The Gita, in plain English.
One verse at a time, and Kanha tells you what it means. Free to read, no sign-in, no ads.
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All 18 chapters
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CHAPTER 1Arjuna Vishada Yoga
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CHAPTER 2Sankhya Yoga
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CHAPTER 3Karma Yoga
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CHAPTER 4Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga
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CHAPTER 5Karma Sannyasa Yoga
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CHAPTER 6Dhyana Yoga
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CHAPTER 7Jnana Vijnana Yoga
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CHAPTER 8Akshara Brahma Yoga
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CHAPTER 9Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
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CHAPTER 10Vibhuti Yoga
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CHAPTER 11Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga
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CHAPTER 12Bhakti Yoga
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CHAPTER 13Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
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CHAPTER 14Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
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CHAPTER 15Purushottama Yoga
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CHAPTER 16Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
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CHAPTER 17Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
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CHAPTER 18Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
Verses people look for
- Bhagavad Gita 2.47Your job is the effort. The outcome was never yours to hold onto.
- Bhagavad Gita 18.66Let go of every other duty and surrender, Krishna says. The promise is freedom, and no more grief.
- Bhagavad Gita 2.20The soul was never born, so it never dies. The body ends. It doesn't.
- Bhagavad Gita 2.14Pleasure and pain come and go. Learn to sit with both.
- Bhagavad Gita 2.22Just like changing clothes. The soul just changes bodies.
- Bhagavad Gita 2.62It starts with just thinking about something. It doesn't end there.
- Bhagavad Gita 2.70The ocean doesn't chase the rivers flowing into it. It just stays the ocean.
- Bhagavad Gita 3.19Do the work because it's yours to do, not because of what it'll get you. That's the version that leads somewhere.
- Bhagavad Gita 4.7When right living declines and wrong takes over, Krishna says he steps in.
- Bhagavad Gita 6.5Your mind can lift you up or drag you down. Which one it does depends on how you train it.
- Bhagavad Gita 6.26The mind wandering off isn't the failure here, not bringing it back would be.
- Bhagavad Gita 9.22Single-minded devotion comes with a direct promise, not a vague sense of general goodwill.
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