Our mission is to share the wisdom of Vedanta (the knowledge of universal oneness) and the practical means for spiritual growth and happiness - enabling people to become positive contributors to society. The Podcast features the teachers of Chinmaya Mission, who capture the essence of the Bhagavad Geeta, the Upanishads and other ancient Hindu scriptures and bring them to us in a contemporary language with messages relevant to our times. Find more Geeta treasures including access to an exclus ...
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True happiness and permanent peace | Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 5 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Why do we suffer despite doing good deeds? | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 9
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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The concept of Moksha | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 8
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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The Effort-Result Disconnect | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 7
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Relationship between desire and suffering | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 6
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Dharma, the leveller | Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir | Episode 5 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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What leads people astray from a meaningful living? | Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 4 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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How Savitri Changed Her Destiny | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 5
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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How to find meditation in your daily work? Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 3 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 3 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda Episode 4
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda Episode 3
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda Episode 2
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 2 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 1 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 2 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 1
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Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Insights By Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 1
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Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, is a revered spiritual leader known for his clear, profound Vedanta teachings. His wisdom guides many towards self-discovery and inner peace, making complex concepts accessible and inspiring globally.
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 67 - 68 - The Power of the Senses and an Integrated Mind and Intellect
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Without steadiness in knowledge, the weakness of just one sense organ can cause one’s downfall. Despite hearing the Geeta, we often are unsteady in the conviction of Krishna’s words and allow the mind to get carried away by sense objects, disobeying the intellect’s guidance! Swamiji beautifully illustrates this through the significance of the Satya…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 66 - 67 - What’s Wrong with Liking My Stuff?!
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Without clear understanding that all that we seek outside is not going to bring us the peace we seek, the mind will always be restless. Swamiji delves deep into our mind’s flawed logic and tendency to dwell on the objects we desire. He also clearly illustrates the journey from agitation to quietness in the mind that we repeatedly go on when pursuin…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 64 - 65 - Going Beyond Likes and Dislikes
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It is not that every object attracts us, but depending on our likes and dislikes that the mind develops a desire for certain objects. Taking our mind through the shopping malls of the world around us, Swamiji clearly illustrates how in the peaceful mind of one who has given up strong likes and dislikes, the seeds of their vasanas get completely roa…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 63 - The Ladder of Fall (2)
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Obsessive desire for anything constitutes lust. Lust when obstructed leads to anger, and this anger deludes us, causing us to lose our ability to discriminate between what is real and unreal. Swamiji illustrates this through an anecdote in the Ramayana, driving home the clear ways in which our desire for the world outside carries us swiftly down th…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 61-63 - The Ladder of Fall (1)
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The mind is easily coloured by sense pleasures and the intellect often justifies indulgence, but Krishna explains how an intellect dedicated to a higher goal can lovingly inspire the mind to master, and not just suppress, the senses. Swamiji also introduces Krishna’s famous ‘ladder of fall’ to help us understand how the uncontrolled mind leads us f…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 59-60 - The Strength of the Senses!
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How much can one abstain from all the temptations of the world? When we stay away from the temptations, they eventually turn away from us too. However, Krishna reminds us that the memory of the pleasures continues to tempt even the most intelligent of us! Having withdrawn the senses, the mind must be alert, vigilant and directed into deeper contemp…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 57- 58 - The Person of Perfection (4)
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Krishna paints this delicate word-picture of a person of perfection on the canvas of Arjuna’s mind. He even anticipates Arjuna’s queries and begins to eliminate them! How can one so easily withdraw from the world? In today’s episode, Swamiji eloquently explains Krishna’s beautiful metaphor comparing the tortoise and the sthitaprajna! The entire Gee…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 56-57 - The Person of Perfection (3)
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Swamiji clearly points out how our raga (attachment), leads to bhaya (fear) and krodha (anger), and the stithaprajna is free from them. Their mind is not dependent on any outer object, hence the level of detachment which they operate from. The person of perfection also sees beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’, neither complains nor praises, and is ever fixed i…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 56 - The Person of Perfection (2)
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With a variety of tales, Swamiji explains the self-satisfied nature of one who is equanimous. We hear of the sthithaprajna’s unshakeable mental attitude towards joys and sorrows, who accepts all that falls in their lap as the Lord’s grace, and has no fear, attachment or anger towards the world and people around them. The entire Geeta Marathon by Sw…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 54-55 - The Person of Perfection (1)
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Having heard of this state of ease, Arjuna is curious to understand such a person of perfection. To the untrained ear, his questions may seem childish, but Krishna understands these prattling questions from His student and begins by speaking of the knowledge the sthitaprajna is rooted in. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caug…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 51-53 - The Path to Ease
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Moksha is not freedom from action but freedom in action. When we intelligently let go of attachment to the results of actions, we gain freedom from bondage of birth and de ath. Swamiji breaks down the psychology of our attachment to the fruits of our efforts despite the suffering that we inflict on ourselves by that very attachment, and how we can …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 50 - Joy in Every Action
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The benefit of the Geeta is to be experienced here and now. With amusing anecdotes, Swamiji clarifies how we can act in love and dedication. Applying the practice of karma yoga in whatever we do, enriches our work with efficiency and brings us peace and equanimity, regardless of the results that follow. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopana…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 49 - Are We Being Miserly with Our Efforts?
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A restless mind leads to an inefficient intellect, leading to nothing but more suffering! Doing our best and accepting the fruits of our action as the just results, regardless of whether it is what we desire or not, ensures a balanced mind. Swamiji elaborately explains the benefits of performing our duties with this attitude (and the downside of no…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 46-48 - The Essence of Karma Yoga
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Swamiji distils the knowledge of Karma Yoga to explain how we can come to liberate ourselves. He shares the approach we should take to doing our duties such that we can remain steadfast in yoga - ever peaceful and balanced with an equanimous mind. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at https://clix.chinmayamission.com/pro…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 45 - Be Centred in the Self
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Krishna urges the seeker to go beyond the three modes of nature (gunas). By staying centred in the Self, we can remain free from the pairs of opposites that are part of life and instead come to experience completeness. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at https://clix.chinmayamission.com/product/geeta-marathon/…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 44 - Finding Peace and Happiness
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Krishna advises the seeker to not get carried away with elaborate actions. We cannot fulfil ourselves by pursuing actions that can only give us finite results. Swamiji shares how we should work towards a higher goal, free of desire, so as to be able to reach the highest state of peace and happiness. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 42-44 - Flowery Words Bear No Fruit!
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As we gain spiritual knowledge, many paths and many goals appear to be taught over the ages. How to know which will lead us to our goal? Swamiji explains how the flowery words of various ‘religious’ practices promise only temporary pleasures, not allowing the mind to become peaceful, perpetually distracting the mind! The entire Geeta Marathon by Sw…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 40-41 - Perpetual Progress on the Path!
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In Karma Kand, if we don’t complete actions in the proper order, despite our efforts, we may not benefit from it and even gain the opposite of our desired outcome! Krishna, the expert salesman, shows us how Buddhi Yoga solves this problem of Karma Kand. Not only that, the efforts we put in will always lead us closer to our goal, when there is love …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 40 - How is Buddhi Yoga different from Karma Kand?
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Working with the right attitude, the right Buddhi, can help us gain knowledge of the Truth. By acting without the input of our own likes and dislikes, the mind becomes calm and unites us with the Buddhi, the means to gain knowledge. Gradually, we begin to work with our intelligence in tune with our higher Ideals, purifying us with each action we un…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 39 - What is Buddhi Yoga?
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Swamiji elaborates on Krishna’s advice to ‘work for the sake of working’ to prevent creating newer vasanas, and shares the importance of knowledge of the Self through an amusing story from Swamiji’s time in Hong Kong! He also introduces the upcoming concept of Buddhi Yoga that Shri Krishna shares with Arjuna. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swar…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 38 - What is Paapa?
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Using a charming anecdote with Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, Swamiji illustrates our folly in understanding what Paapa or Sin is. Anything that creates agitation in the mind is considered sin and Swamiji goes on to clarify what it truly means in the context of our scriptures and in how we behave in our daily life! The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 35-37- Recognise the Win-Win Situation, O Arjuna!
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Arjuna running away would not only bring him infamy, but it would allow anyone and everyone to criticise his power. Krishna further explains that regardless of whether he slays or is slain in battle, Arjuna only stands to gain by fighting, as is his duty! Swamiji also gives us a great tool with which we can apply Krishna’s words to our own conflict…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 34 - An Honourable Death over an Infamous Life
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 34 - An Honourable Death over an Infamous Life Infamy to a respectable person is worse than death, says Krishna. With Arjuna, the scandal of his escapism would live forever! Swamiji drives this point home with a host of examples from the war by which Arjuna and those whom he killed attained fame, because of their steadfastness…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 34 - The Fame Game
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Arjuna is stuck viewing the war from his emotional lens, thinking what would happen to his reputation if he won against his family. Krishna comes down to his level and reminds him that with fame, responsibility to maintain the capability that brought fame arises! Swamiji explains that when we don’t live up to the fame gained from performing our dut…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 31-33 - Living our Best Life
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Swamiji illustrates how one’s swadharma expresses itself no matter what with a humorous anecdote with Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda. If we don’t express our own swadharma, we cannot work with efficiency and a sense of fulfilment. When life gives us opportunities to live out our swadharma, we must seize them, for they will open many doors for us! The …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 31 - No Better Opportunity than Now, Arjuna!
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Our karma (work) is an expression of our swadharma (personality). Arjuna’s duty is to fight and protect his country and Krishna reminds him of this. Swamiji teaches us to look at our swadharma and what work we inherently want to engage in, by which we can exhaust our vasanas and purify our mind! The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 30 - The Four Levels of our Personality
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We all have physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual personalities with different needs and desires, curating our swadharma, our individual duty. The same situation outside is also processed by them differently. Arjuna, like us all, sees the battle only physically and emotionally. Krishna now begins to guide us through these four levels to h…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 30 - Jiva and Atma
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Swamiji illustrates that the texture of the water will determine the quality of the reflection of the Sun reflected in it. Similarly, as our mind and vasanas, so our expression of the Divinity within us. When we decide to clear the water, we add a purifier to it, and when we aim to purify our mind, we must add inspiration from the Higher into our m…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 29-30 - Wonder of Wonders!
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The Atma in discussion remains a wonder to all, be one a scholar or a dullard. Even more wonderful is the Master who can explain to us what words fall short of describing! With His characteristic examples, Swamiji explains how the subtleness of the Atma and Jiva can be understood. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at ht…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 23-28 - What do you grieve for?
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Continuing these important verses of the Geeta, Krishna reiterates to Arjuna that there is no need to grieve. Birth and death is inevitable to the body but O Arjuna, realise that the relatives you grieve for are not the body but the eternal, unchangeable, imperishable Atma (Self). The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at ht…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 22 - Casting off the body like a garb
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In this very important verse from the Bhagavad Geeta, Krishna shares a powerful analogy of how the jiva (soul) casts off the body and takes a new one just like how one would shed off old garments and wear new ones. Swamiji delves into the law of action and reaction as he sheds more light into this nuanced topic. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami S…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 21 - Unborn and Undying
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We live in the delusion that we are this body. Swami Swaroopananda guides us to recognise the perishable and changing nature of this body. He urges us to instead identify with the Atma - the Self; that is unborn, undying and cannot be destroyed by anyone or anything. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at https://clix.chi…
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