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23 01/07/2023 23 01/07/2023

July Gītā: 6.16

Because I cook for a living, this verse has always fascinated me. It manages to say a lot with just a few simple words.

23 01/06/2023 23 01/06/2023

Here Krishna sets out what we should strive to give up if we are to attain peace…

23 01/05/2023 23 01/05/2023

We’re often told to ‘let go’, to not be attached…

23 03/04/2023 23 03/04/2023

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.

23 28/02/2023 23 28/02/2023

The word used for a God in this verse is Atman, the same supreme consciousness that Patanjali talks about in the Yoga Sutras.

23 01/02/2023 23 01/02/2023

Here Krishna sets out what we should strive to give up if we are to attain peace…

23 01/12/2022 23 01/12/2022

The hell of self-destruction for the soul – such drama! I imagine a happy soul, peacefully wandering its path

23 31/10/2022 23 31/10/2022

Everything is a mix of the three qualities Light, Action and Stillness.

23 30/09/2022 23 30/09/2022

Here Krishna sets out what we should strive to give up if we are to attain peace

Translated by Zoë Slatoff

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