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The sight of the Lord's form is rare even for the gods (11.52), and none of the four great means, Veda study, austerity, charity or sacrifice, can claim it as a price (11.53).
Deeper English 16 min By Devotion Alone
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The Lord's question lets the student say the answer himself; Arjuna's four statements run from the end of delusion to action (18.72, 18.73).
Deeper English 14 min Delusion Gone: I Will Act
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The Lord asks Arjuna to give his actions to Him in the mind, to keep a steady intellect and to fix his mind on Him (18.57).
Deeper English 16 min The Final Counsel: Surrender, Think, Choose
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The passage teaches one thing from two ends. The mind needs one resolve, and the resolve takes root only when the mind rests in the Self (2.41, 2.53).
Deeper English 16 min Buddhi Yoga: The Resolute Intellect
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The twenty verses give different reasons for not grieving, for different listeners, and they agree in outcome. One is the lasting self (2.16–25), one is the unavoidable cycle (2.26–28), and one is the self in every being (2.29–30).
Deeper English 14 min The Imperishable Self
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The first knowing is a sight of the Lord's glory that turns the devotee (10.7-8); the last is the wisdom of discernment that carries him to the Lord, and the Lord gives it (10.10-11). So the movement is one path that deepens, not a circle.
Deeper English 17 min Knowing His Glory Leads to Devotion
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Arjuna asks who knows yoga best. The Lord answers in terms of being joined to Him, not of knowing: the one who fixes the mind on Him, stays steady and has supreme faith is the most united (12.2).
Deeper English 12 min Devotion or the Unmanifest
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What reaches the Lord is not the thing offered but the devotion carried in it, so a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water is enough (9.26).
Deeper English 18 min A Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, Water
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