The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita

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This video series is an explanation of India’s best-loved scripture approached from an entirely fresh perspective — one that combines its deep allegorical meaning with its down-to-earth practicality.

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    • Oct 16, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 9m AVG DURATION
    • 110 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita

    The Immortal Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 8:57


    Chapter 2, Stanza 11

    stanza immortal soul
    Why Did God Create Us?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 8:33


    Chapter 2, Stanza 17

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    Don't Identify with Your Mistakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 9:04


    Chapter 2, Stanza 22

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    Time and Space Do Not Exist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 9:43


    Chapter 2, Stanza 24

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    Time and Space Do Not Exist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 9:43


    Chapter 2, Stanza 24

    exist time and space stanza
    The Most Important Attitude to Develop Is the Desire for God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 9:34


    Chapter 2, Stanza 59

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    How Our Mind Rationalizes Our Delusions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 9:00


    Chapter 1, Stanza 45

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    When You Have No Desires, You Will Have No Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 17:45


    Chapter 2, Stanza 55

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    Yoga Is the Remembrance of Who You Really Are

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 8:48


    Chapter 2, Stanza 71

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    Our Level of Consciousness Determines Our Personal Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2011 10:00


    A talk on Chapter 2, Stanza 17 of the Bhagavad Git...

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    You Can Only Find God with the Help of a Guru

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2011 9:11


    Chapter 2, Stanza 2

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    Sexuality and Self-Control

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2011 8:33


    Chapter 1, Stanza 6

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    Devotion Gives Us the Hunger to Want God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2011 9:42


    Chapter 2, Stanza 3

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    Love Is the Answer to Doubt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2011 9:26


    Chapter 2, Stanza 1

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    Our True Home Is in God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2011 9:53


    Chapter 2, Stanza 28

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    Be Loyal to Your Experience, not Your Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2011 10:00


    Chapter 2, Stanza 29

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    Reason vs. Intuition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 9:44


    Chapter 2, Stanza 31

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    Reason vs. Intuition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 9:44


    Chapter 2, Stanza 31

    intuition stanza
    Patanjali's Eight-Fold Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2011 10:08


    Chapter 1, Stanza 5

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    Finding Balance Between Our Masculine and Feminine Natures

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2011 10:14


    Chapter 1, Stanza 38

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    The Four Aspects of Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2011 8:51


    An explanation of the four aspects of mind.

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    Self-Esteem Is Built on Sand - Know God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2011 9:45


    Chapter 1, Stanza 11

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    Sometimes We Need to Trick the Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2011 9:18


    Chapter 1, Stanza 8

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    Why Fight Delusion?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2011 9:38


    Chapter 2, Stanza 32

    delusion stanza
    A Saint Is a Sinner Who Never Gave Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2011 10:02


    Chapter 2, Stanza 35

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    Nishkam Karma - Desireless Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2011 9:13


    Chapter 2, Stanza 47

    action karma stanza desireless
    How the Mind Descends into Delusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2011 9:12


    Chapter 2, Stanza 62

    delusion stanza
    All Success Comes from Higher Consciousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2011 9:41


    Chapter 2, Stanza 39

    higher consciousness stanza success comes
    All Suffering Comes from Egoic Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2011 9:24


    Chapter 2, Stanza 64

    suffering reactions stanza egoic
    The Purpose of Life Is to Know God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2011 7:45


    Chapter 2, Stanza 72

    know god purpose of life stanza
    Introspection

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2011 9:22


    Chapter 2, Stanza 13

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    What Is the Source of all Suffering?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2011 9:56


    With Swami Kriyananda

    suffering swami kriyananda
    Find Peace Through Detachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2011 9:57


    Chapter 2, Stanza 33

    detachment find peace stanza
    The Yugas - Cycles of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2011 9:29


    Chapter 2, Stanza 43

    cycles stanza yugas
    The Yamas and Niyamas

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2011 9:58


    Chapter 1, Stanza 5

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    Overcoming the Ego

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2011 9:55


    Chapter 1, Stanza 2

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    Act Without Attachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2011 8:58


    Chapter 2, Stanza 19

    attachment stanza
    Through Meditation — Learn Contentment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2011 9:06


    Chapter 1, Stanza 19

    meditation contentment stanza
    Give Your Life to God and He Will Always Take Care of You

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2011 9:31


    Chapter 2, Stanza 45

    take care stanza give your life
    Samadhi

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2011 11:01


    Chapter 1, Stanza 42

    samadhi stanza
    Awakening the Kundalini

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2011 10:03


    Chapter 1, Stanza 3

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    The Need for a Guru, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2011 9:29


    Chapter 2, Stanza 5

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    Overcoming Bad Habits

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 9:58


    Chapter 1, Stanza 2

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    The Universal Truths of Yoga

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2011 9:26


    Chapter 2, Stanza 39

    yoga universal truths stanza
    What Is Extreme Dispassion?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2011 10:03


    Chapter 1, Stanza 18

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    The Need for a Guru

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2011 10:03


    With Swami Kriyananda

    gurus swami kriyananda
    Kriya Yoga and Pranayama

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2011 8:57


    Chapter 2, Stanza 39

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    Go with Life's Rhythms not Against Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2011 8:57


    Chapter 1, Stanza 47

    rhythms stanza
    Being Twice-Born

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2011 9:03


    Chapter 1, Stanza 7

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    Modern Physics and Vedanta

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2011 9:19


    Chapter 2, Stanza 26

    vedanta stanza modern physics
    Don't Worry About Your Faults — Love God

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2011 9:30


    Chapter 1, Stanza 9

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