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Fear of what others will say can stop us from doing what we should. Why the Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty and reputation, and how the very next verse loosens the grip of that fear.
Level: Simple English 5 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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The Gita says that feeling like the doer is an ego's illusion. Does that mean we can say "I didn't do it" and walk away from our mistakes? No. An everyday case, two verses and three sentences to say after a mistake.
Level: Simple English 3 min Who Is the Doer?
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When every person you ask gives different advice, more advice does not help. The Gita (2.41, 2.53) says a settled mind rests on one clear aim, and shows what scatters it and how to come back to it.
Level: Simple English 4 min Buddhi Yoga: The Resolute Intellect
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After honest effort, the result may still be out of our hands, and the mind says that fate decides everything. What does the Gita say? A farmer's case, two verses and a practice of two columns before you start a task.
Level: Simple English 3 min Who Is the Doer?
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When a decision is too heavy to carry, Arjuna shows the first step: say plainly what is wrong, admit you do not know, and ask. A simple reading of Gita 1.28 to 2.10.
Level: Simple English 5 min Arjuna's Despondency
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You decide firmly, then meet the people the decision touches, and your resolve shakes. Arjuna's pause between the two armies shows why looking comes first, and what to do next.
Level: Simple English 4 min Arjuna on the Field
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You promise to stop and then do it again, knowing better. Arjuna asked the same question, and the Gita names the push behind it, how it covers what you know, and the order in which to meet it.
Level: Simple English 6 min The Enemy Called Desire
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A small remark, and the evening is gone. The Gita shows anger as the fourth step of a chain that starts with what the mind keeps dwelling on, and where that chain is easiest to stop.
Level: Simple English 6 min From Thought to Ruin
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The Gita lists destiny among the five causes of action and denies a right to the fruit. Does that make effort pointless? The count of the five causes, the third clause of 2.47, why effort is never lost, and two opposite mistakes, read from the verses.
Level: In Depth English 5 min Who Is the Doer?
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Eight verses on why a person acts against his own will: Arjuna's question, the enemy named, how it covers knowledge, where it sits, and the order in which it is met. Each verse in plain words.
Level: In Depth English 11 min The Enemy Called Desire
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Gita 2.62–63 walks from dwelling on an object through attachment, desire, anger, delusion, confused memory and lost intellect to ruin. Each step in plain words, with the neighbouring verses.
Level: In Depth English 12 min From Thought to Ruin
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The Gita says the modes of nature do all action and that the knower thinks he does nothing. Does that free us from blame for our mistakes? A reading of the verses, the difference between an honest use of the idea and an alibi, and a short worked example.
Level: In Depth English 5 min Who Is the Doer?
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Detachment in the Bhagavad Gita does not mean not caring or becoming emotionally indifferent. It is a deeper way of approaching life through Karma Yoga, attachment to results, equanimity, love, and inner freedom.
Level: In Depth English 21 min
Quick summary
When everyone gives different advice, how do you decide? A short revision of Gita 2.39-46 and 2.52-53, where Krishna speaks of a steady intellect with one firm resolve that keeps the mind from scattering.
English 6 min Buddhi Yoga: The Resolute Intellect