Gita For Daily Living

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 19,20, and 21 Lecture discusses the highest goal of human life to achieve the state of being one with the unmanifest and the imperishable. Those who reach it never again return to this state of imperfection and limitedness.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 15,16, 17 and 18 Lecture discusses the permanency of our existence and its relationship to the creator’s night and day.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 12,13 and 14 Lecture discusses the cause of our unhappiness and the path prescribed by Lord Krishna to achieve permanent happiness.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 9,10 and 11 Lecture discusses the milestone verses in Gita which describe the nature of the supreme and also gives us path how to identify with him.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 5,6,7 and 8 Lecture discusses how the remembrance of the Supreme Self at the time of death liberates the embodied Jiva. Constant remembrance is the only way to ensure that one will remember the supreme self at the last moment.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 1, 2 ,3 and 4 Lecture discusses the seven terms Arjuna wanted to learn from Krishna - Brahman, Adhyatma, Karma, Adhibhtam, Adhidaivam, Purushah, & AdhiYajna.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 28, 29, & 30 Lecture discusses the concluding verses of this chapter describing the qualities of a seeker who will reach the supreme by crossing over the pairs of opposites- likes and dislikes.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 25, 26, & 27 Lecture discusses why we do not recognize God’s presence. Delusion created by desire and aversion veils the identity of the true self in all beings right from their births.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 22, 23, & 24 Lecture discusses nature of faith and how un-manifest God remains un-manifest in spite of his of manifestations in the eightfold Prakriti (Nature).The one who does not know his supreme nature mistakenly takes him to become finite in various manifestations.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 19, 20, & 21 Lecture discusses why a wise person is much closer to God than other devotees. It also discusses what distracts us from achieving lasting peace and happiness which is our true nature.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 16, 17, & 18 Lecture discusses four types of devotees who are all good intentioned and seeking the same result of achieving unbroken happiness but only the wise come to achieve it by identifying with the supreme completely.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 13, 14, & 15 Lecture discusses how divine Maya with its three qualities deludes all beings so that the world appears as if it is made up of collection of independent entities which are unrelated to each other. One who recognizes the unity in the diversity crosses over this delusion.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 10, 11, & 12 Lecture discusses the relationship of the Supreme Lord with his created beings in this world. Contrary to our popular belief that Bhagavan is in us he says the beings are in me, I am not in them.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 7, 8, & 9 Lecture discusses the relationship of I the individual, World as I know and the creator who created both I and the world.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 4, 5, & 6 Lecture discusses manifest and un-manifest aspects of our reality both at a microcosm as an individual and at the cosmic level as the all-pervading self.