Reading Time: 6 minutesइन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते | एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् || 3.40|| Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3 Verse 40 (In Sanskrit) Senses, mind, and intellect are said to be its abode. With these, it (desire) causes confusion by covering a person’s…
Reading Time: 7 minutesसदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्या: प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि | प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रह: किं करिष्यति || 3.33|| Bhagvad Gita Chapter 3, verse 33 (In Sanskrit) Even wise people act according to their natures, for all living beings are propelled by their…
Reading Time: 7 minutesKarma yoga is not a single thing but a set of strategies to help us on our path of spiritual growth while performing our day-to-day activities. In general, we can say that those strategies help us adopt…
Reading Time: 6 minutesकर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादय: | लोकसंग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि || 3.20|| Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3, Verse 20 (In Sanskrit) By performing their prescribed duties, King Janak and others attained perfection. You should also perform your duties to set an…
Reading Time: 6 minutesRituals, deeds, or offerings are not what matters. Instead, it’s the attitude with which we approach everything we do. One of the many aspects of karma yoga is the attitude of Ishvara-arpana-buddhi. Such an attitude works to…
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn Chapter 3, Krishna critiques those who live a life of hypocrisy. You can escape the world and live in a cave, but it’s still possible to bring a part of the world with you and not…
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs we saw in the last post, Chapter 3 opens with Shri Krishna introducing two lifestyles: jnana-yoga and karma-yoga. The former represents those who have renounced worldly life. The latter represents those who are engaged in worldly…
Reading Time: 5 minutesTo answer this question, we can study Arjuna’s question and Krishna’s response at the start of Chapter 3 in the the Bhagavad Gita: अर्जुन उवाच | ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन | तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव…
Reading Time: 4 minutesया निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी | यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने: || 2.69 || Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 69 (In Sanskrit) What is night for all beings, in that, the restrained one is…
Reading Time: 6 minutesDesire (raga and dvesha) causes us to go down a path that leads to the destruction of our inner peace. The path goes as follows: Dwelling (dhyayatah) Attachment (sanga) Desire (kama) Anger (krodha) Delusion (sammoha) Loss of…
