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Arjuna's Despondency: Quick Summary
Seeing his own people before him, Arjuna's body gives way: his limbs weaken and the bow begins to slip from his hand (1.29-30).
English 11 min Arjuna's Despondency
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Arjuna's Seven Steps: The Road Through a Crisis
Arjuna's road has seven steps: shock, freezing, arguing, asking for help, learning, doubting again and acting. None of them is a fault.
In Depth English 8 min Arjuna, Our Mirror
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Arjuna, Our Mirror: Quick Summary
Arjuna's road has seven steps, and any person in a crisis walks the same road.
English 3 min Arjuna, Our Mirror
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Delusion Gone: I Will Act: Quick Summary
The Lord asks whether the teaching was heard with the whole mind and whether the delusion is gone (18.72).
English 4 min Delusion Gone: I Will Act
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When Everything Falls Apart: Arjuna Shows the Way
Arjuna's hands shook, his mouth went dry and he said he would not fight (1.28-29, 2.9). The Gita does not blame him.
Simple English 4 min Arjuna, Our Mirror
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When the Confusion Clears: How to Tell, and How to Begin
The Lord asks whether the teaching was heard with the whole mind and whether the confusion has gone (18.72).
Simple English 5 min Delusion Gone: I Will Act
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Putting Down the Load You Think Only You Can Carry: The Gita's Last Counsel
The weight of a day comes less from the work than from the thought that "I alone hold it up" (18.57, 18.61).
Simple English 7 min The Final Counsel: Surrender, Think, Choose
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When You Cannot Go On and Cannot Decide: What Arjuna Did First
Arjuna, the best archer of his day, trembles and cannot stand on the field (1.29-30). The Gita reports it plainly and does not call it shame.
Simple English 5 min Arjuna's Despondency
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When Your Resolve Meets a Face: What Arjuna Saw Between the Two Armies
Arjuna arrived on the field ready to fight, then asked to stand between the armies and see whom he must face.
Simple English 4 min Arjuna on the Field
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Afraid of What People Will Say? What the Gita Says About Duty and Disgrace
The Lord speaks to Arjuna in the language of duty and name, because those are what Arjuna cares about (2.31-37).
Simple English 5 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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How to Stop Worrying About the Result: Offer Your Work
The worry is not in the work but in clinging to the result. The Gita says to do the work and then hand it over to the Lord (3.30).
Simple English 5 min Offering All Actions
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