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Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday Living
The Bhagavad Gita teaches the essence of the ancient Vedanta philosophy. Vedanta is the complete wisdom for achieving a peaceful, productive, and purposeful life in this world.
In this podcast series, Gautamji, senior disciple of Swami A Parthasarathy, explains the Gita verse by verse, focussing on its practical application in modern living.
Gautamji also addresses student questions on the Gita and Vedanta in dedicated Q&A episodes. In addition to the verse by verse explanations, these will be…
Episodes
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE112. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Q&A ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues explaining Krishna’s teaching on seeing inaction in action, and action in inaction. He clarifies how the Self remains the…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE111. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 17–18 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains why Krishna says even the wise are confused about action and inaction. He shows how the inactive Self enlivens all action…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE110. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 15–16 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues explaining how the Self relates to action—why the Self remains untouched, yet why we feel bound by what we do. He then…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE109. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 12–14 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues Chapter 4 by explaining how self-effort—not external forces—drives success and growth. He clarifies what it means to…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE108. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verse 11 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues Krishna’s teaching on how desire, fear, and anger bind us to the world and how purification through knowledge alone frees…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE107. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 9–10 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s teachings on divine birth and action, and what it means to understand them in their true light. He clarifies how…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE106. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 7–8 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s declaration that whenever righteousness declines and unrighteousness rises, He manifests. Gautam ji clarifies that…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE105 Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
Gautamji Answers Questions from Students: In this episode, Gautamji emphasizes that moderation and regulation in both spiritual and mundane pursuits are…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE104. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verse 6 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s statement that though unborn and imperishable, He manifests through His own maya. He clarifies that the Lord…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE103. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 4–5 ‘The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s teaching that the Self is timeless consciousness—present in the past, present, and future. He shows how realized…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE102. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 4 Verses 1–3 'The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Wisdom' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji introduces Chapter Four and explains how it follows the progression of the earlier chapters—from sorrow, to knowledge, to action, and…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE101. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Q&A 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this Q&A episode, Gautamji clarifies why partial wisdom can still fail when desire remains unchecked. He explains how knowledge limited to one area does not…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE100. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 43 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji concludes the chapter by explaining how true freedom comes from understanding the greatness of the Self and the futility of worldly…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE99. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 41-42 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues the analysis of desire and explains how it functions through the senses, the mind, and the intellect. He shows why desire…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE98. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 40 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains why desire continues to overpower us even when we know what is right. He shows how desire operates through the senses, the…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE97. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 38-39 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains why desire obstructs right action and disturbs our peace. He shows how selfish craving agitates the mind, remains…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE96. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Q&A 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this Q&A episode, Gautamji explains why we begin to enjoy actions we once disliked, showing how intellectual clarity weakens the hold of likes and dislikes…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE95. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
Gautamji Answers Questions from Students In this episode, Gautamji emphasizes the importance of mastering the mind to achieve life goals and attain true…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE94. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 35-37 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains the inner obstacles that block right action. He shows how likes and dislikes arise in the mind and gradually take control…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE93. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 33-34 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains why understanding spiritual knowledge is not the same as living it. Drawing from the Gita’s insight into gunas and past…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE92. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 32 ‘Yoga of Action’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s warning about rejecting the teaching of Vedanta—treating the laws of life as optional and then wondering why there…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE91. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 30–31 ‘Yoga of Action’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s definition of a perfect action—where the body works dynamically, the mind serves a higher ideal, and the intellect…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE90. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 29 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji further elaborates Krishna’s teaching on right action by contrasting realistic acceptance of the world with our unreasonable…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE89. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 26–28 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues Krishna’s instruction on right action by explaining the subtle discipline behind guiding others. The wise elevate…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE88. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
Gautamji Answers Questions from Students In this episode, Gautamji elucidates the philosophical truths embedded in famous quotes, revealing their deeper…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE87. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 25 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji begins the section on the technique of right action—the heart of Karma Yoga. Krishna contrasts the ignorant, who act with…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE86. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 22–24 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s personal example as a perfected being: one who has nothing to gain, yet continues to act for the welfare of the…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE85. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 20–21 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains how Krishna supplements reason with emotional appeal to move Arjuna to action. Drawing on the examples of ancient kings who…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE84. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 18–19 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains why an enlightened person has no obligatory duties—having already reached the goal, they act only out of compassion, not…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE83. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 17 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
Continuing the theme of sacrifice from the previous verses, Gautamji explains the next step in Karma Yoga: the state of one who is fulfilled in the Self. After…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE82. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 14–16 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s teaching on the “wheel of life,” showing how sacrifice links the individual, the world, and the higher Reality. He…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE81. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 12–13 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s teaching that life functions on mutual nourishment: when we offer our actions in a spirit of sacrifice, the world…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE80. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 11 ‘Yoga of Action’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji deepens the idea of yajña—sacrifice—as the very fulcrum of spiritual growth and worldly success. Using the vivid story of the monkey…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE78 Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
Gautamji Answers Questions from Students In this episode, Gautamji deepens our understanding of the three gunas that constitute one’s nature, and explains how…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE79. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 9–10 ‘Yoga of Action’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains how obligatory action becomes transformative only when rooted in sacrifice. He clarifies that living by likes and dislikes…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE77. The Law of Karma – Part 2 | Gautamji
In Part 2 of this special exploration of the Law of Karma, Gautamji takes us deeper into destiny and the ultimate purpose of human life as presented by the…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE76. The Law of Karma – Part 1 | Gautamji
In this special two-part episode, Gautamji introduces the Law of Karma as the Law of Action, explaining how the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta reveal that we live…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE75. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 7–8 ‘Yoga of Action’ | Gautamji
In this session, Gautamji explains how to act without attachment and the importance of performing one’s obligatory duties. He clarifies that neither indulgence…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE74. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verse 6 ‘Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues with the topic of Karma Yoga – The Yoga of Action, where Krishna explains why we must act in the world. Action, he says, is…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE73. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 3 Verses 1–5 'Yoga of Action' | Gautamji
In this opening session of Chapter 3, Karma Yoga – the Yoga of Action, Gautamji introduces the Gita’s most practical teaching — how to act in the world with…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE72. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 71–72 'Yoga of Knowledge' | Gautamji
In these concluding verses of Chapter 2, Gautamji explains how peace is found by rising above the ego’s constant “I” and “mine.” He shows how selfish emotions…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE72. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 71–72 'Yoga of Knowledge' | Gautamji
In these concluding verses of Chapter 2, Gautamji explains how peace is found by rising above the ego’s constant “I” and “mine.” He shows how selfish emotions…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE72. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 71–72 'Yoga of Knowledge' | Gautamji
In these concluding verses of Chapter 2, Gautamji explains how peace is found by rising above the ego’s constant “I” and “mine.” He shows how selfish emotions…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE71. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 70 ‘Yoga of Knowledge’ | Gautamji
In this talk, Gautamji explains how all worldly desires and objects, no matter how abundant, remain finite compared to the infinite bliss of the Self. Just as…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE70. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verses 67–69 | 'Yoga of Knowledge' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains how the senses drag the mind, carrying away the intellect, and why true discipline begins by restraining that first pull…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE70. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verses 67–69 | 'Yoga of Knowledge' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains how the senses drag the mind, carrying away the intellect, and why true discipline begins by restraining that first pull…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE69. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verses 65–66 ‘Yoga of Knowledge’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji clarifies the subtle difference between attachment and desire, showing how one thin stream of thought binds us to an object before it…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE68. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
In this Q&A, students ask how to escape the “ladder of fall” once a thought has begun—are there exits before obsession and destruction, and how should one…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE67. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
Gautamji Answers Questions from Students In this episode, Gautamji helps us gain a clear understanding of Brahman—the enlivening principle that sustains the…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE66. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 64 ‘Yoga of Knowledge’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Krishna’s teaching that self-control is not denial but the ability to live in the world without being ruled by likes and…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE65. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
In this Q&A session, Gautamji addresses questions on how to preserve and grow the intellect, the importance of right company, food, and unselfish living in…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE64. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 60–63 ‘Yoga of Knowledge’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains how even a wise person can be carried away by the turbulence of the senses and why the intellect must guide the mind. He…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE63. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 59 ‘The Yoga of Knowledge’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji explains Verse 59 of Chapter 2, where Krishna teaches that while sense objects fall away through abstinence, the subtle relish for…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE62. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 58 ‘The Yoga of Knowledge’ | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues with the concluding portion of Chapter 2 where Krishna describes the perfect human being. He recaps the earlier verses that…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE61. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
In this Q&A session, Gautamji addresses thought-provoking questions on the instinct to have children and whether that desire is essentially selfish. The…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE60. Vedanta & Bhagavad Gita | Q&A | Gautamji
Gautamji Answers Questions from Students: In this episode, Gautamji explores the transformative power of true service and self-sacrifice as a means to rise…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE59. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 57 'The Yoga of knowledge' | Gautamji
In this podcast, Gautamji explains that the mark of steady wisdom is freedom from dependence on the world. A person established in the Self is not bound by…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE58. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 56 'The Yoga of knowledge' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji continues to discuss Krishna’s description of the sage of steady wisdom. Such a person is not shaken by sorrow, nor carried away by…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE57. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 55 'The Yoga of knowledge' | Gautamji
In this episode, Gautamji guides us through Chapter 2, Verse 55 of the Bhagavad Gita, where the Blessed Lord reveals the true nature of a person of steady…
Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for Everyday LivingE56. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 2 Verse 53-54 'The Yoga of knowledge' | Gautamji
Gautamji responds to students’ questions on the qualities of a Yogi, the three paths to salvation, and the path of Dharma. He also discusses the role of…