Author: Swami Tadatmananda

Bhagavad Gita Class (117): Chapter 18 Verses 18-25 | Swami Tadatmananda

Bhagavad Gita Class (117): Chapter 18 Verses 18-25 | Swami Tadatmananda

“Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower are the three factors that motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer are the three constituents of action.” (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 18)

Why is the Bhagavad Gita the most widely studied Hindu scripture? It presents the profound spiritual wisdom of ancient rishis in a context we can all relate to – the battlefield of day-to-day life.

 

Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit.

Bhagavad Gita Class (116): Chapter 18 Verses 13-17 | Swami Tadatmananda

Bhagavad Gita Class (116): Chapter 18 Verses 13-17 | Swami Tadatmananda

“Gifts given with a sense of duty, at the right time and place, to a worthy person, and without expectation of return, are considered to be in the mode of goodness.” (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 17)

Why is the Bhagavad Gita the most widely studied Hindu scripture? It presents the profound spiritual wisdom of ancient rishis in a context we can all relate to – the battlefield of day-to-day life.

 

Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit.

Bhagavad Gita Class (115): Chapter 18 Verses 7-12 | Swami Tadatmananda

Bhagavad Gita Class (115): Chapter 18 Verses 7-12 | Swami Tadatmananda

“Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower are the three factors that motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer are the three constituents of action.” (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 18.14)

Why is the Bhagavad Gita the most widely studied Hindu scripture? It presents the profound spiritual wisdom of ancient rishis in a context we can all relate to – the battlefield of day-to-day life.

 

Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit.

Bhagavad Gita Class (114): Chapter 18 Verses 1-6 | Swami Tadatmananda

Bhagavad Gita Class (114): Chapter 18 Verses 1-6 | Swami Tadatmananda

“The intellect, the determination, the unswerving steadiness, the control of the senses, the absence of desire, the absence of egoism, the perception of pain and evil in birth, death, old age, and sickness, the non-attachment, non-identification with son, wife, home, and the rest, and constant even-mindedness in the occurrence of the desirable and the undesirable, the unswerving devotion to Me by the Yoga of discrimination, all this is declared to be knowledge, and what is contrary to this is ignorance.” (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verses 1-6)

Why is the Bhagavad Gita the most widely studied Hindu scripture? It presents the profound spiritual wisdom of ancient rishis in a context we can all relate to – the battlefield of day-to-day life.

 

Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit.

Bhagavad Gita Class (113): Chapter 17 Verses 23-28 | Swami Tadatmananda

Bhagavad Gita Class (113): Chapter 17 Verses 23-28 | Swami Tadatmananda

“From food all creatures are produced. From rain food is produced. From sacrifice rain is produced. From action sacrifice is produced.” (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 24)

Why is the Bhagavad Gita the most widely studied Hindu scripture? It presents the profound spiritual wisdom of ancient rishis in a context we can all relate to – the battlefield of day-to-day life.

 

Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit.