CHAPTER – 16: Yoga of division of attributes, divine and demoniac. Greetings, Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, having completed the 15th chapter, now we will enter into the 16th chapter of the Gita. The two chapters 16th and 17th have a subject matter, which is different from the main subject matter of the previous three […]

Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, today I will give you a summary of the fifteenth chapter of the Gita, which we completed in the last class. The 15th chapter, titled Purushottama yoga, is a very popular chapter. Many people learn it by-heart, because in many places, people have to chant it compulsorily to get food!! […]

Shloka 15:15: And I am seated in the hearts of all. From Me are memory, knowledge and their loss. I alone am the object to be known through all the Vedas; I am also the originator of the Vedanta, and I Myself am the knower of the Vedas. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, with this […]

Shloka 15:12: 15.12 That light in the sun which illumines the whole world, that which is in the moon, and that which is in fire,-know that light to be Mine. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, after defining Brahman in the 6th verse of this chapter, Sri Krishna establishes in the later verses, that Brahman alone […]

Shloka # 15.8: 5.8 When the master leaves it and even when he assumes a body, he departs taking these, as wind (carries away) odours from their receptacles. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said in the first six verses of the 15th chapter, Sri Krishna talked about samsara and also the means of crossing the ocean […]

Shloka : 15. 7 15.7 It is verily a part of Mine, which becoming the eternal individual soul in the region of living beings, draws (to itself) the organs which have the mind as their sixth, and which abide in Nature. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, in the first 6 verses of the 15th chapter, […]

Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, Shloka 15.5: 15.5 The wise ones who are free from pride and non-discrimination, who have conered the evil of association, [Hatred and love arising from association with foes and friends.] who are ever devoted to spirituality, completely free from desires, free from the dualities called happiness and sorrow, reach that […]

Shloka 15.4: 15.4 Thereafter, that State has to be sought for, going where they do not return again: I take refuge in that Primeval Person Himself, from whom has ensued the eternal Manifestation Greetings, Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, in the first part of the 15th chapter, Sri Krishna gave a description of samsara, so […]

Shloka 15.1: The Blessed Lord said They say that the peepul Tree, which has its roots upward and the branches downward, and of which the Vedas are the leaves, is imperishable. He who realizes it is knower of the Vedas. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, in the beginning of the 15th chapter, Sri Krishna gives […]

Greetings, Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, having completed the 14th chapter, now we will enter into the 15th chapter, one of the smallest chapters in the Gita, with only 20 verses; but one of the most important and popular chapters of the Gita, and it is often used as a prayer verse before taking food; […]