Our mission is to share the wisdom of Vedanta (the knowledge of universal oneness) and the practical means for spiritual growth and happiness - enabling people to become positive contributors to society. The Podcast features the teachers of Chinmaya Mission, who capture the essence of the Bhagavad Geeta, the Upanishads and other ancient Hindu scriptures and bring them to us in a contemporary language with messages relevant to our times. Find more Geeta treasures including access to an exclus ...
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Who is Sant Kabirdas? | Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 9 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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The path to liberation | Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 8 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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What goes with us in the afterlife? | Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life Ep 7 Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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How to utilize our hidden potential | Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life Ep 6 Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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The irony of practices without purpose | Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 7 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Four paths to divine truth | Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 6 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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How to balance material and spiritual life? | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 12
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The key to spiritual growth | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 11
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Vedantic Principles for a Happy Life | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 10
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True happiness and permanent peace | Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 5 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Why do we suffer despite doing good deeds? | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 9
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The concept of Moksha | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 8
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The Effort-Result Disconnect | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 7
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Relationship between desire and suffering | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 6
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Dharma, the leveller | Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir | Episode 5 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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What leads people astray from a meaningful living? | Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 4 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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How Savitri Changed Her Destiny | Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 5
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How to find meditation in your daily work? Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 3 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 3 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda Episode 4
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda Episode 3
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda Episode 2
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Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 2 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Life-Changing Wisdom of Sant Kabir Episode 1 explained by Swami Swaroopananda
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Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Episode 2 | Insights by Swami Swaroopananda
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Life's Big Questions answered by Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 1
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Dealing With Uncertainties Of Life | Insights By Swami Swaroopananda | Episode 1
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 67 - 68 - The Power of the Senses and an Integrated Mind and Intellect
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Without steadiness in knowledge, the weakness of just one sense organ can cause one’s downfall. Despite hearing the Geeta, we often are unsteady in the conviction of Krishna’s words and allow the mind to get carried away by sense objects, disobeying the intellect’s guidance! Swamiji beautifully illustrates this through the significance of the Satya…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 66 - 67 - What’s Wrong with Liking My Stuff?!
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Without clear understanding that all that we seek outside is not going to bring us the peace we seek, the mind will always be restless. Swamiji delves deep into our mind’s flawed logic and tendency to dwell on the objects we desire. He also clearly illustrates the journey from agitation to quietness in the mind that we repeatedly go on when pursuin…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 64 - 65 - Going Beyond Likes and Dislikes
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It is not that every object attracts us, but depending on our likes and dislikes that the mind develops a desire for certain objects. Taking our mind through the shopping malls of the world around us, Swamiji clearly illustrates how in the peaceful mind of one who has given up strong likes and dislikes, the seeds of their vasanas get completely roa…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 63 - The Ladder of Fall (2)
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Obsessive desire for anything constitutes lust. Lust when obstructed leads to anger, and this anger deludes us, causing us to lose our ability to discriminate between what is real and unreal. Swamiji illustrates this through an anecdote in the Ramayana, driving home the clear ways in which our desire for the world outside carries us swiftly down th…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 61-63 - The Ladder of Fall (1)
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The mind is easily coloured by sense pleasures and the intellect often justifies indulgence, but Krishna explains how an intellect dedicated to a higher goal can lovingly inspire the mind to master, and not just suppress, the senses. Swamiji also introduces Krishna’s famous ‘ladder of fall’ to help us understand how the uncontrolled mind leads us f…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 59-60 - The Strength of the Senses!
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How much can one abstain from all the temptations of the world? When we stay away from the temptations, they eventually turn away from us too. However, Krishna reminds us that the memory of the pleasures continues to tempt even the most intelligent of us! Having withdrawn the senses, the mind must be alert, vigilant and directed into deeper contemp…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 57- 58 - The Person of Perfection (4)
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Krishna paints this delicate word-picture of a person of perfection on the canvas of Arjuna’s mind. He even anticipates Arjuna’s queries and begins to eliminate them! How can one so easily withdraw from the world? In today’s episode, Swamiji eloquently explains Krishna’s beautiful metaphor comparing the tortoise and the sthitaprajna! The entire Gee…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 56-57 - The Person of Perfection (3)
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Swamiji clearly points out how our raga (attachment), leads to bhaya (fear) and krodha (anger), and the stithaprajna is free from them. Their mind is not dependent on any outer object, hence the level of detachment which they operate from. The person of perfection also sees beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’, neither complains nor praises, and is ever fixed i…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 56 - The Person of Perfection (2)
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With a variety of tales, Swamiji explains the self-satisfied nature of one who is equanimous. We hear of the sthithaprajna’s unshakeable mental attitude towards joys and sorrows, who accepts all that falls in their lap as the Lord’s grace, and has no fear, attachment or anger towards the world and people around them. The entire Geeta Marathon by Sw…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 54-55 - The Person of Perfection (1)
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Having heard of this state of ease, Arjuna is curious to understand such a person of perfection. To the untrained ear, his questions may seem childish, but Krishna understands these prattling questions from His student and begins by speaking of the knowledge the sthitaprajna is rooted in. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caug…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 51-53 - The Path to Ease
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Moksha is not freedom from action but freedom in action. When we intelligently let go of attachment to the results of actions, we gain freedom from bondage of birth and de ath. Swamiji breaks down the psychology of our attachment to the fruits of our efforts despite the suffering that we inflict on ourselves by that very attachment, and how we can …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 50 - Joy in Every Action
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The benefit of the Geeta is to be experienced here and now. With amusing anecdotes, Swamiji clarifies how we can act in love and dedication. Applying the practice of karma yoga in whatever we do, enriches our work with efficiency and brings us peace and equanimity, regardless of the results that follow. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopana…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 49 - Are We Being Miserly with Our Efforts?
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A restless mind leads to an inefficient intellect, leading to nothing but more suffering! Doing our best and accepting the fruits of our action as the just results, regardless of whether it is what we desire or not, ensures a balanced mind. Swamiji elaborately explains the benefits of performing our duties with this attitude (and the downside of no…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 46-48 - The Essence of Karma Yoga
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Swamiji distils the knowledge of Karma Yoga to explain how we can come to liberate ourselves. He shares the approach we should take to doing our duties such that we can remain steadfast in yoga - ever peaceful and balanced with an equanimous mind. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at https://clix.chinmayamission.com/pro…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 45 - Be Centred in the Self
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Krishna urges the seeker to go beyond the three modes of nature (gunas). By staying centred in the Self, we can remain free from the pairs of opposites that are part of life and instead come to experience completeness. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda can be caught at https://clix.chinmayamission.com/product/geeta-marathon/…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 44 - Finding Peace and Happiness
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Krishna advises the seeker to not get carried away with elaborate actions. We cannot fulfil ourselves by pursuing actions that can only give us finite results. Swamiji shares how we should work towards a higher goal, free of desire, so as to be able to reach the highest state of peace and happiness. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swaroopananda …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 42-44 - Flowery Words Bear No Fruit!
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As we gain spiritual knowledge, many paths and many goals appear to be taught over the ages. How to know which will lead us to our goal? Swamiji explains how the flowery words of various ‘religious’ practices promise only temporary pleasures, not allowing the mind to become peaceful, perpetually distracting the mind! The entire Geeta Marathon by Sw…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 40-41 - Perpetual Progress on the Path!
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In Karma Kand, if we don’t complete actions in the proper order, despite our efforts, we may not benefit from it and even gain the opposite of our desired outcome! Krishna, the expert salesman, shows us how Buddhi Yoga solves this problem of Karma Kand. Not only that, the efforts we put in will always lead us closer to our goal, when there is love …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 40 - How is Buddhi Yoga different from Karma Kand?
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Working with the right attitude, the right Buddhi, can help us gain knowledge of the Truth. By acting without the input of our own likes and dislikes, the mind becomes calm and unites us with the Buddhi, the means to gain knowledge. Gradually, we begin to work with our intelligence in tune with our higher Ideals, purifying us with each action we un…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 39 - What is Buddhi Yoga?
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Swamiji elaborates on Krishna’s advice to ‘work for the sake of working’ to prevent creating newer vasanas, and shares the importance of knowledge of the Self through an amusing story from Swamiji’s time in Hong Kong! He also introduces the upcoming concept of Buddhi Yoga that Shri Krishna shares with Arjuna. The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami Swar…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 38 - What is Paapa?
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Using a charming anecdote with Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, Swamiji illustrates our folly in understanding what Paapa or Sin is. Anything that creates agitation in the mind is considered sin and Swamiji goes on to clarify what it truly means in the context of our scriptures and in how we behave in our daily life! The entire Geeta Marathon by Swami …
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 35-37- Recognise the Win-Win Situation, O Arjuna!
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Arjuna running away would not only bring him infamy, but it would allow anyone and everyone to criticise his power. Krishna further explains that regardless of whether he slays or is slain in battle, Arjuna only stands to gain by fighting, as is his duty! Swamiji also gives us a great tool with which we can apply Krishna’s words to our own conflict…
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 34 - An Honourable Death over an Infamous Life
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Geeta Chapter 2 Verse 34 - An Honourable Death over an Infamous Life Infamy to a respectable person is worse than death, says Krishna. With Arjuna, the scandal of his escapism would live forever! Swamiji drives this point home with a host of examples from the war by which Arjuna and those whom he killed attained fame, because of their steadfastness…
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