Ravi Ranganathan Podcast

Episode 11 gives the introduction to chapter 3 titled karma yoga. This chapter covers four major ideas - naishkarmyam, yajna, lokasamgraham and svadharma.  In this episode we will see what is naishkarmyam mean.

This episode gives the major points of chapter two as a summary followed by chapter two appreciation. As part of appreciation you will see how BhagavAn is teaching even through his scolding, how BhagavAn's teaching has penetrated His own teachings, a discussion of past, present and future in the teaching and finally about the two chandAs used in BG. 

Episode 09 explains the hurdles in realizing the Brahma Nirvana state followed by Chapter 2 summary.

Parents teach kid to be good and not to be bad. In this episode, BhagavAn teaches to go beyond good and bad.  He also explains a Sthitha prajnA, a person of steady wisdom, the goal to be for all human beings.

Episode 06 dwells with the dharmic and material world considerations for acting in this world and how we can avoid sin from any action we perform.

Episode 05 starts chapter two. In this episode, Bhagavan scolds Arjuna and Arjuna makes one last bit attempt to escape from the action in the battlefield. Confused he surrenders and becomes a disciple of Bhagavan. Bhagavan teaches Sankhya yoga, the knowledge about our true inner Self.

In Episode 04, the author looks back into chapter 1 with appreciative thoughts. This covers a deeper analysis of the first, middle and last verses of the chapter, Arjuna's monologue and a comparison of Arjuna with Mauryan king Ashoka.

Episode 3 explains what happens on the eve and also before the sunrise  of the first day of war.  The war starts and yet there is no Bhagavad Gita.  What happened? Listen to this episode.

Episode 02 gives the background story leading to the kurukshetra war.