Chapter Seven

Knowledge of the Absolute

Gita 07.02 - Understand the appearance and the substance of everything
Gita 07.03 - The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish
Gita 07.04 - Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna's glory
Gita 07.05 - The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable
Gita 07.06 - Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna's energies
Gita 07.07 - Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance
Gita 07.08 - Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water
Gita 07.09 - Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic
Gita 07.10 - All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed
Gita 07.11 - Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma
Gita 07.12 - The Gita's vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic
Gita 07.13 - The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence
Gita 07.14 - Knowledge of Krishna's position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion
Gita 07.15 - Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen
Gita 07.16 - Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious
Gita 07.17 - Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna
Gita 07.18 - Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable
Gita 07.19 - Krishna is not a dispensable filler; he is an indispensable shelter
Gita 07.01 - Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga
Gita 07.20 - Don't let desire steal your knowledge
Gita 07.21 - Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor
Gita 07.22 - Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him
Gita 07.23 - Accommodation is not recommendation
Gita 07.24 - To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context
Gita 07.25 - Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron
Gita 07.26 - Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence
Gita 07.27 - Go beyond duality by spirituality
Gita 07.28 - Dont expect immediate steady determination - use present determination, even if unsteady
Gita 07.29 - Detect misery to correct it
Gita 07.30 - Teacher's incomprehensible statements test student's interest and attentiveness