The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity

An Exposition of the First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita

by Swami Krishnananda

Table of Contents

• Publisher's Note

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