Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)विश्वरूपदर्शनयोगो नाम एकादशोऽध्यायः ॥11॥ Introduction Arjuna’s eagerness to behold the cosmic form of God– Brothers, last week we learnt how to recognise divine presence in the countless things in this universe and how to let that comprehension sink deep into us. We saw that one should discern … Read more
Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)भक्तियोगो नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ॥12॥ Introduction Importance of Bhakti This is a small Chapter with only twenty verses; but it is as sweet and life-giving as a spring of nectar. The Lord has Himself eulogized ( praised) here the greatness of bhakti. Sagun Bhakta and Nirgun Bhakta Arjun … Read more
Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोगो नाम त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः ॥13॥ Introduction Distinguishing between the body and the Self helps karmayoga: The Gita, Vyasa is not inclined towards elaboration. Here he has only tersely stated, like Euclidean geometry, the principles useful for life. There are no long discussions in the Gita; brevity is its … Read more
Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)गुणत्रयविभागयोगो नाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः ॥14॥ Introduction to the Three Gunas Analysis of prakriti : The self ( or Atma) is completely independent.The Self has really nothing to achieve. It is complete and perfect in itself. The natural movement of the Self is upwards. But just as any object … Read more
Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)पुरुषोत्तमयोगो नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः ॥15॥ Introduction to Purushottama Yoga The way of bhakti is not different from the way of efforts : Friends, in a way we have today reached the end of the Gita. In the Fifteenth Chapter, all the ideas put forward in the Gita reach … Read more
Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगो नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः ॥16॥ Introduction to Divine and Demoniac Nature Divine qualities : The harbinger of Purushottama Yoga Friends, in the first five Chapters of the Gita, we saw how life should be lived and its purpose fulfilled. From the Sixth Chapter to the Eleventh one, bhakti … Read more
Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोगो नाम सप्तदशोऽध्यायः ॥17॥ Introduction to Three Types of Faith Disciplined life relaxes and frees the mind The Seventeenth Chapter is the second annexure. It can be said to contain karyakram yoga (the yoga of daily programme). In this Chapter, the Gita has suggested a daily routine. … Read more
Image Source: Photo by Cemrecan Yurtman on Pexelsमोक्षसंन्यासयोगो नाम अष्टादशोऽध्यायः ॥18॥ Introduction to Moksha Sannyasa Yoga Arjuna’s last question In the Fourteenth Chapter, life or karma was divided into three categories : sattvic, rajasic and tamasic. We learnt that what is rajasic or tamasic should be given up and what is sattvic should be … Read more