Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01
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- Will we have to lose everything before we lose our blindness?
- A self-answering question points to factors beyond the self-evident
- Detachment doesn’t make us hardhearted – attachment does
- The Gita is not a spatial martial narration, but is a universal spiritual revelation
- If we don’t give up our attachments voluntarily, we will have to give them up involuntarily
- Gita 01.01 explained
- The world’s darkness prevents perception, the heart’s darkness perverts perception
- Just because something is not our fault doesn’t mean it is not our responsibility
- Detachment is absence of emotional dependence, not absence of emotion
- When we are attached to someone, we don’t care much for them; we care much more for what they think about us
- Attachment is the inability to say no, whatever the cost
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- The world is pointless without Krishna, not that Krishna is pointless without the world
- Living with Krishna in disposition is more important than living with him in location
- Gita 01.04 explained
- We may be theists nominally and yet be atheists essentially Gita 01.04
- To mistake the hilarious to be malicious is ridiculous
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- Gita 01.16-18 explained
- Focus on the cause that brings us together, not on the conditions and conditionings that push us apart
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- Express devotion by endeavoring for excellence in service
- Getting opportunities is providence, grabbing them is diligencef
- Gita 01.24 explained
- The Gita's setting reflects not logical absurdity but metaphysical urgency
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- Those who reduce misery to misfortune miss their potential for spiritual growth
- Gita 01.27 explained
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- Transforming a battlefield into a classroom
- Our caliber is seen not just when we give our best but also when life gives us its worst
- Gita 01.28 explained
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- Might our worst fear point to our best hope?
- Revealing our feeling is the beginning of healing
- Gita 01.29 explained
- Don’t waste your pain
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- To grow through problems, go beyond the circumstantial to the existential
- Perceive the way before you pursue the way
- Entrust the reins of your chariot to Krishna
- Material adversity is a spur to transform spiritual opportunity into existential necessity
- Before playing your part, understand what play you are a part of
- To solve problems, first ensure that the problem-solver is not a problem-aggravator
- Mental blocks block far more than road blocks
- Gita 01.30 explained
- As long as staying where we are remains bearable, we rarely move forward
- Intelligence means to understand how the mind makes us misunderstand
- Hold your plans lightly, not tightly
- Just as our body needs physical nutrition, our soul needs metaphysical orientation – a sense of place and purpose in the world
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- Cultivate the intelligence to ask questions – and the courage to question those questions
- Krishna’s instruction is not disruptive, but restorative
- Gita 01.32-35 explained
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- Don’t treat Krishna as a showpiece; let him show how to put the pieces of life together
- Gita 01.36 explained
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- Choose the self-definition that is eternal and factual, not fickle and fallible
- Gita 01.44 explained
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- Let the example of power come after, never before, the power of example
- Matter has no intent, but intent matters
- Being saintly is not a substitute for being sensible
- Don’t give in to a death wish — give it the death sentence
- Gita 01.45 explained
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- The Gita’s message is not just specific and historical, but also generic and universal
- Battles are often lost or won outside the battlefield, inside the mind
- Gita 01.46 explained
- To lose the will to fight is to lose the fight
- We are always full of thoughts, but we aren’t always thoughtful
- Never make irreversible decisions based on reversible emotions
- Inability to face life’s challenges may diminish us, but unwillingness to face life’s challenges will demolish us
