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The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity
The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita
by Swami Krishnananda

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Table of Contents

  • Chapters
  1. Introduction
  2. The Sabha Parva of the Mahabharata
  3. The Aranya Parva of the Mahabharata
  4. Stories from the Aranya Parva
  5. The Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata
  6. Beauty and Duty in the Bhagavadgita
  7. Can War Ever be Justified?
  8. The Realism and Idealism of the Bhagavadgita
  9. The Classification of Society
  10. The Need for Sankhya
  11. Participating with the Intention of the Universe
  12. Control of the Senses
  13. The Supremely Friendly Power
  14. The Coming of God as an Incarnation
  15. Seeing the Eternity in the Temporal
  16. Understanding the Essence of the Mind
  17. The Meaning and Purpose of Sacrifice
  18. Reconciling Knowledge and Action
  19. Knowledge and Action are One
  20. The Arising of the Concept of Unity
  21. The Two Ways of Yoga
  22. The Integration of Sannyasa and Yoga
  23. Introduction to the Sixth Chapter
  24. Sannyasa and Yoga are One
  25. The Lower Self and the Higher Self
  26. Being Spiritually Alone to Oneself
  27. The Practice of Meditation
  28. Sitting for Meditation
  29. The Yoga of the Bhagavadgita
  30. Communion with Eternity
  31. The Message of the Sixth Chapter

Publisher's Note

This is a series of 31 discourses on the relevance of the Bhagavadgita to humanity that Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj gave to the students of the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy between November 1984 to January 1985.

The Bhagavadgita was a favorite subject of Sri Swamiji Maharaj, and he never tired of speaking on it, yet every series of discourses that Swamiji gave is new and fresh, taking a different approach from other series that have been given on this subject.