164. Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verse 6 I Swami Sarvapriyananda
1/12/20261 hr 2 min
Taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda, this episode is part of a series of talks that unfold the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of God".
In this episode, Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches chapter 14, verse 6 of the Bhagavad Gita.
Chapter 14 is devoted to an understanding of the Gunatreya Vibhaga Yoga, or the three qualities/components of Maya. The entire universe is created by a projection of the three gunas - satva, rajas, and tamas. Understanding the science of the three gunas and how we can...
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First 90 secondsSwami Sarvapriyananda· Host0:02
[chanting] So this is our Bhagavad Gita class, which we have been playing delinquent for quite some time now [chuckles]. I've been traveling and missed out a number of classes, and we got a lot of mail for it also saying, "Please, please, can we have those classes back again?" Or, uh, "Could you complete the Bhagavad Gita?" That's going to take some time. We are on the 14th chapter, um, and we had started the 14th chapter, uh, before I went off on various travels. So we have done the first-- we have read the first five verses of the 14th chapter. The 14th chapter is called Guṇa Traya Vibhāga Yoga. It's, um, it's the science of the gunas. And what are the gunas? It's something that you come across all the time when you're studying Vedanta. Um, the sattva, rajas, and tamas, often translated as qualities, um, characteristics.