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Duty, Honour and Fear: Quick Summary
The Lord speaks to Arjuna in his own language: duty, name and what people will say (2.31-37).
English 7 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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16. The Yoga of Divine and Demonic Qualities
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Even the Worst Offender: Quick Summary
A person of very bad conduct who worships with undivided devotion is to be regarded as righteous, because he has resolved rightly (9.30).
English 10 min Even the Worst Offender
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From Thought to Ruin: Quick Summary
From dwelling on an object comes attachment, from attachment desire, from desire anger, from anger confusion, then loss of memory, loss of understanding and at last ruin (2.62-63).
English 8 min From Thought to Ruin
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The Enemy Called Desire: Quick Summary
Arjuna asks why a person sins even against his wish, and the Lord names desire and anger born of passion as the cause (3.36-37).
English 8 min The Enemy Called Desire
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The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care: Quick Summary
Great souls take refuge in the divine nature, know the Lord as the origin of all, and worship with an undivided mind (9.13).
English 8 min The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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What We Worship, We Become: Quick Summary
The Lord steadies the faith of one who worships another god with faith, and the arranging of the fruit is His (7.21, 7.22).
English 10 min What We Worship, We Become
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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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Gita 2.31-37: What the Lord Says to Arjuna About Duty, Disgrace and Fear
The Lord speaks to Arjuna in his own language, of duty, name and what people will say; seven verses press one point each (2.31-37).
In Depth English 9 min Duty, Honour and Fear
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How a Person of Very Bad Conduct Counts as Righteous: Gita 9.30-34 Verse by Verse
A person of very bad conduct who worships the Lord with undivided devotion is to be regarded as righteous, because he has resolved rightly (9.30).
In Depth English 10 min Even the Worst Offender
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Great Souls and the Lord's Care: Gita 9.13-15 and 9.22 Verse by Verse
Great souls take shelter in the divine nature and, knowing the Lord as the source of all, worship him with a mind on nothing else (9.13).
In Depth English 11 min The Steadfast Devotee and Divine Care
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Worshipping Other Deities and Reaching the Lord: Gita 7.20-23 and 9.20-25 Verse by Verse
The Lord steadies the faith of anyone who worships a deity with faith; the Gita does not scold them (7.20, 7.21).
In Depth English 10 min What We Worship, We Become
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