# 63 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 13 TO 17

"Our personality is like a flute. If we are able to empty ourselves of ego the Lord himself will sing through you. But when all the ego blocks are there, even the Lord’s sound becomes distorted. So be empty of this ego and be an instrument – a flute – in the hands of the Lord.”

 “Law of karma is the law that makes the universe function…The laws are part of the universe and they have to be there if the universe is to function in a systematic, harmonious way.”

 “The whole universe exists in that divinity alone – so also you and I. So stop worrying – the train is moving. Unload the luggage. Relax.”

                                                   

 (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 62 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 8 TO 12

"…a very famous verse (Verse 10)…to be like a lotus leaf…staying in water…yet it remains untouched by water…So, similarly…it is a slow, gradual process of detaching myself from the various layers of the personality…the more I am indentified with my true nature, this false identity will…fall away.”

“Karma yogis perform action…having given up all attachments…For self-purification karma yoga is done.”

“Vedanta says unless you tackle the root cause and that is avidya…kama and karma will continue. Ignorance breeds desires. Desire, satisfied, breeds more desires…”

 (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

# 61 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : VERSES 8,9 AND 11

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

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# 60 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 4 TO 7

"The greater independence I am demanding, the less I want to be controlled by the world, controlled by the karma phala. Therefore, I welcome and let go with the full confidence that there is an orderliness in the universe.  Everyone of us gets what we exactly deserve. May be not what you desire, but what you deserve…The law of Karma is not haphazard."

"...I am not this body or this mind or this intellect which are all different from person to person.  But I am that Atma which is Sarva Bhootatma Bhootatma which is the same in every being." 

 (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 59 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : VERSES 4 TO 7

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

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# 58 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 1 TO 3

“So the whole technique of karma yoga… is to convert pravrtitti marga into nivritti marga. The path of renunciation, nivritti marga it is called. The path of activity is called as pravritti marga. So by converting karma into yoga what we are actually trying to accomplish is to make pravritti marga, a help and support in nivritti.  Karma should not bind me anymore if I know how to perform Karma yoga.”

 “…the world cannot twist the arm of such a person because he has no…hopes and expectations. Take the world as it comes…let it go as it goes. So be a sannyasi in the midst of this action…don’t think you have to give up all activity.” 

 (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 57 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : VERSES 1 TO 3

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

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# 56 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 5 : " The Yoga of Action and Knowledge " : INTRODUCTION

“…in the midst of all this action… inwardly maintain this consciousness ‘I do not do anything’…the state of actionless-ness is achieved when ‘I am the doer’ mentality is not there. So the 5^th Chapter…elaborates upon that concept which was actually introduced towards the end of the 4^th Chapter.”

 (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in January 2011 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

# 55 : (AUDIO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 5 : "The Yoga of Action and Knowledge" : OVERVIEW

“Karma Sanyasa can be done only by a person who has purified his intellect, his inner personality, through the practice of Karma Yoga”.

“All Bhogas (enjoyments)… born out of sense contacts… are virtually sources of dukkha  (sorrow).  Why? They have a beginning.  They have an end”.

“He, who is able to withstand…the momentum generated by desires, anger and such passions, such a person, is… a true Yogi.  He, is indeed, truly a happy human being”.

# 54 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 32 TO 42

 “Karma is practiced, not for its own sake. It is only as a preparation to the realization of the supreme Brahman.”

“In that knowledge, all karmas culminate…all the karmas done in the spirit of karma yoga and the state of naishkarmayam, ultimately they are meant to take the aspirant to the realization of Brahman.”

“Krishna encourages the spirit of questioning…That openness and self enquiry has always been there from the early days of the Upanishads. So pariprashna is important…”

“(Verse 39)…this is one of my favorite verses. The one who has got shraddha will attain to knowledge.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

# 53 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" : VERSES 32 TO 42

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

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# 52 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 24 TO 31

“It is that one divine truth that is manifest through all beings, all things, all…actions. So our ordinary actions or our religious duties, all of them can be converted into a yagna.”

“Offering the self (ego) as an aahuti into the fire of Brahman. So to reach the state of realization of Aham Brahmasmi, this aham must come to an end.”

“By getting things you are not going to attain moksha. Moksha has nothing to do with getting. It is always in giving, abandoning, renouncing...so sacrifice this little self into the fire of Brahman. The ego has to end, the ‘I’ has to end.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

# 51 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" : VERSES 24 TO 31

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust).

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 50 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 20 TO 23

 “He is not bound…there are no expectations. No complaints, no grumbling. This is one of my favorite verses of the Gita (#22). No likes and dislikes…not competing, envious of somebody else…equanimous in success as well as failure…though acting there is no bondage. Karma cannot touch (such) a person.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

# 49 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" : VERSES 20 TO 23

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust).

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

# 48 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 10 TO 19

 “…the ideal would be to discover the divinity within ourselves...and then discover the same divinity in all beings around.”

“…each one of us has to discover the presence of that divinity within ourselves as well as without ourselves.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

# 47 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" : VERSES 10 TO 19

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 46 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 7 TO 9

“Avatars have always been beings…descending…disguised manifestations of the Supreme as and when required in the human condition.”

“…Shri Aurobindo puts it: ‘The descent of the divine for the ascent of the finite.’ The descent of the infinite into a finite body so that these finite beings may aspire for a greater fulfillment…a higher consciousness…”

“You have to lift up yourself by yourself. Nobody else can lift you up. So listen to the teaching, reflect on the teaching, and then walk the spiritual path.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

                                                   

# 45 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" : VERSES 6 TO 9

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 44 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge " : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 1 TO 6

 “By teaching karma yoga, Bhagawan is reviving this ancient wisdom which taught us how…ordinary actions can be converted into a spiritual discipline.”

“Action itself is a means for spiritual evolution – to convert the pravritti marg into a nivritti marg.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 43 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" : VERSES 1 TO 5

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust). (This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 42 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : " The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge” : INTRODUCTION

“That openness to knowledge…has been a chief characteristic of this culture…right from the days of the Vedas till today. Our spiritual tradition has always encouraged the pursuit of knowledge.”

“The knowers of Brahman tell us there are 2 types of knowledge – the para vidya, the apara vidya. And both are to be known”

“…the Gita’s special contribution…to the Vedanta philosophy is this – the doctrine of the avatara. Strangely, the word ‘avatara’ is not used in the Gita.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in December 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012.)

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# 41 : (AUDIO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 4 : "The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciples of Action and Knowledge" : OVERVIEW

"People walk my path from all directions.  There is no one specific path applicable to one and all.  Everyone has to follow his own path in this spiritual journey and freedom should be given to individuals to approach the divine in different ways."

                                                                           (This discourse was recorded in Bangalore.)

# 40 : (AUDIO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 3 : "Karmayoga or the Yoga of Action" : OVERVIEW

“…the Bhagavad Gita’s special contribution to the philosophy of Vedanta is the teaching of karma yoga. How an individual can transform his daily action into a spiritual sadhana, for self purification and self transformation. This is the essence of karma yoga.”

(This discourse was recorded in Bangalore.)

# 39 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHAPTER 2 : "Sankhyayoga" : EXPOSITION OF VERSES 64 TO 72

 “A beautiful verse (#70)…just as plenty of waters enter into the ocean…yet it doesn’t raise the level of the ocean…in a similar way…all the desirable objects and sensations created by them can enter the mind of a sthitapragnya without creating any disturbance.”

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in October 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)

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# 38 : (VIDEO) : BHAGAVAD GITA : CHANTING SEGMENT : CHAPTER 2 : "Sankhyayoga" : VERSES 64 TO 72

The chanting CD played at this Gita Gyan Yagna is the 'Geeta Chanting' by Swami Brahmananda (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust).

(This clip is from Guruji's discourse in October 2010 during the Gita Gyan Yagna held at Bangalore, India, from 2010-2012)