BGV 5

Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord

Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation

Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards

Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual

Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition

Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble

Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness

Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful

Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation

Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all

Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge

Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord

Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction

Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates

Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body

Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is

Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world

Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification

Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is

Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms

Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction

Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing

Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same

Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose

Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation

Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best

Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception