Bg 18.3

Speaker : Vidagdha Madhava Prabhu January 15, 2013 Bg 18.3  — Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty, yet other sages maintain that acts of sacrifice, charity and penance should never be abandoned.  Listen to...

Bg 18.2

Speaker: HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami (Nigeria) January 14, 2013 Bg 18.2  — The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The giving up of activities that are based on material desire is what great learned men call the renounced order of life [sannyāsa]. And giving up...

Bg 18.1

Speaker: Ramananda Dasa January 09, 2013 Bg 18.1  — Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, I wish to understand the purpose of renunciation [tyāga] and of the renounced order of life [sannyāsa], O killer of the Keśī demon, master of the senses.   Listen to Recording:...

Bg 17.28

Speaker : Vidagdha Madhava Prabhu January 08, 2013 Bg 17.28  — Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of Pṛthā, is impermanent. It is called asat and is useless both in this life and the next.  Listen to...

Bg 17.26-27

Speaker: HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami January 07, 2013 Bg 17.26-27  — The Absolute Truth is the objective of devotional sacrifice, and it is indicated by the word sat. The performer of such sacrifice is also called sat, as are all works of sacrifice, penance and...

Bg 17.23-25

Speaker: Ramananda Dasa January 2, 2013 Bg 17.23 — From the beginning of creation, the three words oṁ tat sat were used to indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth. These three symbolic representations were used by brāhmaṇas while chanting the hymns of the Vedas and during...