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The Experiential Architecture

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An interactive word-by-word, morpheme-by-morpheme study of all 700 Sanskrit verses of the Bhagavad Gita, synced with Sri Aurobindo’s English rendering, with a teaching-progression spine, topics, chapter-by-chapter synthesis and sixteen Deep-Dive essays after Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita.

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Contents

  1. Sri Aurobindo’s ReadingOverviewChapter-by-chapter synthesis
  2. Krishna’s Teaching ProgressionOverview
  3. TopicsCollection
    37 topics
    1. iĀtman & the SelfCore Doctrines
    2. iiBrahman & the AbsoluteCore Doctrines
    3. iiiPurusha & PrakritiCore Doctrines
    4. ivGuṇa DoctrineCore Doctrines
    5. vPuruṣottama — Supreme PersonCore Doctrines
    6. viMāyā & IllusionCore Doctrines
    7. viiAvatāra — Divine DescentCore Doctrines
    8. viiiKarma Yoga — Path of ActionYoga Paths
    9. ixJñāna Yoga — Path of KnowledgeYoga Paths
    10. xBhakti Yoga — Path of DevotionYoga Paths
    11. xiDhyāna Yoga — MeditationYoga Paths
    12. xiiSānkhya — Discriminative KnowledgeYoga Paths
    13. xiiiDharma & SvadharmaEthics & Practice
    14. xivYajña — Sacrifice & OfferingEthics & Practice
    15. xvTyāga & Sannyāsa — RenunciationEthics & Practice
    16. xviTapas — Austerity & DisciplineEthics & Practice
    17. xviiDāna — Giving & CharityEthics & Practice
    18. xviiiŚraddhā — FaithEthics & Practice
    19. xixSamatva — Equanimity & EqualityEthics & Practice
    20. xxAhiṃsā & VirtuesEthics & Practice
    21. xxiĀhāra — Food & DietEthics & Practice
    22. xxiiBirth, Death & RebirthMetaphysics
    23. xxiiiManifest & UnmanifestMetaphysics
    24. xxivViśvarūpa — Cosmic FormMetaphysics
    25. xxvVibhūti — Divine ManifestationsMetaphysics
    26. xxviSṛṣṭi — Creation & Cosmic OrderMetaphysics
    27. xxviiMokṣa — LiberationMetaphysics
    28. xxviiiManas — Mind & Its ControlPsychology & Mind
    29. xxixIndriya — The SensesPsychology & Mind
    30. xxxKāma & Krodha — Desire & AngerPsychology & Mind
    31. xxxiAhaṃkāra — Ego & Non-DoershipPsychology & Mind
    32. xxxiiSthitaprajña — Steady WisdomPsychology & Mind
    33. xxxiiiSaṅga — Attachment & BondagePsychology & Mind
    34. xxxivArjuna’s Crisis & GriefNarrative & Context
    35. xxxvKṣetra — Battle & WarriorsNarrative & Context
    36. xxxviKṛṣṇa as TeacherNarrative & Context
    37. xxxviiŚaraṇāgati — Surrender to the DivineEthics & Practice
  4. iChapter 1: Arjuna Vishada YogaChapter 1: The Crisis of the Human Soul in Action
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  5. iiChapter 2: Sankhya YogaChapter 2: The Immortal Self and the Yoga of the Intelligent Will
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  6. iiiChapter 3: Karma YogaChapter 3: Works as Sacrifice
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  7. ivChapter 4: Jnana Karma Sannyasa YogaChapter 4: Divine Birth and Works in Knowledge
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  8. vChapter 5: Karma Sannyasa YogaChapter 5: The True Renunciation
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  9. viChapter 6: Dhyana YogaChapter 6: The Yoga of Self-Mastery
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  10. viiChapter 7: Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7: The Two Natures and Integral Knowledge
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  11. viiiChapter 8: Akshara Brahma YogaChapter 8: The Supreme Remembered in Life and Death
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  12. ixChapter 9: Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9: The Sovereign Knowledge and Sovereign Secret
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  13. xChapter 10: Vibhuti YogaChapter 10: God in His Powers of Becoming
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  14. xiChapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11: The Vision of the World-Spirit and the Command to Act
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  15. xiiChapter 12: Bhakti YogaChapter 12: The Way of the Bhakta
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  16. xiiiChapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13: The Field, the Knower and the Object of Knowledge
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  17. xivChapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaChapter 14: Beyond the Three Gunas
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  18. xvChapter 15: Purushottama YogaChapter 15: The Three Purushas and the Supreme
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  19. xviChapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaChapter 16: The Divine and the Asuric Nature
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  20. xviiChapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga YogaChapter 17: Faith, Sacrifice and the Quality of Works
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  21. xviiiChapter 18: Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18: The Supreme Secret of Works and Surrender
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  22. The Deep DivesCollectionA reader’s guide to the essays after Sri Aurobindo
    16 Deep Dives
    1. iThe Complex of Arjuna’s Crisis and Krishna’s ActionA Sri Aurobindo-Centered Reconstruction
    2. iiKrishna’s PedagogyHow the Divine Teacher remakes Arjuna part by part
    3. iiiArjuna’s Being Under TransformationHow every layer of a noble nature is taken up and remade
    4. ivThe Threefold Yoga As A BraidHow Karma, Jnana and Bhakti interweave into one integral ascent
    5. vThe Evolution Of ActionHow the Gita transforms the inner source of action, stage by stage, from egoic doing to divine works
    6. viThe Dharma LadderFrom inherited duty through sacrifice and surrender to the living law beyond all rules
    7. viiDoership and InstrumentalityHow the Gita dissolves the egoic doer and reveals conscious divine instrumentality
    8. viiiThe Gita’s Metaphysical ArchitectureHow each doctrine of Self, Nature and Lord solves a real problem of action
    9. ixThe Guna MachineHow tamas, rajas, and sattwa run the lower nature — and how the Gita teaches us to exceed them
    10. xThe World-Form and the Terrible DivineWhy Arjuna must see Time the Destroyer before he can act rightly
    11. xiSanskrit Concept-Root AtlasThe Gita’s key terms as living engines of doctrine, each carrying a movement of consciousness
    12. xiiArjuna’s Questions And Krishna’s AnswersHow each question rises from a different layer of Arjuna’s being — and how Krishna’s answer both resolves and transcends it
    13. xiiiThe Gita As Integral PsychologyA complete science of consciousness — from crisis and collapse through discipline and widening to surrender and liberated action
    14. xivDoctrine And Philosophy As Unified DevelopmentHow the Gita’s core doctrines unfold as a single developing architecture, each one answering the next necessity of the soul
    15. xvNarrative Arc As Dramatic FunctionHow each beat of the Gita’s story performs work in the transformation
    16. xviFamous Verses In ContextThe Gita’s most quoted lines restored to the movement that makes them true
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