The Discover India Podcast by Professor Pankaj Jain: Bhārat Darśan

Stay tuned for layers.The much-awaited episode 4 of Naturally Musical - a venture Professor Pankaj Jain and Shri Manoj Govindraj have undertaken to share the often simple yet layered thoughts behind eco-friendly songs in Indian films🎵Keep up with every episode to see how Prof. Pankaj Jain masterfully peels back the glass onion of lyrical complexity in Indian film music, while Manojji explains the theoretical aspects and Hindustani classical linkages that make these melodies so beautiful.With sprinkles of short performances by both Manoj ji and me, we truly hope you enjoy this deep dive into eco-friendly Indian film music that we call “Naturally Musical”🎶

Reason #3: Spread of Buddhism

Reason #2: Spread of Buddhism Across Asia

Reason #3: Decline of Buddhism in India

Spread of Buddhism Beyond India: Reason #1

Decline of Buddhism #8

Reason #7: Decline of Buddhism in India 7th century CE onwards

Verse 1- From this episode:श्रीभगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहु: क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विद: ॥00:00 Introduction & Invocation00:10 verses 1- 708:02 verses 8 - 1419:59 verses 15 - 2129:45 verses 22-2826:08 verse 29- 34Tune in every Sunday for a new episode of the philological and philosophical analysis of the Bhagavad Gita!Texts referenced in the series:1.⁠ ⁠Gītā Rahasya by Lokmanya Tilak2.⁠ ⁠Gītā Discourses by Osho3.⁠ ⁠Gītā Discourses by Rev. Athavale Dadaji4.⁠ ⁠Gītā interpretation by Mahatma Gandhi5.⁠ ⁠Gītā commentary by Adi Shankaracharya6.⁠ ⁠Sargeant Winthrop and Christopher Key Chapple. The Bhagavad Gītā. State University of New York Press 2009.7.⁠ ⁠Goldman Robert P and Sally J Sutherland. Devavāṇīpraveśikā : An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language. 3rd ed. Center for South Asia Studies University of California: 1999. Press, 2009.8.⁠ ⁠The Bhagavad Gītā - Selected Shlokas set to Music (2-CD Set), sung by Ravindra Sathe and team, music by Vanraj Bhatia, album by Music Today, 2009.Gita app based on Sri Aurobindo’s commentary:Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.org.bhagavadgita&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/bhagavad-gita-sri-aurobindo/id1143882659

Reason #6: Decline of Buddhism in India

Reason #5 - Decline of Buddhism in India from 7th c. CE onwards