Bhagavad Gita Demystified
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I. Bhagavad Gita: A Background .................................................... 1
II. Introduction ................................................................................. 7
1. Śāstras, Stotras, Sūtras ............................................................. 9
Beyond Scriptures ....................................................................... 12
Planet Earth is a battlefield ......................................................... 46
Ego Needs Support ..................................................................... 56
The War Begins .......................................................................... 66
Arjuna Falters ............................................................................. 73
Intelligence Questions ................................................................ 83
Arjuna's Dilemma ....................................................................... 90
Rigors of Conditioning .............................................................. 100
Good Men Do Not Kill ............................................................. 109
The Plot Thickens ..................................................................... 116
The Breakdown ........................................................................ 124
2. You Are God ............................................................................. 129
You Are God ............................................................................. 134
A Zen Slap Awakens! ................................................................. 139
Pity Is Not Compassion ............................................................ 150
Surrender Is Not Based On Your Convenience ......................... 152
The Master Is Your Bridge To Divinity ..................................... 157
Time Is Psychological, Not Chronological ................................ 163
When You Mourn, You Mourn For Yourself ............................. 172 The Only Reality In Life Is Impermanence ............................ 180
Inner And Outer Violence ........................................................... 186
You Are Immortal ..................................................................... 194
Be Aware Of The Depression Of Success! ............................... 204
Death Is But A Passage .............................................................. 210
The Present Alone Matters! ........................................................ 216
Code Of The Samurai ................................................................ 220
Jump First, Think Later ............................................................ 225
What Matters Is Experience, Not Knowledge ............................ 232
Half Knowledge Is More Dangerous Than Ignorance ....... 236
Act, Don't Worry About The Result ........................................ 240
If Your Path Is Right, Your Destination Will Be Right ..... 245
Stand Up And Be Counted ......................................................... 249
Follow That Man! ....................................................................... 254
Trust Existence, Not Your Logic ............................................... 259
Monkeys In Your Mind! ............................................................. 263
All Desires Are Addictive! ........................................................ 270
Wake Up! ...................................................................................... 274
Drop Your Ego ............................................................................ 278
3. Beauty of Purposelessness ....................................................... 281
Beauty Of Purposelessness ................................................. 283
To Act Or Not To Act Is The Question ............................ 290
To Be In Action Is Human Nature ................................... 305
Selfless Service Liberates .................................................... 323
Senses And Sins ................................................................... 332 Acting Without Attachment ....................................................338
Leadership Consciousness .....................................................343
Role Of The Wise...................................................................351
Do As I Teach ........................................................................356
Do Your Duty.........................................................................366
The Need To Control Your Senses ..........................................374
4. The Path of Knowledge....................................................................379
The Path of Knowledge .............................................................381
I Am Reborn, Age After Age ...................................................398
To Know Me Is to be Liberated .............................................407
Understand And Be Unaffected By Action .............................428
Action in Inaction and Inaction in Action ..............................434
Equanimity in Success and Failure .........................................446
Know the Meaning of Sacrifice and Be Purified ....................459
You are No Sinner ...................................................................464
Doubt Destroys ........................................................................472
5. Live All Your Dimensions ...............................................................485
Live All Your Dimensions ........................................................487
Devotion Above Action ...........................................................510
Controlling The Mind ..............................................................529
Cleansing Ignorance With Knowledge ....................................543
The Dog And The Dog Eater ...................................................555
Path To Self Realization...........................................................567
Know Me And Be In Bliss ......................................................578
6. Look In Before Coming To Any Conclusion ..................................... 583
Look In Before Coming To Any Conclusion ............................. 586
Are You Your Friend Or Your Enemy? .................................... 602
Controlling The Mind ................................................................ 626
Neither Too Much Nor Too Little ............................................ 631
Self Is Satisfied By The Self In The Self................................... 641
Be In The Self And See The Supreme...................................... 646
Controlling The Wavering Mind .............................................. 657
Where Do I Go Without Yoga? ................................................. 665
Rare Birth Of A Yogi................................................................. 670
Become A Yogi ........................................................................... 675
III. Verses ....................................................................................................... 687
Invocation Verses ..................................................................... 688
Arjunaviṣāda Yogaḥ .................................................................... 689
Sāṅkhya Yogaḥ ........................................................................... 707
Karma Yogaḥ ................................................................................ 738
Jñānakarmasanyāsa Yogaḥ............................................................ 756
Sanyāsa Yogaḥ ............................................................................ 773
Dhyāna Yogaḥ ............................................................................. 785
IV. Appendix................................................................................................ 803
Scientific Research on Bhagavad Gita .................................... 805
Kuru Family Tree ........................................................................ 807
Key Characters in Bhagavad Gita ........................................... 808
Glossary ........................................................................................ 810
Appendix ...................................................................................... 821
