The Original Originality of the Gita

Many people interested in the Bhagavad-gita often wonder, “It has so many interpretations. How do I understand which is the best?” The Bhagavad-gita itself addresses this issue. It (4.2) outlines how its wisdom was traditionally received in spiritual...

Why memorize scripture?

The Bhagavad-gita (17.15) recommends regular recitation of scriptures as a means to discipline our power of speech. Such regular recitation becomes easy when scripture is readily accessible to us. And the most accessible place for keeping scripture is our own memory....

When materialism dons a religious costume

The Bhagavad-gita (2.42-43) deems as undiscriminating (avipashcitah) and short-sighted those people who think that religion has no purpose other than to provide material gains. These people see praying as nothing more than as a method of free or cheap shopping. By...

Life’s amazing secret

When we come to know a pleasant secret, we feel amazed. Naturally therefore, we feel immensely amazed when we come to know life’s great secret. That secret is disarmingly simple: what we were looking for was always with us; we never found it because we searched...

Krishna is not just out there; he is also in here

When life hands out difficulties to us, we may feel forlorn and deserted due to the thought that Krishna is far away, somewhere out there in the vast emptiness of space. Gita wisdom informs us that nothing could be further from the truth. Krishna is surely far away in...

With Krishna, we flourish; without Krishna, we perish

Life presents us with so many alternatives, all with their own complex and unpredictable implications, that the task of choosing among them can become overwhelming. Gita wisdom rescues us by pointing out that we ultimately have two essential choices that lie with each...