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Gītā A world that ran out of friends *Everyone is lonelier than ever, and we've started renting companionship by the month. There is an older answer — and the scriptur… Aug 25, 2026 Gītā Hanuman Chalisa Padhna Nama-Aparadha Hai Kya? Ek Saaf Jawab Question: Prabhu ji, among the ten offences to the Holy Name, one is: "To consider the names of demigods like Lord Shiva or Lord B… Aug 20, 2026 Gītā Will Hanuman Ji Be Angry If I Start Worshipping Krishna? What the Hanuman Chalisa Itself Says About Changing Your Ishta Question : I have been worshipping a Panchmukhi Hanuman ji murti at home, but recently I have suddenly developed a strong attracti… Aug 20, 2026 Gītā You Write the Paper. You Don't Grade It.  *For students drowning in results season — the four-word teaching that tells you… Aug 12, 2026 Gītā You Are the Surgeon, Not the Cure *A follow-up to [You Are the CEO of Your Life? Are You Really?](https://thegitaproject.com/article.php?slug=you-are-the-ceo-of-you… Aug 12, 2026 Gītā You Are the CEO of Your Life? Are You Really? *On the most exhausting job title you never applied for — and the ancient verse that offers to fire you from it.* --- ## The wizar… Aug 11, 2026 Gītā If everyone becomes a devotee, who will grow the rice? **The Farmer Who Chants: Why Bhakti Doesn't Empty the Fields** It's one of the most common objections people raise when they hear … Jul 8, 2026 Gītā Duty, Distance and Devotion - The Gita's Message for Army Families ## 🚉 The Platform There is a letter that made its way quietly through army wives' circles a few years ago. No one remembers who wr… Jul 3, 2026 Gītā I'm Just Wired This Way *A Pune story about anxiety, the feed, and a verse from the seventeenth chapter that quietly disagrees* --- ## Eleven Forty-Three … Jun 6, 2026 Gītā The Most Comfortable Lie You'll Ever Tell Yourself: "This Is Just Who I Am" There's a sentence that ends most conversations about personal change. "I'm just an introvert." "I'm not a people person." "This i… May 18, 2026 Gītā The Faith You Didn't Know You Had *What Bhagavad Gītā 17.1 asks of the Spiritual But Not Religious generation* --- You don't follow a religion. You've made that cle… May 18, 2026 Gītā Gita in 18 Photos ## BG 1.46 — The Collapse Verse anchor: sañjaya uvāca... visṛjya sa-śaraṁ cāpaṁ śoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ — Arjuna cast aside his bow … May 17, 2026 Gītā Ekla Chalo Re - When the world thinks you are Crazy There comes a strange moment in spiritual life that almost every sincere seeker experiences. You begin changing internally, but th… May 17, 2026 Gītā Posted Alone: When Your Uniform Has No Sanga *For the devotee officer in the field location where no one shares your language, your worldview, or your evening kirtan.* --- ## … May 16, 2026 Gītā Beyond the Reflected Tree: 5 Powerful Daily Practices  In Chapter 15, Krishna shows us that this material world is a *perverted re… Apr 28, 2026 Gītā Prakṛti's Kitchen: The Three Ingredients That Make Everything In Your World *Why your Monday morning chai, your Netflix binge, your corner office ambition — and even your deepest despair — are all dishes fr… Apr 13, 2026 Gītā Pradhana and Prakruti - Correct Understanding ## 🔷 The Correct Understanding 👉 **Prakṛti is not a step — it is the CONDITION of material nature after manifestation begins.** ##… Apr 12, 2026 Gītā What a Free Person's Thursday Looks Like Her name is Kavita Joshi. She's 34. Product Manager at a mid-size SaaS company in Kharadi, Pune. COEP graduate, MBA from Symbiosis… Apr 6, 2026 Gītā Yajña in Daily Clothes: A Gītā Insight for Teachers The alarm goes off at 5:45 AM. Not gently. The phone is on the shelf above the bed because if it's on the nightstand, she'll hit s… Apr 6, 2026 Gītā The Code Is Not Killing You. The Glue Is. Young professionals are burning out early. In some cases, the consequences are tragic. We usually blame deadlines, managers, relea… Apr 3, 2026 Gītā Pradhana, Prakriti and Mahat ** Understanding Material Nature (SB 3.26) ** ## 1. What is Pradhāna? **Pradhāna** is the *unmanifest, dormant state of material n… Apr 1, 2026 Gītā 🗺️ The Useful Map That Missed the Territory: Where Science Stops and the Gita Begins *Science gives us a brilliant map. But what if the territory is bigger than the map can show?* ## The Map and the Territory In 193… Mar 20, 2026 poems From Spark to Fire Your browser does not support the video element. ## Penned by Yashika Singh (Pune) The clock was ticking, pages she turned Being p… Feb 16, 2026 Gītā Divine Favoritism - Why did God not make me a Brahmana?  There’s a verse in the *Bhagavad-gītā* (Chapter 4, verse 13) that can quietly disturb y… Feb 16, 2026 Gītā You Donated to a Temple. But What Did You *Actually* Get? ## Question Our dull brain is not able to understand that if a person donates money to ISKCON Dhanori with the intention of accumu… Feb 12, 2026 Gītā Why Pandavas worshipped Lord Shiva — A Gita-Based Response ## Question Pandavas and kunti mata during their exile they worshiped Shivji and built temples of shivji still many shivji temples… Feb 12, 2026 Gītā You Can't Farm Alone: Why Krishna Designed a System, Not a Solo Path Varnasrama gets misunderstood constantly. People hear "four social divisions" and think rigid hierarchy — or worse, they think it'… Feb 12, 2026 Gītā You Are Not Your Role: What Krishna Told Arjuna Before Anything Else  A **mother** stops speaking to her son because he said his wife comes first. … Feb 12, 2026 Gītā More Fire, Less Firefighting Your browser does not support the video element. There's a fire in your life. It was lit the moment you turned toward Krishna — ma… Feb 12, 2026 Gītā When Your Job Puts Non-Veg on Your Plate — A Gita-Based Response  ## Question I work in procurement and supply chain at a large retail company, cur… Feb 12, 2026 Gītā Why Good Devotees Get Destroyed — The Hidden Law of Vaishnava Aparadha  Someone can chant **sixty-four rounds a day**, fast on every **Ekadashi**, memorize… Feb 10, 2026 Gītā Ahankara Iceberg — The Ego You Can't See  > *daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā* > *mām eva ye prapadyante… Feb 10, 2026 Gītā Guṇa, Karma, and Corporate Collapse: What the Gita Teaches About Why Businesses Fail  ## The Thesis Every organization naturally contains the four varna functi… Feb 10, 2026

Q&A How can Jiva fall from Material world? Question: My first doubt is regarding desire (kāma). As mentioned in (3.37), desire arises from rajo-guṇa. At the same time, the s… Apr 30, 2026