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When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita

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Self-Knowledge Provides Freedom from the Effects of Action

How a seeker can stay fully active in the world yet free inside it, and why planning helps while worrying does not.

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  • 04 Oct 2026

    A Vedic Design for Life

    Varna and Ashrama read through character, profession and birth, and how the framework lets worldly and spiritual goals move together.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 20 Sep 2026

    What We Seek from God

    Every desire is a search for freedom. Why the Gita accepts worldly goals while pointing to Moksha as the highest one.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 06 Sep 2026

    Understanding Avatara on the Path to Liberation

    The wave and the ocean: how knowing God and knowing the Self turn out to be the same realisation.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 23 Aug 2026

    Avatara: The Divine Descent

    Arjuna's question about time, and how the Lord's descent differs from a Jiva's birth in cause, nature and purpose.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 09 Aug 2026

    Why the Gita Deserves Our Trust

    The lineage of the teaching from Vivasvān to Manu to Ikṣvāku, and why so few in any age walk this path.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 26 Jul 2026

    From Doing Right to Knowing Right

    An overview of Chapter 4: Avatara, inner renunciation for the householder, the twelve Yajnas and the benefits of knowledge.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 12 Jul 2026

    The Remedy to Obsessive Desire

    Damaḥ, Śamaḥ and Viveka as first aid for desire, and Self-knowledge as the lasting cure.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
  • 28 Jun 2026

    Desire as an Obstacle to Dharma

    Why we act against what we know is right: smoke on fire, dust on a mirror, and the three bases where desire takes hold.

    When a Gṛhastha Picks Up the Gita
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