O, Vasudeva,

Suttam Devam,

Kamsachanuram Ardhanum,

Devaki, Paramanandam,

Krishna, Vande, Jagad Guru.

We are on the sixth chapter and we had done the first two verses One second.

In the first two verses, Sri Krishna re-emphasizes the importance of karma yoga. Though this chapter is on

Dhyana, on meditation, before starting the actual theme of this chapter,

Krishna once again talks about karma yoga, basically how to

spiritualize one's actions so that it becomes a part of one's sadhana. I had, I don't

know if I mentioned to you, this Swami, some of you may have seen him, Anubhavananadhi. He is

known as popularly known as the Laughing Swami, very humorous. So once I heard him say,

he was giving a talk in Hindi on the Gita.

And he said, have you noticed one thing, Sri Krishna teaches Arjuna so many things in 18 chapters of the Gita, not one of which Arjuna follows?

Nothing. Arjuna does not do and practice anything. For example, what will be taught in the sixth chapter here? None of it is useful to Arjuna. That you sit in this posture, you breathe in this way, keep your eyes closed and then focus like this. He can't do that. Duria-Hana will fire an arrow at him if he tries to do that. So none of it is possible in the middle of the battlefield,

whether it is Bhakti or the Shavana, Manana, Niddiyasana, the inquiry, self-inquiry,

let alone the meditation which we are going to learn in this chapter, except one thing. How to

spiritualize his actions, what he is doing

throughout the day. So the importance of karma yoga, especially in today's day and age,

we often run it down as a preliminary practice. And Krishna here also will say that it's foundational.

It is, but it is a necessary condition for spiritual life

this is a way of you know you say necessary condition and sufficient condition the necessary condition is without that what you want will not happen without karma yoga this god realization enlightenment will not happen

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