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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

92. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 7 Verse 6-7 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 7 (Verses 6-7) of the Bhagavad Gita. In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God).

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0:00.0

O'm, Vasudeva,

0:03.0

so tam devam,

0:05.0

Kamsachanuram Ardanam,

0:09.0

Devaki, Paramanandandam,

0:13.0

Krishna, Vande, Jagad Gurum.

0:17.0

So in the Bhagavad Gita, we are on chapter 7.

0:22.6

This chapter is called Gyanavigana yoga, yoga of knowledge and special knowledge on Gana and Biggiana.

0:32.6

That comes from the second verse, which we have already done,

0:39.9

where Krishna tells Arjuna that I'm going to tell you about gana, knowledge,

0:45.7

and Vigiana, the higher knowledge, after which nothing more remains to be known.

0:53.4

Now, as I've mentioned earlier, from the seventh chapter onwards,

0:58.4

you'll find a great emphasis on the nature of God.

1:04.5

One might think, well, it's a religious book.

1:06.9

So you're going to talk about God anyway.

1:08.8

But yes, but there are these three phases to the Bhagavad Gita.

1:14.6

We discussed this earlier.

1:17.6

The great Vedantic teaching, that thou art, Tatuamasi.

1:21.6

If you look at it that way, in that framework, then the nature of thou, that means the sentient being us,

1:26.6

that was the focus in the first six chapters.

1:30.3

And then in the next six chapters, starting from the seventh one, the focus is primarily on that.

1:37.3

That means God.

1:39.3

And then the last six chapters, the focus will be the identity of that and thou.

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