Ome, Vasudeva,

so tam devam,

Kamsha'anodra, Ramaddanam,

Devaki, Paramanandam,

Krishna, Vande, Jagad Guru.

So welcome back to the Bhagavad Gita class.

We took a short winter break. And today also,

we've got our first snow in New York, this year's snow. And we are making a new beginning

in the Bhagavad Gita class also. Because we have completed this up to the sixth chapter and we made a beginning of the

seventh chapter isn't it last time when we ended we did the first two verses of seventh chapter

it makes it's a landmark actually because one way the Bhagavad Gita can be classified is 18 chapters of course, but 18 chapters can be classified into three sets of six chapters each.

Chapters 1 to 6, chapters 7 to 12, and then 13 to 18 is the last 6.

What is this classification about? It's based on the Mahavakya Tataw Masi, that thou art.

As we know, Mahavakya Tatwamasi is basically the essence of Adwaita Vedant.

Whatever Adwaita Vedanta wants to say it can, you know, in one sentence, that thou art.

Now, thou, you, Thwam, refers to the Jiva, the individual being, you or I or all those people, all sentient beings.

That is what is referred to as Thwam, the student, the one who is the Vedantic

enquirer. That is the Thwam, you. And an inquiry into the real nature of the you. That is

inquiry into Thum. In Sanskrit, in Vedant, it is called Thum Padata Shodhana, an inquiry into the reality of the you, the sentient being, the Jiva.

Who am I?

Basically the answer to the question, who am I?

Takt means that.

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