Ravi Ranganathan Podcast

Episode 41 has the introduction to chapter 9 and describes the nature of God.

Episode 40 is a chat with my dear friend Smt. Jayasri Sundara Ragavan. She gives her perspective on BG and this podcast and her questions helps to revise and understand about sthitha prajna, our core duty and dealing with extreme sad situations in our lives.

This episode describes the two paths after death - the path of light and the path of darkness. This also has the chapter appreciation.

In this episode Bhagavan compares two places - The abode of imperishable brahman with brahma-loka, the place where the creator, four headed brahma, resides.

After explaining the difference, Bhagavan says choose the place you want to go but remember my place has one great advantage which the other place has not!

Episode 37 starts chapter eight  titled akshara brahman, the imperishable God. This is an interesting chapter. One may wonder what is going on here. BG encompasses many Indian thoughts including karma, bhakti, jnAna, yoga etc. They are all practical methods to realize our full potential. Sanatana dharma also talks so much about our after life. This chapter tries to squeeze the various related ideas about after death.

Episode 36, the concluding part of chapter 7 explains what knowing God fully mean.

In Episode 35 Bhagavan explains what is God and how to see God in this world.

Episode 34 gives an introduction to chapters seven through twelve.  A paradigm shift happens in chapter seven. Teachings about Self-realization is complete. Now it is time to know what it really means brahma-nirvana state,  whether a God exist and if so what is that God and what is our relationship with that God.  BhagavAn enters the territory of bhakti yoga to explain what is bhakti, to whom should we have bhakti, what are the various levels of bhakti and what is the highest form of bhakti, where and how to see God in this world, where to start this bhakti journey and lot more. 

Episode 33 covers the recap of chapters five and six.

Episode 32 gives a summary of chapters three and four.