33 परिणाम
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Fear of what others will say can stop us from doing what we should. Why the Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty and reputation, and how the very next verse loosens the grip of that fear.
स्तर: सरल रूप अंग्रेज़ी 5 मिनट Duty, Honour and Fear
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The Gita is set on a battlefield and tells Arjuna to rise and fight. Does it teach violence? Read where the call is made, to whom, and by what measure, in Gita 1.28-47, 2.31-37, 11.33, 12.13 and 16.2.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 4 मिनट Arjuna's Despondency
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Why does the Lord, right after the teaching of the self, speak of duty, reputation and what people will say? Seven verses in order, where the argument stops, common misreadings, an example and three questions to carry.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 9 मिनट Duty, Honour and Fear
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What do the great souls do in the Gita, and what does the Lord do for them? Verses 9.13-15 and 9.22 in order: undivided mind, glorifying, striving and bowing, the sacrifice of knowledge, and the promise to carry what they lack.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 11 मिनट The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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The Lord says a person of very bad conduct who worships with undivided devotion is to be regarded as righteous. Gita 9.30-34 taken in order: what each verse means, where the promise stops, common mistakes, an example and a practice.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 10 मिनट Even the Worst Offender
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A chapter-by-chapter map of the Bhagavad Gita: the name, size and job of each of the eighteen chapters, and how Arjuna's questions carry the book from despair to decision.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 14 मिनट The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
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Eight verses on why a person acts against his own will: Arjuna's question, the enemy named, how it covers knowledge, where it sits, and the order in which it is met. Each verse in plain words.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 11 मिनट The Enemy Called Desire
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Gita 2.62–63 walks from dwelling on an object through attachment, desire, anger, delusion, confused memory and lost intellect to ruin. Each step in plain words, with the neighbouring verses.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 12 मिनट From Thought to Ruin
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Why did the Lord tell Arjuna to be merely an instrument? Gita 11.31-35 in order: Arjuna's question, 'I am Time', the four named warriors, Arjuna's trembling, common misunderstandings, an example and a practice.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 14 मिनट Merely an Instrument
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Gita 1.28 to 2.10 read in order: how Arjuna's body, feelings and reasons give way, what Lord Krishna says first, and the one verse (2.7) where he stops arguing and asks to be taught.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 13 मिनट Arjuna's Despondency
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What does the Gita say about worshipping other deities and praying for things? The Lord steadies faith and arranges the result, but the result is perishable. Gita 7.20-23 and 9.20-25 in order, with an example and a practice.
स्तर: विस्तार से अंग्रेज़ी 10 मिनट What We Worship, We Become
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A close reading of Gita 1.28 to 2.10: how Arjuna's body, feeling and reasons give way in turn, what Lord Krishna's first words answer, and why his last move is a request.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 18 मिनट Arjuna's Despondency
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Is Gita 2.62–63 a law of the mind or a warning? Three streams of commentary, six objections and the questions the verses raise, answered from the Gita and the tradition.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 17 मिनट From Thought to Ruin
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Is 'be merely an instrument' a command to kill, a statement of fate, or something else? A close reading of Gita 11.31-35, the idea of the instrument across the Gita, two streams of commentators, and objections answered.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 18 मिनट Merely an Instrument
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Gita 12.13-20 lists over thirty marks and keeps saying 'such a one is dear to Me'. Is it a test? How can anyone be dear to a Lord who is equal to all? A close reading, two streams of commentators, five objections and five questions answered.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 18 मिनट The Devotee Dear to the Lord
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A close reading of Gita 18.49 to 18.56: how action stops binding, what the mind must gather and give up, the road from the state of Brahman to devotion, the hard questions, and the commentators' two streams.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 19 मिनट Freedom Through Action
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After teaching the imperishable self, the Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty, reputation and what others will say. A verse-by-verse reading of 2.31-37, the real difficulties, two streams of commentary, and why it is not a general case for war.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 12 मिनट Duty, Honour and Fear
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A close reading of Gita 3.17 to 3.26: how 'no duty remains' and 'act for the welfare of the world' fit together, where the commentators divide, four objections answered, and the questions the verses raise.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 19 मिनट Acting for the World
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In Gita 7.20-23 and 9.20-25 the Lord steadies the faith of those who worship other deities and grants what they seek, yet calls the result perishable. Is that respect or criticism? A close reading, four difficulties and the commentators.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 13 मिनट What We Worship, We Become
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In Gita 9.22 the Lord says he carries what his devotees lack and keeps what they have. To whom is this promised, and how does it fit effort and verse 2.45? A close reading of 9.13-15 and 9.22 with four hard questions.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 13 मिनट The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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Does Gita 9.30-31 excuse bad conduct? A close reading of 'even if', 'wholly' and 'quickly', six hard questions with direct replies, two streams of commentators, and answers from the Gita and the tradition to the questions the verses raise.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 16 मिनट Even the Worst Offender
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Is the order of the Gita's eighteen chapters an argument or a gathering? A close look at the narrator's frame, Arjuna's sixteen questions, the verse counts, the chapter names and the verses that return.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 12 मिनट The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
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A close reading of the Gita's hardest lines on war and killing: 2.31-37, 2.19-20, 11.33 and 18.17. Who is addressed, in what hour, and under what measure, and how readers differ on the field itself.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 8 मिनट Arjuna's Despondency
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Does the Gita name an outside force or a state of the person as what drives us against our will? Three streams of commentary, seven objections and the questions Gita 3.36–43 raises, answered from the Gita and the tradition.
स्तर: अंतर्दृष्टि अंग्रेज़ी 14 मिनट The Enemy Called Desire
त्वरित सार
Why does the Gita begin with its hero breaking down? Arjuna's body gives way, he lets go of his bow, then he turns to Krishna as a disciple seeking refuge, and the teaching begins from there.
अंग्रेज़ी 11 मिनट Arjuna's Despondency
त्वरित सार
After the teaching of the self, the Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty, honour and the fear of disgrace. A short revision of Gita 2.31-37: the seven verses, how far the argument goes, and the turn to an even mind in the next verse.
अंग्रेज़ी 7 मिनट Duty, Honour and Fear
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A short revision of Gita 9.30-34: why a person of very bad conduct who turns to the Lord with his whole mind is called righteous, what that promise does not say, and the three lessons the verses hold.
अंग्रेज़ी 10 मिनट Even the Worst Offender
त्वरित सार
How does dwelling on a thing lead a person to ruin? The seven steps are in two verses of the Gita (2.62-63), and here also the place where the chain is most easily broken.
अंग्रेज़ी 8 मिनट From Thought to Ruin
त्वरित सार
In fear at the cosmic form, Arjuna asks who the terrible form is. The Lord says 'I am Time' and 'be merely an instrument'. A short revision of Gita 11.31-35: the verses, their meaning and Arjuna's trembling reply.
अंग्रेज़ी 10 मिनट Merely an Instrument
त्वरित सार
A quick summary of the eighteen chapters of the Gita: the name, verse count and work of each chapter, in five groups, so that the whole map can be revised and explained to someone.
अंग्रेज़ी 13 मिनट The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
त्वरित सार
Why does a person do wrong even when he knows what is right, as if someone were dragging him? In Gita 3.36 to 3.43 the Lord answers this and shows in what order this enemy is to be met.
अंग्रेज़ी 8 मिनट The Enemy Called Desire
त्वरित सार
Gita 9.13-15 and 9.22 tell how great souls worship the Lord with an undivided mind, and how the Lord Himself carries their yogakshema, that is, brings what is lacking and keeps what they have.
अंग्रेज़ी 8 मिनट The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
त्वरित सार
In Gita 7.20-23 and 9.20-25 the Lord tells that He steadies the faith of one who worships other gods and gives the fruit by His own law, but that fruit is perishable. What we worship, we reach.
अंग्रेज़ी 10 मिनट What We Worship, We Become