Episode 520: Chapter 14, verses 4,5 and 6
1/19/202620 min
Bhagavad Gita Ch. 14 “Yoga of the Three Modes of Material Nature” Verses 4,5 & 6
The lecture discusses three Gunas of Prakriti as the ropes binding the infinite self to the limitations of Body, Mind, and Intellect. Even Satva, despite having purity and brightness, binds the individual to happiness and knowledge.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 20:00
[singing] The Bhagavad Gita is a book of mankind's collected experience of and answers to life's most basic questions: Who I am, from where do I come, what is my purpose and destiny, and most practically, how do I find happiness? These podcasts originate in the lectures of Neil Bhatt, a disciple of Swami Chinmayananda. They are presented here in 20 to 30-minute segments, each covering three of the Gita's 701 verses. Welcome to Gita Wisdom for Daily Living.
Neil Bhatt· Host0:57
We have been discussing Chapter 14, Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yogah, Yoga of Three Gunas. These three gunas belong to Prakriti, to Maya. Prakriti is the product of Maya, and Maya has three gunas. So Bhagavan opened this chapter by telling Arjuna that, "I'm gonna tell you the knowledge which is best among all the knowledges." This knowledge is so