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अर्जुनविषादयोग

Arjuna Visada Yoga

Arjuna's Dilemma

Arjuna sees his teachers, cousins and friends on both sides of the battlefield and collapses in grief and confusion.

सांख्ययोग

Sankhya Yoga

Transcendental Knowledge

Krishna begins his teaching: the Self is eternal, do your duty, and act without clinging to the results.

कर्मयोग

Karma Yoga

Path of Selfless Service

Why action can't be avoided, and how selfless work frees you instead of binding you.

ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग

Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action

Krishna reveals his divine nature and explains how wisdom purifies action.

कर्मसंन्यासयोग

Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Path of Renunciation

Renouncing action versus acting with detachment, and why the second leads to peace.

ध्यानयोग

Dhyana Yoga

Path of Meditation

Mastering the mind through meditation, balance and self-discipline.

ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग

Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment

Krishna describes his material and spiritual nature, and who truly seeks him.

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग

Akshara Brahma Yoga

Path of the Eternal God

On death, remembrance and the imperishable.

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

Raja Vidya Yoga

Yoga through the King of Sciences

The royal secret: devotion is the most direct path, and any sincere offering is accepted.

विभूतियोग

Vibhooti Yoga

Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God

Krishna describes how the divine shows up in the best of everything.

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God

Arjuna is shown Krishna's overwhelming universal form.

भक्तियोग

Bhakti Yoga

The Yoga of Devotion

Devotion, and the qualities that make someone dear to Krishna.

क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग

Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga

Yoga through Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field

The body as the field, and the consciousness that knows it.

गुणत्रयविभागयोग

Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature

Sattva, rajas and tamas: the three forces that shape how we think and act.

पुरुषोत्तमयोग

Purushottama Yoga

The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality

The upside-down tree of life and the Supreme Person beyond it.

दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग

Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga

Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures

Divine and destructive qualities, and where each one leads.

श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग

Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith

How faith, food, sacrifice and charity reflect the three gunas.

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender

The whole teaching drawn together. Arjuna's confusion ends and he is ready to act.