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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.
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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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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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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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Does the Gita Teach War and Violence? What the Verses Say
The Gita opens with the warrior refusing to fight (1.28-47). Everything that follows is an answer to that refusal.
In Depth English 4 min Arjuna's Despondency
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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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What Is in the Gita's Eighteen Chapters? A Plain Guide to Where to Start
The eighteen chapters are one conversation between Arjuna and Lord Krishna, and they answer five questions in order.
Simple English 6 min The Eighteen Chapters at a Glance
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What Is the Bhagavad Gita? A Plain Answer for First-Time Readers
The Gita is one conversation, in eighteen chapters, between Arjuna and his friend Lord Krishna, who drives his chariot.
Simple English 6 min What Is the Gita?
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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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