Repeated effort, returned to again and again, by which a restless mind slowly learns to rest on its aim.
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The Gita says to work without clinging to the result, but how do you begin on a busy Monday? A practice for one task today, with three short lines to say before the work, during it and after it.
Level: Simple English 3 min Karma Yoga in Practice
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Your mind runs off in meditation, you are tired, and work is heavy, yet you want to come closer to God. In Gita 12.8-11 the Lord gives four steps, each for the person who cannot take the one above. Plain meaning, an example and a practice for today.
Level: Simple English 5 min The Ladder of Devotion
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No time for a long worship, a worried mind and no one at home to talk to? Using Gita 9.27, here are three short lines that join devotion to the ordinary work of the day.
Level: Simple English 3 min Devotion in Practice
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What if your mind wanders the moment you sit to pray? Gita chapter 12 gives every kind of person a step they can take today, and tells what kind of devotee the Lord holds dear.
Level: Simple English 6 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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You understand devotion, but what do you do on a Monday with a worried mind and a difficult person? Four moments taken from the Gita: a morning offering, one act for the Lord, a pause in a hard meeting, and a review at night.
Level: In Depth English 5 min Devotion in Practice
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What if you cannot keep your mind on God? In Gita 12.6-12 the Lord gives four steps: mind and intellect on Him, repeated practice, work for Him, and giving up the fruit. Each verse explained, with a table, common misreadings, an example and a practice.
Level: In Depth English 12 min The Ladder of Devotion
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A map of the twenty verses of Gita chapter 12: Arjuna's question, the four steps for a mind that will not stay, and the devotee the Lord holds dear, with a guide to the reading for each part.
Level: In Depth English 12 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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You understand that the Gita asks us to act without clinging to the fruit. What do you actually do at your desk, in your shop or at home? Four moments taken from the verses: before the task, during it, after it, and an evening review.
Level: In Depth English 5 min Karma Yoga in Practice
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In Gita 12.8-11 the Lord says three times 'if you cannot, then this', and 12.12 seems to put the lowest step on top. Is that a conflict? A close reading of each verse, two streams of commentators, five objections and four questions answered.
Level: Deeper English 15 min The Ladder of Devotion
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Gita chapter 12 seems to pull two ways in four places: who is best, the order of the steps, giving up undertakings against working for the Lord, and disturbing no one. The wording of each verse, the commentators' streams and the open questions.
Level: Deeper English 14 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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The twelfth chapter in short: the form or the formless, a ladder of practice when the mind will not stay, and the marks of the devotee dear to the Lord, all on one page.
English 10 min Chapter 12: The Yoga of Devotion, an Overview
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A short revision of a small order for bringing devotion into the day: a morning offering, one task for the Lord, a pause in a hard meeting, and an evening review. Questions drawn from the verses.
English 6 min Devotion in Practice
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How does working without clinging to the fruit enter everyday life? Four moments for every task: intention before, full attention during, handing over the result after, and an evening check, from Gita 2.47 to 2.51, 3.30 and 4.19 to 4.23.
English 5 min Karma Yoga in Practice
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What if the mind does not rest in the Lord? In Gita 12.6-12 the Lord gives four steps, each for one who cannot manage the one above, and at the end peace comes right after giving up the fruit of action. The meaning of the verses and three readings.
English 10 min The Ladder of Devotion
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A short daily routine for devotion: a morning offering, one act for the Lord, a pause in a hard meeting and a review at night, with questions taken from the verses. Two readings.
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How does working without clinging to the fruit become part of an ordinary day? Four moments for every task: intention before, full attention during, handing over after, and an evening review, drawn from Gita 2.47-51, 3.30 and 4.19-23.
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What if your mind will not stay on God? In Gita 12.6-12 the Lord gives four steps, each for the person who cannot take the one above, and ends with peace that follows at once on giving up the fruit of action. The verses and three readings.