Shloka 5.9 “Speaking, excreting, grasping, opening, and closing eyes—the yogi knows these are senses acting on objects.” Key Teaching: A…
Shloka 5.8 “A yogi, knowing the truth, thinks: ‘I do not act,’ though seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping,…
Shloka 5.7 “Pure, selfcontrolled, with conquered senses, seeing the self in all beings, such a yogi is not tainted by…
Shloka 5.6 “Renunciation is hard without yoga, O Arjuna; the disciplined yogi quickly attains Brahman.” Key Teaching: Yoga enables renunciation,…
Shloka 5.5 “The state reached by renunciation is also reached by action yoga; one who sees them as one is…
Shloka 5.4 “Ignorant children, not the wise, say renunciation and action yoga differ; practicing one yields both fruits.” Key Teaching:…
Shloka 5.3 “One who neither hates nor desires, renouncing dualities, is easily liberated, O Arjuna.” Key Teaching: Renouncing dualities without…
Shloka 5.2 “Krishna said: Both renunciation and action lead to liberation, but action yoga is superior to renunciation.” Key Teaching:…
Shloka 5.1 “Arjuna said: You praise both renunciation and action, O Krishna; tell me decisively which is better.” Key Teaching:…