Class summary for Nov 25, 2025 - BG Chapter 7 - shloka 1-6

Class Summary of Bhagavad Gita - 11/25/2025

Summarised by Sudha Radhakrishnan

  • Opening Prayers, Breathing Exercise & Meditation

  • Quick discussion of Chapter 6 reflection questions

  • Sadhana Package: Do what we can but stay consistent. 


Bhagavad Gita can be broadly categorized into 3 sections, each section comprising of 6 chapters.  Chapters 1 through 6 talk about individual Jeevathma, 7 through 12 talk about Paramathma, and chapters 13 through 18 talk about the connection between Jeevathma and Paramathma.


In this session, we started delving into Chapter 7 shlokas:

Shlokas 1-3: Introduction to God

Shlokas 4-12: The nature of God

Shlokas 13-19: Reason for human miseries and its cure through Bhakthi.

Shlokas 20-26: Sakama Bhakthi refers to the Bhakthi that still has desires and materialistic attachments.

Shlokas 27-30: Nishkama Bhakthi refers to the Bhakthi that has no desires and is free of attachments.


Chanted verses 1, 2, 3

Shri Bhagavan tells Arjuna that one can attain moksha when his or her mind is committed to Him through yoga and complete surrendering.  

Bhagavan will teach without any omission this knowledge and everything else there is, to reach Him. 

Among thousands of people, very few make an effort to attain moksha.  Even among those seekers, only a rare person will come to know Him.  This may sound dire but we must trust and completely surrender in Him, knowing that we are in the right path.

 

Chanted verses 4, 5, 6

Bhagavan mentions about his lower prakrithi (earth, water, space, fire, air, body, mind and intellect) and higher prakrithi (His own nature) that is the true nature of each individual.  The higher manifests through the lower. 


We reiterated the importance of Shravanam (Hearing), Mananam (Reflecting), and Nidithyasanam (Meditating/Internalizing), through which one knows, understands, and finally become!


Difference between Knowledge & Wisdom:

While knowledge is objective, wisdom is subjective.  Knowledge is primarily theory, while wisdom is experiencing or applying the theory.  Knowledge is sight, while wisdom is insight! 


Knowledge has to be internalized and lived to gain wisdom!






 

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