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55. Vicious and Virtuous Cycles
Season 1 Episode 55
Vicious and virtuous cycles are a sequence of events where one event leads to another and results in either disaster or joy respectively. If expense…
4 years, 11 months ago
54. Automaticity of Indriyas (senses)
Season 1 Episode 54
Krishna cautions Arjun (2.60) that turbulent indriyas (senses) are capable of forcibly carrying away the mind of even an aspiring wise person. This v…
5 years ago
53. Dropping of longing for sense objects
Season 1 Episode 53
Krishna says (2.59) "sense objects fall away from the abstinent person, but not ras(longing) and longing ceases only when one realizes the supreme." …
5 years ago
52. Wisdom is to know when to withdraw
Season 1 Episode 52
Krishna says (2.58) that wisdom gets established when one completely withdraws their indriyas(senses) from sense objects, like the tortoise withdrawi…
5 years ago
51. Aversion is also an attachment
Season 1 Episode 51
We tend to assign one of three labels to a situation, a person or an outcome of a deed: good, bad or no label. Krishna refers to this third state and…
5 years, 1 month ago
50. Raag (attachment), Bhay(fear) and Krodh(anger)
Season 1 Episode 50
Krishna says (2.56) that Sthithpragna is one who is neither excited by sukh(pleasure) nor agitated by dukh(pain), is free from raag(attachment), bha…
5 years, 1 month ago
49 Stithpragna (stoic) is internal phenomenon.
Season 1 Episode 49
Krishna says (2.54), in response to Arjun's query, sthithpragna (one with coherent intellect) is contented with self. Interestingly, Krishna didn't r…
5 years, 1 month ago
48 Contentment with the self
Season 1 Episode 48
Lord Krishna reveals what is pure sankhya(awareness) from verse 2.11 to 2.53, which was completely new territory for Arjun. Arjun wanted to know (2.5…
5 years, 1 month ago
47 Non-oscillating intellect
Season 1 Episode 47
In the normal course of our lives we get perplexed when we hear conflicting opinions on the same subject -be it news, philosophy, others’ experiences…
5 years, 2 months ago
46 what is ours and what is not
Season 1 Episode 46
Krishna says (2.52) that when we cross moha-kalilam(darkness of delusion) using intellect, we become indifferent to what is being heard or will be he…
5 years, 2 months ago