# 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)

                                                   

                                                     Please bear with the audio quality of this video.  It is not optimum.