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
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Bhagavad Gita teachings – Chapter 4: Free Yourself from Expectations
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 5: Do Your Duty
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 6: Path of Meditation
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 7: Your Faith Shapes Your Rewards
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 8: What you Ponder Is What you Get
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings – Chapter 9: Give it Up
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings- Chapter 10: Do Not Be Deluded
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
Bhagavad Gita Teachings -Chapter 11: Be Without Malice
When Shri Krishna takes on the cosmic form at Arjun's request.... The Divine Vision See my hundreds and thousands of diverse divine forms in various colors and shapes (Verse 5) See in one place the entire universe of moving and non-moving forms, and anything else you wish to see (Verse 7) Since you are unable … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings -Chapter 11: Be Without Malice
Bhagavad Gita Teachings -Chapter 12: Path of Devotion
Rejoice in the Welfare of Others Those who are constantly absorbed in me and faithfully worship me, they are my most perfect devotees (Verse 2) Those who worship the imperishable, the formless, the indefinable, the all-permeating, the inconceivable, the constant, the steady, the eternal; Those who have mastered their senses, Are equanimous, Rejoice in the … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita Teachings -Chapter 12: Path of Devotion