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The Gita Way- Secret Recipe to achieve the purpose of life

'The Gita Way' is an irreligious take on the tenets of the Bhagavad Gita. Without delving into either mythological or God-centric discourse, the book attempts to understand and explain various insights from the Gita through, in the author's words, derived theory and application. The Gita Way attempts to shed light on matters of self-realisation, and identifying and following the path to achieve the purpose of life.

Within the framework of Vedic philosophy represented by Gita, this book explores:

How to discover the swa-bhava, the inherent natural strength of our real-self?

Is my profession aligned with my swa-bhava? What is my purpose of life?

What is the real meaning of moksha, the liberation? How the realization of individual purpose leads us to attain supreme purpose we are born to achieve?

Using the principles of Gita, this book presents innovative findings on theory of prarabdha, the luck or destiny, role of knowledge and karma, continuous improvement, yoga of universal harmony and yoga of devotion. To highlight few, in chapter combined discipline of knowledge and karma, authors introduce most important part of their research — Centring. Centring summarizes power of combined application of yoga of knowledge and karma along with simplified theory of spirit and supreme spirit. Chapter Vision of Universal Form and Yoga of Liberation simplifies the meaning of moksha, the state of liberation by linking it to the attainment of supreme purpose of life. Chapters on Yoga of Devotion and Continuous improvement focus on recipe of staying on the unique path of achieving individual goal.

Unlike other books on Bhagavad Gita, the Gita Way is not a chapter wise discourse. Instead it presents deduced concepts in first place supported with relevant reference from the whole Gita. For example, in the first chapter of the Gita Way, you may get a reference of last chapter of Gita relevant to the topic of discussion.

Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION TO ‘THE GITA WAY’ 11

Development of ‘The Gita Way’ 17

2. DEVELOPING A SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE 25

Goal 28

Finding Unique Strength and Developing It 32

Joy of the Self-Hobby vs Profession 35

How to Set a Goal? 39

Doubt in any form is the Biggest Enemy

to Self-realisation 45

The Story of Barbarika: Why was Barbarika Sacrificed? 47

3. YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE 51

Knowledge of Self 54

Elements of Self 56

Consciousness of Self-Identity 57

Intellect 60

Primordial Matter 62

Source of Perception and Action,

One Mind and Five Senses 63

Physical Body and Fitness 63

False Goals such as Desire, Aversion and Pleasure 64

Required Qualities in Self 64

How Does One Achieve ‘Absolute Knowledge’? 67

Lack of Knowledge is Ignorance which creates Fear 71

4. KARMA YOGA 74

Prescribed Act and Prohibited Act 76

Yoga and the Attributes of a Yogi 79

How does One Achieve Equipoise? 80

Desire-Entrap 84

Hierarchy of Control 86

Theory of Prarabdha or Destiny 88

Butterfly Effect 90

Hurdles in the Path of Karma-Yoga 93

Vikarma 95

Law of Growth 96

Ultimate Dispassion: Nishkam Karma 97

How to stay on the Path of Karma-Yoga? 99

5. COMBINED DISCIPLINE OF KNOWLEDGE AND KARMA 101

Self-Realisation 102

Wisdom 104

Sacrifice 108

Centring and Power of Real-Self 112

Power of Real-self 113

Centring 116

Yoga of Self-Control 119

6. YOGA OF DEVOTION 121

The Cycle of Liberation 123

How does devotion come to us? 127

Devotion to Tame the Mind 129

Relevance of Devotion to the Theory of Prarabdha 130

Symptoms of Lack of Devotion 134

7. VISION OF THE UNIVERSAL FORM 136

Universal Form of Goal 140

Concept of Self 147

Redirecting the Purpose of Desire 150

8. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ON THREE MODES OF NATURE 152

Inner Purification by Knowing Sattva, Rajas and Tamas 159

Sattva 159

Rajas 161

Tamas 164

The Gita Way of Continuous Improvement 165

Elimination of Waste 166

9. YOGA OF LIBERATION 170

How is Sattva linked with the Supreme Goal? 173

How does one attain sattva? 174

Non-violence in thoughts and Action. 175

Absence of Pride 175

Internal and External Purity 176

Steadfastness of Mind 176

Control of Body, Mind and Senses 176

Sincerity 177

Forbearance 177

Uprightness of Speech and Mind 177

Devout Service to the Preceptor 177

Austerity of Mind 178

Sattvika Intellect 178

Sattvika Sacrifice 179

Leadership by Creating Order Around 180

Yoga of Liberation 182

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 192
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9789380914879
  • Genres
  • spirituality, hinduism, religion, philosophy, mythology, india
  • Release date
  • 2016