The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
Video Series with Swami Kriyananda

10-minute talks based on Paramhansa Yogananda’s commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita. You can read full commentaries in Swami Kriyananda's book The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita.

• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: The Four Aspects of Mind
• Part 3: The Need for a Guru 
• Part 4: The Source of All Suffering
• Part 5: The Saint is the Sinner Who Never Gave Up
• Part 6: Overcoming Bad Habits
• Part 7: Overcoming the Ego
• Part 8: The Inner Light
• Part 9: The Chakras: Seven Gates to Freedom
• Part 10: Awakening the Kundalini
• Part 11: Do the Right Thing
• Part 12: The Yamas and Niyamas: Dos and Don'ts of the Spiritual Path
• Part 13: Patanjali’s Eight-Fold Yoga Path
• Part 14: Sexuality and Self-Control
• Part 15: Being Twice-Born
• Part 16: Sometimes We Need to Trick the Mind
• Part 17: Don’t Worry About Your Faults — Love God
• Part 18: Self-Esteem is Built on Sand — Know God
• Part 19: Learn a Meditation Technique
• Part 20: The Creation of the Universe
• Part 21: Love God Through His Bliss
• Part 22: Drawing Inspiration at Will
• Part 23: Our Inner Champions
• Part 24: What Is Extreme Dispassion?
• Part 25: Learn Contentment Through Meditation
• Part 26: Overcoming Our Negative Tendencies
• Part 27: Balancing Our Feminine and Masculine Natures
• Part 28: Can Reason Alone Lead to Truth?
• Part 29: True Meaning of the Caste System
• Part 30: Limitations of Freudian Psychology
• Part 31: One Religion
• Part 32: Reincarnation
• Part 33: Non-Violence
• Part 34: The Need for a Guru
• Part 35: God's Smile in Your Heart
• Part 36: The Immortal Soul
• Part 37: Introspection
• Part 38: Be Even-Minded and Cheerful
• Part 39: What Is Reality?
• Part 40: Why Did God Create Us? Part 1
• Part 41: Why Did God Create Us? Part 2
• Part 42: Our Consciousness Determines Our Reality
• Part 43: The Trap of Self-Involvement
• Part 44: Act Without Attachment
• Part 45: The Final Exam
• Part 46: Loyalty: The First Law of God
• Part 47: Do Not Identify with Your Mistakes
• Part 48: The Immortal Soul
• Part 49: Space and Time Do Not Exist
• Part 50: Truth Cannot be Found Through Reason
• Part 51: Modern Physics and Vedanta
• Part 52: God is Hidden Behind Everything
• Part 53: Death: the Final Exam
• Part 54: The Battle for Truth
• Part 55: Our True Home Is in God
• Part 56: Be Loyal to Your Experience, not Your Belief
• Part 57: You are Beyond Time and Space
• Part 58: Reason vs. Intuition
• Part 59: Why Fight Delusion?
• Part 60: Find Peace Through Detachment

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