Bhagavad Gita Study Guide
Astudy of the Bhagavad Gita will be of immense help to yogis and those who want success in spiritual life. This study guide will help by giving the student the needed resources. Below you will find links to chapters of the Gita from Swami Nirmalananda’s translation The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God. Below that are links to the various talks from this site organized by the Gita chapters they deal with. If in your study of the Gita you have questions about particular verses, you can find the talk that covers those verses.
Links to chapters in The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God.
- Chapter 1–The Yoga of the Despondency of Arjuna
- Chapter 2–Sankhya Yoga
- Chapter 3–The Yoga of Action
- Chapter 4–The Yoga of Wisdom
- Chapter 5–The Yoga of Renunciation of Action
- Chapter 6–The Yoga of Meditation
- Chapter 7–The Yoga of Wisdom and Realization
- Chapter 8–The Yoga of Imperishable Brahman
- Chapter 9–The Yoga of the Royal Science and Royal Secret
- Chapter 10–The Yoga of Divine Glories
- Chapter 11–The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form
- Chapter 12–The Yoga of Devotion
- Chapter 13–The Yoga of the Distinction Between the Field and the Knower of the Field
- Chapter 14–The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
- Chapter 15–The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit
- Chapter 16–The Yoga of the Division between the Divine and the Demonic
- Chapter 17–The Yoga of the Division of Threefold Faith
- Chapter 18–The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation
Links to Individual Gita Talks by Chapter
Chapter 1
- Introduction to the Gita
Ch.1-2:19
Chapter 2
- Talk 2–What Is the Self?
Ch. 2:20-30 - Talk 3–Unity With God
Ch. 2:30-38 - Talk 4–Karma Yoga, The Yoga of Action
Beginning Ch. 2:39 - Talk 5–The Tranquility of Yoga
Beginning Ch. 2:45 - Talk 6–How to Fix Your Mind on God
Beginning Ch. 2:48 - Talk 7–The Calm of Self-Surrender
Beginning Ch. 2:49 - Talk 8–The Path of Downfall
Beginning Ch. 2:63
Chapter 3
- Talk 9–The Two Paths of Yoga
Beginning Ch. 3:01 - Talk 10–Living for Spirital Evolution
Beginning Ch. 3:13 - Talk 11–Our Lives as Examples
Beginning Ch. 3:21 - Talk 12–Our Responsibility for Our Actions
Beginning Ch. 3:29 - Talk 13–Release from the Bondage of Karma
Beginning Ch. 3:31 - Talk 14–The Dangers of Desire & Anger
Beginning Ch. 3:36 - Talk 15–Controlling the Senses
Beginning Ch. 3:37
Chapter 4
- Talk 16–Stories of Yogis
Beginning Ch. 4:01 - Talk 17–What Is “Eternal Yoga”?
Beginning Ch. 4:01 - Talk 18–Why Does God Incarnate?
Beginning Ch. 4:07 - Talk 19–Traits Developed by Yoga
Beginning Ch. 4:10 - Talk 20–Action & Inaction
Beginning Ch. 4:16 - Talk 21–Qualities for Success in Yoga
Beginning Ch. 4:22 - Talk 22–What Is Pranayama?
Beginning Ch. 4:29 - Talk 23–The Sacrifice of Wisdom
Beginning Ch. 4:33
Chapter 5
- Talk 24–Renunciation vs. Karma Yoga?
Beginning Ch. 5:01 - Talk 25–The Nine Chakras
Beginning Ch. 5:10 - Talk 26–The “Thatness” of God
Beginning Ch. 5:17 - Talk 27–Using Spiritual Intelligence
Beginning Ch. 5:20 - Talk 28–Happiness from Within
Beginning Ch. 5:28
Chapter 6
- Talk 29–The Yoga of Meditation
Beginning Ch. 6:01 - Talk 30–Knowledge and Discrimination
Beginning Ch. 6:08 - Talk 31–A Yogi’s Place of Meditation
Beginning Ch. 6:11 - Talk 32–The Yoga Life
Beginning Ch. 6:16 - Talk 33–Priorities in Spiritual Life
Beginning Ch. 6:21 - Talk 34–Seeing God Everywhere
Beginning Ch. 6:30 - Talk 35–Falling from Yoga
Beginning Ch. 6:37 - Talk 36–Going Beyond the Vedas
Beginning Ch. 6:44
Chapter 8
- Talk 37–Knowledge and Realization
Beginning Ch. 7:01 - Talk 38–Spiritual Cosmology
Beginning Ch. 7:04 - Talk 39–Tapasya: Spiritual Practice
Beginning Ch. 7:09 - Talk 40–Four Types Who Seek God
Beginning Ch. 7:16
More Gita Talks will be posted as they are available:
Chapters 8 through 18
