Have I something to give to this world in the form of my “understanding” of Advaita Vedanta? Haven’t I already … More
Category: Surrender
My Final Hurrah!
Just published on Amazon my 20th book (I hope this will be my last book) “Summa Iru: My Formal Renunciation … More
The Courage To Be Myself
I care NOT to be anythingNo, not even BrahmanThough I’m told I’m already thatWho put me on earthWho made me … More
Quit
“Life is not a battle worth fighting. Quit.” The word is a deliberate stumbling block. What is to be given up is not the body or the life, but the fighter — the ego whose founding myth is that life is a war to be won. Camus answered the question of life’s worth with revolt; Advaita takes the path he never considered: neither suicide nor defiance, but the dissolution of the one who asks. Quit the way a fist quits clenching. The battle is optional because the soldier is fictional. What remains is life itself — neither fought nor fled.
Don’t Worry About the Future — It is Already Fixed
Here is the email I wrote to my younger sister Kavitha just now, who is travelling with her family in … More
Mind is the Prison. Walk Out
You are already enlightened but you are thinking you are not — the pot is already is and always was … More
Summa Iru — The Pristine Spiritual Path
A friend messaged me, “I have a long way to go”, referring to her ongoing spiritual journey. I replied: How … More
“Is it perfume from a dress / That makes me so digress?”
No, Eliot, it is not the perfumeFrom a dress or otherwiseThat makes me digress. I digressBecause the mind itself is … More
My Need to Concentrate on Spiritual Sadhana
Slight temptation still persists in me for people and things, but as temptation goes it will never come to an … More
The Bhagavad Gita Explained: Key Teachings and Insights
The Bhagavad Gita — spoken on a battlefield over two thousand years ago — remains one of the most profound guides to the human condition ever written. Yet its philosophical depth, Sanskrit terminology, and eighteen dense chapters can feel overwhelming to modern readers.
Sammary of the Bhagavad Gita by D. Samarender Reddy is not a translation or a conventional commentary. It is a guided philosophical journey through the Gita’s core teachings — written for the intelligent general reader who wants to genuinely understand what the Gita is saying, why it says it, and what difference it makes to how one lives.
The book covers the Gita’s two-tier vision of Reality, the Goal of Life as Krishna defines it (compared with Buddhism, Christianity, Stoicism, and modern psychology), the four paths of Karma Yoga, Jñāna Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga, and practical guidance on action, duty, meditation, and liberation. A complete fresh English translation of all eighteen chapters is included as an appendix.
Whether you are encountering the Gita for the first time or returning after years of study, this book will deepen your understanding of why this ancient dialogue continues to speak — with remarkable directness — to the most urgent questions of human life.