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From the Bhagavad Gita, the five most important verses have been selected – verses that are powerful, clear, and full of tremendous insight and beauty – on each of the Gita's main topics: 1) Self-knowledge, 2) bhakti, 3) karma yoga, 4) meditation, 5) enlightenment, and 6) Who is Lord Krishna? Videos on all 6 topics available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeP4eulMEXiPe6sa-3Xx5kqPVwcOE8fZx
The rishis, the sages of ancient India taught that enlightenment is the highest goal of human life. They called it moksha or mukti, which means liberation, freedom, not just freedom from rebirth, but freedom from all the struggle and suffering of day to day life. Those who seek enlightenment follow a variety of spiritual paths and they engage in various spiritual practices. But what is it exactly that they are seeking through all that? What is enlightenment? And how is it actually attained?
In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna thoroughly explains both the nature of enlightenment, as well as the means to reach it. For this video, I carefully selected five important verses that convey the essence of his teachings on enlightenment.
To study the entire Bhagavad Gita, verse by verse, see Swamiji's classes here: youtube.com/watch?v=Z2lsu6ZaKUo&list=PLeP4eulMEXiOC8DjxjFc2Vt1yEtD8IAbl
0:00 Introduction
1:56 ch2 v55
7:26 ch3 v17
13:33 ch4 v22
18:07 ch5 v20
23:14 ch2 v69
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: arshabodha.org
From the Bhagavad Gita, the five most important verses have been selected – verses that are powerful, clear, and full of tremendous insight and beauty – on each of the Gita's main topics: 1) Self-knowledge, 2) bhakti, 3) karma yoga, 4) meditation, 5) enlightenment, and 6) Who is Lord Krishna? Videos on all 6 topics available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeP4eulMEXiPe6sa-3Xx5kqPVwcOE8fZx
The rishis, the sages of ancient India taught that enlightenment is the highest goal of human life. They called it moksha or mukti, which means liberation, freedom, not just freedom from rebirth, but freedom from all the struggle and suffering of day to day life. Those who seek enlightenment follow a variety of spiritual paths and they engage in various spiritual practices. But what is it exactly that they are seeking through all that? What is enlightenment? And how is it actually attained?
In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna thoroughly explains both the nature of enlightenment, as well as the means to reach it. For this video, I carefully selected five important verses that convey the essence of his teachings on enlightenment.
To study the entire Bhagavad Gita, verse by verse, see Swamiji's classes here: youtube.com/watch?v=Z2lsu6ZaKUo&list=PLeP4eulMEXiOC8DjxjFc2Vt1yEtD8IAbl
0:00 Introduction
1:56 ch2 v55
7:26 ch3 v17
13:33 ch4 v22
18:07 ch5 v20
23:14 ch2 v69
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: arshabodha.org
