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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.
June Gītā: 11.40
Here Krishna sets out what we should strive to give up if we are to attain peace…
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.
March Gītā: 6.26 (Copy)
The word used for a God in this verse is Atman, the same supreme consciousness that Patanjali talks about in the Yoga Sutras.
February Gītā: 2.47
Here Krishna sets out what we should strive to give up if we are to attain peace…
December Gītā: 16.21
The hell of self-destruction for the soul – such drama! I imagine a happy soul, peacefully wandering its path
November Gītā: 4.18
Everything is a mix of the three qualities Light, Action and Stillness.
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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