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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…
July Gītā: 17.16
Often when we think of austerity in yoga we refer to tapas and discipline...
May Gītā: 16.1-3
Chapter 16 attempts to characterise our potential nature as good or bad, divine or demonic...
January Gītā: 4.22
Body, mind and soul are elements which many would use to explain what it is to be a human. This sloka spotlights the soul.
September Gītā: 2.23
Body, mind and soul are elements which many would use to explain what it is to be a human. This sloka spotlights the soul.
April Gītā: 5.20
Often yogis talk about the state of equanimity and how we can learn to face and accept both success and failure in the same way.
December Gītā: 16.21
The hell of self-destruction for the soul – such drama! I imagine a happy soul, peacefully wandering its path
September Gītā: 6.46
Here we see Krishna telling Arjuna that the path of the yogi is the one to strive for…
May Gītā: 3.21
Well let’s just remove the idea of great and common men, there are better words and phrases these days.
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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