Gita For Daily Living

Episode 314: Chapter 15, verses 10, 11 and 12

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.

Episode 313: Chapter15, verses 7, 8 and 9

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.

Episode 312: Chapter 15, verses 4, 5 and 6

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.

Episode 311: Chapter 15, verses 1, 2 and 3

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..

Episode 310: Chapter 14, verses 25, 26 and 27

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.

Episode 309: Chapter 14, verses 22, 23 and 24

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.

Episode 308: Chapter 14, verse 21

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.

Episode 307: Chapter 14, verses 18, 19 and 20

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.

Episode 306: Chapter 14, verses 15, 16 and 17

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.

Episode 305: Chapter 14, verses 13 and 14

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.

Episode 304: Chapter 14, verses 10, 11 and 12

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.

Episode 303: Chapter 14, verses 7, 8 and 9

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.

Episode 302: Chapter 14, verses 4, 5 and 6

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.

Episode 301: Chapter 14, verses 1, 2 and 3

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.

Episode 300: Chapter 13, verses 32, 33 and 34

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.

Episode 299: Chapter 13, verses 29, 30 and 31

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.

Episode 298: Chapter 13, verses 25 - 28

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.

Episode 297: Chapter 13, verses 23 and 24

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.

Episode 296: Chapter 13, verses 20, 21 and 22

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.

Episode 295: Chapter 13, verses 17, 18 and 19

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.