Gita For Daily Living

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 17 “Yoga of Threefold Faith” Verses 5, & 6 Lecture discusses three types of faith in accordance with the predominance of Satva, Rajas or Tamas in a person’s mental makeup.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 17 “Yoga of Threefold Faith” Verses 1,2,3 & 4 Lecture discusses the nature of faith in a person who does not depend on the traditional books of wisdom to determine what to do and what not to do.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 23, & 24 Lecture discusses Lord Krishna’s advice to follow the scriptures to decide what to do and what not to do in life here and now to achieve happiness and the supreme goal of liberation from limitations.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 20, 21 & 22 Lecture discusses three negative tendencies – lust, anger and greed which make people go through hellish experiences in life and therefore in order to achieve happiness one must avoid them.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 17,18, & 19 Lecture discusses how our egos boosted by the negative tendencies make us believe that our identification with our accomplishments and achievements will make us happy but in fact we end up in immeasurable worries.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 14, 15, & 16 Lecture discusses how negative tendencies make us believe that we are in control of our lives and our actions are helping us achieving security but in fact these tendencies are binding us to more unhappiness and insecurities.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 11, 12, & 13 Lecture discusses how negative – Asuric tendencies make people behave in a manner that binds them to immeasurable worries till their deaths and destructions.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 8,9,& 10 Lecture discusses how to detect negative – Asuric tendencies in our personality which cause sorrows and unhappiness.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 5, 6, & 7 Lecture discusses five negative tendencies born out of ignorance in human personality which bind them to the limited ego and cause sorrows and unhappiness.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 16 “Yoga of Divine and Devilish Estates” Verses 1, 2, 3, & 4 Lecture discusses twenty-six qualities one can cultivate to live a divine life to liberate oneself from the bondage of the ego and egocentric desires.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 15 “Purusottama Yoga - Yoga of the Supreme Self” Verses 19,& 20 Lecture discusses the nature of Purushottama – the Supreme Consciousness which transcends both the perishable Prakriti – manifest matter and the imperishable but conditioned consciousness.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 15 “Purusottama Yoga - Yoga of the Supreme Self” Verses 13, through 18 Lecture discusses presence of the Supreme Purusha at the core of all beings and the truth that the Supreme Purusha transcends both the perishable world and its imperishable substratum - the conditioned consciousness.

Episode 314: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 15 “Purusottama Yoga - Yoga of the Supreme Self” Verses 10,11,& 12 Lecture discusses the omnipresence of the supreme being in all aspects of our life and how the supreme being supports all our activities and perceptions.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 15 “Purusottama Yoga - Yoga of the Supreme Self” Verses 7, 8,& 9 Lecture discusses How an eternal portion of the Supreme Self becomes a limited Jiva, an individual ego to experience the objects in the prakriti by borrowing the necessary equipment from the prakriti.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 15 “Purusottama Yoga - Yoga of the Supreme Self” Verses 4,5,& 6 Lecture discusses the state of awareness which does not require any outside knowledge or light to know itself.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 15 “Purusottama Yoga - Yoga of the Supreme Self” Verses 1, 2 & 3 Lecture discusses the tree of samsara – our world and its source as explained in Upanishad and in this chapter using the allegory of an upside down tree which has branches below in this world and roots up above I the supreme self..

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 24, 25, 26 & 27 Lecture discusses how a person who transcends the three Gunas of the Prakriti becomes one with the Supreme all-pervading perfect self.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 22, 23, & 24 Lecture discusses the characteristics and behavior of a person who has transcended the three Gunas as recommended by Lord Krishna to all the seekers of liberation.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verse 21 Lecture discusses Arjuna’s question about how to recognize a person who has transcended the three modes of the prakriti.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 18,19,& 20 Lecture discusses how the predominance of Stava, Rajas or Tamas in my mind result either in progress or regress in our spiritual evolution and how we can go beyond the effects of the Gunas.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 15,16,& 17 Lecture discusses how we can use the understandings of the “Three Gunas” to cleanse our Antahkarana the internal instrument - the mind and intellect for our spiritual evolution.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 13, & 14 Lecture discusses Expressions of Satva, Rajas and Tamas in our mind and how the mood of our mind at the time of death determines our next birth.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 10, 11 & 12 Lecture discusses How Satva, Rajas and Tamas bind the pure consciousness with the Prakriti and create identification with the limited self.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 7,8 & 9 Lecture discusses the Qualities of Satva, Rajas and Tamas, and how they bind the infinite self to the limited body, mind and intellect as an individual self.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 4,5 & 6 Lecture discusses three Gunas of Prakriti as the ropes binding the infinite self to the limitations of Body, Mind and Intellect. Even Satva in spite of having purity and brightness binds the individual to the happiness and knowledge.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 1,2 &3 Lecture discusses the concept of Purusha as the Universal Father and Prakriti as the Universal Mother.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 32, through 35 Lecture discusses the concluding verses of this Chapter indicating the nature of the self as unattached and untainted by the actions of the limited self but remains supportive to the world of all beings.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 29, 30 & 31 Lecture discusses the relationship of the Supreme Self with the lower conditioned self in all things and beings and how understanding of it can liberate oneself from all limitations.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 25, 26, 27 & 28 Lecture discusses the unity in the diversity of this world of plurality. The PARMESHVAR – the great Lord is present in all things and beings as the eternal self of all things and beings.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 23, & 24 Lecture discusses the relationship of our higher self – PARAMATMA with our lower “conditioned” self JIVA and examines what makes the JIVA take birth again and again.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 20, 21, & 22 Lecture discusses the cause and effect relationship as the nature of the manifest world and how our tendencies in this life will lead us to good or evil womb in next life.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 17, 18, & 19 Lecture discusses how the one undivided self appears to be divided among all beings; it is not only within us but also outside of us.

Episode 294: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 14, 15, & 16 Lecture discusses how to contemplate on our self as the knower of the field of our experiences.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 11, 12, & 13 Lecture discusses “Ananya Yoga” – Yoga of unflinching identification with the one supreme reality that is our own self.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 8, 9, & 10 Lecture discusses the qualities necessary for the purification of the internal instrument - Mind and Intellect, so one can recognize the knower of the field.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 4, 5, 6 & 7 Lecture discusses the nature of the Field which not only includes the world of five great elements and objects outside but also my inner senses, tendencies, desires and emotions.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13 “The Field and the Knower of the Field” Verses 1, 2 & 3 Lecture discusses what the Field of our experiences is and who really is the knower of this field.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 12 “Yoga of Devotion” Verses 18, 19 & 20 Lecture discusses concluding verses of this Chapter describing the nature of a perfect devotee and Bhagavan’s assurance that such a devotee is supremely dear to him and close to him.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 12 “Yoga of Devotion” Verses 15, 16 & 17 Lecture discusses how one can achieve permanent happiness by identifying one’s limited self with the supreme all-pervading self.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 12 “Yoga of Devotion” Verses 12, 13 & 14 Lecture discusses why “Karma Phala Tyaga” - Renunciation of Fruits of Actions is superior to any other method of devotion.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 12 “Yoga of Devotion” Verses 8, 9, 10 & 11 Lecture discusses Abhaysa Yoga, offering all actions to the Lord and Karmaphala Tyaga as alternate methods to practice Bhakti Yoga if we do not have enough control over our mind and intellect to focus single pointedly on God.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 12 “Yoga of Devotion” Verses 5, 6, & 7 Lecture discusses Krishna’s instructions on how to practice Bhakti Yoga with mind and intellect offered to him and his assurance that those who follows these instructions he will become the savior to liberate them from this ocean of death and destruction.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 12 “Yoga of Devotion” Verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 Lecture discusses two types of devotees, one who is devoted to a manifest form of the Lord such as Krishna and the other is the one who is devoted to the imperishable, un-manifest, all pervading Brahman.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 53, 54, & 55 Lecture discusses Krishna’s statement that the cosmic form witnessed by Arjuna is not available to even Devas and also not possible to experience through knowledge, charity or austerities. The identification with the Supreme Self can only be achieved through single pointed devotion to the Supreme.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 50, 51, & 52 Lecture discusses Arjuna’s request to see Krishna in the form of the Vishnu. Instead Krishna showed him his gentle human form and why.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 47, 48, & 49 Lecture discusses Krishna’s statement that no one has ever seen the Cosmic Form before Arjuna and that this Cosmic Form is not available to the seekers pursuing traditional religious practices.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 45, & 46 Lecture discusses Arjuna’s mixed feelings of rejoicing and fear while witnessing the cosmic form of the Supreme Being and his admission that he would like to see him in the gentler form of Vishnu with a crown on head and mace and discus in his hands.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 41, 42, 43 & 44 Lecture discusses Arjuna’s remorse for not recognizing Krishna as the Supreme Being and his regrets that he may have mistreated him by addressing him as a friend or as a Yadav not recognizing his greatness.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 38, 39, & 40 Lecture discusses the verses which can be described as the most beautiful Universal Prayer to the Lord of all beings and things.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 35, 36, & 37 Lecture discusses Arjuna’s reckoning that the supreme-self he is witnessing in the cosmic form is the Lord of Lords, evil runs away in fear when his presence is felt, and the sages praise his glory.