Chapter 2: The Yoga of Knowledge

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Step 2 of 12 Arjuna's Despondency Arjuna's body gives way, his reasons pull both ways, and he throws down his bow. Then he says he does not know, and asks Lord Krishna to teach him. The turn that begins the Gita. Simple · 5 min In Depth · 13 min Deeper · 18 min

Step 3 of 12 The Imperishable Self What the Lord first teaches Arjuna in his grief: who lives in the body, what can and cannot be lost, why grief assumes too much, and the second answer for the one who cannot accept the first. Simple · 6 min In Depth · 12 min Deeper · 14 min

Step 4 of 12 Equanimity Keeping the mind level when pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame come and go: the Gita's teaching of evenness on three fronts, and what it is not. Simple · 5 min In Depth · 12 min Deeper · 15 min

Step 5 of 12 Duty, Honour and Fear After the teaching of the imperishable self, the Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty, reputation and fear of disgrace. Gita 2.31-37: seven verses, how far the appeal goes, and the turn to an even mind in the next verse. Simple · 5 min In Depth · 9 min Deeper · 12 min

Step 6 of 12 Buddhi Yoga: The Resolute Intellect How the Gita turns the knowledge of the self into a steady, resolute intellect: one aim in place of many branching thoughts, what scatters the mind, and the rest in the Self where yoga begins. Simple · 4 min In Depth · 11 min Deeper · 16 min

Step 7 of 12 Action Without Claiming the Fruit Can we work hard and still not be eaten up by the result? Gita 2.47 to 2.51: the work is ours, the result is not, and work done this way is better work. Simple · 6 min In Depth · 10 min Deeper · 14 min

Step 8 of 12 Sthitaprajna Coming soon

Step 9 of 12 The Senses And The Mind Coming soon

Step 10 of 12 From Thought to Ruin How a quiet thought grows into attachment, desire, anger, delusion and ruin, in seven steps (Gita 2.62–63), and why the early steps are the easy place to stop. Simple · 6 min In Depth · 12 min Deeper · 17 min

Step 11 of 12 Peace And The Undisturbed Mind Coming soon

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