Philosophy of Bhagavata Gita ...

Bhagavat Gita ... (Total 700 Slokas)

Amritha Dharma?

(Ch:12, Set of verses: 13 thru' 20 on Characteristics of Excellent devotees / Bhakta)

Yogas prescribed in Bhagvata Gita are 18 Yogas in 18 chapters

1.   Arjuna Vishad Yoga

2.   Sankhya Yoga                                            SELF    

3.   Karma Yoga

4.   Jnana Yoga

5.   Karma Sanyasa Yoga

6.   Dhyana Yoga

7.   Jnana, Vignana Yoga (Interplay of 3 - Gunas)

8.   Akshar Brahma Yoga about Imperishable

9.   Raja Vidya & Yoga [ About meditation 34 Slokas]

10.Vibhuti Yoga

11.Cosmic form Yoga, Divya Rupa [Virat swarup] Yoga

12. Bhakti Yoga (Amritakshar)

13. Yoga of Spiritual / Moral Psychology

14. Gunatita Yoga (21-24)

15. Purushottama Yoga

16. Yoga of Divine & demoniac qualities

17. Yoga of 3 fold Faith

18. Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

Apart from these 18 Yogas, Dukh sanyog-viyog yoga and unshakable yoga towards Divinity are major meaning of Yoga as per Bhagvat Gita.

Essentially good for a person is the Knowledge of the Self ...

The Self is Eternal, All pervading, stable, immovable and ancient. It cannot be cut, burnt, wetted or dried ( Verse 24, Ch-2)

Lord Krishna intervenes first in Bhagvat Gita in the Ch-II, verse 11 and earlier in verse (2-3). He tells Arjuna not to grieve for those for whom he was grieving because the wise ones grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. The philosophy of Gita starts from here as Arjuna asks the Lord straight question as to what / which is highest good for him as a disciple and not as a friend. Then he proceeds to give the highest knowledge of the Self and its eternal nature to Arjuna.

The people for whom he was grieving were wise and therefore they didn't grieve and so it was not wise to grieve for them as they knew that they were eternal.

Stithapragna Lakshana

Enumerate 20 qualities of a Gnani [verses 53-64; ch-2]

Philosophy of Gita

Trinity and triune i.e., Unity of Trinity of Self, Visible world and God

Why 18 chapters in Gita

18 day war, 18 puranas, 18 Uppuranas refer to 18 aspects of Human Personality. The central teaching of the Gita is the attainment of the final beatitude of Life or Perfection or Freedom (Moksha) by doing the duties of life or one's own swadharma