(ch.02) Knowledge

Last time we saw Arjuna shifting from a personal mode to a question about dharma-adharma and something that is even more important–the question of moksha. Understanding that the question of moksha is

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2 …continued) I would like to remind readers that Chapter 2 is one of the more important chapters in the Gita. In the

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2 …continued) People comparing these posts to the matter in Chapter 2 of the Gita will not find paras on `awareness’ etc because this

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2…continued) After having seen a dimension of this knowledge, in Chapter two Lord Krishna also talks about who is ready for this

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2…continued) If I am limitless, how come the world limits me? Previously we had seen that I-awareness is limitless because I

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2…continued) The second chapter ends with a beautiful description of how a person, who has gained this wisdom, lives his life. It

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2 …continued) In our last post we dealt with the topic: who is a wise person? One question that comes up for

Sankhya yoga/Topic of Karma(Chapter 2…continued) Last time we saw one aspect of karma-yoga i.e. to focus on what I can do. This can make me a

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2… continued) In the last post, we saw karma yoga as prasada buddhi, and in the previous one we have also seen how

Sankhya yoga/Topic of knowledge(Chapter 2…continued) Lord Krishna gives two definitions of karma-yoga in the second chapter, let’s look at both of them in this post. Readers