Gītā Vāhini

Discourses by Sri Satchitananda Sai

Inner peace through right understanding

Sri Satchitananda Sai

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Contents

  1. Chapter 1

    The Essence of the Gītā

    1. Talk 1The Many Readings of the GītāPassages 1.12 to 1.17

  2. Chapter 2

    The Vṛtti of Śaraṇāgati

    1. Talk 2The Gītā of ArjunaPassages 2.1 to 2.5

  3. Chapter 3

    Ordinary Moha and Extraordinary Moha

    1. Talk 3Knowing One's Own MistakePassages 3.5 to 3.8
    2. Talk 4Niṣkāma Karma, the Cause of MokṣaPassages 3.8 to 3.13

  4. Chapter 4

    Niṣkāma Karma – Buddhi Yoga

    1. Talk 5The Point of the IllustrationPassages 4.1 to 4.10
    2. Talk 6Sahanam with VivekaPassages 4.9 to 4.14
    3. Talk 7A Thin Line Between Curse and BlessingPassages 4.14 to 4.19
    4. Talk 8Knowledge That Tempers the ReactionPassages 4.18 to 4.24
    5. Talk 9Giving Up the Fruit ConsciouslyPassages 4.23 to 4.26
    6. Talk 10Work, and Be Ready to Drop ItPassages 4.26 to 5.6

  5. Chapter 5

    The Marks of the Sthitaprajña

    1. Talk 11Uprooting the Weeds, Planting Bhagavat RatiPassages 5.7 to 5.11
    2. Talk 12The Mind That Stays WithinPassages 5.12 to 5.14
    3. Talk 13Without I and Mine, There Is PeacePassages 5.15 to 6.3

  6. Chapter 6

    Whoever One May Be, One Cannot Escape Doing Karma

    1. Talk 14No One Escapes Karma, Not Even the JñānīPassages 6.4 to 6.10
    2. Talk 15Grace Is for Jñāna AlonePassages 6.10 to 6.16

  7. Chapter 7

    Establishing the Practice of Dharma Is the Establishment of Dharma

    1. Talk 16Dharma Lives in Its PracticePassages 7.6 to 7.13
    2. Talk 17A Līlā Birth, Not a Karma BirthPassages 7.13 to 8.7

  8. Chapter 8

    The Dharma of the (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) Avatāra

    1. Talk 18Where Desire Is, Fear ComesPassages 8.7 to 8.13
    2. Talk 19Jñāna Siddhi Lies in the HeartPassages 8.13 to 9.2

  9. Chapter 9

    The Varṇa System – Its Meaning

    1. Talk 20The Doer Who Is No DoerPassages 9.8 to 10.3

  10. Chapter 10

    The Qualifications of Guru and Disciple

    1. Talk 21Contentment Is Jñāna: The Lotus LeafPassages 10.2 to 10.7
    2. Talk 22Jñāna from Those Who Have Lived ItPassages 10.8 to 10.11
    3. Talk 23Verbal Magic and the Guru of Complete ExperiencePassages 10.11 to 11.7

  11. Chapter 11

    Dhyāna Yoga, the Inner Sādhana for Jñāna Yoga

    1. Talk 24The Work Will Do You: Kartavya, the Non-Doer and the Two ShipsPassages 11.7 to 11.8
    2. Talk 25Arise and Practise Dhyāna: Regularity, the Parents' Hearts and Faith That Does Not DoubtPassages 11.9 to 11.10
    3. Talk 26A Lamp in a Windless Place: See Me EverywherePassages 11.10 to 11.13
    4. Talk 27Deep Love, and the Guru Who Introduces GodPassages 11.13 to 11.16

  12. Chapter 12

    The Ātma Within All Beings, the Tattva of the Support of All

    1. Talk 28A Vision Full of JñānaPassages 12.1 to 12.9
    2. Talk 29Effort That Invites His GracePassages 12.9 to 12.13
    3. Talk 30All Things Arise in Him, Yet He Stands ApartPassages 12.14 to 12.15
    4. Talk 31Not the Indweller but the Support of AllPassages 12.16 to 13.4

  13. Chapter 13

    The ‘Jñāni’ Is Most Dear to the Paramātma

    1. Talk 32Māyā and Its Master: Two Sides of One CoinPassages 13.5 to 13.6
    2. Talk 33Māyā Is Mādhava, and the Few Who Turn to HimPassages 13.7 to 13.12
    3. Talk 34The Jñānī Who Sits Near the Fire of GracePassages 13.13 to 13.14
    4. Talk 35Beyond Māyā: The Seeker Who Longs AgainPassages 13.15 to 13.17
    5. Talk 36Natural Bhakti and the Mark of the Jñānī: Vāsudevaḥ SarvamPassages 13.18 to 14.8

  14. Chapter 14

    Asti Bhāti Priyam

    1. Talk 37The Root of All Sorrow: DehābhimānaPassages 14.7 to 14.16
    2. Talk 38Tat and Tvam: Svarūpa and SvabhāvaPassages 14.17 to 14.23
    3. Talk 39Happiness Is Natural to the ĀtmāPassages 14.24 to 15.6

  15. Chapter 15

    I Am the Doer and the Enjoyer Too

    1. Talk 40Hari's Wondrous Līlā: Quietly Receive What the Guru GivesPassages 15.5 to 15.11
    2. Talk 41The Adhiyajña, the Enjoyer WithinPassages 15.11 to 15.14
    3. Talk 42The Seventh: Remembrance at the Last MomentPassages 15.15 to 15.18
    4. Talk 43The Good Change and the Yoga of PracticePassages 15.19 to 15.25
    5. Talk 44A Good Death, Not a Good BirthPassages 15.26 to 16.12

  16. Chapter 16

    Thought of None Other at the Final Hour

    1. Talk 45The Easiest Way, and the Light That Lights the SunPassages 16.13 to 16.16
    2. Talk 46The Senses, the Doors of the HousePassages 16.17 to 17.2

  17. Chapter 17

    The Final Hour: The Arcirādi Paths

    1. Talk 47The Strength That Goes to Everything but GodPassages 17.3 to 17.10
    2. Talk 48Neither Going Nor Coming: Laya Is Not DestructionPassages 17.11 to 17.21
    3. Talk 49Beasts in Human Form and the Holy Time to LeavePassages 17.22 to 18.4

  18. Chapter 18

    Yogakṣemaṃ Vahāmyahaṃ

    1. Talk 50Think of the Pure One: Mohakṣaya Is MokṣaPassages 18.5 to 18.22

  19. Chapter 19

    The Gītā: Practice Is Greater Than Preaching

    1. Talk 51Ananya Cintana: The Navel of the GītāPassages 19.21 to 20.14

  20. Chapter 20

    The Vision of the Viśvarūpa

    1. Talk 52The Pratyagātma in the Lotus of the HeartPassages 20.12 to 20.24
    2. Talk 53Both Are One to Me: Beyond the Body There Is No DistinctionPassages 20.25 to 21.7

  21. Chapter 21

    The Way to Win God's Grace through Saguṇa and Nirguṇa Upāsana

    1. Talk 54What Pleases the Lord, Not What We LikePassages 21.7 to 21.19
    2. Talk 55Bhakti Rises from WithinPassages 21.20 to 22.12

  22. Chapter 22

    The Cessation of Sorrow and the Attainment of Ānanda

    1. Talk 56Prakṛti, the Field: Aham and IdamPassages 22.13 to 22.20
    2. Talk 57Guṇabheda: Why Prakṛti Takes Many FormsPassages 22.21 to 23.2

  23. Chapter 23

    The Twenty Qualities Beginning with Amānitva

    1. Talk 58Beyond the Three Guṇas: The Qualities of the JñānīPassages 23.3 to 23.12
    2. Talk 59Ācāryopāsana: The Guru's Word Is EnoughPassages 23.13 to 23.19
    3. Talk 60Anāsakti: Mamakāra Is the Great NoosePassages 23.20 to 23.23
    4. Talk 61Ananya Bhakti: Bhakti Held Steady by YogaPassages 23.23 to 24.2

  24. Chapter 24

    The Kṣetra and the Kṣetrajña

    1. Talk 62Ātmānātma Viveka: Turn Towards the OnePassages 24.3 to 24.11
    2. Talk 63Jñeya: The Knower Is What Is to Be KnownPassages 24.8 to 24.22
    3. Talk 64The Aśvattha: Impermanent and FruitlessPassages 24.23 to 25.8

  25. Chapter 25

    Divine Wealth and Demonic Wealth

    1. Talk 65Twenty-Five Divine QualitiesPassages 25.9 to 26.6

  26. Chapter 26

    Sāttvika, Rājasika and Tāmasika Tendencies

    1. Talk 66Is a Change of Food Enough?Passages 26.7 to 26.18
    2. Talk 67First Conquer the TonguePassages 26.18 to 27.7

  27. Chapter 27

    The Mansion of the Gītā Is the Palace of Satya and Dharma

    1. Talk 68All Dharmas, Not All KarmasPassages 27.6 to 27.8

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