Bhagavad Gita: Seek peace in yourself, do your Work & Wonder at the Mysteries of the Universe

Описание: The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most important scriptures in Hinduism that forms part of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata.

The Bhagavad Gita is an early epic poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of God.

The young warrior Arjuna, from the royal Pandava family, is in a state of panic on the morning of a battle. The ‘enemies’ he is expected to fight are cousins whom he knows well.

In this desperate predicament, Arjuna turns to his charioteer Krishna for help. The answers he gets are not exactly what he wants to hear, but it is Krishna’s opportunity to tell a mortal about how the universe operates and the best approach to life.

In the moments before a great battle, the dialogue sets out the important lessons Arjuna must learn to change the outcome of the war he is to fight, and culminates in Krishna revealing to the warrior his true cosmic form, counselling him to search for the universal perfection of life. Ranging from instructions on yoga postures to dense moral discussion, the Gita is one of the most important Hindu texts, as well as serving as a practical guide to living well.

The beauty of this work is that it operates on various levels – poetry, scripture, philosophy, self-help guide – and here we will focus on the last of these.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 What is the Bhagavad Gita about?
3:11 Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishadayoga - The Distress of Arjuna, Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra
4:53 Chapter 2: Sankhya yoga - Self-Realization, or The Yoga of Knowledge
6:53 Chapter 3: Karma Yoga - Virtue in Work, The Yoga of Action
8:34 Chapter 4: Gyana Karma Sanyasayoga - The Religion of Knowledge, Wisdom in Action
10:23 Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasayoga – The Yoga of Renunciation. Action in Krishna’s Consciousness
11:54 Chapter 6: Dhyana yoga - Religion by Self-Restraint, or The Yoga of Meditation
13:33 Chapter 7: Gyana Vigyana yoga - Knowledge of the Absolute, Wisdom from Realization, or The Yoga of Knowledge and Judgment
15:18 Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma yoga - Religion by Devotion to the One Supreme God, or The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
18:05 Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Raja Guhya yoga - The Most Confidential Knowledge or The Yoga of Sovereign Science and Sovereign Secret
20:15 Chapter 10: Vibhuti yoga - the Opulence of the Absolute, or The Yoga of Divine Manifestations
22:17 Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana yoga - The Manifesting of the One and Manifold, or The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form
23:51 Chapter 12: Bhakti yoga - The Way of Love, or The Yoga of Devotion
25:28 Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetragya Vibhaga yoga - Separation of Matter and Spirit - Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness, or The Yoga of Difference between the Field and Field-Knower.
27:25 Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga yoga - The Three Modes of Material Nature , or The Yoga of the Division of Three Gunas
29:44 Chapter 15: Purushottama yoga - Attaining the Supreme Krishna, or the Yoga of the Supreme Person
31:04 Chapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga yoga - The Separateness of the Divine and Demoniac Natures, or The Yoga of the Division between the Divine and the Demonic
33:26 Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga yoga - The Threefold Divisions of Faith, or The Yoga of the Threefold Faith
35:02 Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasayoga - The Perfection and freedom of Renunciation, or The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
37:06 Conclusion

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