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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.
Level: Simple English 5 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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Children, juniors and friends copy what we do more than what we say. The Gita explains why, and how to set an example without clinging, preaching or pretending.
Level: Simple English 6 min Acting for the World
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When life feels too heavy, what should you drop and what must you keep? The Gita's answer in plain words: let go of the grip on results, keep your duties and the habits that keep you clean, and do what is needed because it ought to be done.
Level: Simple English 6 min Relinquishment and Renunciation of Action
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You decide firmly, then meet the people the decision touches, and your resolve shakes. Arjuna's pause between the two armies shows why looking comes first, and what to do next.
Level: Simple English 4 min Arjuna on the Field
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You copy a louder colleague or a cousin's career, and you end up tired and unsure. The Gita says your own way, done imperfectly, beats another's way done well, and tells you why. One practice for this week.
Level: Simple English 6 min One's Own Duty
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The Lord says the warriors are already slain and Arjuna is to be merely an instrument. Does that take away Arjuna's will? What the verses fix, what they leave to Arjuna, and what the Lord says at the end.
Level: In Depth English 5 min Merely an Instrument
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Arjuna asks to see whom he must fight, Lord Krishna grants it and says one word, and the sight of his own people changes everything. A verse-by-verse reading of Gita 1.20–27 and why the Gita begins here.
Level: In Depth English 11 min Arjuna on the Field
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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.
Level: In Depth English 9 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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What the Gita means by one's own duty: how it follows from one's nature, why liking and disliking must not choose it, why another's way brings fear, and how work becomes worship. Verse by verse, with misreadings, an example and a practice.
Level: In Depth English 15 min One's Own Duty
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What does the Gita ask us to give up, and what must stay? Gita 18.1–12 verse by verse: renunciation and relinquishment defined, the duties that are not to be dropped, three reasons for giving up, and why only the fruit can be let go.
Level: In Depth English 13 min Relinquishment and Renunciation of Action
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If a person needs nothing, why work at all? Gita 3.17 to 3.26 verse by verse: work free of need, the example that others follow, the Lord's own action, and how the wise guide those who are attached.
Level: In Depth English 14 min Acting for the World
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An attempt to understand leadership in the Bhagavad Gita not merely as guiding others, but as a comprehensive way of life rooted in self-control, Svadharma, selfless action, discernment, and Lokasangraha.
Level: In Depth English 16 min
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Gita 18.1–12 read closely: Arjuna asks for renunciation and relinquishment apart, the Lord defines both, then shows that duty stays and only the clinging goes. The argument, the commentators, four objections and five further questions.
Level: Deeper English 16 min Relinquishment and Renunciation of 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.
Level: Deeper English 12 min 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.
Level: Deeper English 19 min Acting for the World
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'Already slain', 'your nature will drive you' and 'mounted on a machine': do these verses take Arjuna's choice away? Each hard verse in its place, two streams of readers, objections with replies, and answers from the Gita and the tradition.
Level: Deeper English 9 min Merely an Instrument
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A close reading of the two Gita passages on one's own duty: why the same verse stands in chapter 3 and chapter 18, what the four patterns of work describe, how it sits with equal vision and surrender, with objections answered.
Level: Deeper English 19 min One's Own Duty
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Arjuna asks to see, Lord Krishna places the chariot and says one word, and the sight of his own people undoes Arjuna's resolve. A close reading of Gita 1.20–27, with parallels, readings and objections.
Level: Deeper English 15 min Arjuna on the Field
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Why should one who is content within still act? A short revision of Gita 3.17-26: he acts for the good of the world without attachment, and people learn from his conduct.
English 10 min Acting for the World
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Arjuna lifts his bow and asks Krishna to drive the chariot between the two armies, and then sees his own people on both sides. A short revision of Gita 1.20-27, the moment from which the need for teaching begins.
English 9 min Arjuna on the Field
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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.
English 7 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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What svadharma means, why Gita 3.35 and 18.47 say one's own duty done imperfectly is better than another's done well, and why svadharma is not a family trade or caste.
English 9 min One's Own Duty
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By Gita 18.1 to 18.12, what is the difference between renunciation and relinquishment, what is to be given up and what is not? Why sacrifice, giving and austerity are not given up, and how action done as duty is clear relinquishment.
English 10 min Relinquishment and Renunciation of Action
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If someone is content within and needs nothing, why would that person still work? The Gita says: for the good of the world, free of clinging, and as an example that others follow.
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Arjuna raises his bow, asks Lord Krishna to station the chariot between the armies, and sees elders, teachers and kin on both sides. The scene where the Gita begins.
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After the teaching of the imperishable self, the Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty, reputation and fear of disgrace. Gita 2.31-37: seven verses, how far the appeal goes, and the turn to an even mind in the next verse.
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Why do we tire ourselves wearing someone else's way? The Gita says one's own duty, done imperfectly, is better than another's done well. Start here for readings at three depths.
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What exactly does the Gita ask us to give up, and what must we keep? Start here: renunciation drops desire-driven acts, relinquishment drops the claim on the fruit, and duty stays.