Bhagavad Gita Ch. 11 “Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form” Verses 1, 2, 3 and 4 The Lecture discusses Arjuna’s request to see Krishna’s Divine Cosmic Form, described as a source of all things and beings in previous chapters so that he can experience the oneness of all things and beings and understand the relationship of a limited self with the…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 39, 40, 41 and 42 The lecture discusses the concluding verses of Vibhuti Yoga, clarifying that these examples are only for the guidance of the seeker and do not limit the nature and presence of the omnipresent self. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://w…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 36, 37 & 38 The lecture discusses examples that we consider harmful, such as gambling, and unusual examples of himself, Arjuna, and the author of Mahabharata, Ved Vyasa, demonstrating that the negative is as much a part of God’s manifestation as the other divine manifestations and we ar…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 33, 34 & 35 The lecture discusses the Lord’s manifestations as an ever-existing time, the source language as letters and compound words, an ever-existing time, dispenser of fruits of actions, all-devouring death, and finer qualities that are considered feminine, poetic meters, months, a…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 "Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord" Verses 30, 31 & 32 The lecture discusses examples of the great devotee Prahalad, the Time, the King of Jungle Lion, and the King of Birds Garuda as the manifestations of all-pervading God. It also outlines why the River Ganges represents the perennial knowledge flowing from teacher to student …

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 27, 28 & 29 The lecture discusses the concept of churning of the milky ocean and the puranic examples of Great Weapon Vajra; all desires fulfilling Kamdhenu Cow, Lord of desires Kandarpa, Vasuki Snake as well as Uchhaisrava the flying horse and Airavat the four-tusked elephant that came…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 24, 25 & 26 The lecture discusses the glory of the Himalayan Mountain range, the importance of Japa Yoga, and how to use the one-syllable sound symbol of God, “OM,” to meditate on the supreme Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 20,21, 22 & 23 The lecture discusses divine glory through various examples given by Lord Krishna, where the presence of the supreme self, the beginning, middle, and end of everything in this world, can be experienced. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https:/…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 17,18 & 19 The lecture discusses the practical difficulties each seeker experiences in conceptualizing the nature of God even after learning the nature of the supreme self. Arjuna articulates this difficulty to Krishna for the benefit of all seekers of the truth. Moksharthi - Please vis…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 14,15 & 16 The lecture discusses our faith in the truth that God is the source of all things and beings, but we have practical difficulty realizing it. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 11, 12,13 The lecture discusses the nature of the Supreme Self as described by the great rishis, such as Narada, Asita, Davala, and Vyasa, as well as Krishna himself to Arjuna. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56Vd…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of the Opulence of the Lord” Verses 7 through 10 The lecture discusses Buddhi Yoga – Understanding of oneness with the infinite self, which can be experienced by worshipping him as the one who is the source of all beings with devotion and how “Satsanga” - the company of other sincere seekers helps in such pursuit. Mokshar…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of The Opulence of the Lord” Verses 4,5 and 6 The lecture discusses the various positive qualities of our minds as the expression of the supreme self, which created the world as his mental creation. The negative attributes of the people we see are due to the lack of identification with the supreme self. Moksharthi - Pleas…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 10 “Yoga of Divine Glories” Verses 1,2 and 3 The lecture summarizes the previous chapters and discusses why even the wise and most evolved persons fail to recognize God’s presence even though he is Omnipresent. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cR…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 31,32,33,34 The lecture discusses why one should not get discouraged by any disadvantages or disabilities one encounters in life to achieve the highest goal of life, which is finding permanent happiness and peace. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https:…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 28, 29 and 30 The lecture discusses Krishna’s promise of equal opportunity to all human beings to become one with the Supreme Self, even those who have fallen into a life of sin or are disadvantaged by circumstances. By simply offering all our actions to God, we can free ourselves …

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 25, 26 and 27 The lecture discusses that we do not need any wealth or knowledge to worship God. We can offer whatever is available to us as a token of our love for him, and he will gladly accept it. We can free ourselves from all limitations and sorrow without changing our lifestyl…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 22, 23 and 24 The lecture discusses Lord Krishna’s assurance that for those who worship him steadfastly, he takes care of Yoga (Things to achieve) and Kshema (Protections of things achieved) for them; therefore, just doing good is not good enough without the knowledge of our relati…

Unity in Diversity – Unmistakable Message of the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads The lecture was delivered at the plenary session of the 8th International Gita Seminar at the Kurukshetra University on December 18, 20023. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjfl…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 19_20­_and 21 The lecture discusses the futility of expecting permanent happiness by fulfilling desires no matter how noble the desires are. Once the existing desires are fulfilled, you must start working to fulfill new desires created in the process. Moksharthi - Please visit YouT…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 16_ 17 and 18 The lecture discusses our relationship with the supreme being, the father, the mother, and the grandfather of every being in this World. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjf…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 "Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret" Verses 13, 14 and 15 The Lecture discusses how great, highly evolved souls realize their true identity as the manifestation of the Supreme Self only and maintain it despite the world's temptations. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playl…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 10, 11­, and 12 The lecture discusses why we fail to recognize the presence of God in our lives. Seeking infinite Happiness in the material world through accomplishments and achievements amounts to futile efforts for vain hopes. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil…

The lecture discusses why the supreme being is not affected by the activity of creation, sustenance, and destruction, even though no action occurs without his presence. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 4, 5, and 6 The lecture discusses the profound declaration by Lord Krishna that all beings are in the Supreme Self, but the Supreme Self is not in them, and in reality, the beings are also not in the Supreme Self. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https:…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 9 “Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret” Verses 1, 2, & 3 The lecture discusses Lord Krishna’s statement that the knowledge of the self is Royal Knowledge, and it is also a Royal Secret, knowing which one gets liberated from all inauspiciousness in life. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.y…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 25, 26, 27 and 28 The lecture discusses the concluding verses of this chapter, emphasizing the need to know both paths of Light and darkness to attain oneness with the Supreme Self. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56Vd…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 22,23 and 24 The lecture discusses two eternal paths of spiritual evolution: the path of return to this World of limited existence and the path of liberation and no return. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 19,20 and 21 The lecture discusses the highest goal of human life to achieve the state of being one with the unmanifest and the imperishable. Those who reach it never again return to this state of imperfection and limitedness. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - htt…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 16, 17, 18 and 19 The lecture discusses the infinite existence of a limited being in various forms as part of the Prakriti and how the present existence is insignificant compared to cycles of creation and destruction of the universe as Brahma’s days and nights Moksharthi - Please visit YouTu…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 13, 14 and 15 The lecture discusses the meaning of one syllabled OM, the sound symbol of the Supreme Brahman, and how chanting OM, one can get out of the cycle of rebirth. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3c…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 "Yoga of Imperishable Brahman" Verses 10, 11 and 12 The lecture discusses how one can prepare the mind to remember the Supreme Goal of liberation at the time of death. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 "Yoga of Imperishable Brahman" Verses 7, 8 and 9 The lecture discusses how Abhyasa Yoga (Yoga of Constant Practice) prepares a person to focus his mind on the Supreme Self. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 4, 5 and 6 The lecture discusses how the remembrance of the Supreme Self at the time of death liberates the embodied Jiva, the conditioned consciousness, into the unconditioned supreme self. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8 “Yoga of Imperishable Brahman” Verses 1, 2 and 3 The Lecture discusses Arjuna’s question regarding the terms Brahman, Adhyatma, and Karma used by Krishna in previous chapters. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 28, 29, & 30 The Lecture summarizes the teachings of Ch. 7. It discusses the concluding verses of this chapter describing the qualities of a seeker who reaches the supreme by crossing over the pairs of opposites- likes and dislikes. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt -…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 25, 26 and 27 The lecture discusses why we do not recognize ourselves as part of God’s self even though we logically agree that God is Omnipresent and we cannot be separate from his supreme self. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 22, 23, & 24 The lecture discusses the various ways people in this world pursue the goal of happiness. The one who does not know the un-manifest nature of the supreme mistakenly takes it to become finite in various manifestations. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - h…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 19, 20, & 21 The lecture discusses why a wise person is much closer to God than other devotees and what distracts us from achieving lasting peace and happiness, our true nature. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGo…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 16, 17 and 18 The lecture discusses four types of well-intentioned devotees seeking the same result of achieving a world without sorrows. Still, only the wise come to achieve it by identifying with the supreme completely. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://ww…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 13, 14 and 15 The lecture discusses how divine Maya, with its three qualities, deludes all beings so that the World appears as if it is made up of a collection of independent entities that are unrelated to each other. One who recognizes the unity in diversity crosses over this delusion. Moksha…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 10, 11, & 12 The lecture discusses the relationship of the Supreme Lord with his created beings in this World. Contrary to our popular belief that Bhagavan is in us, he says the beings are in me; I am not in them. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtub…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 The lecture discusses God’s manifest and un-manifest nature and how to find his presence in our world. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7 “Yoga of Knowledge & Wisdom” Verses 1, 2, 3, and 4 The lecture introduces the second segment of the Bhagavad Gita and discusses the eightfold manifestation of the supreme self in the Prakriti – nature. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBf…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 6 “Yoga of Meditation” Verses 46 and 47 The lecture concludes the discussion on the Yoga of Meditation and introduces the topic for the next chapter. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

The lecture discusses how the yogi who did not achieve perfection in this life pursues perfection in the next life. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJEBy Neil Bhatt

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 6 “Yoga of Meditation” Verses 40, 41 & 42 The lecture discusses the continuity of actions, the process of the future building, and the concept of reincarnation. Bhagavad Gita promises that one gets what one desires either now or in the future as long as one continues to pursue the goal. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajan…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 6 “Yoga of Meditation” Verses 36, 37, 38 and 39 The lecture discusses Arjuna’s fear about the seeker’s efforts going in vain if the mind cannot be controlled in one’s lifetime. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 6 “Yoga of Meditation” Verses 33, 34 and 35 The Lecture discusses Krishna’s response to Arjuna’s claim that the mind cannot be controlled as it is fickle by its very nature. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 6 “Yoga of Meditation” Verses 30, 31 & 32 The lecture discusses Lord Krishna’s assurance that once the seeker realizes the self, he/ she will never be separated from the almighty Lord. Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE…