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Chapter 9
BG9.25-27: Bhakti vs Jnana: Attitude Behind the Offering is the Expression of Devotion
BG9.22-24: The Natural Effortless Worship; Abandonment of Yoga‑Kṣema in the Lord
BG9.16-21:Why Even Heaven Cannot Give Permanent Happiness; Lord as the Yagnas
BG9.12-15: Right & Wrong Understanding; True Worship (Upasana) & Jnana Yajna
BG9.7-11: Understanding the Lord’s Relationship with Creation
BG9.4-6: The Supreme Lord’s Relationship with Creation; Detachment
BG9.3: Direct Realisation (Aparokṣa) of Supreme Knowledge through Śraddhā
BG9.1-2: Introduction – Royal Wisdom, Royal Secret of Yoga
Chapter 8
BG8.27-28: Path of Light vs Path of Darkness
BG8.23-26: Upasana, Paths of Departure & the Journey to Liberation
BG8.19-22: Akshara: The Imperishable Beyond Time and Form
BG8.15-18: Cosmic Cycles and the Lokas of Bondage; Transcending Karma
BG8.12-14: Remembrance through OM: Saguna and Nirguna Upasanas
BG8.9-11: Placing Attention on the Lord through Yoga Practice, Knowledge and Bhakti
BG8.7-8: End of Life or End of Ego: Readiness to Surrender to Lord
BG8.3-6: Remembrance of the Lord at Death’s Door
BG8.1-2: Arjuna’s Questions; Teachings of Akshara Brahma Yoga
Chapter 7
Jnana Vijnana Yoga Summary: BG Ch. 7
BG7.29-30: The Bridge to Liberation
BG7.26-28: Delusion of Duality: Obstruction to Realising Self
BG7.24-25: Transcendent Lord Beyond Maya and Manifestation
BG7.21-23: My Devotees come to Me: “Mad‑bhakta Yānti Māmapi”
BG7.19-20: All is Vāsudeva; Vision of the Jnani-Bhakta
BG7.16-18: Brahman, Pure & Manifest; Bhakti Culminates in Jñāna
BG7.12-15: Lord Beyond the Three Gunas; Breaking Free from Māyā
BG7.9-11: Purifying Devotion through Knowledge: Practicing Presence of Lord Universally
BG7.6-8: The Source of Higher and Lower Prakriti; Worshipping the Divine in Everything
BG7.2-5: The Eightfold Manifestation of Prakṛti Explained
BG7.1-2: Jñāna-Vijñāna Yoga; Yoga of Wisdom & Realization
Chapter 6
BG6.47: Shraddha and Nididhyāsana: The Path of the Highest Yogi
BG6.45-46: Choice to Progress or Regress Over Lives: Seven Stages of Self-Realization
BG6.41-44: Yoga-bhraṣṭa; Spiritual Efforts are Never Wasted and Passed on Life to Life
BG6.37-40: Sādhaka’s Doubt: Fate of the Fallen Yogi
BG6.35-36: Practice and Dispassion; The Two Pillars of Mind Control (Abhyasa-Vairagya)
BG6.33-34: Three Foundations of Dhyana Yoga; Training the Turbulent Mind
BG6.30-32: Darśan Beyond Sight: Seeing the Divine Presence Everywhere
BG6.27-29: Oneness with Brahman: The Path of Equal Vision and Meditation
BG6.25-26: Calming the Mind’s Rajas with Intellect’s Sattva: Meditation Fundamentals
BG6.22-24: Beyond Suffering: The State of Joy and Contentment
BG6.18-21: The Steady Flame of Non-Dual Meditation; from Thought Stream to Self-Realization
BG6.15-17: The Middle Path between Excessiveness and Deprivation in practices
BG6.10-14: Meditation for Mind Purification: Basics & Principles
BG 6.7-9: Citta-śuddhi–the Means to Pure, Equal Vision and the Realisation of Knowledge
BG 6.5-6: Lift Yourself; Conquer the Lower Self – by Restraint & Purification
BG6.3-4: Seeker versus Realised Master; Becoming Buddha-like
BG 6.1-2: A True Sannyasi; Karma Yoga to Dhyana Yoga
BG 6: Meditation Stages and Paths of Sādhanā: Dhyana Yoga
Chapter 5
BG5.25-29: The Vision that Liberates; Bhagavan, the Only Doer & Enjoyer
BG5.23-24: Cycle of Desire & Suffering and its Cessation: Brahma Nirvana
BG5.20-22: Stabilised Intellect; Equanimity & Source of all Happiness
BG5.19-20: Seeing all as Pure Consciousness
BG5.17-18: Knowledge and Humility; Eradication of Ignorance, the Ultimate end of Vasanas
BG 5.15-16: Ignorance Veils; Knowledge Reveals and Merges Ego into the Self
BG 5.11-14: Self Abides in the 9-Gates Body as an Observer, Free from all Actions
BG 5.6-10: Non-Association of Self in Actions, the Witness Awareness
BG5.3-5: Karma Yoga and Sankhya Yoga: Unified Paths to Liberation
BG 5.1-2: Renunciation of Actions – Internal & External: Karma Sannyasa Yoga
Chapter 4
BG: Chapter 4 Summary
BG 4.39-42: Relation of Faith to Knowledge and Doubting to Downfall
BG 4.35-38: Knowledge – Destroyer of Ignorance; Means to Freedom from Karma’s Bondage
BG 4.31-34: Knowledge is the highest sacrifice – surpassing external ritual.
BG 4.26-30: Various Sadhanas as Yagnas with a Sense of Sacrifice and Spiritual intention
BG 4.23-25: Brahmarpanam Yoga: All Distinctions Dissolved, the Ultimate Yagna
BG 4.19-22: The Qualities of a One Free from Doer-ship and Karmic bondage
BG 4:16-18: The Mystery of seeing Inaction in Action and Action in Inaction
BG 4.13-15: Creator of castes and order based on duties, but yet free of Doer-ship
BG 4.11-13: As the Seekers approach Lord, so are they Blessed; Not all seek Truth that liberates
BG 4.9-10: Superimposition on Unconditioned Brahman: Key Vedantic Concepts for Gita Study
BG 4.7-8: Restoring Dharma – The Purpose of Divine Incarnations
BG 4.4-6: Unborn Yet Manifest as an Avatar: Role of Maya
BG 4.1-3: The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Knowledge
Chapter 3
BG3.42-43: Transcending the lower self and realizing the higher Self, to overcome desire and Vasanas
BG 3.38-41: Covering of Self-knowledge by desires and vasanas; the eternal enemy of the wise
BG 3.34-37: Latent tendencies pull one away from Swadharma; Overcoming Craving-Aversion
BG3.30-33: Centered in Self, serving as an instrument of God. Shraddha and free from negativity
BG3.26-29: Workings of Nature, Free from Doer-ship of Ego: Practicing Subject-free Witnessing
BG3.21-25: The Role Models who lead the path through actions for the world’s welfare
BG3.17-20: One who is Free from the Need to do Any Work
BG3.11-16: Cycle of Giving and Taking – Vedic Cosmic Ecology
BG3.8-10: Yagna, The Art of Sacrifice in all Actions of Life
BG3.4-7: Action is Superior Means Rather than Inaction; For Sama-Dama Cultivation
BG3.1-3: Karma Yoga and its Connection to Jnana Yoga
Chapter 2
Bhagavad Gita Summary of Chapter 2
BG2.71-72: Anchored in Supreme, Free from Ego
BG2.69-70: Retaining Wisdom and Awakening to Supreme Reality
BG2.64-68: Finding Peace through Control of Senses and Mind
BG2.62-63: The Ladder of Fall – Steps in Yogi’s Downfall
BG2.58-61: Importance of the Control of Senses for Stabilizing in Wisdom
BG2.56-57: Beyond Sorrow-Happiness, Good & Evil; Free from Personal Attachment
BG2.54-55: Stitaprajna, the state of a realized sage
BG2.51-53: State Free from Doubts and Erroneous Notions
BG2.49-50: Understanding Dharma and Taking Refuge in the Knowledge of Yoga
BG2.48: Karma Yoga and Equanimity towards results: Samatvam Yoga Uchyate
BG2.45-47: Rising above the modes of Prakriti
BG2.40-44: The Unshakeable Intellect Resolute on the Path of Karma Yoga
BG2.38-39: Two Paths – Sankhya and Karma Yoga (Path of Selfless Action)
BG2.31-37: How do I Embrace my Svadharma? One’s own duties
BG2.29-30: Creation, the Dance of Prakriti; The Wonder of Self-Knowledge
BG2.26-28: The unmanifest returns to the unmanifest
BG2.22-25: The Taintless Soul is not affected by the Elements
BG2.20-21: Self beyond birth and all modifications
BG2.17-19: The self-evident SELF, free from ‘doer-ship’ and ‘experiencer-ship’
BG2.16 Q & A: Waking up from the dream of Life, Jiva, Maya, Ahamkara
BG2.16: Real versus Unreal; Becoming the Seer of Truth
BG2.14-15: Where does suffering come from? Endure all Experiences with Equanimity
BG2.11-13: Consciousness neither born nor dies
BG2.9-10: The Teaching Begins
BG2.4-8: Transitioning to disciple mind
BG2.1-3: Sankhya Yoga – The Yoga of Knowledge
Chapter 1
BG1.44-47: Running away from life’s battles
BG1.31-43: Grief & Anxiety of Arjuna
BG1.14-30: Sound of Conches and Self-assessment of Sadhaka
BG1.3-13: Symbolism of Warriors on the Battlefield
BG1.2: Dharma versus Adharma
BG1.1: Inner Battle of Sadhaka
Bhagavad Gita Second Introduction Class – Study Format
Bhagavad Gita Introduction Class – Study Format
