Gita Group Discussions # 9 - Summary of the various learnings so far

We start with a summary of the journey so far in reading the book, The Teachings of the Gita, by Swami Dayananda, up to Chapter 8.  The key emphasis of this summary is understanding and appreciating Karma yoga. Some of the topics covered are: Note: The recording is not very clear...but comprehensible. We discuss who is Absolute I  vs. Relative I We discuss roles we play We talk of the question - who am I? We discuss a bit about Nirvanashatakam, a beautiful poem by Adi Sankaracharya, explaining who am I? We discuss happiness is not in outside objects or within our body, mind but it is YOU We also discuss the spiritual path: karma yoga - jnana yoga as a continuum, not two separate paths. Clarifications on the concepts & applications of Karma yoga: likes & dislikes, preparing the mind, notion of doer-ship We talk of action & actionlessness and clarify our concepts. Four types of devotion & devotees, work & worship, work is worship, etc. We also briefly talk about Bhakti-yoga and how that is relevant in the context of the spiritual path. This episode is discussions from seekers to seekers sharing their learnings, questions in the journey so far.