How remembering Krishna is different from remembering anything else
Remembering Krishna is not like locking him into our memory bank When we try to remember something, we often imagine it as locking that fact [...]
Gita 04.10 – Explanation
Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-10-overcome-3-obstructive-attitudes-for-taking-shelter-of-krishna/ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ (Bg [...]
Free me from the three obstacles to devotion (4.10)
Bhagavad Gita 4.10 vītarāga-bhaya-krodhāḥ man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ "Free from passion, fear, and rage, In devotional service to me, the [...]
How the worldview of devotion is holistic and wholesome
The worldview of devotion centers on the understanding that there is a transcendental person, Krishna, who exists as the supreme divinity at the pinnacle of [...]
What’s wrong with the worldview of dread?
What's wrong with the worldview of dread? The worldview of dread refers to a deep-rooted fear of the entangling nature of existence, characterized by a [...]
What’s wrong with the worldview of despair?
The worldview of despair arises when individuals believe that life has no inherent meaning. This outlook often emerges when people recognize the futility of materialistic [...]
Rising from the worldviews of desire despair and dread to the worldview of devotion
Rising from the worldviews of desire despair and dread to the worldview of devotion Opening our eyes to reality is not meant to fill us [...]
From material emotion to spiritual emotion
In the Bhagavad-gita verse (4.10), Krishna describes how we can move from material emotion to spiritual emotion. Broadly, the various emotions we have in association [...]
Gita 04.10 explained
Bg 4.10 vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ Word for word: vīta — freed from; rāga — attachment; bhaya — fear; krodhāḥ [...]
The bhakti cure works for sure, for it connects us with the all-pure
The bhakti cure works for sure for it connects us with the all-pure When we are sick and are taking some treatment, we may doubt [...]
In scriptural dissemination, the problem is not in transmission but in reception
When we are watching TV and suddenly the image and sound goes off, we may presume that the problem is in transmission. But if we [...]
To let the nourishing water of truth irrigate the heart, break the dam of misconception
Devotee-seekers sometimes get the question: “If Krishna is all-attractive, then why is everyone not attracted to him?” Because they do not wish to be attracted [...]
The Gita offers not just another worldview, but also another world to view
“That’s just another worldview to add to the confusing plethora of worldviews.” Thus do skeptics dismiss Gita wisdom. They argue that as we can’t know [...]
Krishna ends the misdirection and frustration of our love
Loving anyone is a challenge. The poets frequently sing about the thrill of falling in love at first sight, but they rarely sing about the [...]