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This chapter provides the setting for "Gita". The setting is a battlefield of Kurukshetra (India) and the entire book is a conversation between Arjun (human) and Shri Krishna (Avatar of God ). Avatar in Hinduism means God taking birth in an earthly form. Symbolically, the battlefield is within each of us when we are confused … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 1: A Conversation In Search of Answers
Soul is Eternal and Body Perishable Never was there a time when I or you or others did not exist and never will there be a time when we will not exist (Verse 12) The soul within us stays the same even though our body changes from childhood to adulthood to old age. At death, … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 2: Path of Knowledge
There are two paths to self-realization - Path of Knowledge for thinkers and Path of Action for doers (Verse 3) Action is Superior to Inaction Refraining from action does not release one from karmic reactions (results of actions) nor does it bring about knowledge (Verse 4) We cannot be without action even for a moment. … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 3: Path of Action
Whenever there is Decrease in Righteousness and Increase in Unrighteousness, God will Manifest Although I am unborn and indestructible, yet I appear by virtue of my divine power (Verse 6) When there is decline in righteousness and increase in unrighteousness, I appear (Verse 7) To protect the virtuous and destroy the wicked, I appear age … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita teachings – Chapter 4: Free Yourself from Expectations
Doing your Duty is Superior to Renouncing Actions Both doing the action (Karma Yoga) and renouncing it (Sanyas) lead to God. But doing action selflessly as your duty (Karma Yoga) is superior to Sanyas, which is renouncing all actions (Verse 2) Those who do not detest or crave, and are equanimous in the face of … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 5: Do Your Duty
Those who fulfill their obligations and renounce its outcomes are true Sanyasis and Yogis. Not those who renounce all actions, including their duties (Verse 1) Sanyasi's are those who have renounced worldly pursuits with the intent of dedicating their life to spirituality Yogis and Sanyasis are same in that they both renounce material goals (Verse … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 6: Path of Meditation
God is the Source of All Creation and Dissolution With your mind completely and undoubtedly attached to me, take refuge in me. This is how you will know me (Verse 1) Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and ego are eight parts of my material energy (nature) (Verse 4) This material nature is my … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 7: Your Faith Shapes Your Rewards
Whatever You Think of at Time of Your Death Thats What You Get Those who at time of their death remember me, they come to me (Verse 5) Whatever one remembers at the time of their death, that is the state they obtain (Verse 6) Therefore at all times remember me and do your duty. … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 8: What you Ponder Is What you Get
The entire universe is suffused by my unmanifested form. All beings are confined in me, not I in them (VERSE 4) Just as wind blowing everywhere is situated in the sky, so are all beings situated in me (Verse 6) Those who are Deluded are Unable to Recognize Me When I descend in my human … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 9: Give it Up
I am the source of all deities and great sages (Verse 2) Those who know me as without birth, without beginning and as the supreme God of the universe, they have no illusions and are released from all sins (Verse 3) I source diverse human qualities such as intellect, wisdom, clear thoughts, forgiveness, honesty, restraint … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings- Chapter 10: Do Not Be Deluded
A Mothers Chronicle 