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4 We start with a Question! Which one do you have more faith in? Science? or Vedic Scripture?

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6 How did you know who was your father? By Scientific Testing? or Faith in your Mother?

7 Jaya Rādha Mādhava Jaya Kunja Vihārī Jaya Gopī Jana Vallabha Jaya Giri Vara Dhārī... (Jaya) Yaśodā Nandana Vraja Jana Ranjana Yamunā tīra Vana Cāri... (Jaya) [ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare ]

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10 1.Where was Bhagavad Gita spoken at? 2.In which scripture, Gita is embedded in? 3.How many chapters are there in Gita? 4.How many verses are there in Gita? 5.Who delivered Gita to Arjuna? 6.Who was narrating to Dhrtarashtra? 7.Who scribed the Gita (Mahabharata)? 8.What are the 3 primary yogas in Gita? 9.What are the 5 subjects of Gita?

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16 3 kinds of Yogas in Gita 1.Karma Yoga (Ch 1 to 6) 2.Bhakti Yoga (Ch 7 to 12) 3.Jnana Yoga (Ch 13 to 18)

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20 I am doing my Karma! Catching my own tail!

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22 Karma Yoga is doing everything but with no ATTACHMENT to results..

23 This is Karma for the welfare of people..

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29 Sa-kama Jnana Yoga Nishkama Jnana Yoga

30 Meditators claim they will be one with God...

31 Jnana Yoga also involves meditating on a subject Or mostly nothing...

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35 Sa-kama Bhakti Nishkama Bhakti

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39 1) General instructions (saataarana) 2) Secret Instructions (guhya) 3) More secret Instructions (guhyatara) 4) Most secret Instructions (guhyatama) Gita gives 4 levels of Knowledge

40 1) General instructions (saataarana) Don’t eat too Much.. Don’t sleep too Much.. Don’t work too Much.. Meant for the very basic people who has no Yoga yet..

41 2) Secret Instructions (guhya) What is Brahman?.How does a person in Brahman look? Meant for yogis of higer level of realization (brahma-jnanis)

42 3) More Secret Instructions (guhyatara) Meant for more higer level of realization (paramatma-jnana) “Don’t go to Brahman, instead concentrate on Paramatma...”

43 4) Most Secret Instructions (sarva guhyatama) Ultimate spiritual knowledge of all the knowledge... You worship Me.. Then you will come to Me without any fail...!

44 man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yāji mām namaskuru Lord Krishna says, always think of me, become my devotee, worship me, and offer obeisances to me ON THE FLY SLOKA

45 man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yāji mām namaskuru mām evaishyasi yuktvaivam ātmānam mat-parāyanah (B.G. 9.34) [ Lord Krishna says, always think of me, become my devotee, worship me, and offer obeisances to me, then surely you will come to me. ]

46 Bhaja hū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana Abhaya-caraṇāravinda re Durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge Taroho e bhava-sindhu re …. (bhaja) Śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa E dina jāminī jāgi re Biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana Capala sukha-laba lāgi' re …. (bhaja) E dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana Ithe ki āche paratīti re Kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala Bhajahū hari-pada nīti re …. (bhaja) By: Govinda dasa Kaviraja.

47 Bhaja hū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana Abhaya-caraṇāravinda re Durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge Taroho e bhava-sindhu re Śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana, Pāda-sevana, dāsya re Pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana Govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re …. (bhaja) [--- Finishing: All Sing ---] Abhaya-caraṇāravinda re (3)

48 Gita covers 5 kinds of vishayas.. 1.Paramatma 2.Jivatma 3.Prakriti 4.Kala 5.Karma

49 Our acharyas emphasize on Bhakti only.. They find levels of Purity in Karma Yoga & Jnana Yoga interms of Bhakti

50 Karma Misra Bhakti?

51 Jnana Misra Bhakti?

52 For karma Yogis & Jnana Yogis, there is nothing more than Gita..

53 Who has really understood Gita?

54 For Pure Bhaktas, Gita is just a beginning to the nectarian oceans of PREMA!.

55 Jnana karma yoga dharme, nahe Krsna vasa Krsna vasa hetu eka, prema bhakti rasa (C.C. Adi 17.75) [ By following the paths of jnana the speculative philosophical knowledge, karma the fruitive activities or mystic yoga to control the senses one cannot win Krsna. The only way of winning his love is through the taste of devotion in extatic love.]

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57 Anyabhilasita-sunyam Jnana-karmady-anavrtam Anu-kulyena krsnanu- silanam bhaktir uttama... (C.C. Mad ) [Uninterrupted loving service without any desire of jnana or karma but aiming only to give happiness to Krsna, is Pure bhakti.]

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61 Swarna Varno Hemāngo Varāngas Candanāngadi Sannyāsa krc chamah sānto Nishthā Sānti Parāyanah In His pastimes, He appears as a householder with golden complexion. His limbs are smeared with Sandalwood like molten gold. In His later pastimes, He accepts the renounced order (Sannyasa). He is peaceful and silences the impersonalist non-devotees. Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotra

62 Caitanya Deva Namo Namo Sarva Rakshakaa Namo Namo Sankirtana Maya Prema Purushaa Saci Suta Baalaa Namo Namo... (Caitanya) Svarna Varno Namo Namo Chanda Naangadaa Namo Namo Sanyaasa Krt Samah Saantah Saanti Paraayanah Namo Namo... (Caitanya) Radhika Bhavanaa Namo Namo Rakshaka Rupakaa Namo Namo Raadhaa Krishna Samgata Rupaa Raaja Sinhaave Namo Namo... (Caitanya) Kaanchana Deva Namo Namo Krishna Govinda Namo Namo Kaliyuga Taara Mantira Dhaana Kaarunya Deva Namo Namo... (Caitanya)

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65 End of Episode – Beyond Gita