Essays on the Gita

1. iOur Demand and Need from the Gita3
2. iiThe Divine Teacher12
3. iiiThe Human Disciple20
4. ivThe Core of the Teaching29
5. vKurukshetra39
6. viMan and the Battle of Life47
7. viiThe Creed of the Aryan Fighter57Gita, II. 1–38.
8. viiiSankhya and Yoga68
9. ixSankhya, Yoga and Vedanta81
10. xThe Yoga of the Intelligent Will94
11. xiWorks and Sacrifice105
12. xiiThe Significance of Sacrifice114
13. xiiiThe Lord of the Sacrifice124
14. xivThe Principle of Divine Works134
15. xvThe Possibility and Purpose of Avatarhood145
16. xviThe Process of Avatarhood158
17. xviiThe Divine Birth and Divine Works168
18. xviiiThe Divine Worker177
19. xixEquality188
20. xxEquality and Knowledge200
21. xxiThe Determinism of Nature212
22. xxiiBeyond the Modes of Nature224
23. xxiiiNirvana and Works in the World234
24. xxivThe Gist of the Karmayoga247

Part I The Synthesis of Works, Love and Knowledge

1. iThe Two Natures263Gita, VII. 1–14.
2. iiThe Synthesis of Devotion and Knowledge278Gita, VII. 15–28.
3. iiiThe Supreme Divine289Gita, VII. 29–30, VIII.
4. ivThe Secret of Secrets301
5. vThe Divine Truth and Way311
6. viWorks, Devotion and Knowledge322
7. viiThe Supreme Word of the Gita337
8. viiiGod in Power of Becoming355
9. ixThe Theory of the Vibhuti366
10. xThe Vision of the World-Spirit - Time the Destroyer377
11. xiThe Vision of the World-Spirit - The Double Aspect388Gita, XI. 35–55.
12. xiiThe Way and the Bhakta396

Part II The Supreme Secret

1. xiiiThe Field and its Knower409Gita, XIII.
2. xivAbove the Gunas421Gita, XIV.
3. xvThe Three Purushas435Gita, XV.
4. xviThe Fullness of Spiritual Action450
5. xviiDeva and Asura463Gita, XVI.
6. xviiiThe Gunas, Faith and Works477Gita, XVII.
7. xixThe Gunas, Mind and Works493Gita, XVIII. 1–39.
8. xxSwabhava and Swadharma507Gita, XVIII. 40–48.
9. xxiTowards the Supreme Secret526Gita, XVIII. 49–56.
10. xxiiThe Supreme Secret540Gita, XVIII. 57–66, 73.
11. xxiiiThe Core of the Gita’s Meaning562
12. xxivThe Message of the Gita572

1. Note on the Text