Gītā Sādhana Sopāna Steps to Self-Realization as Taught in the Bhagavad Gītā
Swāmiji, Sri Sri Ātmānandendra Saraswati
pp 1 - 239 | 2017
Preface
Part I: Background and General Considerations
1.1 A common understanding regarding the teaching of the Gītā
1.2 Doubts regarding terms used in the Gītā
1.3 Examination of various views
1.4 Gītā and other systems
1.5 Conclusion regarding the other systems of philosophy
1.6 Only one Yoga taught in the Gītā
1.7 Necessity of discrimination (buddhi) and devotion (bhakti) in the perfection of Yoga (Yoga siddhi)
1.8 Conclusion regarding Yoga
1.9 Examination of karma Yoga
1.10 The import of the Gītā
1.11 Re-examination of the one Yoga taught in the Gītā
1.12 The import of verse 2.47 of the Gītā
1.13 Graded spiritual practices (sādhana) of the Gītā
1.14 The Method of Superimposition and Negation (Adhyāropa-Apavāda)
Part II: Steps to Self-Realization
2.1 Fearlessness (Abhaya) (The final Aim)
2.2 Purification (Sattvasaṃśuddhiḥ)(The precondition to reach the Final Aim)
2.3 Establishment in the Yoga of Knowledge (Jñāna Yoga Vyavasthitiḥ)(The Final Means to Self-Realization)
2.4.1 Complementary qualities for Self-Realization
2.4.2 Guṇas
2.5 Karma
2.6 Karma Yoga
2.7.1 Meditation on the Lord’s Glories (Vibhuūti Upāsanā)
2.7.2 Meditation on the Lord’s Cosmic Form (Viśvarūpa Upāsanā)
2.7.3 Meditation on the Imperishable Brahman (Akṣara Brahma Upāsanā)
2.8 Devotion (Bhakti Yoga)
2.9 Contemplation (Dhyāna)
2.10.1 Liberation
2.10.2 Different types of Liberation (Mukti)
2.11 The nature of Transcendental Reality
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