bhagavadgita Tag Posts Index

One person’s night is another’s day - Bhagavad Gita ch2:69

The materialist and the spiritualist may appear identical externally, yet their inner motivations are like night and day by comparison. One strives for some material

In two minds: my experience of the internal battle for liberation - Bhagavad Gita ch4:67-68

In this day and age it is almost impossible to control the senses. I have tried and failed. And I have seen others more experienced and learned than me also try

The peace formula - Bhagavad Gita ch2:65-66

Our main goal of life is to be happy. That’s a general statement which could be applied to everyone throughout all time. We do the things we do because we want to

How to master the art of living by experiencing a higher taste - Bhagavad Gita ch2:64

To achieve mastery of any activity requires discipline. Ask any athlete, musician, trader or in fact anyone. Anything less and you are still a student. Only those

How to understand human psychology as revealed in the ancient Sanskrit Veda - Bhagavad Gita ch2:62-63

How well do you know yourself? You might think that with age we get to know ourselves better due to more experience. We can see how our minds and instincts react

Today’s engineered nihilism is centuries in the making - Bhagavad Gita ch2:61

Since the ancient Greeks and Romans, through the Medieval times and into the Renaissance, western society has been steadily deprived of its juice or meaning. It

The sexualization of all sectors of society reveals the state of consciousness of humanity today – Bhagavad Gita ch2:60

The world seems preoccupied with sex these days. It’s thrown in your face, not only via advertising, but even via the news, politics, education, and such normally

When you have discovered a higher taste, all lower allures become cheap imitations - Bhagavad Gita ch2:59

We are all incentivized by profit, but when one takes to the path of liberation from the illusory energy of matter, then the desire for profit means less and less

The art of the tortoise, learning from nature and Bhagavad Gita ch2:58

The tortoise may be slow but what it lacks in speed, it makes up for in defence. This creature has a very hard outer shell and is able to retract its entire head

How to cultivate the mind of a monk for profit in relative and absolute terms – Bhagavad Gita ch2:56-57

I lived and trained as a full time cloistered celibate monk for ten years in a yoga ashram during my twenties, curiously picking up a few tips along the way regarding

Insights into the self from the source, without interference by the mind – Bhagavad Gita ch2:55

We can make up anything we want really and present it as science nowadays, in all disciplines. This is the post-truth era. Deep fake can also make up things for

Hear a person speak and you will know their mind – Bhagavad Gita ch2:54

You can tell a fool as soon as they open their mouth. If they remain silent, and perhaps dress smartly or have a big wallet, you might assume they were cultured.

The long game is worth the wait when dealing in the real thing – Bhagavad Gita ch2:53

The longer you play the game, the better you get at it. The longer you play the market, the more you profit. The long game is worth the effort, despite occasional

The art of discerning noise from signal on the path of the trader monk – Bhagavad Gita ch2:52

Sometimes one has to be indifferent to the barrage of information these days. Especially when it appears to be so much FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt). A lot is

India is the world leader in science, economics as well as consciousness – Bhagavad Gita ch2:51

This is a big week for India. Data shows that India has just become the most populous country on the planet, overtaking China in population levels. And this demographic

What is real wealth, or how to truly take profit, as seen in Bhagavad Gita ch2:49-50

If you have made a lot of money, perhaps as a trader or investor, you might like to take some profit off the table and use it for your pleasure, whatever that may

Evenness amid gain or loss or how to trade like a monk – Bhagavad Gita ch2:48

There comes a time in the journey of a long term visionary where you may have seen the ups and the downs, the swing highs and the swing lows, and you have “holdled”

Real renunciation is using the material energy in service of its original owner - Bhagavad Gita ch2:47

Attachment and aversion are two opposing sides of the same coin. Too much attraction for something is much like too much aversion for it’s opposite. Both take us

All the leaves are fed when you water the root - Bhagavad Gita 2:46

With a million dollars, all your ten dollar problems are solved. Or as the Vedas say, a great reservoir of water can serve the needs of many small ponds. Not that

What are the symptoms of self-realization? - Bhagavad Gita ch2:45

Know thyself is not only an ancient Greek aphorism. It is also the first verse of the Vedanta Sutra. Athato brahma jijnasa – Therefore, now we should inquire into