Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

==================================================================================================== Monday 31, July 2026, 19:50. Books Scriptures Commentary on the Bhagavadgita: 2. Swami Krishnananda ==================================================================================================== Brahma-vidya is an intricate subject. It is not just repeating some words of the Upanishads or the Brahma Sutras or even the Gita. It is the entry of the consciousness into the very import of the teaching, which is suggested in many of the verses of the Bhagavadgita itself. Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti (7.7); aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ (10.20); paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahastraśaḥ (11.5); divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogam aiśvaram (11.8); jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute, anādimat paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate (13.12); sarvataḥ- pāṇipādaṁ tat sarvato'kṣiśiromukham, sarvataḥśrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati (13.13): The T...

   =================================================================================================== Thursday 30, July 2026, 17:00. Article Scriptures  The Philosophy of the Karma Yoga of the Bhagavadgita: 2. Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on July 15, 1979) Post - 2. ==================================================================================================== Karma yoga is a system of internal training, an educational career into which we get introduced, and it is much more this than the art of solidarity that we are trying to bring about in the world. The world cannot be changed. It is just as it is. It has not changed for centuries and it is not going to change, but the understanding of it changes. The knowledge that we have about the world increases as the training continues further and further, and we are able to handle situations better. For this purpose it is that we are asked to perform our duty. Our getting fed up with the work in which we are engaged is, ag...

  ================================================================================================= Tuesday 28, July 2026, 08:20. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India -7. Chapter 2: The Upanishads:4. Swami Krishnananda Post-8. ==================================================================================================== Eschatology: Continued  The soul with desire of some kind or the other departs through the various nerve-passages of the subtle body, while the spiritually illumined soul passes through the Sushumna nerve-current and reaches Brahmaloka, via the shining region of the Sun. The Chhandogya Upanishad describes the stages of the passage of the soul on its way to Brahmaloka. The statements on this subject scattered over through the Upanishads, when grouped in an order, amount to the following description of the path, called Devayana or the path of the gods. The soul reaches the deity of flame (fire or li...

  Swami Chinmayananda On this sacred Ashadhi Ekadashi, as millions of Varkaris reach the holy abode of Lord Vitthala in Pandharpur, let us remember what truly brought Sant Dnyaneshwar so close to God. Despite rejection and suffering, Sant Dnyaneshwar chose compassion over resentment, devotion over despair, and wisdom over worldly recognition.  It wasn't the miracle of making a buffalo chant the Vedas. It wasn't the yogic powers he displayed. It was his unwavering faith, constant chanting of Hari Nama, humility in the face of adversity, and his complete assimilation of the Bhagavad Gita. As Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda often reminded us, the Bhagavad Gita is not meant merely to be read it is meant to be lived. This Ashadhi Ekadashi, don't just fast from food. Fast from anger, ego, and selfishness. Live one teaching of the Bhagavad Gita today and let that become your offering at the feet of Lord Vitthala. Which Gita teaching will you practise today? Share it in the comments. =...

  ===================================================================================================================== Friday 24, July 2026, 4:00. Books Philosophy Metaphysical Philosophy Daily Sat Sangam with Swami Krishnananda. March (from The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) 1. Human Life Has to Adjust Itself to 10. Truth Alone Succeeds: Post-8. ================================================================================================= March (from The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad): 1. Human Life Has to Adjust Itself: In all principles which guide human life, there are two aspects known as the exoteric and the esoteric. The formal routine of daily life is mostly guided by what we call the exoteric principles which have a working value and a validity within the realm of human action. In this sense, we may say that the values which are called exoteric are relative, inasmuch as every activity in human life is relative to circumstances. Hence, they do not have eternal value, and the...

======================================================================================================================== Wednesday 22, July 2026, 14:30.        Books Srimad Bhagavad Gita Daily Invocations:  6.The Narayana Suktam Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================================== The Narayana Suktam: 1 ॐ सहस्रशीर्षं देवं विश्वाक्षं विश्वशम्भुवम् । विश्वै नारायणं देवं अक्षरं परमं पदम् ॥ ōm sahasraśīrṣaṁ devaṁ viśvākśaṁ viśvaśambhuvaṁ, viśvaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ devamakśaraṁ paramaṁ padam. This universe is the Eternal Being (Narayana), the imperishable, the supreme, the goal, multi-headed and multi-eyed (i.e., omnipresent and omniscient), the resplendent, the source of delight for the whole universe. Note:—With this verse commences a famous hymn of the Vedic group, stating the characters of the Absolute in its manifestation as this creation. 2 विश्वतः परमं नित्यं विश्वं नारायणं हरिम् । विश्वमेवेदं पुरुषस्तद...

 =================================================================================================== Monday 20, July 2026, 18:35. Article Scriptures  The Philosophy of the Karma Yoga of the Bhagavadgita: 1 Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on July 15, 1979) Post - 1. ==================================================================================================== It is necessary to be very practical and realistic in our approach to sadhana. While we have to be idealistic ultimately, we have also to be realistic and accept the fact that we are still on the Earth and not in the heavens. Many a difficulty of the seeker is an over-estimation and an enthusiasm beyond the level of the Earth. Our feet are still on the ground. We live in a physical body, we live in human society, and we have the foibles of human nature in general. It is very clear that we are not Godmen. We have not even a clear idea of what God is, let alone be established in the consciousness of God. We are intensely b...