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The Bhagavad Gita
18 chapters · 700 verses
The Path of Action
Chapters 1–6 · the self, duty, and acting without grasping at results
The Path of Devotion
Chapters 7–12 · the divine, surrender, and love
The Path of Knowledge
Chapters 13–18 · discernment, the field and the knower, and liberation
It outlines the reasons that led to the revelation of the Bhagavad Gita. As both armies stand ready for the battle, the mighty…
This is the most important chapter of the Bhagavad Gita as Lord Krishna condenses the teachings of the entire Gita in this…
Here Lord Krishna emphasizes the importance of karma in life. He reveals that it is important for every human being to engage in…
In this chapter, Krishna glorifies the Karma Yoga and imparts the Transcendental Knowledge (the knowledge of the soul and the…
In this chapter, Krishna compares the paths of renunciation in actions (Karma Sanyas) and actions with detachment (Karma Yoga)…
In this chapter, Krishna reveals the Yoga of Meditation and how to practise this Yoga. He discusses the role of action in…
In this chapter, Krishna reveals that he is the Supreme Truth, the principal cause and the sustaining force of everything. He…
In this chapter, Krishna reveals the importance of the last thought before death. If we can remember Krishna at the time of…
In this chapter, Krishna explains that He is Supreme and how this material existence is created, maintained and destroyed by His…
In this chapter, Krishna reveals Himself as the cause of all causes. He describes His various manifestations and opulences in…
In this chapter, Arjuna requests Krishna to reveal His Universal Cosmic Form that encompasses all the universes, the entire…
In this chapter, Krishna emphasizes the superiority of Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion) over all other types of spiritual…
The word kshetra means the field, and the kshetrajna means the knower of the field. We can think of our material body as the…
In this chapter, Krishna reveals the three gunas (modes) of the material nature - goodness, passion and ignorance which…
In Sanskrit, Purusha means the All-pervading God, and Purushottam means the timeless & transcendental aspect of God. Krishna…
In this chapter, Krishna describes explicitly the two kinds of natures among human beings - divine and demoniac. Those who…
In this chapter, Krishna describes the three types of faith corresponding to the three modes of the material nature. Lord Krishna…
Arjuna requests the Lord to explain the difference between the two types of renunciations - sanyaas(renunciation of actions) and…