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Bhagavad Gita - Yah Pashyati Sa Pashyati (One Who Sees, That Person Sees).

Ravi Ranganathan


    • Sep 11, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 102 EPISODES


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    Episode 101 - The Final Episode - Swamiji's Blessings, Listeners Feedback & Thank Yous.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 30:00


    This is the final epsiode of the  jnAna yagna podcast "BG - yah pashyati sa pashyati". This final episode has audio messages from Swami Chidananda ji and Swami BodhAnanda ji as well as feedback from listeners and my final thank yous.

    Episode 100 - Final Concluding Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 29:55


    Episode 100 gives a recap of the entire Bhagavat Gita through a division of topics. A brief idea about 18 topics and some observations about why people find it difficult to understand some aspects of Bhagavat Gita, the three pairs of conversations about BG, and why the image of Bhagavan and arjuna on a chariot surrounded by warriors is the most popular image of BG are all addressed in this episode. 

    Episode 99 - Recap of Chapter Eighteen - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 29:50


    Episode 99 recaps chapter eighteen. The first part was covered in the previous episode. This episode covers the second and final part.

    Episode 98 - Recap of Chapter Eighteen - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 29:59


    Episode 98 covers the first part of the two part recap of chapter eighteen. 

    Episode 97 - Final recap of Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 29:48


    Episode 97 covers. the recap of Chapters sixteen and Seventeen. Chapter sixteen is the chapter on divine and demonic values. Chapter seventeen is the chapter explaining the three types of tyAgam, food, sacrifices, austerities, charities and what is the meaning of "OM tat sat".

    Episode 97 - Final Recap of Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 29:47


    Episode 97 covers the final recap of chapters sixteen and seventeen.

    Episode 96 - Final Recap of Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 29:52


    Episode 96 covers the final Recap of chapters fourteen and fifteen.

    Episode 95 - Final Recap of Chapter Thirteen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 28:04


    Episode 95 covers the recap of chapter thirteen.

    Episode 94 - Final Recap of Chapters Ten Through Twelve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 29:30


    Episode 93 - Final Recap of Chapters Eight and Nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 29:36


    Episode 92 - Recap of Four Step Self Realization Process and Chapter Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 28:54


    Episode 91 - Final Recap of Chapters Four (Cont.), Five and Six

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 29:15


    This episode covers the final recap of chapters four (Cont.), five and six. Essentially this covers karma sannyAsa yogam and dhyAna yogam.

    Episode 90 - Final Recap of Chapters Three and Four

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 29:21


    Episode 89 - Final Recap of Chapters One and Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 28:52


    Episode 89 has the summary of the first two chapters - arjuna vishAda yoga and sankhya yoga. The first chapter sets the background and the reasoning for Gita teaching.

    Episode 88 - Chapter 18 Part 11 - Sanjaya's Closure and Chapter Appreciation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 29:53


    Episode 87 - Chapter 18 Part 10 - Bhagavan's Final Advice and Arjuna's Final Decision

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 29:21


    Episode 86 - Chapter 18 Part 9 - Bhagavan's Final Teaching - Abandon All Dharmas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 29:52


    In Episode 86, this podcast has reached the final concluding teaching. This covers the final advice for peace. BhagavAn who was all along talking in first person suddenly switches to third person. Why so? This is a very subtle and at the same time very important transition in BG. Listen to the episode to understand what is going on. This episode also covers the very popular verse "sarva dharmAn parityaja ...".

    Episode 85 - Chapter 18 Part 8 - Jeevan Mukta, Devotion, Surrender and Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 29:58


    In the final summary chapter, after completing His summary about the three guNAs and varna division, and attaining the state of perfection, Bhagavan reaches the final stretch. In this episode He talks about a Jeevan mukta, devotion, surrender and grace of God. 

    Episode 84 - Chapter 18 Part 7 - Attaining The State Of Perfection - The Actionless State

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 29:54


    After covering all aspects of the three guNAs, Bhagavan now moves on to wrap up His teachings. In chapter three He mentioned about the naishkarmyam state, the actionlessness state. In this summary chapter next he brings that topic about attaining the state of perfection. 

    Episode 83 - Chapter 18 Part 6 - Varna Division And Varna Duties

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 29:55


    Episode 83 covers the final summary of varna division and varna duties and its purpose.

    Episode 82 - Chapter 18 Part 5 - Three Types of Intellect, Fortitude And Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 29:59


    Episode 81 - Chapter 18 Part 4 - Three Types of Knowledge, Action And Doer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 29:59


    Episode 80 - Chapter 18 Part 3 - Five Factors For An Action And The Three Impulses To Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 29:47


    Episode 79 - Chapter 18 Part 2 - Three Types of ThyAgam And Who Is a ThyAgi.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 29:20


    Episode 78 - Chapter 18 Part 1 - Introduction and Sannyasam vs Thyagam

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 29:08


    Episode 78 of podcast "BG - yah pashyati sa pashyati"With Episode 78 this podcast has reached the final chapter of BG. The final eighteenth chapter is the longest chapter in BG and it covers all the major topics that has been taught in earlier chapters. In fact, In this chapter, BhagavAn actually uses  some of the phrases he has used earlier. For anyone who has not been following the previous episodes, this chapter alone will give a good understanding of BG. Because of that I will not be taking a short cut to finish this chapter. A total of eleven episodes will cover chapter 18. I will give lots and lots of cross references to earlier chapter where the idea has been brought up. If you refused

    Episode 77 - Chapter 17 Part 4 - What is Om Tat Sat and Chapter Appreciation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 29:20


    Episode 77 covers the final part of chapter 17. In the first three parts we have seen the influence of the three guNAs, sattva, rajas and tamas on faith we have, food we consume, sacrifices we perform, austerities at the body, speech and mind levels and also charities we give. The final part explains the meaning of the three words OM tat and sat separately and together, and when they are used. This is followed by chapter appreciation which will address two important aspects of this chapter.

    Episode 76 - Chapter 17 Part 3 - Three Types of Austerities and Charities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 29:40


    Episode 75 - Chapter 17 Part 2 - Three Types of Faith, Food and Sacrifices

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 29:54


    Episode 74 - Chapter 17 Part 1 - The Glories Of The Threefold Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 29:49


    Episode 74 starts chapter 17. This chapter is titled as shraddhAtrayabhAga yogo, The glories of three fold faith.  You can see this chapter as an extension of chapter fourteen. If Chapter fourteen is theory about the three gunAs, chapter 17 is application of the three guNAs in our daily life.This chapter explains three types of faith (shraddhA), food (annam), sacrifices (yagnAs), austerities (tapas), and charity (dhAnam). In addition to these the meaning of the expression 'om tat sat' is also explained.

    Episode 73 - Chapter 16 Part 3 - Chapter Conclusion and Chapter Appreciation.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 26:52


    Chapter 16 is a unique chapter in the sense that the entire chapter 16 has a battlefield context.  As part of the chapter appreciation, episode 73 will cover the battlefield context of the divine and demonic values taught in chapter 16.

    Episode 72 - Chapter 16 Part 2 - Philosophy and Life of Demoniac People.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 29:58


    Episode 71 covered twenty six divine and six demoniac values. Episode 72 cover the philosophy and life style of demoniac people.

    Episode 71 - Chapter 16 Part 1 - Divine and Demonic Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 29:39


    Episode 71 covers twenty six divine values and six demonic values.

    Episode 70 - Chapter 15 Part 5 - Chapter Conclusion and Chapter Appreciation - Consciousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 29:06


    Episode 70 covers the final verses of chapter 15 where Bhagavan stresses the importance of sAstrAs. The episode also includes chapter appreciation, where Consciousness in some of the Indian darsans including vedanta and science are examined. 

    Episode 69 - Chapter 15 Part 4 - Who Digests our Food and Who is Purushottama.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 29:51


    The previous episode 68 covered who is the nourisher of the body and how nourishment is created for beings to have a life. Episode 69 covers who digests the food we eat and who is purushottama, the best person in the universe. When we say the best, there has to be at least three entities. The ordinary, the middle and the best. These three beings are covered in this episode.

    Episode 68 - Chapter 15 Part 3 - Nourisher and Nourishment.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 29:14


    What is the difference between a jeevAtma and paramAtmA? What does jeevAtmA move from one body to another mean? After death, what does jeevAtmA take along with it and how does it do it? Where is nourishment for our body coming from? Who is giving that nourishment? These are some of the questions for which BhagavAn is giving answers in this episode.

    Episode 67 - Chapter 15 Part 2 - The Goal of Human Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 29:27


    Episode 67 continues the metaphor of an Upside Down Tree from the previous episode. This upside down tree represents samsArA. Even though the samsArA itself is eternal, individual samsArA can be cut down. Bhagavan explains what tool should be used to cut this tree-of-samsArA.  This episode also explains the goal set for human beings. He also explains a streaming service that he had started long long ago and how his place looks like. Also the verse that gives the foundation for vishishtadvaita is covered in this episode.

    Episode 66 - Chapter 15 Part 1 - Introduction to an Upside Down Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 29:44


    Chapter 65 - Chapter 14 Part 3 - Crossing the Three Gunas & Chapter Conclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 29:55


    This episode covers, how to identify a person who has crossed the three guNAs. BhagavAn gives 12 qualities of the person who has crossed the three guNAs.  This is like a short summary of the teachings in earlier chapters.  The chapter end with the answer to the question I asked in the first episode   BhagavAn himself answers who He is.

    Episode 64 - Chapter 14 Part 2 - Crossing the Three Gunas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 29:21


    Episode 64 focusses on how to identify a person who has crossed the three guNAs, a guṇātītaḥ,  Bhagavan lists twelve qualities of the person who has crossed over the three guNAs.  In this epsiode we will also see what happens when a person crosses the three guNAs.  The chapter ends looping back to the beginning of the chapter. At the end of the chapter Bhagavan brings in a idea which is the seed for the following chapter 15.

    Episode 63 - Chapter 14 Part 1 - Intro To The Chapter On Three Gunas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 28:41


    Episode 63 of podcast "BG - Yah pashyati sa pashyati" - One who sees that person sees.With BhagavAn's blessings, having finished thirteen chapters, Episode 63 starts chapter fourteen. Bhagavan has been talking about three guNAs from the very beginning of his teachings. In chapter two, he pointed out to arjuna that vedAs have stuff other than karma kANDA rituals and it teaches something called three guNAs. Subsequently every now and then this guNA propped up in His teaching. But for the sattva guNA, he did not even introduce the other two guNAs early on. He introduced the names one by one in different chapters. The one thing that was made clear was that the three guNAs are part and parcel of the prakriti and cannot be separated from the prakriti. Finally in this chapter Bhagavan gets into the details of the three guNAs. The names of the three guNAs, how they bind us, which is the strongest one among the three, what kind of result each one produces, the qualities of a person who has crossed the three guNAs, what happens when a person crosses the three guNAs are all described in this chapter. This is not a difficult chapter to understand in one or two listens. p.s: Entire chapters 17 and part of 18 also cover the three guNAs

    Episode 62 - Chapter 13 Part 6 - Chapter Appreciation Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 26:56


    Episode 62 continues the chapter 13 appreciations. This episode covers the interesting story of creation as per kashmir shaivism,  aadi sankara's imaginary dialogue to make his point that samsarA is a superimposition,  the idea of consciousness in  other Indian schools of thought and finally the right perception of the world.

    Episode 61 - Chapter 13 Part 5 - Chapter Conclusion and Chapter Appreciation Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 26:46


    This episode covers the final few verses of chapter 13 which talks about brahman, the ultimate reality. This is followed by chapter appreciation. The creation aspect discussed in chapter thirteen is seen in different angles by different Indian darsans. Therefore chapter 13 gets two appreciation episodes. In this episode, as part of chapter appreciation, sAnkhya kArika and ishvara tattvam are covered. Episode 62 will cover creation as described in kashmir saivism.  

    Episode 60 - Chapter 13 Part 4 - Purusha and Prakriti Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 28:18


    Episode 59 - Chapter 13 Part 3 - Purusha and Prakriti Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 29:30


    Episode 59 has the first part of what is purusha and prakriti.

    Episode 58 - Chapter 13 Part 2 - Knowledge And What Is To Be Known - jnAnam and jNeyam

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 29:53


    Episode 58 discusses about jnAnam and jNeyam - The knolwedge and what is to be known.  What is to be known is kshetrajna covered in the previous episode. It is knowing who we really are.As part of knowledge, twenty means of accomplishment are covered. These twenty means of accomplishment covers the ultimate human goal and how to achieve that goal. As part of what is to be known Bhagavan covers who is kshetrajna and how it achieves the performance of all actions. The subtlety of kshetrajnA is explained in nine different ways using a paradoxical language.

    Episode 57 - Chapter 13 Part 1 - Introduction, kshetra (The Field) and kshetrajna (The Knower of the Field).

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 29:01


    Episode 57 starts chapter 13. In this episode we have introduction to the chapter and what is kshetra and kshetrajna. 

    Episode 56 - Recap of Chapters Ten through Twelve

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 28:05


    This episode gives a recap of chapters ten through twelve.

    Episode 55 - Recap of Chapters Seven Through Nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 27:02


    Episode 54 - Chapter 12 Part 3 - Qualifications of a Devotee to be Dear to Bhagavan & Chapter Appreciation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 29:58


    Episode 53 - Chapter 12 Part 2 - Qualifications of a Devotee Who is Dear to God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 27:18


    Episode 52 gave an intro to the chapter on bhakti (devotion) and explained two out of five levels of devotion. In episode 53 Bhagavan keeps coming down to our levels step by step and gives three more levels of devotion. Nothing in this seems to match what most people think devotion means. After that Bhagavan explains what qualifications one must have to become dear to Him. You be your own judge.

    Episode 52 - Chapter 12 Part 1 - Bhakti Yoga - Chapter on Devotion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 29:58


    Through out the year, the hindu calendar is full of religious activities. Especially during Navarathri community engages in a lot of activities - golu and pujas in homes and temples, festivals and concerts, garba dances, visiting each other's home and interacting with friends and more. This is a very colorful period of the year. This period is celebrated as a period of devotion next only to mArgazhi in TN. Considering this period is celebrated by all parts of India and also abroad, one can say this is more a broad based celebration. But what exactly is devotion? Is it just chanting mantrAs, slokAs and visiting temples or something else? What is bhakti (devotion), not from the point of view of purAnas but from the point of view of tattvas (truth) as explained in the sanAtana dharma philosophical texts like upanishads and BG? Is bhakti under sanatana dharma same as bhakti in western religions? Follow episodes 52, 53 and 54 to get an idea of what is devotion, the various levels of devotion and who is dear to Bhagavan. Be ready for a shock! All the traditional ideas about bhakti will be thrown out!

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