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Gita - Chapter 9 - Summary

This document provides a summary of key points from Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita. 1) It outlines the necessary qualifications for acquiring knowledge of God, including an open mind. 2) It describes the nature of God as all-pervading, not perceivable by the senses, and the basis of the unreal world while remaining unsullied. 3) It explains the causes of bondage in the world as seeking permanence from impermanent things due to a lack of knowledge of the supreme God. 4) It discusses different types of worshippers, including atheists, theists, and different forms of devotion to God through rituals and seeing God in all things
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Gita - Chapter 9 - Summary

This document provides a summary of key points from Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita. 1) It outlines the necessary qualifications for acquiring knowledge of God, including an open mind. 2) It describes the nature of God as all-pervading, not perceivable by the senses, and the basis of the unreal world while remaining unsullied. 3) It explains the causes of bondage in the world as seeking permanence from impermanent things due to a lack of knowledge of the supreme God. 4) It discusses different types of worshippers, including atheists, theists, and different forms of devotion to God through rituals and seeing God in all things
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Gita Ch9 –

RajaVidya RajaGuhya
yoga

Sathya
Summary of Chapter 7
1. Introduction to the Knowledge, its glory and
necessary qualifications: 1 to 3
2. Nature of God: 4 to 10
3. Cause of bondage (Samsara): 11
4. Atheists, Theists and Types of Upasna: 12 to 19
5. Sakāma & Niṣkāma-bhaktas: 20 to 29
6. Glory of Bhakti: 30 to 34

14 May 2023 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 2


Knowledge, its glory and necessary
qualifications
(Shlokas: 1 to 3 )

Ver 1: Greatest Secret – profound Īśvara jñānam – that too Para Prakriti or nirguṇa-
svarupā-jñānam
Ver 2: Greatest Knowledge – easy to practice, imperishable and leads to sadyō-mukthi

Ver 3: One who doesn’t understand this will keep passing from death to death, without
attaining God

Important pre-requisite: śraddhaḥ - Keeping an open mind till you understand, not rejecting the teaching or the
teacher

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Iswara Swarupam - Nature of God
(Shlokas: 4 to 10 )

Ver 4 – 10: Lord reveals His true nature


• All pervading (sarvagatah)
• Not available to sensory perception (avyakthaḥ)
• Substratum of the unreal world (mithyā-jagat adisthānaṁ)
• Accommodates everything without getting sullied by anything (asaṅga-svarupāḥ)
• Very cause of origination, existence and resolution (Īśvaraḥ-sr̥ṣti, sthithi, laya-
kāraṇam; jagathaḥ)
• Not a doer or experiencer; only a witness (kartr̥ tva bhōktr̥ tva rahita)

From Ch 7 : Lord is both the material and maker- abina nimitta upadhana karanam. 4
Cause of Bondage (Samsara)
(Shlokas: 11 )

• Why there is suffering (samsara) in the world? Wrong Expectations !

• What wrong expectation? Seeking permanence from aparā-prakr̥ti !

• Why do we seek permanence from impermanent? Ignorance or Lack of Knowledge !

• What Lack of Knowledge? Īśvara Jnanam !

• Which Isvara are you referring to? Higher Īśvara or Nirguna Īśvara Jnanam !

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Atheists, Theists and Types of Upasna
(Shlokas: 12 to 19 )
Ver 12: Believing in neither scriptures nor in established traditions, the non-believers take
to evil ways directed by their instincts and waste their life. (rākṣasīṁ and āsurīṁ)

Ver 13-15: Those who have done punyam, come to Lord thru Bhakti – goes thru eka-rupa
to aneka-rupa to arupa form of devotion to Lord.

Ver 16-19: Focus is on the Madhyama bhakti – viśva-rūpa-bhakthi - See Lord in everything
we do or experience:
• Rituals, Offerings, Food we eat, Mantra we chant, essentially in all activities;
• Father, Mother, Grandfather, Omkara, all Vedas;
• Sustainer, Master, Saakshi, Abode, Refuge, well-wisher, repository and inexhaustible seed;
• Energize Universe, cause of Rain, Mortality as well as Immortality, Manifest & Unmanifest
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Sakāma and Nishkāma bhaktas
(Shlokas: 20 to 29 )
Ver 20-21: Sakama Bhakti – they do reach the Indralok and enjoy the celestial benefits;
however, after the punyam gets exhausted, they come back to Samsara once again.
Ver 22: However, those who realize/know the Lord as no different from themselves thru
worship, the Lord takes care of the Yoga (acquiring) Kshemam (protected the acquired)
Ver 23-24: Lord assures that even if the Bhaktas workshop other Gods, they finally reach
Him only as he alone is the enjoyer of all yagnas;
Ver 25: Depending on who one worships, they reach that entity
Ver 26-27: Only the Bhavna matters; Every action becomes an offering to God
Ver 28-29: With this attitude, you are released from the bonds of Karma-phalam. Everyone
is equal to God; however, Lord says that those who seek only Him, he is in also in them
Ask and you shall receive – so be careful in what you are asking!
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Glory of bhakti
(Shlokas: 30 to 34 )

Ver 30: One who worships Lord without any other goal, is a Saint – regardless of his past
omissions and commissions
Ver 31: Regardless of ups and downs which are due to Prarabhda, such a noble person will
NEVER fall spiritually – and this Lord says as His promise to everyone!
Ver 32-33: Even those who have certain disadvantages or handicaps, they attain their
spiritual goal once they seek refuge in the Lord (a controversial one if not understood properly)
Ver 34: Characteristics of a Bhakta and his life style:
• One who has fixed the mind on me ( manmanā bhava );
• One who has undivided devotion or love towards me ( madbhaktāḥ bhava );
• One who has made Lord as the supreme goal ( matparāyaṇaḥ );
• One who has converted every one of his/her actions into worship of the Lord (Madyājī bhava );
• One who has surrendered to me fully ( namaskuru mām )
Both Freewill as well as Īśvara anugraha are important; both should go hand in hand 8
Hari Om!

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