Bhagavad Gita – Introduction
The Bhagavad Gita is the most enchanting and comprehensive dissertation on how an ordinary mortal…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 1 Summary
The first chapter is titled Arjuna Visada Yoga or Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief. While there…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 Summary
A stream cut off from the main river stagnates, putrefies and dies. Similarly a human…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 3 Summary
The chapter opens with Arjuna’s dilemma. He asks Krsna, “You maintain that knowledge is superior…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 4 Summary
The real guru is Atman. In any spiritual discourse the guru can get across only…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 5 Summary
A fisherman casts his net to four kinds of fish. One does not get ensnared…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 6 Summary
Entitled “The Yoga of Meditation”, chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita elucidates meditation as the…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 7 Summary
In the first six chapters Krsna has given all the knowledge required for a person…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 8 Summary
Krsna begins the chapter with precise definitions of Brahman, Atman and action. He then goes…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 9 Summary
Krsna refers to the knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita as the royal secret. It is…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 10 Summary
Brahman, God, pervades the whole universe and exists beyond it as well, in Its pristine…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 11 Summary
Arjuna has heard of Krsna’s divine glories in chapter ten. He now wants to see…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 12 Summary
The Bhagavad Gita invites you to partake of the power of devotion, bhakti. Modern life magnifies…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 13 Summary
Children enjoy playing with masks. The more distorted and grotesque the mask, the greater the…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 14 Summary
The Bhagavad Gita helps achieve excellence in the world. And takes us beyond, to the…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 15 Summary
With imagery taken from the Katha Upanishad, Krsna portrays the entire universe as the Asvattha or pipal…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 16 Summary
Every human being is a fascinating combination of divine and demonic qualities. We all have…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 17 Summary
In Chapter 16 Krsna says that a person who merely pursues desire and ignores the…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 18 Summary
The eighteenth chapter is Krsna’s final message. It begins with Arjuna asking for precise definitions…