06
Oct
Krishna Explains Three Types of Steadiness
Introduction — what “steadiness” means in the Gītā
When Krishna speaks of steadiness (Sanskrit: sthitaprajña — steady of intellect; or ...
06
Oct
Krishna Explains Three Types of Understanding
Introduction — why "three types" matter
When Krishna speaks in the Bhagavad Gītā and when later teachers comment on his words, they of...
06
Oct
Krishna Explains Three Types of Workers
Context: Krishna’s teaching about action
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna speaks to Arjuna on the battlefield not only about theology but ...
06
Oct
Krishna Explains Three Types of Action
Context: Krishna’s teaching in the Gītā
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna addresses Arjuna’s moral confusion by describing how human action...
06
Oct
Krishna Explains Three Types of Knowledge
Three kinds of knowledge in the Krishna tradition — an overview
Krishna’s teachings, especially as received in the Bhagavad Gītā and t...
06
Oct
Krishna Explains the Five Causes of Action
Introduction — why five causes?
Classical Hindu texts do not present a single uniform doctrine called “the five causes of action,” but...
05
Oct
Krishna Explains Action in Three Gunas
Context: Krishna, the Gīta and the three qualities
In the Bhagavad Gīta, Krishna speaks repeatedly about action (karma) and about the t...
05
Oct
Arjuna Asks About Renunciation and Tyaga
Context: Arjuna’s question in the Bhagavad Gītā
The conversation about renunciation appears most pointedly in the final chapter of the ...
05
Oct
Krishna Explains the Power of Om Tat Sat
Krishna’s teaching in context
In the Bhagavad Gītā (17:23–24) Krishna names three sacred syllables — Om, Tat and Sat — as the “akṣara” ...
05
Oct
Krishna Declares Charity in Three Modes
Where Krishna speaks about charity
The classification of charity into three modes appears in the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 17, Verses 20–...