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00:58:39

Bhagavad Gita - Class 090 - Chapter 02 Slokas 55-56 -...

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2025/12/12

Sloka 55 (Contd...) - Sthitha Prajna Lakshana 01 and 022. Triptihi – Contentment (Mana Niraivu)Does others' behavior impact our happiness?Are we always happy with ourselves?Is there tripti in mind?Are we able to be alone? If not why?Do I have expectations of myself and others?Is my contentment conditional?Who has unconditional contentment?How can a person be contented unconditionally?Is Moksha far away?How far is Moksha?Can Moksha be attained without effort?Are others words or my mind the cause of

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00:54:56

Bhagavad Gita - Class 089 - Chapter 02 Slokas 55-55 -...

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2025/12/05

Sloka 55 - Sthitha Prajna Lakshana 01 and 02Why is the Sthitha Prajna portion important?How does a jnani's characteristics guide / help a spiritual seeker?What does "yāni sthitaprajñasya lakṣaṇāni tāni mumukṣoho sādhanāni"mean?Whose swabhaava becomes a seeker's saadana?Was a Jnani born with this swabhaava?How can this portion help in understanding where we stand in our spiritual journey?Can we use this portion to judge others?What does prajahāti mean?What does a jnani give up / renounce /

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00:59:11

Bhagavad Gita - Class 088 - Chapter 02 Slokas 53-54 -...

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2025/11/28

Sloka 53 - Indication when Jnana Yoga's benefit has been attainedWhat is Jnana yoga?What is Shravanam?What is Mananam?What is Nidhidhyasanam?What is the benefit of Jnana yoga?How will the mind be before Jnana?What does śhruti refer to here?What does vipratipannā mean?How does the mind get confused / disturbed by Karma kaanda of Vedas?What are the various saadanas that people give us?What happens when we listen to the various advice that people give us?How is this related to sloka 42-44?What does

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00:59:23

Bhagavad Gita - Class 087 - Chapter 02 Slokas 52-52 -...

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2025/11/21

Sloka 52 (Contd...) - Indication when Karma Yoga can be discontinuedWhat is the indication that Karma yoga can be discontinued?How is the mind split?What is the function of the mind?What is the function of intellect?What is the inherent problem of the intellect?What is the problem that we face because of the delusion?What is the goal of life?What does delusion give us?What does Bhagavan promise us if we do Karma yoga?What will happen to our delusion if we do not live by Karma yoga?What will happen

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00:57:49

Bhagavad Gita - Class 086 - Chapter 02 Slokas 51-52 -...

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2025/11/14

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 51 - Summary of VedantaWhat is the ultimate goal of a human being?What are the 2 sadanaas?Are there multiple paths to moksha?Are the 2 sadanaas independent or linked as steps?What does buddhi-yuktā mean?What is born out of action / karma-jaṁ phalaṁ?What does "tyaktvā" mean?How does a karma yogi renounce papa and punya?What does manīṣhiṇaḥ mean?How does a person become wise?What are the 3 sadanaas in jnana yoga?What is the fruit of moksha?What does

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00:54:16

Bhagavad Gita - Class 085 - Chapter 02 Slokas 48-50 -...

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2025/11/07

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 48 (contd...) - Equanimity in Action is Karma YogaWhat does Samatvam yōgaḥ Ucyate mean?What does yōgastha kuru karmāṇi mean?On what should we abiding when performing actions?What does Saṅgam tyaktvā mean?What should we not be attached to when performing actions?What does sidhdyasidhdyōḥ bhūtvā samaḥ mean?What should be our attitude towards success or failure?How can we not have raaga dvesha on the result when we do the action with an expectation?How does the attitude

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00:58:26

Bhagavad Gita - Class 084 - Chapter 02 Slokas 48-48 -...

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2025/11/05

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 48 (contd...) - Samatvam Yoga UchyateHow can all our actions be divided?What is Kartavyam jenma karma?What is Kaamya karma?Which one of these is optional?What are the 2 types of attitudes that we must have when performing karma yoga?How should Samatvam be defined with regard to performing our duties?How should Samatvam be defined with regard to results of our duties?Should we be affected by success or failure? Why not?When are we able to accept failures?What happens if

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00:59:34

Bhagavad Gita - Class 083 - Chapter 02 Slokas 47-48 -...

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2025/10/31

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 47 (contd...) - Principle of Karma YogaWhy should one not have desires in mind when performing duties?What happens when we perform an action with desire in mind?Does Papa & Punya create bondage?What happens when we perform our duties with no desires in mind?What is the first advice that Bhagavan gives in the second line of the sloka?When Bhagavan advises us not to be the cause of karma phala, how do we create the karma phala?What happens if we perform our duty with

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00:55:47

Bhagavad Gita - Class 082 - Chapter 02 Slokas 46-47 -...

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2025/10/28

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 46 (Contd...) - Jnana gives immense & infinite happinessDoes a jnani need karma kanda of Vedas? If not, why?What example does Bhagavan give to explain that?Will a small pond of water be useful for any person who has access to a large ocean like body of fresh water?What utility will karma kanda of vedas provide to a jnani?Will Karma yoga be of any utility to a jnani?Does a spiritual seeker need karma kanda of vedas?Does a spiritual seeker need karma yoga?What does

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00:58:09

Bhagavad Gita - Class 081 - Chapter 02 Slokas 45-46 -...

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2025/10/25

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 45 (Contd...) - Method to get clarity on the goal and the path2. (Contd...) Nirdvandvaḥ (bhava)Is there anyone in the world who will always have favourable situations?To act Equi-poised, is it enough if we understand it?Will understanding alone give the benefit?What should our attitude be when we face small difficulties?Is there anyone who will have no criticizers? What about a monk in the forest?What are the 3 different types of relationships that any person will

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00:58:41

Bhagavad Gita - Class 080 - Chapter 02 Slokas 44-45 -...

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2025/09/20

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 42-44 (Contd...) - Karmi gets enamored by MaterialistsWhat are the 3 words that Bhagavan uses to describe the words they speak?1. yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācam - such flowery wordsWhat does "yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācam" mean?What is the analogy of the words they speak with a tree?How do they seduce us?2. jenma karma phala pradām - which lead to further birthsWhat does "jenma karma phala pradām" mean?What sloka from Bhaja Govindam talk about "Punarapi

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00:59:44

Bhagavad Gita - Class 079 - Chapter 02 Slokas 41-44 -...

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2025/09/07

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 41 - Karma yogi is single mindedHow is Karma yogi's mind and attitude?What does the word "vyavasāyātmikā" mean?What is the Karma yogi determined on?What is a Karma Yogi's singular goal?Do people know the real purpose of life?What do most people take it to be their goals?How does life's goals for most people change with their age?What is the path / sādana that a Karma yogi knows for attaining the ultimate goal?What goals do non-Karma yogis have?Why

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00:58:31

Bhagavad Gita - Class 078 - Chapter 02 Slokas 39-40 -...

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2025/09/01

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 39 (Contd...) - Karma yoga liberates a person from BondageWhat is the meaning of Karma yoga?What are the different spirtiual sadanas that we are generally aware of?What is Karma yoga?How can we do spiritual sadana without performing the general known sadanas like prayer, vratha, nama japa etc?Does karma bind us or free us by nature?How does Karma bind a jiva?What does Bhagavan say here?What does Karma yoga liberate us from?What does the word "karmbandham"

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00:57:40

Bhagavad Gita - Class 077 - Chapter 02 Slokas 36-39 -...

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2025/08/16

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 36 - Enemies will ridicule if you withdraw from the warWhat does the word ahitāḥ mean?What will the enemies speak?What does the word avācyavādān mean?Why will the enemies speak unmentionable words?What does the word nindantaḥ mean?What will the enemies ridicule Arjuna for?What does the word apamānam mean?What is more painful than death?How did Kaikeyi manage to get Dasharatha's agree to keep his promise?Why Kamsa does not kill Devaki when the aśarīri tells that

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00:57:24

Bhagavad Gita - Class 076 - Chapter 02 Slokas 32-35 -...

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2025/07/25

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 32 - Righteous war is a gateway to HeavenWhat does Bhagavan say that Arjuna has got a chance?What does the word yadṛcchayā mean?What does the word apāvṛtam mean?What does the war open up for Arjuna?Why does Bhagavan say it opens up the swarga loka for Arjuna?What sort of war is this according to Bhagavan in this sloka?What sort of kshatriyas get this opportunity to participate in a dharma yuddha?When does a kshatriya get heaven according to dharma shastra?How can

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00:58:58

Bhagavad Gita - Class 075 - Chapter 02 Slokas 30-31 -...

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2025/07/20

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 30 - Indestructible Atma is present in all bodiesHow does Bhagavan conclude the section on Atma-Anatma vichara?Why should one not grieve from atma standpoint?Why should one not grieve from Anatma standpoint?What are the 3 things that a body is subject to?What should we able to accept regarding the body?Why did Parikshit felt happy when he knew that he had 7 days to live?What is the meaning of the word avadhyaḥ?Which is mortal and which is immortal?Whose death should

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00:55:37

Bhagavad Gita - Class 074 - Chapter 02 Slokas 29-29 -...

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2025/07/12

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 29 (Contd...) - Vedantic Study and PunyaHow is Ātma jñānam as a subject āścaryam?How is Ātma jñānam as the end to our search an āścaryam?How is the way Ātma jñānam as taught an āścaryam? How is the method of understanding Ātma jñānam an āścaryam?Do everyone come for Vedantic study?What is the role of punya in Vedantic Study?Why do "Some never understand this atma, in spite of hearing"?Can Ātma jñāna be attained through Ishvara Sharanagti?Can Ātma jñāna be

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00:58:18

Bhagavad Gita - Class 073 - Chapter 02 Slokas 29-29 -...

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2025/06/29

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 29 (Contd...) - Atma Jnana is a wonderWhat are the 6 things that are āścaryam?jñānam āścaryam & jnātha āścaryam=================================How is Ātma jñāna Asādāranam?Is the Ātma jñāna teaching about something new?In the 10 friends crossing the river story-- Why did the person fail to count 10?- Why did he not count himself?- Was he foolish?- What was the reason that he was looking for the 10th man outside?- When he was made to know the 10th did he learn

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00:58:28

Bhagavad Gita - Class 072 - Chapter 02 Slokas 28-29 -...

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2025/05/23

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 28 - What is Birth and What is Death?What is the essence of this sloka?Why do we need to understand death?What are we ignorant about?What is creation?Can there be an effect without a cause?Can things appear & disappear on its own?What does vyakta and avyakta mean?What is the unmanifest state of a tree?How is the seed different from tree?Is birth considered the manifest state or the unmanifest state?What do we call when a thing changes from avyakta to vyakta

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00:54:08

Bhagavad Gita - Class 071 - Chapter 02 Slokas 26-27 -...

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2025/04/25

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 26 (Contd) - Bhagavan's advice to Arjuna if atma is constantly born and dyingWhat is kṣaṇika vijñāna vādaḥ? What happens to atma in this case?What hypothetical argument (abhyupetya vādaḥ) does Bhagavan present to Arjuna?Does Bhagavan say atma will die?What is the intent of Bhagavan when he presents different forms of argument?What does Bhagavan say if the atma is constantly born and dying?How does Bhagavan negate that scenario?Should Arjuna grieve if the atma is

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