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November Gītā: 12.15
The first line of this verse is very powerful at a time when humanity faces a reckoning with nature…
October Gītā: 6.30
Whilst anger can protect and keep us safe when we are under threat, there is plenty of scope for the seed of anger to be watered regularly in the whirlwind of modern day living…
September Gītā: 2.63
Whilst anger can protect and keep us safe when we are under threat, there is plenty of scope for the seed of anger to be watered regularly in the whirlwind of modern day living…
July Gītā: 18.78
18:78 is the very last verse of the Bhagavad Gita. At a glance it looks like a summing up. It’s more of an affirmation.
June Gītā: 6.5
I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from this sloka over the past year. It reminds me that even though most things in life are out of my control I can control how I react to things.
May Gītā: 2.66
This is not only my favourite sloka, it was the first thing I ever read in the Gita. It turns the ultimate quest for happiness upside down as here we are not told where to find it but where we will not find it.
Harmony and Russell interview
So while you’re looking out your window or taking your eyes away from anything still on Zoom here is something you can listen to.
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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