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❤️ A Passion for Peace

Apr 23, 20262 min

🧵 Creator Holds all Creation | Essential Verse 24

Apr 22, 202615 min

💗 Be a Rare Seeker | Essential Verse 23

Apr 15, 202615 min

♻️ Divine Efforts are Never Wasted | Essential Verse 22

Apr 8, 202613 min

S8 Ep 21🧘🏽 Practice Steadies the Wandering Mind | Essential Verse 21

Shifting focus to the challenge of mind discipline, Shri Krishna compassionately addresses Arjuna's hesitation about contemplation in Chapter 6, Verse 35. Through prioritization, steady practice, and selfless associations, our mind becomes balanced and focused—ultimately guiding us to Self rediscovery. ➡️ This season, we are exploring the 70 essential verses of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights. 🎧 Listen to the last episode. RESOURCES + LINKS 💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory! ❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Apr 1, 202616 min

S8 Ep 20📿 Contemplation Brings Balance | Essential Verse 20

In Chapter 6, Verse 9 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna explains the power of contemplation, which brings balance and equanimity, allowing us to see all beings equally. By practicing inner peace, detachment, and responding to all experiences with understanding, we transcend likes and dislikes and engage with everyone as a reflection of the Divine. ➡️ This season, we are exploring the 70 essential verses of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights. 🎧 Listen to the last episode. RESOURCES + LINKS 💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory! ❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Mar 25, 202618 min

S8 Ep 19🫶🏽 Raising Mind with Intellect | Essential Verse 19

The theme of Chapter 6 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is delight, and in Chapter 6, Verse 5, Shri Krishna teaches the practice of contemplation to realize we are uncaused happiness. By integrating our mind and intellect through self-effort, we can transcend the ego, recognize Divinity in all, and become our own best friend. ➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights. 🎧 Listen to the last episode. RESOURCES + LINKS 💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory! ❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Mar 17, 202615 min

S8 Ep 18📈 Pleasure is Pain | Essential Verse 18

Let's dive in to Essential Verse 18 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. In Chapter 5, Verse 22, Shri Krishna explains that sense pleasures are temporary and become the seat of pain. By following the wise, affirming our willpower, and reducing sensory indulgences, we invest in long-term Peace and lasting Joy.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities

Mar 4, 202616 min

S8 Ep 17☮️ Independence Reveals Equality | Essential Verse 17

Shri Krishna reveals the sign of one who has practiced the path to Self-knowledge: humility and the vision of equality. By seeing beyond names and forms and focusing on the essence—the Creator in all—we treat everyone equally and live anchored in the Truth. This is Essential Verse 17: Chapter 5, Verse 18.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Feb 25, 202614 min

S8 Ep 16🙏🏼 Be Divine | Essential Verse 16

We're exploring the 16th essential verse from the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. In Chapter 5, Verse 17, Shri Krishna shares the plan for contemplation, forming the seed for Chapter 6. By steadily listening to the Truth, sincerely reflecting, and contemplating with strength, we shift from ego to Spirit and realize our nature as Divinity—Being Joyful and Serene beyond the purest.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Feb 11, 202615 min

S8 Ep 15🫴🏼 Self-Development Leads to Oneness | Essential Verse 15

On this season of Live Vedanta, we're unpacking the 70 verses at the heart of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. Chapter 5, Verse 7 centers on the theme of doershiplessness, deepening the focus on Karma Yoga and self-development. By purifying the mind, overcoming the ego and senses, and seeing the Spirit in all beings, we act dynamically and freely, unbound by our actions while uplifting ourselves and others.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Feb 4, 202616 min

S8 Ep 14🧠 Self-Knowledge Surpasses All Else | Essential Verse 14

In Chapter 4, Verse 38, Shri Krishna reveals the power of true knowledge, teaching that only knowledge of the Spirit can purify us and dissolve ignorance about who we are and what life is. By prioritizing self-development, we shift from "doing" for joy to "Being" Joy, allowing understanding to arise naturally.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Jan 28, 202614 min

S8 Ep 13📓 Discipline Reveals the True Self | Essential Verse 13

In Chapter 4, Verse 34, Shri Krishna shares how to attain the fullest knowledge by respecting, loving, and revering those who know Divinity. Through full prostration, inquiry, and service, and by actively practicing disciplines, a true guide helps make the once inaccessible knowledge of the Self accessible to us.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Jan 21, 202614 min

S8 Ep 12🛣️ Personality Shapes Our Peace Path | Essential Verse 12

In Chapter 4, Verse 13 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna emphasizes the importance of knowing ourselves through Divinity’s classification of four personality colors. By aligning our propensity (personality) and projectivity (actions), we move toward Peace and realize the Presence beyond them, while misalignment leads to inefficiency.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Jan 13, 202613 min

S8 Ep 11⚖️ Divinity Protects, Corrects, Restores Us | Essential Verse 11

On Essential Love, we're unfolding the 70 core verses of the Bhagavad Gita. Chapter 4, Verse 8 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita focuses on the theme of deservershiplessness, as Shri Krishna shares that the Divine manifests—not through birth, but as needed—to protect the virtuous, correct the vicious, and restore righteousness. By being available to Divinity, just as Divinity is always available to us, we align with the timeless tradition of teachers and students.🙏🏽 To express your gratitude through giving, consider making a donation to Chinmaya Mission Cleveland or leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Jan 9, 202616 min

S8 Ep 10😈 Our Greatest Enemies | Essential Verse 10

In Chapter 3, Verse 37, Shri Krishna explains the nature of sin and the inner forces—like desire and anger—that drive us to act against our will. These vices steal our inner peace and block right action, reminding us that to overcome outer enemies, we must first conquer our inner enemies through self-love.🙏🏽 To express your gratitude through giving, consider making a donation to Chinmaya Mission Cleveland or leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Dec 30, 202513 min

S8 Ep 9🌟 Offer Everything to the Divine | Essential Verse 9

Shri Krishna teaches how to cultivate quietude of mind by offering all actions, thoughts, and even our individuality to the Divine. By letting go of past regrets, calming present excitements, and planning for the future with intention, we align with Divinity and find lasting inner peace. Join us to unlock Essential Verse 9 (Chapter 3, Verse 30)!🙏🏽 To express your gratitude through giving, consider making a donation to Chinmaya Mission Cleveland or leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration

Dec 24, 202514 min

S8 Ep 8💯 Live by the Highest Standards | Essential Verse 8

In Chapter 3, Verse 21 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna deepens the teaching on right action by highlighting the importance of choosing the right role models. Great personalities—who think long-term, are inclusive, and live with Presence—inspire us to evolve from good to great to Divine, becoming peaceful within and prosperous without.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration🙏🏽 Join us for 24 days of Healing with Hanuman

Dec 16, 202513 min

S8 Ep 7⛰️ Dedication Leads to Selfless Living | Essential Verse 7

Chapter 3, Verse 9 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita explores the theme of dedication, as Shri Krishna explains that our attitude in action matters just as much as our intention. By engaging in selfless and dedicated actions, we dissolve the ego and sense of separation, experiencing true freedom—while selfish actions only deepen our limitations. ➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration🙏🏽 Join us for 24 days of Healing with Hanuman

Dec 11, 202512 min

S8 Ep 6🕊️ True Independence Comes From Within | Essential Verse 6

The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is a powerful roadmap -- and on this season, we're exploring its essential verses. On this episode, we explore Chapter 2, Verse 55. Here, Prince Arjuna asks about the experience of a still intellect, and Shri Krishna explains that it comes from fulfilling one's responsibilities with dedication. By renouncing all desires, the ego dissolves into the Spirit, leading to contentment, completeness, and the experience of Independent Joy.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration🧘🏾‍♀️ Join Meaningful Mornings and study Patanjali's Yoga Sutras LIVE

Dec 2, 202514 min
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