The Bhagavad Gita
A conversation that begins with a crisis.
Before it became a philosophical text, the Gita begins with a human being who does not know what to do.
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01
Arjuna's Dilemma
Arjuna Viṣāda Yoga
The conversation begins with a person who does not know what to do.
02
The Yoga of Knowledge
Sāṅkhya Yoga
Krishna answers with a teaching on the self, action and equanimity.
03
The Yoga of Action
Karma Yoga
Why withdrawing from action is not the same as freedom.
04
Knowledge, Action and Renunciation
Jñāna Karma Sanyāsa Yoga
An old teaching, restated — and the idea of renunciation inside action.
05
The Yoga of Renunciation
Karma Sanyāsa Yoga
Renouncing action, or renouncing attachment?
06
The Yoga of Meditation
Dhyāna Yoga
Practical instruction in seated practice, and the mind that resists it.
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How the Gītā begins — a person who does not know what to do.
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