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 minutesKarmaThe force generated by a person’s actions in Hinduism that perpetuates transmigration and determines the nature of the person’s next existence. yoga is not a single thing but a set of strategies to help us on our…
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 karmaThe force generated by a person’s actions in Hinduism that perpetuates transmigration…
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-yogaJnana yoga is one of the four classical schools of yoga, alongside BhaktiDevotional worship directed to one supreme deity, usually Vishnu (especially in his incarnations as Rama and Krishna) or Shiva, by whose grace salvation may be attained by all regardless of sex, caste, or class. It is practiced by the majority of Hindus today. (devotion), KarmaThe force generated by a person's actions in Hinduism that perpetuates transmigration and determines the nature of the person's next existence. (action) and Raja (meditation), each offering…
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 (ragaRaga, also known as raaga, is a term meaning “desire,” “attraction,” “passion” and “attachment.” and dveshaDvesha (Sanskrit, also dveṣa; Pali: dosa; Tibetan: zhe sdang) – is a Buddhist term that is translated as “hate, aversion”. DveshaDvesha (Sanskrit, also dveṣa; Pali: dosa; Tibetan: zhe sdang) - is a Buddhist term that is translated as "hate, aversion". Dvesha (hate, aversion) is the opposite of raga (lust, desire). ... One of the three poisons (Trivisah) within the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. (hate,…
