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Devotion or the Unmanifest: Quick Summary
Arjuna asks which knows yoga best, the one who worships the Lord in form or the one who worships the imperishable unmanifest (12.1).
English 7 min Devotion or the Unmanifest
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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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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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Prayer Feels Dry and No One to Talk To? What the Gita Says
Truly seeing the Lord's greatness turns devotion from habit into steady love (10.7-8).
Simple English 6 min Knowing His Glory Leads to Devotion
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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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My Mind Will Not Stay on God: Where Do I Start? Gita 12.8-11
The Lord does not ask everyone to begin at the top; for the one whose mind will not stay He gives lower steps too (12.8-11).
Simple English 5 min The Ladder of Devotion
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