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Arjuna's Questions: Quick Summary
The Gita moves by Arjuna's questions, and the Lord sends none of them back (3.1-2).
English 11 min Arjuna's Questions
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The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance: Quick Summary
The 18 chapters and 701 verses of the Gita move in the order of Arjuna's questions: from sitting down in despair to decision.
English 13 min The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
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What Is the Gita?: Quick Summary
The Gita is one conversation between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on a battlefield, in 18 chapters.
English 8 min What Is the Gita?
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How the Gita Is Built: The Frame, Arjuna's Questions, the Verse Counts and the Chapter Names
The Gita presents itself as one dialogue inside a frame: Dhritarashtra asks what happened, and Sanjaya tells it from start to finish.
Deeper English 12 min The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
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The Eighteen Chapters of the Gita in Order: What Each Chapter Does and Why It Comes Next
Each of the eighteen chapters has one clear job, and Arjuna's questions are what move the talk from one chapter to the next.
In Depth English 14 min The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
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Who Speaks in the Gita, and Why Does the Teaching Begin in a War?
Four voices carry the Gita. Dhritarashtra asks, Sanjaya reports, Arjuna questions and Lord Krishna teaches.
In Depth English 11 min What Is the Gita?
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Arjuna's Questions in the Gita: Wording, Order and Replies, a Closer Reading
The questions shape the Gita: three threads run through them, the call for one decisive answer (2.7, 3.2, 5.1), the marks of the ideal person (2.54, 14.21), and which of two is better (5.1, 12.1).
Deeper English 15 min Arjuna's Questions
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What Arjuna Asks in the Gita: The Fourteen Main Questions, One by One
Arjuna's questions change with his state of mind: first confusion (2.54, 3.1-2, 5.1), then the difficulty of practice (6.33-39), then the wish to know (8.1-2, 13.1, 14.21), then the wish to see (11.3-4).
In Depth English 14 min Arjuna's Questions
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