#258 Bhagavad Gita Wisdom #1 Introduction – Body, Mind, Soul

The Bhagavad Gita Is perhaps the most famous of all the Vedic texts. It is comprised of 700 verses and addresses the most foundational principles of real spiritual life. This will be the beginning of a new series titled Bhagavad Gita Wisdom. Each talk we will address one or two important spiritual principles an exam in their application to all of us even in these current times.

In this first talk we examine the absolutely fascinating back story to how the Bhagavad Gita came about and the most foundational spiritual principle to a genuine spiritual life, the question of mind, body, and soul.

The verses which I quoted in this talk are as follows:

Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me. Bhagavad-gītā 2.7

Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Kṛṣṇa, "Govinda, I shall not fight," and fell silent. Bhagavad-gītā 2.9

Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead. Bhagavad-gītā 2.11

Know that which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. Bhagavad-gītā 2.17

For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain. Bhagavad-gītā 2.20

The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. Bhagavad-gītā 2.23

This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same. Bhagavad-gītā 2.24

Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all. Bhagavad-gītā 2.29

O descendant of Bharata, in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature. Bhagavad-gītā 2.30

One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well. Bhagavad-gītā 6.5