Ravi Ranganathan Podcast

Episode 78 of podcast "BG - yah pashyati sa pashyati"With Episode 78 this podcast has reached the final chapter of BG. The final eighteenth chapter is the longest chapter in BG and it covers all the major topics that has been taught in earlier chapters. In fact, In this chapter, BhagavAn actually uses some of the phrases he has used earlier. For anyone who has not been fo

Episode 77 covers the final part of chapter 17. In the first three parts we have seen the influence of the three guNAs, sattva, rajas and tamas on faith we have, food we consume, sacrifices we perform, austerities at the body, speech and mind levels and also charities we give. The final part explains the meaning of the three words OM tat and sat separately and together, and when th

Episode 74 starts chapter 17. This chapter is titled as shraddhAtrayabhAga yogo, The glories of three fold faith. You can see this chapter as an extension of chapter fourteen. If Chapter fourteen is theory about the three gunAs, chapter 17 is application of the three guNAs in our daily life.This chapter explains three types of faith (shraddhA), food (annam), sacrifices (yagnAs), au

Chapter 16 is a unique chapter in the sense that the entire chapter 16 has a battlefield context. As part of the chapter appreciation, episode 73 will cover the battlefield context of the divine and demonic values taught in chapter 16.

Episode 71 covered twenty six divine and six demoniac values. Episode 72 cover the philosophy and life style of demoniac people.