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The story for Chapter 1 — Arjuna's Dilemma hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 1 / 18
Arjuna Viṣāda Yoga
The conversation begins with a person who does not know what to do.
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The story for Chapter 2 — The Yoga of Knowledge hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 2 / 18
Sāṅkhya Yoga
Krishna answers with a teaching on the self, action and equanimity.
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The story for Chapter 3 — The Yoga of Action hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
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Karma Yoga
Why withdrawing from action is not the same as freedom.
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The story for Chapter 4 — Knowledge, Action and Renunciation hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 4 / 18
Jñāna Karma Sanyāsa Yoga
An old teaching, restated — and the idea of renunciation inside action.
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The story for Chapter 5 — The Yoga of Renunciation hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 5 / 18
Karma Sanyāsa Yoga
Renouncing action, or renouncing attachment?
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The story for Chapter 6 — The Yoga of Meditation hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 6 / 18
Dhyāna Yoga
Practical instruction in seated practice, and the mind that resists it.
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The story for Chapter 7 — Knowledge and Realisation hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 7 / 18
Jñāna Vijñāna Yoga
The difference between knowing about something and realising it.
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The story for Chapter 8 — The Imperishable Absolute hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
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Akṣara Brahma Yoga
Questions about what endures, and about the moment of death.
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The story for Chapter 9 — The Royal Knowledge hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 9 / 18
Rāja Vidyā Rāja Guhya Yoga
A teaching described as sovereign, secret and accessible.
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The story for Chapter 10 — Divine Manifestations hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 10 / 18
Vibhūti Yoga
Where the whole becomes visible in particulars.
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The story for Chapter 11 — The Vision of the Universal Form hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 11 / 18
Viśvarūpa Darśana Yoga
A vision that overwhelms the one who asked for it.
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The story for Chapter 12 — The Yoga of Devotion hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 12 / 18
Bhakti Yoga
What kind of person the path produces.
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The story for Chapter 13 — The Field and the Knower hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 13 / 18
Kṣetra Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yoga
A distinction between what is experienced and who experiences.
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The story for Chapter 14 — The Three Guṇas hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
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Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga
Three qualities that shape how anyone acts.
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The story for Chapter 15 — The Supreme Person hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
Chapter 15 / 18
Puruṣottama Yoga
An inverted tree, and what lies beyond the perishable.
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The story for Chapter 16 — Two Natures hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
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Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga
Qualities that open a life, and qualities that close it.
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The story for Chapter 17 — The Three Kinds of Faith hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
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Śraddhātraya Vibhāga Yoga
Faith, food, speech and giving, seen through the three qualities.
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The story for Chapter 18 — Liberation through Renunciation hasn’t been filmed yet. Everything below — the text, the verses and the reflections — is ready to read.
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Mokṣa Sanyāsa Yoga
The long summary, and a final choice left to the listener.
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