Ome, Vasudeva, Suttam, Devam, Kamsachanurramarthanam,

Devaki, Paramanandandam, Krishna, Vande, Jagad Buru.

We are studying the 8th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.

It's known as Akhara Brahmha Yoga.

Akshar is another name of Brahman.

Now what's going on in the 8 chapter is this.

Remember, the Bhagavad Gita has this rough sort of rough division of three sets of six chapters each.

First six chapters, the next six chapters and the final six chapters.

And from our perspective, our means from the Adweta perspective, we say that it corresponds to the three parts of the Mahavakya, Katwamasi.

Tuam means you, what's your nature, our real nature. That was the subject of the first six chapters.

Chapter one to six, Atma, who am I?

Then the next six chapters where we are now, we are squarely in that, it's about God,

that, that reality, about God.

And finally, the last six chapters, starting from the 13th, are supposed to be about

the identity of our real nature and

God's real nature.

Tatuamasi, that thou art, the great equation, the great identity, which is basically on Dwighta Vedant.

Again, a very rough, very broad picture.

You can always say that there are, it isn't quite true.

There are many discussions of knowledge, of, you know, self-knowledge here in the chapters which are supposed to deal with Bhakti. And there are many descriptions of Bhakti later on in the last six chapters, which is supposed to tell you the identity between the sentient being and the absolute

reality. Anyway, but in this chapter, it is about devotion.

From a game, from an abdhwaitic perspective, what's going on here is one way, the royal way,

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