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Table of Contents: Introduction;
The Story Behind the Bhagavad Gita;
Chapter One: The Despondency of Arjuna;
Chapter Two: The Yoga of Wisdom;
Chapter Three: Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action;
Chapter Four: The Wisdom Yoga of Action and Renunciation;
Chapter Five: The Yoga of Renunciation;
Chapter Six: The Yoga of Meditation;
Chapter Seven: The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization;
Chapter Eight: The Yoga of the Absolute Truth;
Chapter Nine: Yoga of the Regal Science and the Royal Secret;
Chapter Ten: Yoga of the Divine Manifestations.
Chapter Eleven: The Yoga Vision of the Cosmic Form
Chapter Twelve: The Yoga of Devotion;
Chapter Thirteen: Yoga of the Field and Its Knower;
Chapter Fourteen: Yoga of the Three Qualities of Nature;
Chapter Fifteen: Yoga of the Supreme Self;
Chapter Sixteen: The Yoga of the Divine and the Demonic;
Chapter Seventeen: Yoga of the Three-fold Faith;
Chapter Eighteen: Yoga of Freedom Through Renunciation
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The Bhagavad Gita tells the story of how Arjuna, the great warrior, is seated in his chariot about to engage in battle, when he sees his own kinsmen and his revered teacher arrayed in battle against him, and feels that he cannot fight. It is then that Krishna, the Cosmic Lord, comes to counsel him. Arjuna represents the human soul seated in the chariot of the body and Krishna is the inner Spirit, the God within, who is there to consel him. Today we see humanity divided against itself and threatened with nuclear war and mutual destruction. No political means are adequate to deal with this problem, and many are driven to despair. It is then that the message of the Gita comes to teach us that it is only when we rise above human schemes and calculations and awake to the presence of the indwelling Spirit that we can hope to find the answer to our need.… (more)