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Gita, Upanishads and the discipline of yoga
Study action, devotion, self-inquiry and the eight limbs through named passages and reflection.
4 lessons · Learn at your own pace
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Try the exercise before reading its explanation. Answer the self-check questions in your own words, then compare your reasoning with the answers. Revisit any difficult section before moving on. No account or payment is needed.
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Karma yoga: responsible action offered without possessiveness
How can work become a spiritual discipline when its outcome remains uncertain? The Bhagavad Gita develops an answer through duty, offering, concern for others and the character of the person acting. This lesson studies those connections beyond a single famous verse.
Learning outcome: Explain yajna and lokasangraha, distinguish nonattachment from carelessness, and apply the Gita's account of action and the agent to an ordinary responsibility.
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Knowledge and devotion in the Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita joins inquiry about the self with a loving relationship to Krishna. Study how careful understanding, trust, repeated practice and considerate conduct can strengthen one another.
Learning outcome: Explain three connections between knowledge and devotion, interpret a sequence from chapter 12, and design a practice that joins worship with ethical attention.
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The Upanishads: self, reality and the search for understanding
The Upanishads ask what makes a life meaningful and what remains fundamental beneath changing experience. Their dialogues use questions, comparisons and disciplined attention to explore atman and Brahman.
Learning outcome: Explain three Upanishadic teachings without confusing their comparisons with literal descriptions, and distinguish self-inquiry from merely improving one's public image.
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The eight limbs of yoga as an integrated discipline
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra connects conduct, bodily steadiness, attention and insight. Its eight limbs make sense together: a concentrated mind and an ethical life are parts of one demanding spiritual discipline.
Learning outcome: Explain the role of each limb, apply two specific Yoga Sutra teachings to ordinary conduct and distinguish a beginner's exercise from the text's advanced spiritual attainments.
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