The eighteen chapters
Sanskrit · English · Reading notes
01Arjuna’s Despair
On the field of battle, a warrior confronts the cost of victory.
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02The Yoga of Wisdom
The enduring Self, a steady mind, and the beginning of wisdom.
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03The Yoga of Action
Act wholeheartedly, without making the reward your master.
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04Wisdom, Action & Renunciation
Knowledge transforms action, as fire transforms an offering.
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05The Yoga of Renunciation
Freedom within action, untouched as a lotus leaf by water.
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06The Yoga of Meditation
Return the wandering mind, gently and steadily, to the Self.
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07Knowledge & Realization
Discover the divine thread running through the whole world.
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08The Imperishable Eternal
Remembrance, the final passage, and what does not pass away.
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09The Royal Knowledge
The deepest mystery, found in a simple offering of love.
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10The Divine Glories
The extraordinary in nature becomes a doorway to the divine.
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11The Vision of the Universal Form
Arjuna beholds all existence within Krishna’s boundless form.
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12The Yoga of Devotion
Love becomes a way of living: steady, compassionate, without hatred.
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13The Field & Its Knower
Distinguish changing experience from the one who knows it.
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14The Three Qualities of Nature
Clarity, activity, and inertia—and the freedom beyond them.
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15The Supreme Person
The world-tree reaches down from roots beyond the visible.
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16Divine & Demonic Qualities
The dispositions that lead toward freedom, and those that bind.
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17The Threefold Faith
Intention shapes our faith, our speech, our giving, and our practice.
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18Liberation Through Renunciation
The teaching gathers into clarity, surrender, and the courage to act.
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