BGV 2

Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not

Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation

Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires

Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary

Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer

Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire

Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration

Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal

Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation

Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown

Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us

Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses

Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control

Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism

Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual

Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer

Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized

Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps

Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction

Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence

Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination

Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion

Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best

Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence

Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture

Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose

Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter

Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste

Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema

Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom

Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence

Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee

Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga

Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions

Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win

Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message

Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception

Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action

Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution

Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success

Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization

Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action

Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing

Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief

Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process

Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless

Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual

Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere

Gita 02.23 – The utter indestructibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty

Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition

Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge

Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does

Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction

Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure

Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything

Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence

Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal

Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it

Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging

Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural

Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise

Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood

Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn

Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress

Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple

Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance

Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences

Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness

Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna

Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position

Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation

Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony