Category:Advised in the Bhagavad-gita
Theme Analysis
The Bhagavad-gītā advises the living being to turn every aspect of life toward Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Prabhupāda presents this advice not as abstract philosophy but as practical direction: remember the Lord, offer work to Him, approach a spiritual master, tolerate material dualities, and surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the Gītā's instructions are followed, ordinary duty becomes devotional service and the soul is protected from repeated birth and death.
- Remembering Kṛṣṇa: The central advice is to keep the mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa and worship Him with devotion. This remembrance is not sentimental; it is the practical means of surpassing māyā and becoming free from material danger.
- Offering Every Duty: The Bhagavad-gītā teaches that work, charity, austerity, and daily actions should be offered to the Supreme Lord. When duty is performed in this consciousness, it becomes bhakti rather than another cause of bondage.
- Receiving Knowledge Properly: The Gītā advises one to approach a spiritual master with humility, inquiry, and service. Real knowledge descends through realized authority, not through speculation or independent mental effort.
- Freedom From Material Entanglement: The advice of the Bhagavad-gītā leads beyond the modes of nature and the cycle of repeated birth and death. By surrendering to Kṛṣṇa, the living being receives the real solution to material existence.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Advised in the Bhagavad-gītā Means Turning Everything Toward Kṛṣṇa.
Pages in category "Advised in the Bhagavad-gita"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- As advised in Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.5), sacrifice, charity and austerity should never be given up. Yajno danam tapas caiva pavanani manisinam: even if one is very much advanced in spiritual life, one should not give up these three duties
- As advised in Bhagavad-gita if one transcends these four processes and is actually liberated, one engages in devotional service. Then he is guaranteed not to fall to material existence again
- As advised in Bhagavad-gita: man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65). This is the only process by which one can be saved from the danger of repeated birth and death
- As described to his order carriers by Dharmaraja, or Yamaraja, a living being is a spiritual identity, and therefore his occupational duty is also spiritual. The real dharma is that which is advised in Bhagavad-gita
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- If the American people are serious about curbing the degraded criminal life of their nation, they must take to the Krsna consciousness movement and try to create the kind of human society advised in Bhagavad-gita 4.13
- In Bhagavad-gita (BG 4.34) the SPG advises: Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth
- In Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.34) the Lord advises that one always think of Him (man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru (BG 18.65)). In this way, by always being Krsna-minded or Krsna conscious, one can surpass the influence of maya
- In Bhagavad-gita it is advised that one not forget the chanting of the holy name even for a moment
- In Bhagavad-gita it is advised that one who desires to make tangible advancement in spiritual consciousness must avoid three things - lust, anger and the mode of passion
- In Bhagavad-gita, yogis are advised to go to a secluded place in the forest and live alone in a sanctified spot there
- In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.48) it is advised that one should not give up his occupational prescribed duties, even if they are not always flawless
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- The Bhagavad-gita advises that in the interest of the mundane workers, they should not be restrained from their ordinary engagements; on the contrary, they may be encouraged to stay engaged in that way, within the process of karma-yoga
- The Supreme Lord advises in Bhagavad-gita (BG 9.27): O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me. This is bhakti