Situational Gita
Situational Gita
Ancient Solutions to Modern Life Struggles
About the Book
About the Author
Table of Contents
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Preface
- What is Bhagavad-gita
- Why Bhagavad-gita?
- Why this version?
- Why me?
- Semblance of the Gita
- Quick Summary
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Chapter’s summary
- 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield
- 2. Contents of the Gītā Summarized
- 3. Karma-yoga
- 4. Transcendental Knowledge
- 5. Karma-yoga—Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
- 6. Dhyāna-yoga
- 7. Knowledge of the Absolute
- 8. Attaining the Supreme
- 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge
- 10. The Opulence of the Absolute
- 11. The Universal Form
- 12. Devotional Service
- 13. Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
- 14. The Three Modes of Material Nature
- 15. The Yoga of the Supreme Person
- 16. The Divine and Demoniac Natures
- 17. The Divisions of Faith
- 18. Conclusion—The Perfection of Renunciation
- Gita Explanation, Chapter by Chapter
- Plot Summary
- Character list
- Concepts explained
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CHAPTER I
- Lamenting the consequences of war
- Opening
- Description of the forces involved
- Arjuna’s lamentation
- The corruption of women and unwanted progenie
- The destruction of tradition
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CHAPTER 2
- Identity
- Confusion of Arjuna and reproaches of Kṛṣṇa
- The soul and the body
- Kṛṣṇa explains the process of transmigration
- The science of action
- The path of yoga
- The self realized soul
- Sense control
- Steadiness and peace
- How to combat depression
- Seek instruction when in a confused state
- Words on the death of a loved one
- Origin of anger
- How to manage anger
- Temptation
- Seeking peace
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CHAPTER 3
- Duty
- Kṛṣṇa instructs Arjuna to fight to set example
- The enemy
- Reveals the site of the enemy
- Action and inaction
- Confusion
- Laziness
- Lust
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CHAPTER 4
- Transcendental knowledge
- Knowledge transmission
- Explains His appearance and His mission
- Devotional service is the goal
- Action and inaction
- The necessity of approaching a guru
- Value of transcendental knowledge
- Feeling shameful
- Seeking peace
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CHAPTER 5
- Action and renunciation
- Liberation
- Most important verse in this chapter
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CHAPTER 6
- Yoga and yogic practice
- Astanga yoga
- Uncontrolled mind
- Laziness
- Loneliness
- Discriminating
- The best yogis
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CHAPTER 7
- The Boss
- Overcoming illusion
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CHAPTER 8
- Life insurance
- Destinations and rewards
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CHAPTER 9
- Kṛṣṇa’s password
- After Kṛṣṇa answered Arjuna’s questions
- The most secret knowledge
- Fools and wise
- Manifestations of the Supreme Lord
- Sacrifices and worship
- The special favor to a bhakta
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CHAPTER 10
- The opulence of the Absolute
- Manifestations of the Supreme Lord
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CHAPTER 11
- The Universal Form
- Arjuna inquired from Kṛṣṇa
- Advanced spiritualist is everyone’s friend
- Fighting Demotivation
- Asking for forgiveness
- Fear
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CHAPTER 12
- The dearest worker
- Kṛṣṇa is a nice “boss”. If you can’t do this, do that
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CHAPTER 13
- The lawyer in the heart (Paramatma)
- Two birds on a tree
- Loneliness
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CHAPTER 14
- The prison bars
- The three gunas
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CHAPTER 15
- The Scape Plan
- Forgetfulness
- Elevation beyond the gunas
- Conditioned by happiness
- Grief, ignorance and knowledge
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CHAPTER 16
- Divine and evil natures
- Dealing with envy
- Pride
- Greed and lust
- Right conduct in jail
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CHAPTER 17
- The Prison Key
- The three types of material existence
- The branches of faith
- Om Tat Sat
- Asat
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CHAPTER 18
- “Follow Me”
- The five factors of the action
- Intelligence and determination
- The three kinds of happiness
- Confusion and forgetfulness
- Dealing with envy
- Demotivated
- Pridelessness
- Fear
- Laziness
- Feeling shameful and losing hope
- Demotivated and losing hope
- Duty
- The perfect renunciation
- Most confidential knowledge
- Surrender to the Supreme Lord
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By Theme
- Achievements
- Ambition
- Anger
- Boss
- Brothers
- Children
- Competence
- Conduct
- Confussion
- Dealing with envy
- Death
- Death of a loved one
- Decisions
- Demotivated
- Depression
- Determination
- Discovering meaning
- Discriminated
- Existential Crisis
- Expectations
- Family
- Fear
- Feeling shameful
- Forgetfulness
- Friends
- God
- Greed
- Happiness
- Identity
- Illusion
- Knowledge
- Laziness
- Leader
- Life cycle
- Loneliness
- Losing hope
- Love
- Lust
- The Master
- Material World
- Nature
- Practice
- Practicing Forgiveness
- Pride
- Professionals
- Reincarnation
- Relation with God
- Repression
- Respect
- Responsability
- Seeking peace
- Self Esteem
- Sons
- Sorrow and Regret
- Soul
- Spirituality
- Teacher
- Teams
- Temptation
- Uncontrolled mind
- Vital Cycle
- Work
- By Verse
- Glossary
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