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Can We Simply Stop Acting?: Quick Summary
Arjuna asks why action if knowledge is greater, and asks the Lord for one clear road (3.1-2).
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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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The Imperishable Self: Quick Summary
Grief rests on the body and the life lived together, but the one who dwells in the body stays the same.
English 7 min The Imperishable Self
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Action, Knowledge, Meditation or Devotion: Where Should I Begin? The Gita's Own Answer
The Gita names four ways, action, knowledge, meditation and devotion, and says they lead to the same place (13.25, 5.5).
Simple English 7 min The Paths: Action, Knowledge, Devotion
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I Want to Stop Doing Everything: What the Gita Says About Quitting
No one can do nothing, even for a moment. Breathing, sleeping and thinking are all action (3.5, 3.8).
Simple English 6 min Can We Simply Stop Acting?
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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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Is It All Right to Ask a Question? What Arjuna Teaches Us
The Gita runs on Arjuna's questions, and Lord Krishna turns none of them away (3.2, 3.3).
Simple English 5 min Arjuna's Questions
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