134. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 12 Verse 3-4 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 12 (Verse 3-4) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

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0:00.0	So,
0:02.0	Vesudeva-sutam-dev
0:06.0	Kamsachanuram Ardhanam
0:10.0	Devaki Paramanandam
0:15.0	Krishna Vande Jagad Gurum
0:19.0	So we are studying the Bhagavad Ghiata
0:23.6	And 12th chapter, we have begun the 12th chapter which is a particularly beloved chapter
0:31.6	it discusses Bhakti Yoga, the way of devotion.
0:36.6	We are just started and in the beginning of the 12th chapter, it begins with a question.
0:44.3	Arjuna asks a question to Krishna, that you have taught me two paths, the path of knowledge and the path of devotion, the path of seeking the formless,
0:59.2	attributeless absolute Brahman, and the path of love and devotion and surrender to the personal
1:06.3	God.
1:07.6	So the both are yogis.
1:09.0	One is a gianay yogi, the yogi on the path of knowledge.
1:13.2	The other one is a Bhakti yogi on the path of devotion.
1:18.3	But which of them is a greater yogi?
1:20.0	Who knows yoga better?
1:21.9	Or to put it even more directly, which is the better path?
1:26.6	He's asking that.
1:35.3	This kind of a question and especially Sri Krishna's response
1:39.3	puts the classical non-dualist in trouble.
1:46.0	In fact, the classical non-dualist would say that there's only one path. You have to realize that you are the absolute, you are that.
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