Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-04-39-faith-is-the-pre-condition-for-knowledge/ śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati (Bg 4.39) Word-for-word: [...]
Bhagavad Gita 4.39 śraddhāvāṁl labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati "The faithful gain true wisdom’s grace, With senses tamed and heart [...]
The peace that comes from faith does not lead to passivity in action; it leads to purity in vision and intention. When we are faced [...]
Doubt sees the difficulties life has brought us to: faith sees the difficulties God has brought us through. When we are faced with difficulties, especially [...]
We worry not because we have too little faith in God, but because we have too much faith in our fears. Whenever we worry, especially [...]
During our life, there will be times when we are down, yet we feel God's presence guiding, strengthening and uplifting us. However, there will also [...]
Some people say, “I am rational; I don’t accept irrational ideas such as faith.” While rationality is a vital tool in the human search for [...]
Don’t be so afraid of the irrational as to deny the possibility of the transrational We live in an age that prides itself on its [...]
Seeking requires believing: believing that something worth seeking exists and that we have the capacity to find it Some people say, “Be a seeker, not [...]
Between naiveté and cynicism is the courage to trust When we are inexperienced, we may naïvely believe that everyone is entirely trustworthy. Exploiting our naiveté, [...]
What the moonlight of reason shows dimly the sunlight of revelation shows clearly Some people think, “Reason and revelation are contradictory. If I accept revelation, [...]
Some people ask: Can a rational person believe in God? We could turn the question around and ask: Why should we be rational? Why does [...]
Some people feel that faith and reason are incompatible. They argue that those who have faith in God are not thinking rationally and those who [...]
People ask, “Why should we believe in invisible things such as the soul and reject realities seen with our eyes?” Actually, we don’t need to [...]
Atheists often decry belief as something undesirable that should be wiped out by science. Yet they overlook the reality that science too is grounded in [...]
When we get doubts, the forces of illusion delude us further into thinking that our doubts are evidences of our intellectual superiority over believers: “I [...]
Faith is not a matter of choice; it is a matter of necessity. Some people may claim to have no faith, or, going even further, [...]
We may get the question: “What is the role of faith in understanding the Bhagavad-gita?” Faith helps us persevere in our spiritual journey till our [...]
Faith is the most precious asset on the spiritual path. It enables us to pursue diligently that which we cannot perceive directly: the invisible treasure [...]
