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You Do Everything Right and God Still Feels Far: What the Gita Says
Study, austerity, charity and sacrifice are not the price of the Lord's nearness; he is found by undivided devotion (11.53, 11.54).
Simple English 5 min By Devotion Alone
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Why Do I Keep Doing What I Know Is Wrong? The Gita's Answer
Arjuna asks why a person does wrong even against his will, as if pushed by force, and the Lord names desire and anger born of passion (3.36–37).
Simple English 6 min The Enemy Called Desire
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Prayer Feels Dry and No One to Talk To? What the Gita Says
Truly seeing the Lord's greatness turns devotion from habit into steady love (10.7-8).
Simple English 6 min Knowing His Glory Leads to Devotion
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Does a Small Offering Reach God? What the Gita Says About a Leaf and Water
The Lord accepts a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water offered with devotion. The gift need not be big (9.26).
Simple English 6 min A Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, Water
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Is It Wrong to Ask God for Things? What the Gita Says
The Lord steadies the faith of anyone who worships a deity with faith; the Gita does not scold the one who asks (7.21).
Simple English 4 min What We Worship, We Become
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Is It Wrong to Remember God Only in Trouble?
The Gita names four reasons that bring people to God, distress, a wish to know, a want and wisdom, and calls all four good and noble (7.16, 7.18).
Simple English 4 min Four Kinds of Devotees
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