Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

  ============================================================================================= Thursday 31, July 2025, 20:30. Commentary on the Bhagavadgita-  Swami Krishnananda. Discourse 1:  The First Chapter: Vishada Yoga, The Yoga of the Dejection of the Spirit: -1. ============================================================================================= The Bhagavadgita is a system of meditation. It is not a story that is being told to us of what might have happened centuries back. It is a concentrated spiritual guide which takes us from the very level in which we find ourselves at any given moment of time, and enables us to rise from that level to the next higher level, from the next higher level to a further higher level, and so on, in a graduated manner. There is no double promotion or sudden jumps in the teachings of the Bhagavadgita. In a way, we may say that the Bhagavadgita starts with the worst of conditions that we can think of. What can be worse than b...

  =================================================================================================== Tuesday 29, July 2025, 06:30. THE MAHABHARATA  (in 18 Episodes)  PRELUDE to the Bhagavad Geeta  Reflections by  SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA ================================================================================================ Episode 1: How the Writing Began  MAHA MEANS “big, great”; Bharata is India. This is the greatest story of Bharatham dynasties around the period 5,000 years ago when the Avatara of Lord Krishna took place. The story is of two sets of brothers, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Great War that was fought between them is the central theme of the epic. And central to the Great War is the spiritual dialogue contained in the Bhagavad Geeta.  The other great epic of Indian literature is the Story of Sri Rama or Ramayana, which historically took place even before the Mahabharata war. Rama and his three brothers were born in the...

===================================================================================== Sunday 27, July 2025, 06:30.  Books Bhagavad Gita & Hinduism The Moksha Gita: by Swami Sivananda: Commentary: 4.3. by Swami Krishnananda. Chapter 5: The Nature of the Universe-3&4: Swami Krishnananda. ===================================================================================== Slogas 3&4: जलमेव यथा चोर्मिफेनबुद्बुदरूपतः । विवर्तते सुवर्णं च कर्णिकावलयात्मना ॥३॥ ===================================================================================== मृदेवमत्रकुम्भादिरूपतस्तन्तवो यथा । वस्त्रोत्तरीयकौपीनकञ्चुकाद्यात्मनानघ ॥ तथा ब्रह्मकमेवात्र विश्वरूपं बिभर्ति हि ॥४॥ ======================================================================================= 3, 4.  Just as it is water alone that appears as waves, ripples, etc., gold alone as earrings, bangles, etc., clay alone as pots, jars, etc., threads alone as cloth, towels, etc., so also does Brahman alone appear as many unive...

  =============================================================================================== Friday 25, July 2025, 06:30.  Daily Satsangam - Swami Krishnananda. July (from The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita) ================================================================================================= 1. Children are Like an Orb: The search for truth by seekers on the spiritual path is a veritable epic, which is the subject of the poetic vision in the Mahabharata. The whole universe is portrayed by the masterly pen of Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa. Everything looks like milk and honey in this world when we are babies, children—we are all friends. Children belonging even to inimical groups in the neighbourhood do not realise that they belong to such factions of society. Even if the parents know the difference, the children do not. The children of one family may play with the children of another family, while the two families may be bitter opponents....

  ===================================================================================== Tuesday 22 July 2025, 06:30. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita The Tree of Life: 3.4. Discourse: 3. Severing the Root of this Tree of Life:4. Swami Krishnananda.  ===================================================================================== Bondage consists in a type of movement of the mind. We can create bondage within our mind even inside our room because the mind is not inside the room. It is not even inside the body. It is an ethereal, unintelligible, all-pervading medium, and that is why it cannot be controlled, even as we cannot control the wind. How can we control a tempest or a cyclone or a tornado? Likewise is the hardship involved in the control of the mind. The mind is connected to everything everywhere, and to detach the mind from objects would be to withdraw it from everything. In the system of yoga propounded by Patanjali, an analysis of the mind is made towards the achievement of...

  ==================================================================================== Sunday 06, July 2025, 19:25. The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita: 1.2:  Chapter 1: This Drama of Life - 2. Swami Krishnananda ===================================================================================== The Bhagavadgita is the great gospel which Bhagavan Sri Krishna spoke. Historically speaking, many many years ago, under a special context of the Mahabharata, the great epic which, as you perhaps already know, is an epic of life as a whole. The question which this great text tries to solve and answer is the question of life of man. Your life in this world is a great question mark before you. What are you? Who are you? What is it that is expected of you and what is it that you expect from this world? These are questions before us and we may not be able to answer these questions off-hand. Where are we seated now? We have a simple glib answer which may not be the correct answer. I will ...

 . ==================================================================================== Friday 18, July 2025. 07:00. Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3: Karma Yogam: (The Yogam of Action): 18. Slogam-18. Swami Mukundananda. ===================================================================================== Slogam:18: "Naiva tasya kritenartho nakriteneha kashchana na chasya sarva-bhuteshu kashchid artha-vyapashrayah." ==================================================================================== na—not;  eva—indeed;  tasya—his;  kṛitena—by discharge of duty;  arthaḥ—gain;  na—not; akṛitena—without discharge of duty;  iha—here;  kaśhchana—whatsoever;  na—never;  cha—and;  asya—of that person;  sarva-bhūteṣhu—among all living beings;  kaśhchit—any; a rtha—necessity;  vyapāśhrayaḥ—to depend upon. ========================================================================================= Translation: BG 3.18: Such self-...

  Chinmaya Mission: On the auspicious occasion of Toli Ekadashi, 6th July 2025, Chinmaya Yuva Kendra, Kadapa presented a vibrant theatrical offering titled “SURYA - 108”, a light and sound show glorifying the radiant and life-giving Sun God. The production, staged at the serene premises of Chinmaya Mission, Kadapa, within the sacred Sri Lalita Panchayatana Temple, captivated the audience with its dynamic blend of devotional music, dramatic narration, and luminous visuals. The show not only paid homage to the sun god but also highlighted the significance of Surya in the Vedic tradition, embodying spiritual illumination, vitality, and divine grace. ==================================================================================== Wednesday 16, July 2025, 06:00. Books Srimad Bhagavad Gita A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India: 2-4. Chapter 2: The Upanishads: 2.The Quest for Reality:4. Swami Krishnananda. =======================================================...