Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth Audio: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-09-attainment-of-krishna-is-not-rebirth-but-release-from-rebirth/ janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā [...]
Bhagavad Gita 4.9 janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna "One who knows [...]
Bg 4.9 janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna Word for word: janma — [...]
How Krishna catches our attention: While watching an action movie, our attention is often caught by the hero’s spectacular action sequences. When Krishna descends to [...]
In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna mentions that he descends for two purposes (04.07-08 & 04.09-10). To better understand these purposes, let’s consider two classificatory frameworks: external-internal [...]
How Superman’s history helps us understand Krishna’s intimate divinity - Superman was among the first in the galaxy of super-heroes that populates the DC universe. [...]
One of the greatest civilizing forces in human history has been the belief in a God who keeps track of our actions and who [...]
Devotion is not just about bringing God into our life; it is also about letting God bring us into his life Most people nowadays are [...]
Krishna retains his divine position even while he reclines in a supine position Those who see Krishna’s pastimes as a child sometimes wonder: “How can [...]
See Krishna not just as an object of entertainment but as the objective of enlightenment Many people are introduced to Krishna through his stories narrated [...]
The theatrical Krishna takes us to the transcendental Krishna We are naturally attracted to theatrical things – to things that are intriguing, entertaining, astonishing. Channeling [...]
Many people like to hear Krishna’s pastimes as a pious form of entertainment. Even if they know vaguely that he is God, their interest in [...]
On seeing God depicted in temples, we may get the question, “Who created God?” This question arises from a fundamental misunderstanding about God’s nature. To [...]
Suppose a country’s president visits a jail for inspiring prisoners to reform and be released. But suppose the prisoners ignorantly mistake the president to be [...]
Suppose a tribal ignorant of surgery comes to a hospital and sees a surgeon cutting the patient’s body. Alarmed, he cries out, “Killer, killer, killer.” [...]
God is the source of everything. This foundational definition of God implies that he is the source of time too, for everything includes time. This [...]
Among the oft-quoted verses of the Bhagavad-gita are those describing God’s periodic descent (04.07-08): Whenever adharma predominates, he descends and re-establishes dharma, cosmic order. Still, [...]
The logical worldview accepts only those things that make sense to the intelligence’s logical faculty. So, it may, for example, dismiss the notion of God [...]
The knight in shining armor is a staple theme in fiction. Usually appearing as the savior of a damsel in distress, the knight fights to [...]
The concept of God refers to an intellectualized or sentimentalized notion of God that is more a projection of one’s own preference than the revelation [...]
When we come across something intellectually challenging such as a crossword puzzle or a riddle, we feel stimulated and thrilled to “crack” it. We may [...]
