Chapter Two

Contents of the Gītā Summarized

Gita 02.01 - Arjuna's analysis only aggravates his agony
Gita 02.02 - Arya - Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation
Gita 02.03 - Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position
Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause - fight for Krishna
Gita 02.04 - Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness
Gita 02.05 - Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences
Gita 02.06 - Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance
Gita 02.07 - Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple
Gita 02.08 - Outer success can't remove inner distress
Gita 02.09 - The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn
Gita 02.10 - Change in the seeker's mood evokes change in the teacher's mood
Gita 02.11 - The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise
Gita 02.12 - Spirit is not just eternal but also plural
Gita 02.13 - The body is changing, not just growing - so focus on the unchanging
Gita 02.14 - The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral - so tolerate it
Gita 02.15 - Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal
Gita 02.16 - Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence
Gita 02.17 - Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything
Gita 02.18 - The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure
Gita 02.19 - The soul's non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction
Gita 02.20 - The soul doesn't undergo the six changes that matter does
Gita 02.21 - Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge
Gita 02.22 - The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition
Gita 02.23 - The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty
Gita 02.24 - The soul can't be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere
Gita 02.25 - Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual
Gita 02.26 - Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless
Gita 02.27 - See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process
Gita 02.28 - The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief
Gita 02.29 - Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing
Gita 02.30 - Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action
Gita 02.31 - Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization
Gita 02.32 - Dharma rewards success according to each varna's definition of success
Gita 02.33 - Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution
Gita 02.34 - Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action
Gita 02.35 - The variance between our intention and people's perception causes mortifying misconception
Gita 02.36 - Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna's message
Gita 02.37 - Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win
Gita 02.38 - To reconcile the Gita's contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions
Gita 02.39 - Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga
Gita 02.40 - The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee
Gita 02.41 - Intent shapes intelligence
Gita 02.42 - Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom
Gita 02.43 - The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema
Gita 02.44 - Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste
Gita 02.45 - Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter
Gita 02.46 - Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose
Gita 02.47 - Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture
Gita 02.48 - Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence
Gita 02.49 - The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best
Gita 02.50 - Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion
Gita 02.51 - Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination
Gita 02.52 - Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence
Gita 02.53 - Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction
Gita 02.54 - Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps
Gita 02.55 - Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized
Gita 02.56 - Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer
Gita 02.57 - Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual
Gita 02.58 - Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism
Gita 02.59 - Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual
Gita 02.60 - Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control
Gita 02.61 - Control, concentration, conquest - three stages in dealing with the senses
Gita 02.62 - Whatever catches our attention catches us
Gita 02.63 - Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction - Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown
Gita 02.64 - Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation
Gita 02.65 - Purification makes external intelligence internal
Gita 02.66 - Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration
Gita 02.67 - Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire
Gita 02.68 - Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer
Gita 02.69 - Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary
Gita 02.70 - Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires
Gita 02.71 - Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation
Gita 02.72 - Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not

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