusha defeat Rama who is the undefeatable Lord?

When the Bhagavatam contains so many stories involving sex is it appropriate for children?

What is wrong with seeking the desirable and avoiding the undesirable?

Is being emotionally invested in Krishna different from being emotionally invested in services to Krishna?

Can you explain some section of scripture that we can’t easily understand?

Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others

Announcement – Weekly Class

The relief of turning away from the social mirror

Is it easier to go from aversion to renunciation than from attachment to renunciation?

How can our vertical and horizontal progress be harmonized?

For preaching is it enough to simply hear classes of senior devotees and repeat?

Should we take food offered at gurudwara if it contains onion-garlic?