Devotion that does not scatter in other directions and turns to the Lord alone; the tradition's name for the idea of Gita 7.17.
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Worry about tomorrow, money, loneliness: must you carry it all alone? The Lord's promise in Gita 9.22 and the condition that comes with it, in plain words, with one small practice for today.
Level: Simple English 5 min The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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If you have done a lot of wrong, is it too late to turn to God? Gita 9.30-31 answers plainly: what the Lord says, what it does not mean, a short example and one small practice for today.
Level: Simple English 4 min Even the Worst Offender
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If God comes to mind only when trouble strikes, is that devotion false? The Gita names four reasons that bring people to the Lord and calls all four good. Learn who stands nearest to Him and why.
Level: Simple English 4 min Four Kinds of Devotees
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You fast, read and give, yet God feels distant and you carry a grudge. Gita 11.54-55 says whom the Lord is found by, and what that kind of love looks like in an ordinary life.
Level: Simple English 5 min By Devotion Alone
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After the universal form the Lord says this sight comes not through Vedas, austerity, charity or sacrifice but through undivided devotion. Gita 11.52-55 in order, a table of the five marks, an example, a seven-day practice and questions.
Level: In Depth English 13 min By Devotion Alone
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What do the great souls do in the Gita, and what does the Lord do for them? Verses 9.13-15 and 9.22 in order: undivided mind, glorifying, striving and bowing, the sacrifice of knowledge, and the promise to carry what they lack.
Level: In Depth English 11 min The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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The Lord says a person of very bad conduct who worships with undivided devotion is to be regarded as righteous. Gita 9.30-34 taken in order: what each verse means, where the promise stops, common mistakes, an example and a practice.
Level: In Depth English 10 min Even the Worst Offender
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Read Gita 7.16-19 in order: the one in distress, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of gain and the wise. All are dear to the Lord, so why is the wise devotee called best, and what does 'after many births' mean?
Level: In Depth English 9 min Four Kinds of Devotees
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After the universal form the Lord says that no Veda, austerity, charity or sacrifice wins this sight, and undivided devotion does. A close reading, the hard questions, two streams of commentators and a table of parallels.
Level: Deeper English 16 min By Devotion Alone
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In Gita 7.16-19 all four devotees are called good and noble, yet the wise one is 'My very Self'. Is the Lord partial? Is the wise a fourth kind of devotee or where the other three arrive? Five difficulties, answered from the text.
Level: Deeper English 13 min Four Kinds of Devotees
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In Gita 9.22 the Lord says he carries what his devotees lack and keeps what they have. To whom is this promised, and how does it fit effort and verse 2.45? A close reading of 9.13-15 and 9.22 with four hard questions.
Level: Deeper English 13 min The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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Does Gita 9.30-31 excuse bad conduct? A close reading of 'even if', 'wholly' and 'quickly', six hard questions with direct replies, two streams of commentators, and answers from the Gita and the tradition to the questions the verses raise.
Level: Deeper English 16 min Even the Worst Offender
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After the cosmic form the Lord speaks four verses: this vision is rare even for the gods, is not won by the Vedas, austerity, giving or sacrifice, but by undivided devotion, and the devotee has five marks. A short revision of Gita 11.52-55.
English 10 min By Devotion Alone
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A short revision of Gita 9.30-34: why a person of very bad conduct who turns to the Lord with his whole mind is called righteous, what that promise does not say, and the three lessons the verses hold.
English 10 min Even the Worst Offender
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In Gita 7.16-19 the Lord says that people turn to Him for four reasons: distress, wish to know, some desire, and knowledge. All four are welcome, and the nearest is the one who comes for Him alone.
English 8 min Four Kinds of Devotees
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Gita 9.13-15 and 9.22 tell how great souls worship the Lord with an undivided mind, and how the Lord Himself carries their yogakshema, that is, brings what is lacking and keeps what they have.
English 8 min The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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Four closing words of the Lord after the universal form: this sight is rare even for the gods, no Veda, austerity, charity or sacrifice wins it, undivided devotion does, and the devotee has five marks. Three readings.
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At the end of chapter 9 the Lord says a person of very bad conduct who worships wholly is to be regarded as righteous. Gita 9.30-34: what it means, where it stops, and three readings.
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In Gita 7.16-19 the Lord says that four things turn people to Him: distress, a wish to know, a want and wisdom. All four are welcome, and nearest is the one who comes for Him alone.
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In Gita 9.13-15 and 9.22 the great souls worship the Lord with an undivided mind, and he carries what they lack and preserves what they have: the care the tradition calls yogakshema.