Devotion to the Lord, a bond of love and faith in which the mind rests steadily on Him.
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Short on time, short on means, and devotion that feels too small? Four Gita verses say that a leaf or a little water offered with love is accepted, and that a whole ordinary day can become an offering. With one simple practice.
Level: Simple English 6 min A Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, Water
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A friend says God has no form; a grandmother says just say the name of Lord Krishna. Gita 12.1-5 says in plain words where each road leads, why one is harder, and how to choose the one your mind can walk.
Level: Simple English 4 min Devotion or the Unmanifest
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Is it wrong to pray to a deity for exam results, health or a job? The Gita says the Lord steadies your faith and arranges what you receive, but what you receive does not last. Here is the next step.
Level: Simple English 4 min What We Worship, We Become
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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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Gita 9.26-29 in order: why the Lord accepts a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, how to make all your actions an offering, what the offering frees you from, and how He is equal to all yet near to a devotee.
Level: In Depth English 14 min A Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, Water
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Arjuna asks whether the one who worships the Lord in a form or the one who worships the formless is better. Read Gita 12.1-5 in order: what the Lord answers, why the road of the unmanifest is harder, and how to choose your own.
Level: In Depth English 8 min Devotion or the Unmanifest
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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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A close reading of Gita 12.1-5. The Lord says both the devotee and the worshipper of the unmanifest reach Him, yet calls the devotee most united. The hard questions, two streams of commentators, and answers from the Gita and the tradition to the questions the verses raise.
Level: Deeper English 12 min Devotion or the Unmanifest
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A close reading of Gita 9.26-29: why the Lord accepts a leaf, what offering all actions means, how both good and bad results bind, and how He is equal to all yet near to devotees. Eight objections answered, with two streams of commentators.
Level: Deeper English 18 min A Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, Water
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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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A short revision of Gita 9.26-29: the Lord accepts a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water offered with devotion, asks that every act become an offering, frees the offerer from the bonds of results, and stays near the devotee while being equal to all.
English 8 min A Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, Water
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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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Whether one worships the Lord in form or the formless, which is ahead? A short revision of Gita 12.1-5, Arjuna's question and the Lord's answer: the goal is one, but the difficulty of the road differs.
English 7 min Devotion or the Unmanifest
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In Gita 9.26-29 the Lord accepts a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water offered with devotion, asks that every act be made an offering, promises freedom from the bonds of results, and is equal to all yet near to the devotee.
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A map of the twenty verses of Gita chapter 12: which way is best, 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.
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Whether you worship the Lord in a form or the unmanifest Reality, which is better? Gita 12.1-5 holds Arjuna's question and the Lord's answer: the goal is one, but the roads differ in how hard they are.