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December Gītā: 17.16
Tapas means heating: purifying the body, the speech and the mind so we can reconnect with our true nature…
November Gītā: 17.20
I thought of this sloka because we are approaching that time of year. The endless messages to buy and consume until we burst, lists of wants, lists of don’t wants…
October Gītā: 6.10
Chapter 6 is very readable for modern yogis. And this one verse is very practical, at least in appearance...
September Gītā: 2.7
For all its poetry, mysticism, philosophy and all round ‘epic-ness’… sometimes I like to remind myself...
August Gītā: 17.15
Tapas can be described as conserving our energies and redirecting them towards understanding ourselves and our true nature…
July Gītā: 17.16
Often when we think of austerity in yoga we refer to tapas and discipline...
June Gītā: 7.21
You find this famous quote from the Bhagavad Gita on posters in many cafes and shops in India…
May Gītā: 16.1-3
Chapter 16 attempts to characterise our potential nature as good or bad, divine or demonic...
April Gītā: 18.5
This verse from the last chapter of the Bhagavad Gita clears up a question of Arjuna’s: if we’re to remain detached what about sacrifice, charity and austerity...
ॐ
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्व्दा ॥
Oṃ vakra-tuṇḍa mahā-kāya sūrya-koṭi sama-prabha |
nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarva-karyeṣu sarva-dā ||
O Gaṇeśa, god with the curved trunk, of great stature,
Whose brilliance is equal to ten million suns.
Grant me freedom from obstacles,
In all things, at all times.”
Gaṇeśa Mantra
Translated by Zoë Slatoff
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