Spiritual Learnings - Shrimad Bhagavad Gita - 'श्रीमद भगवदगीता ' - हिंदी सत्संग पॉडकास्ट

The consciousness of the devotee whose mind is united in love with God is always absorbed in him. Such a devotee always sees him, hears him, speaks of him, and thinks of him.” When the mind gets absorbed in God in this manner, the soul begins to experience a glimpse of the infinite bliss of God who is seated within.  When someone hurts badly , it is the nature of the mind to develop sentiments of...

The mind is fickle by nature and very difficult to control. But when the mind of a yogi is in enthralled union with God, it becomes sheltered against the winds of desire. Such a yogi holds the mind steadily under control by the power of devotion.  Slowly, the mind’s attachment toward God will start increasing. And simultaneously, its detachment from the world will also increase. As this happe...

One who knows that situations can only impact the body, mind and intellect, but not his self, he remains peaceful in all situations. If something good or bad happens to a person whom we have no connection with, do we feel any joy or sorrow? We do not. That is the kind of understanding a realized meditator has towards his own body, mind and intellect. He does not feel the need to enter the realm of...

Shri Krishna gives us a powerful message… He says that in order to progress in the spiritual path, in fact, any undertaking, we have to lift ourselves by our own efforts. We are our own friend if we do so, and if we don’t, we become our own enemy. In other words, our success and failure is entirely in our hands. No other person can help or hurt us.  The message is very clear: progress towards medi...

A yogi who still has desires for the world needs to perform action dedicated to a higher cause. Then existing desires get exhausted. Since the attention is on the higher the action does not rebound as more desire. This is Karma Yoga.  When we perform karma yoga, it leads to the purification of the mind and the ripening of spiritual knowledge. But once the mind has been purified and we advance...

Persons who perform karma yoga do all activities in the spirit of humble service to God without any desire whatsoever for rewards. Even though they may be gṛihasthas (living with a family), such persons are true yogis and the real renunciants.  Yoga and sannyasa are stages in the same spiritual path. Yoga is when a bhogi, materialist, has just turned inward and is seeking the higher. He still...

Arjuna is still confused about what is better: renunciation of work or work in devotion. Krishna explains that devotional service is better. Since everything belongs to Krishna, nothing is one’s own to renounce. Thus whatever one possesses one should use in Krishna’s service. A person working in such consciousness is renounced. This process, called karma yoga, helps one escape the result of fruiti...

A devotee of the Lord, constantly engaged in devotional service in Krishna consciousness, perfect in self-realization, very quickly attains liberation in the Supreme. Owing to his complete knowledge in self-realization, he always remains in trance.  In His “Song of God,” Shri Krishna beautifully includes all the genuine paths of spiritual practice, but each time, at the end He qualifies them...

When you are outward-looking there is sorrow. Look within and you gain peace. Realization gives infinite Bliss. Then you get undecaying happiness. All worldly joys fade and diminish. Ultimately, they decay and die. Only spiritual contact gives ever-increasing happiness.  Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure or external objects but is always in trance, enjoying the bl...

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The soul had fallen into illusion because God’s material energy (avidyā shakti) had covered it in darkness. The illusion is dispelled when God’s spiritual energy (vidyā shakti) illumines it with the light of knowledge.  The sign of true knowledge is that it leads to love for God. Imbued with such love, devotees see Him everywhere.  - Send in a Voice Message- https://anchor.fm/spiritualle...

Shri Krishna compares and contrasts a karma yogi and a materialistic person. While both perform the very same action, and could very well get the same result, their attitude towards the work is different. One who follows karma yoga maintains the attitude that “I am not attached to the results”, whereas the materialistic person does not maintain this attitude.  The word yukt means “united in c...

One who is on the path of liberation by Krishna consciousness is very dear to every living being, and every living being is dear to him. This is due to his Krishna consciousness.  With the help of the beautiful analogy of the lotus leaf, Shree Krishna says that just as it floats atop the surface of the lake, but does not allow itself to be wetted by the water, similarly, the karma yogis remai...

In spiritual practice, the intention of the mind is what matters, not the external activities. One may be living in the holy land of Vrindavan, but if the mind contemplates on eating rasgullās in Kolkata, one will be deemed to be living in Kolkata. Conversely, if a person lives amidst the hubbub of Kolkata and keeps the mind absorbed in the Divine Lord of Vrindavan, he will get the benefit of resi...

Shri Krishna praised both the renunciation of works and work with devotion. Arjun is confused by these apparently equivocal instructions and wishes to understand which of the two is more auspicious for him.  The first chapter described the nature of Arjun’s grief and created the setting for Shri Krishna to begin to relate spiritual knowledge to him. In the second chapter, Shri Krishna revealed to...

The journey from the first chapter to the fourth chapter is one of higher and higher levels of integrating or tuning our personality. In the first chapter, we are at the level of selfish action, where we see gain and loss in everything we do. As we move into the second and third chapters, we are introduced to the notion of "nishkaam karma" or desire-less action. Here, we slowly give up attachment...

Ep.049 - सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 40,41,42 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 40,41,42 || 06/10/2021  Verse 40 : if you do not gain knowledge you will be ruined.  Shri Krishna says that constant doubting is not just an obstacle on the spiritual path. It also prevents us from living peacefully in the mate...

Ep.048 - सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 37, 39 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 37, 39 || 01/10/2021  Shri Krishna assures Arjun that knowledge has the power to burn our heap of karmas in this lifetime itself. That is because knowledge of the soul and its relationship with God leads us to surrender to him. Shri K...

Ep.047 - सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 34, 35 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 34, 35 || 30/09/2021  “The intellect of the soul is clouded by ignorance from endless lifetimes. Covered with nescience, the intellect cannot overcome its ignorance simply by its own effort. One needs to receive knowledge from a God-r...

Ep.046 - सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 31, 33 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 31, 33 || 29/09/2021.  Shri Krishna gave us a wide range of yajnas that we can implement in our daily lives. One who does not maintain the attitude of yajna goes against the laws of nature, as it were. Inner enrichment is impossible w...

Ep.045-सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 22, 23 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 22, 23 || 24/09/2021 - Becoming fully Krishna conscious, one is freed from all dualities and thus is free from the contaminations of the material modes. He can become liberated because he knows his constitutional position in relationship wit...

Ep.044-सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 14, 18 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 14, 18 || 23/09/2021 -The person who understands this transcendental nature of the Lord is an experienced person in Krishna consciousness, and thus he is never subjected to the laws of karma. -Shri Krishna explains Arjuna & all of us tha...

Ep.043-सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 9, 11 || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 9, 11 || 22/09/2021 Krishna explains that once we understand the secret of Ishvaraa’s birth and action, we will understand the secret of our action as well.  Krishna explains the fact is that you are Atman. You are paripurna, totally ful...

Ep.042-सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 4 (दिव्य ज्ञान) - श्लोक 3, 7, 8  Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action through Knowledge) Verses 3, 7, 8 || 17/09/2021.  Shri Krishna teaches doubtful Arjuna the Yoga of renunciation to actions by means of knowledge. Krishna teaches that “Know you life itself as a sacred Yajna or sacrifice your activities in life which bri...

Ep. 041 -सरल भगवद गीता अध्याय 3 (कर्मयोग) का सार || Bhagavad Gita Simplified Chapter 3 (KarmaYog) Summary || 16/09/2021 Krishna explains 'karma-Yoga', reaction-free devotional work, and clears up Arjuna's mistaken idea that all work is fruitive and leads to bondage.  Everyone must engage in some sort of activity in this material world. But actions can either bind one to this world or liberate...