ESSAYS ON THE GITA

CONTENTS

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BOOK ONE

  I OUR DEMAND AND NEED FROM THE GITA
  II THE DIVINE TEACHER
  III THE HUMAN DISCIPLE
  IV THE CORE OF THE TEACHING
  V KURUKSHETRA
  VI MAN AND THE BATTLE OF LIFE
  VII  THE CREED OF THE ARYAN FIGHTER
  VIII SANKHYA AND YOGA
  IX SANKHYA, YOGA AND VEDANTA
  X THE YOGA OF THE INTELLIGENT WILL
  XI WORKS AND SACRIFICE
  XII THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SACRIFICE
  XIII THE LORD OF THE SACRIFICE
  XIV THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINE WORKS
  XV THE POSSIBILITY AND PURPOSE OF AVATARHOOD
  XVI THE PROCESS OF AVATARHOOD
  XVII THE DIVINE BIRTH AND DIVINE WORKS
  XVIII THE DIVINE WORKER
  XIX EQUALITY
  XX EQUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE
  XXI THE DETERMINISM OF NATURE
  XXII BEYOND THE MODES OF NATURE
  XXIII NIRVANA AND WORKS IN THE WORLD
  XXIV THE GIST OF THE KARMAYOGA

BOOK TWO

  I THE Two NATURES
  II THE SYNTHESIS OF DEVOTION AND KNOWLEDGE
  III THE SUPREME DIVINE
  IV THE SECRET OF SECRETS
  V THE DIVINE TRUTH AND WAY
  VI WORKS, DEVOTION AND KNOWLEDGE
  VII THE SUPREME WORD OF THE GITA
  VIII GOD IN POWER OF BECOMING
  IX THE THEORY OF THE VIBHUTI
  X THE VISION OF THE WORLD-SPIRIT—TIME THE DESTROYER
  XI THE VISION OF THE WORLD-SPIRIT—THE DOUBLE ASPECT
  XII THE WAY AND THE BHAKTA
  XIII THE FIELD AND ITS KNOWER
  XIV ABOVE THE GUNAS
  XV THE THREE PURUSHAS
  XVI THE FULLNESS OF SPIRITUAL ACTION
  XVII DEVA AND ASURA
  XVIII THE GUNAS, FAITH AND WORKS
  XIX  THE GUNAS, MIND AND WORKS
  XX SWABHAVA AND SWADHARMA
  XXI TOWARDS THE SUPREME SECRET
  XXII THE SUPREME SECRET
  XXIII THE CORE OF THE GITA'S MEANING
  XXIV THE MESSAGE OF THE GITA
    GLOSSARY
    INDEX