BGV 15

Gita 15.20 Using the knowledge and devotion we presently have propels us symbiotically towards life’s perfection

Gita 15.19 Bhakti is not non-intellectual or anti-intellectual – it is trans-intellectual

Gita 15.18 Fragmentation is not the cause of illusion, disharmonization is

Gita 15.17 Liberation is not just elevation out of illusion but also connection with the supreme reality

Gita 15.16 Purification means to change our emotional center

Gita 15.15 The purpose of perceiving the spiritual through the material is to perceive the spiritual in its own right

Gita 15.14 The world’s origin and operation points requires something beyond the world

Gita 15.13 The existence of multiple factors congenial to our existence points to transcendence

Gita 15.12 We need the eyes to see what our eyes need to see

Gita 15.11 What we see depends on what we want to see

Gita 15.10 We need knowledge to see our vulnerability in material existence

Gita 15.09 The mind makes chasing mirages the soul’s tragic habit

Gita 15.08 The essence of growth is evolution in our conception of life

Gita 15.07 Even when the mind is directed by the senses, it still directs the senses

Gita 15.06 The spiritual world is self-luminous and its luminosity is malleable to Krishna’s will

Gita 15.05 Surrender means to give up everything for Krishna – even the feeling of hopelessness

Gita 15.04 The Personal Absolute is not a way to transcendence – he is the summit of transcendence

Gita 15.03 Detachment cuts not the world but our own attachment to the world

Gita 15.02 We are bound by action and knowledge can guide us to action that leads to liberation

Gita 15.01 The metaphor of the upside-down tree points to the reality beyond the reflection