Ravi Ranganathan Podcast

Episode 21 talks about the 13 yagnas (sacrifituals) BhagavAn has mentioned as part of Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Out of these 13, the first is post Self realization and the other 12 are pre Self real…

Episode 20 unwraps the puzzle "Action-in-Inaction" and "Inaction-in-Action". This is followed by the five verse summary of a karma yogi becoming a jeevanmukta,  attaining liberation while living in t…

In Episode 19 Bhagavan explains what one should do to become one with Him, the Supreme Consciousness and  why He created the varna division, the division of work. 

Episode 18 gives an introduction to chapter four titled jnana karma sannyasa yogam -  yoga of renunciation of action in knowledge and explains God's avatar, incarnation - its purpose, when and where …

Episode 17 continues from where it left in Episode 16.  The author is continuing his discussions with Ms. Varunika Raja on svabhava and svadharma. The author also shares some of his life experiences …

In Episode 16 and Episode 17, the author is having a chat with a listener of this podcast, Ms. Varunika Raja.

In Episode 16 they discuss svabhava and svadharma as explained in BG. It looks at the spir…

Episode 15 explains our real enemies in this world. They are not too far away from us. This is followed by chapter 3 appreciation.

Episode 14 talks about the fourth major point addressed in  chapter 3 , svadharmA . Last two episodes talked about the first three points, viz., naishkarmyam, yagna and loka sangraham. 

In Episode 13, BhagavAn talks about rain making, role models and prakriti. What has these to do with arjunA's confusion. Check out episode 13.

In Episode 12 BhagavAn pitches heavily in support of environment. What has environment to do with the solution for arjunA's problem? Listen to this episode. 

Episode 11 gives the introduction to chapter 3 titled karma yoga. This chapter covers four major ideas - naishkarmyam, yajna, lokasamgraham and svadharma.  In this episode we will see what is naishka…

This episode gives the major points of chapter two as a summary followed by chapter two appreciation. As part of appreciation you will see how BhagavAn is teaching even through his scolding, how Bhag…

Episode 09 explains the hurdles in realizing the Brahma Nirvana state followed by Chapter 2 summary.

Parents teach kid to be good and not to be bad. In this episode, BhagavAn teaches to go beyond good and bad.  He also explains a Sthitha prajnA, a person of steady wisdom, the goal to be for all huma…

Episode 06 dwells with the dharmic and material world considerations for acting in this world and how we can avoid sin from any action we perform.

Episode 05 starts chapter two. In this episode, Bhagavan scolds Arjuna and Arjuna makes one last bit attempt to escape from the action in the battlefield. Confused he surrenders and becomes a discipl…

In Episode 04, the author looks back into chapter 1 with appreciative thoughts. This covers a deeper analysis of the first, middle and last verses of the chapter, Arjuna's monologue and a comparison …

Episode 3 explains what happens on the eve and also before the sunrise  of the first day of war.  The war starts and yet there is no Bhagavad Gita.  What happened? Listen to this episode.

Episode 02 gives the background story leading to the kurukshetra war.