Bhagavad Gita, Part A
Story Source: The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Ramanand Prasad.
Chapter 1: Arjuna's Dilemma
- Arjuna to Krishna:
- "Upon killing these felons we shall incur sin only." He thinks this is going to get him bad karma. (1.36)
- "We have been told, O Krishna, that people whose family traditions are destroyed necessarily dwell in hell for a long time." (1.44)
Chapter 2: Transcendental Knowledge
- Krishna to Arjuna:
- "Dejection...does not lead one to heaven" (2.02)
- Arjuna to Krishna:
- We can't know whether it is better for us to beg or to kill (2.06)
- "my mind is confused about Dharma" (2.07)
- Krishna to Arjuna:
- "There was never a time when I, you, or these kings did not exist; nor shall we ever cease to exist in the future." (2.12)
- Rebirth (2.13)
- Atman is like the soul
- "unsought war that is like an open door to heaven" (2.32)
- you will incur sin by not fighting the war (2.33)
- you will not incur sin by doing your duty and fighting the war (2.38)
- "The equanimity of mind is called Karma-yoga" (2.48)
- Arjuna needs to learn to be detached and unbothered by sorrow
Chapter 3: Path of Karma Yoga
- Krishna to Arjuna:
- "One does not attain freedom from the bondage of Karma by merely abstaining from work." (3.04)
- "The Karma or duty is prescribed in the Vedas" (3.15)
Chapter 4: Path of Renunciation with Knowledge
- Krishna to Arjuna:
- "Both you and I have taken many births. I remember them all, O Arjuna, but you do not remember." (4.05)
- the affect of intentions on Karmic reaction
- "the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes" (4.37)
Chapter 5: Path of Renunciation
- enlightened person looks at everything with an equal eye (5.18)
Chapter 6: Path of Meditation
- mind-body connection
- "the unsuccessful yogi is reborn, after attaining heaven and living there for many years, in the house of the pure and prosperous; or such a yogi is born in a family of wise transcendentalists. A birth like this is very difficult, indeed, to obtain in this world. After taking such a birth, one regains the knowledge acquired in the previous life, and strives again to achieve perfection" (6.41-6.43)
Chapter 7: Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization
- "After many rebirths the wise ones resort to [Krishna] by realizing that everything is a manifestation of Brahman indeed. Such a great soul is very rare" (7.19)
Chapter 8: Imperishable Brahman
- Brahman is the supreme imperishable. Karma is the creative power that causes manifestation of beings (8.03)
Chapter 9: Supreme Knowledge and the Big Mystery
- "as a result of their good Karma they go to heaven and enjoy celestial sense pleasures" (9.20)
- "Having enjoyed the wide world of heavenly sense pleasures they return to the mortal world upon exhaustion of their good Karma." (9.21)
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