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This (self) is said to be unmanifest, not an object of thought, and not subject to change. Therefore, knowing this, you ought not to grieve. Bhagavad Gita II, 25 How is I, Consciousness and Being neither an object, nor subject to time and space ? To know more about Vedanta, you can visit our website Vedanta, Being alive to realities www.discovervedanta.com our blog, Bridges to Oneness, discovervedanta.wordpress.com The translation from Sanskrit to English of the Bhagavad Gita verses ...

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A person is bound by karma if it is not done as yajna. For this reason, Kaunteya (Arjuna)! being one free from attachment, perform action for the sake of that (yajna). Bhagavad Gita III, 9 What does the sanskrit word 'yajna' mean here? Am I an isolated individual in this universe or am I always related whether I like it or not and know it or not to the whole universe? How the idea of interconnectedness can make us appreciate our place in a wider scheme of things? How is the fact of 'yajna' a ...

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Established in yoga (this attitude), O Dhananjaya, perform action, giving up attachment (towards anticipated results), remaining the same towards success and failure. This sameness of mind is called yoga. Bhagavad Gita II, 48 Results of actions or situations coming to us are not always to what we had envisaged them to be. How one can have a certain balanced attitude, a relative composure (samatvam) in receiving the results of action or the difficult situations that we encounter in our life ...

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Your choice is with reference to action only, but definitely never with reference to its results. Do not (think yourself to) be the author (or the cause) of the results of action. Nor should you have attachment towards inaction. Bhagavad Gita II, 47 This is one of the most well known verse of Bhagavad Gita and unfortunately not always understood clearly. There is a fact of human existence that one has to be aware of : one has a choice over action and not over the result. Does then the Gita ...

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For the unreal (mithya), there is never any being. For the real, there is never any nonbeing. The ultimate truth of both (the real and the unreal) is seen by the knowers of the truth. Bhagavad Gita II, 16 To know more about Vedanta, you can visit our website Vedanta, Being alive to realities www.discovervedanta.com our blog, Bridges to Oneness, discovervedanta.wordpress.com The translation from Sanskrit to English of the Bhagavad Gita verses presented in this series of videos is from our ...

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Sri Bhagavan said: You grieve for those who are not be grieved for. Yet you speak words of wisdom. The wise do not grieve for those who are gone and who are not yet gone. Bhagavad Gita II, 11 To know more about Vedanta, you can visit our website Vedanta, Being alive to realities www.discovervedanta.com our blog, Bridges to Oneness, discovervedanta.wordpress.com The translation from Sanskrit to English of the Bhagavad Gita verses presented in this series of videos is from our teacher Swami ...

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This third video on the timeless teaching of Bhagavad Gita examines the last question by Geeta about spirituality. To know more about Vedanta, you can visit our website Vedanta, Being alive to realities www.discovervedanta.com our blog, Bridges to Oneness, discovervedanta.wordpress.com The translation from Sanskrit to English of the Bhagavad Gita verses presented in this series of videos is from our teacher Swami Dayananda Saraswati. With all our thanks to our friend, Arun Sethi, a ...

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This second video continues to introduce this series on the timeless teaching of Bhagavad Gita. It examines two questions, one about detachment and objectivity (by Srinivasan) and the challenges of living and pursuing a spiritual path simultaneously (by Meera). To know more about Vedanta, you can visit our website Vedanta, Being alive to realities www.discovervedanta.com our blog, Bridges to Oneness, discovervedanta.wordpress.com The translation from Sanskrit to English of the Bhagavad Gita ...

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Arjuna said: Overcome by faint-heartedness, confused about my duty, I ask you: Please tell me that which is truly better for me. I am your student. Please teach me, who has taken refuge in you. Bhagavad Gita II, 7 To know more about Vedanta, you can visit our website Vedanta, Being alive to realities www.discovervedanta.com our blog, Bridges to Oneness, discovervedanta.wordpress.com The translation from Sanskrit to English of the Bhagavad Gita verses presented in this series of videos is ...

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Arjuna said: Krsna! I want neither victory, nor the kingdom, nor comforts. Govinda (Krsna)! What is the use of a kingdom or of pleasures, or of life itself to us? Bhagavad Gita I, 32 How is Arjuna viewing the situation, as the battle is about to begin ? He was ready to fight without any hesitation and the day had come for him to settle accounts and take revenge for humiliation and how he and his brothers were wronged. Now he feels that the war is too big a price to pay since it will involve ...

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