Essence of the Gita

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Essence of the Gita
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Prayer

• àpÚpairjatay taeÇveÇEkpaye,anmuÔay kay
  gItamtÊhe nmgt.
• prapannapärijätäya totravetraikapäëaye
  jïänamudräya kåñëäya gétämåtaduhe namaù

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Background

• Pandavas and Kauravas
• Arjunas life of a warrior
• War for dharma
• Bhishma and Drona
• Attachment, sorrow and confusion
• Refusal to fight
• Surrender to Krishna

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Central teaching of the Gita

• na anuñocanti panditäùWise people do not have
  sorrow. (Gita 2.11)

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What does it mean?

• Problems will be there.
• Sorrow need not be there.
• Happiness and sorrow are attitudes.
• My happiness does not depend on people, objects
  or situations.

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Steps towards the goal

• Krishna teaches in three steps

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Prayer

• àpÚpairjatay taeÇveÇEkpaye,anmuÔay kay
  gItamtÊhe nmgt.
• prapannapärijätäya totravetraikapäëaye
  jïänamudräya kåñëäya gétämåtaduhe namaù

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Steps towards the goal

• Krishna teaches in three steps
• àpÚpairjatay - prapannapärijätäya
• taeÇveÇEkpay - totravetraikapäëaye
• anmuÔay - jïänamudräya

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Step 1 Devotion

• àpÚpairjatay - prapannapärijätäya
• Bestower of boons to devotees
• Devotee
• Devotion is possible only by following dharma
• Offer all actions as gift to God
• Do well what you do
• Accept results as gift from God
• You get what is best for your inner growth

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Step 2 Discipline

• taeÇveÇEkpay - totravetraikapäëaye
• Holding a stick that is used to control cows
• What is freedom?
• Freedom of senses and mind is bondage
• Freedom from senses and mind is real freedom
• How to train the senses and mind?
• Discipline in eating, reading, sleeping, etc
• Practise japa and meditation

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Step 3 Knowledge

• anmuÔay - jïänamudräya
• Holding the jnaanamudra
• Thumb God
• Index finger I
• Other three fingers World
• God is more important than the world.

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Step 3 Knowledge

• anmuÔay - jïänamudräya
• Thumb God
• Index finger I
• Other three fingers Body, mind, intellect
• When I realize that I am different from body,
  mind and intellect, I am one with God.

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Central teaching of the Gita

• na anuñocanti panditäùWise people do not have
  sorrow. (Gita 2.11)

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Prayer

• àpÚpairjatay taeÇveÇEkpaye,anmuÔay kay
  gItamtÊhe nmgt.
• prapannapärijätäya totravetraikapäëaye
  jïänamudräya kåñëäya gétämåtaduhe namaù

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