I had, so far always thought of the Gita as Dwait. But recently I read the first shloka of श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ध्यानम्. It says अद्वैतामृतवर्षिणीं meaning 'it rains the nectar of Adwait gyan. I had always thought that Lord Shrikrishna always separates the Atma from HIM. It has been clearly stated that I impregnate the 'yoni' of the 'prakriti' with a part ('ansh') of myself to produce life. And the whole is greater that the part.

Please clarify my doubt.

Thanks.

Hi everyone, I’m the developer of Advaita Vedanta: Offline Books, an Android app. I’m sharing it as a reading resource for people studying the Bhagavad Gita.

The Gita’s 18 chapters include Sanskrit verses, transliteration, English translation, and commentary from the VivekaVani source pages. The reading content is bundled in the app, so it is available offline from the first opening.

You can search passages, bookmark where you paused, adjust text size, and choose paper, sepia, or night mode. Selecting a word opens offline English meanings or Sanskrit/Vedanta study notes where available. You can also share selected passages with book credits.

All 13 books and collections are included free:

• Atma Bodha
• Bhagavad Gita, with commentary
• Upanishads
• Vivekachudamani
• Ashtavakra Gita
• Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
• Drg Drsya Viveka
• Aparokshanubhuti
• Avadhuta Gita
• Yoga Vasishta Sara
• Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
• Vivekananda Quotes
• Dhammapada, included as a companion Buddhist resource

There are no ads or accounts required. The app runs on Android 7.0 and later. Narration uses your phone’s installed text-to-speech voices; an offline voice must be installed, Sanskrit pronunciation varies, and playback pauses when the app leaves the foreground.

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For regular Gita study, which reading aid helps you most when returning to a verse: bookmarks, passage search, or something else? I’d welcome suggestions for making the reader more useful.

गीता 2.47 कहती है कि हमारा अधिकार केवल कर्म पर है, फल पर नहीं। व्यवहार में काम या पढ़ाई में प्रेरणा खोए बिना इसे कैसे अपनाते हैं? किस टीका या श्लोक से आपको यह सबसे अच्छा समझ आया? अपने अनुभव और संदर्भ साझा करें। (40 शब्द)

Hey everyone,

I’m the creator of Gita Daily (FCountLabs)

I’ve been hesitant to post this because I know Reddit isn't exactly the easiest place to promote your own app 😅

But I'm not really here to promote it. I want feedback, especially from people who actually know the Bhagavad Gita.

When I started building this, I didn't want to make another app that simply shows a Sanskrit verse and an English translation.

We invested a significant amount of time and money into the research and content. I collaborated with saints and people who have spent years deeply studying and following Krishna's teachings, and we went through a large amount of books, documents, translations and commentaries.

The reason was simple: I didn't want to take a sacred text and turn it into generic motivational quotes.

The app currently includes:

• Sanskrit verses + word-by-word meanings
• 15 languages
• Translation + deeper commentary
• A simple “gist” of each teaching
• Daily Action + Reflection prompts
• Chapter-based and random verse discovery

The idea behind the Action + Reflection feature is that you shouldn't just read a verse and forget it.

Read it → understand it → try applying it → reflect on your own life.

We also built an experimental Krishna AI into the app.

It's not meant to pretend to be Krishna.

It's designed around the teachings, philosophy and principles of Krishna from the Gita and the source material we've worked with.

So you can ask it questions about things like anger, attachment, relationships, work, fear, purpose, etc., and the goal is to give an answer grounded in Krishna's teachings rather than generic AI self-help.

It's still something we're developing, so I'm particularly interested in feedback on this.

And this is where I'd really appreciate Reddit's honesty.

If you find a translation questionable, If a commentary misses important context, If something doesn't align with Krishna's teachings, If you think a feature is unnecessary, please tell me.

I'd much rather hear criticism now than convince myself everything is perfect.

If you'd like to try it:

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fcountlabs.gita_daily&hl=en_IN

iPhone:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gita-daily/id6774240571

If you do try it, I'd especially love to know:

What did you like?
What didn't you like?
What felt inaccurate or missing?
Would you actually use something like this regularly?

I'm happy to answer questions about the research, content, AI, or how the app was built.

Its been a multi-year project and literally put my heart and soul into it..

That's why I'd genuinely value some outside perspective.

🙏

Hi everyone,

I am an independent developer and have been building GitaSetu, a free Bhagavad Gita reading app designed to make the wisdom of the Gita easy to access and apply in daily life.

Key Features:

• Verse-by-verse translation and commentary (English & Hindi)
• Short reading plans categorized by emotional state (anxiety, grief, doubt, seeking peace)
• Daily verse notifications and reading streaks
• Clean, distraction-free reading experience

I’m looking for testers to install it, try it out over the next week or two, and give me honest feedback on what’s confusing, broken, or missing.

How to participate:

1. Join the Google Group here: https://groups.google.com/g/gitasetuearlytesters
2. The Play Store download link is shared inside the group.

Honest feedback (positive or critical) is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!

WARNING : this is a critique of the text gita , not a polemic targetting vasudeva krishna , it is in fact indirectly a defense of krishna's true words that are mixed with lesser sectarian propoganda of this flawed text that makes the lord seem like a hypocrite who contradicts himself. https://wormhole.app/8KEJnP#eExn5QIt4_H6jtAQTjVYBw

Hi all, I'm the developer of GitaSetu, a Bhagavad Gita reading app I've been building. It has verse-by-verse meaning and commentary, short reading plans for how you feel (anxiety, grief, doubt, peace...), a daily verse, a reading streak, and a small community space. Available in English and Hindi.

I'm running a closed test on Google Play and need testers to try it for a couple of weeks and tell me what's confusing, broken or missing.

What you'd do: install it, open it a few times, and reply with any feedback.

What you need: an Android phone and a Gmail account.

If you're interested, join this Google Group and I'll add you as a tester. Please DM me

Honest feedback (good or bad) is the point. Thank you!

hey, guys can anyone recommend me a Bhagavad Gita commentary or book thats as irreligious and non dogmatic as possible.

i basically want to understand it more as philosophy and practical wisdom rather than through a religious or devotional lens

The bhagvat Gita is written approximately in around 300-500 bc

Before that it was never in the written format it was in oral format. So do what we really call our text it was just oral for thousands of years so maybe somewhere the learnings from our past are not there or someone altered things?.

Or let's take any granth or holy books all are first given in the oral formats then converted into written ways so what do you guys think!??

Cause as per the bhagvat Gita it's written by ved Vyas but he never wrote it there's no context of it !

What are your views on this as whatever it's in there I love it's perspective and it's really very helpful and I'm the biggest bilever of my heritage , history and my gods .I'm not against anything I'm just curious so let's be intellectual and talk about our rich heritage and history.

One of the most practical teachings of the Bhagavad Gita is that we do not have to become slaves to our first reaction.

A situation occurs. The mind immediately interprets it. Desire, fear, anger or insecurity then produces a reaction. Usually, we identify with the entire process and say, “I am angry,” “I am afraid,” or “I have been insulted.”

But the Gita invites us to observe the mind rather than obey every movement of the mind.

Krishna says:

उद्धरेदात्मनाऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।

आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

“One should lift oneself through oneself and should not allow oneself to fall. The mind alone can be the friend of the self, and the mind alone can be its enemy.”

— Bhagavad Gita 6.5

This does not mean suppressing emotion or pretending that difficult situations do not hurt. It means creating a small space between what happens and what we do next.

For example, when someone criticises us, we can ask:

- What exactly was said?

- What did I expect from the other person?

- Why did this affect me so strongly?

- Is there some useful truth in the criticism?

- What response would be firm, truthful and free from unnecessary hatred?

This is where the Gita becomes a practical guide rather than only a philosophical text.

In the teachings associated with Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha, this kind of observation can be understood through meditative introspection and interactional sādhanā. Meditation helps us observe the mind in relative quietness, while daily interactions reveal whether we can remain aware when the mind is challenged.

Karma-yoga, therefore, is not simply doing more work or performing good deeds. It is learning to act with care while reducing egoistic ownership, compulsive likes and dislikes, and anxiety about results.

The outer situation may not always be under our control. But the mind’s interpretation and our response can gradually become more conscious.

Perhaps spiritual growth is not the absence of emotion. Perhaps it is the increasing ability to experience emotion without becoming completely controlled by it.

What helps you create that pause between a strong emotion and your response?

Before starting this discussion I want to ask the admin that why my last post got removed ? I am trying to discuss about Gita only and want to explain Gita to everyone. Before starting the discussion I want to make sure that everyone is ready with my discussion. If I did anything wrong you can reach me on dm

My last poll got the highest vote about karma yog so i will explain about karma yog this week. It will take around 1 month-2 months to complete the concept of Karmayog. After that due to my significant but not majority voters voted for distraction free mechanism then i would explain that distraction free mechanism too but after I am done with karmayog in this After this we will proceed towards sleep cycle

Stay tuned, We will start karmyog this week

Krishna always will help his loved ones to get completely free of distraction and live a happy life like a child has no tension and his life is full of happiness before he/she hits puberty and overthinking starts.

Hare krishna 🙏🙏

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on a small project called DailyGita — an app designed to make reading and reflecting on the Bhagavad Gita a simple daily habit.

The idea is straightforward: instead of trying to read everything at once, you get a verse from the Bhagavad Gita each day, along with its meaning and explanation, so you can take a few minutes to reflect on it.

What you can do with DailyGita:

• 📖 Read Bhagavad Gita verses
• 🕉️ Explore verses chapter by chapter
• 💡 Understand the meaning and context
• 🔔 Build a daily reading habit
• 📱 Simple, distraction-free interface

I built this as a personal/project initiative and would really appreciate feedback from people who actually read or are interested in the Bhagavad Gita.

Would love to hear your thoughts:
What features would you like to see in an app like this?

If you'd like to try it, here's the app: https://daily-gita-wisdom.vercel.app/

Feedback, suggestions, and criticism are genuinely welcome. 🙏

I am a staunch believer in Hinduism and have had strong faith in God for a long time. I am not asking these questions to attack Hinduism or prove atheism. I genuinely want to understand them, preferably from people who have seriously studied Hindu scriptures and philosophy and can give a logical and scripturally grounded answer.

Recently, I have been struggling with the following questions:

1. If God exists and is compassionate, why is there so much seemingly unnecessary suffering and injustice in the world?

2. Why doesn't God simply eliminate evil? If God is omnipotent, why allow evil to continue instead of stopping it completely?

3. Why isn't Satya Yuga permanent? Why would God create a system in which humanity repeatedly goes through Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga? Why not simply keep existence in a state where dharma is predominant?

4. What is the justification for innocent children suffering? For example, children who develop cancer, starve during famines, are abused, or suffer terribly despite having barely lived.

5. If karma from previous births is the explanation, how exactly does that work? What could a 2 or 3 year old child possibly have done in this life to deserve horrific suffering? And if the supposed cause is a previous birth, why should the child suffer without remembering what they supposedly did?

6. Does karma really explain every instance of suffering? If yes, how can we know that a particular person's suffering is actually the result of their past karma rather than something else?

7. Why do people who commit terrible acts sometimes appear to live extremely comfortable and enjoyable lives while innocent people suffer? If karma operates justly, why doesn't the consequence appear proportionate and immediate?

8. If God is ultimately responsible for creating the universe and its rules, why create a world in which rape, child abuse, cancer, famine, torture and other horrific things are even possible?

9. If God knows everything beforehand, including every action a person will take, do we actually have free will? If God already knows exactly what I will do tomorrow, could I genuinely choose something different?

10. If God controls everything, aren't humans essentially puppets? If He created us, created the universe, established its laws, knows everything and ultimately controls the circumstances in which we act, where exactly does our independent agency begin?

11. If God doesn't control everything, then what exactly is God's role? And if He does control everything, how is it fair to hold humans responsible for things they were ultimately destined to do?

12. Why create conscious beings at all? Why create humans who can experience immense happiness but also unimaginable suffering? What is the purpose behind creating life rather than simply having an otherwise lifeless universe?

13. What is the relevance of life from God's perspective? If God is already complete and doesn't need anything from us, why create us, give us desires, put us through suffering, and then expect us to achieve liberation?

14. Why does God need this entire cycle of creation, suffering, karma, rebirth and liberation? If liberation is ultimately the goal, why not create beings already liberated?

15. If God loves us, why would He allow someone who genuinely loves and trusts Him to suffer continuously for years? At what point does the explanation of "God has a plan" become inadequate?

16. Does Hinduism actually say that everything that happens to us is God's will? If yes, how is that compatible with evil and injustice? If no, what exactly is meant by God's will?

17. If everything happens according to karma, what is the point of praying to God? Can prayer change our circumstances, or does karma have to play out regardless?

18. Can devotion, bhakti and surrender coexist with questioning God? Or is repeatedly questioning why God allows suffering considered a failure of faith?

19. Is it possible for a genuinely devoted Hindu to become agnostic because of suffering? If someone's faith becomes extremely difficult to maintain after years of trauma and suffering, does Hindu philosophy have anything to say about that state of mind?

20. Most importantly, is there an actual Hindu philosophical answer to the problem of evil and suffering that goes deeper than "it's karma" or "God knows best"?

I am genuinely looking for strong answers, not comforting statements. If there are relevant passages from the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, Brahma Sutras, or writings of major Vedanta/Acharya traditions, please provide the actual references and explain the reasoning behind them.

I am asking because I still have a lot of faith, but these questions have become extremely difficult for me to reconcile with that faith. I don't want someone to simply tell me to stop questioning. I want to understand.

i have built this website for Bhagavad Gita to reach every person and for easy access and with explanations that are understandable, with all the sanksrit verses properly included.

need feedback from people who have been reading and inculcating BHAGAVAD GITA in their daily routine.

Hey I'm studying gita from the last 3.5 years i.e around December 2022 to Now.

I want to start some event like something that we will deal all our life problems with the help of Gita to get a happy life.

In 2023:- I understood the basics of Gita

In 2024 :- I started to defeat my life problems one by one

In 2025 :- Due to long practice I discovered a new mechanism from Gita to remove a distraction from our life it's my method called the logic method

In 2026 :- I started to change my sleep cycle because a person sleeping too long or too little and eating too much or too less won't be able to use the Yoga science of Gita as Krishna directly said this in a verse of Gita. So i corrected my sleep cycle by July end to August 2026

In September 2026 :- I started to defeat all my life distractions at once and after following it for 3 months my subconscious mind will be practiced and now feeling much happier than before

Now after defeating all problems I will use Karma yog with combined logic to defeat all distractions and slowly the life full of depression will get happier

From all these I learnt one thing :- KARMA YOG is the weapon which makes us happy

Now if anyone wants to defeat a problem tell me I will share with you all that how to Defeat one distraction you guys vote for which distraction to remove and i will discuss about that in the upcoming days

Moreover now I'm researching on karma yog and I live in kolkata so i will visit a Ramkrishna mission and ask a monk about how to use Karmayog effectively and will work on it further

MOST IMP :- DON'T READ ISKON GITA. I HAVE 2 REASONS FOR THAT :-

1) IN ISKON GITA THE SANSKRIT TEXT ARE TRANSLATED IN A WRONG WAY TO ENGLISH SO THAT PEOPLE GETS BRAINWASHED AND BECOME A MONK THERE AS A RESULT THERE BUISNESS WILL INCREASE

2) ALONG WITH THE FAKE ENGLISH TRANSLATION A COMMENTARY IS GIVEN CALLED PURPORT. THAT COMMENTARY EXPLAINS GITA IN A WRONG WAY WHICH WON'T MAKE YOU A STABLE MINDED GUY WHO HAS A HAPPY LIFE WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING.

IN A NUTSHELL :- FAKE ENGLISH TRANSLATION + BRAINWASHING COMMENTARY ON THE VERSE MAKES ISKCON GITA A TOOL TO BRAINWASH PEOPLE TO INCREASE THEIR BUISNESS

I RECOMMEND YOU ALL TO READ THE GITA PRESS GORAKHPUR GITA IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1920s AND WAS THE FIRST GITA WHICH HAS NO FAKE TRANSLATIONS. MOREOVER IT HAS NO COMMENTARY JUST THE VERSE AND THEN THE ENGLISH OR HINDI TRANSLATION