Getting Into the Bhagavad Gita - Yogi Explains

Summary

August 9, 2024, 22 min

How to begin reading the Bhagavad Gita, starting with Sir Edwin Arnold's poetic translation and then the three-volume Spiritual Gita from Lahiri Mahasaya's discourses. The Gita's war is read as the dorsal versus ventral vagal, won through the Freeze Response and Tranquil Breath, and the Pandavas' climb to heaven as the Roll-Up of Consciousness.

In this video

Teaches

Bhagavad Gita

Discusses

Dorsal Vagal ComplexDownload PhaseArjunaChakrasKrishnaMythology and symbolismVentral Vagal ComplexFreeze ResponseTranquil BreathRoll-Up of ConsciousnessKundaliniEgoSamadhi

Mentions

Parasympathetic nervous systemHigher SelfLeft and right brainGuruJesusParavasthaOM Japa in the ChakrasDual and non-dualThree EssentialsHoly PotatoLahiri MahasayaBhupendranath SanyalYoga SutrasMastering Meditation

Key moments

00:00Recap: ventral and dorsal vagal, both parasympathetic 00:52The Gita is about the ventral versus the dorsal vagal 01:22Start with Sir Edwin Arnold's poetic translation 01:58A student living in the download state 03:24"Google God": sitting at the feet of the guru within 04:14"Steadfast, a lamp burns": the interiorized yogi's mind 05:34The war: Krishna calls Arjuna, the third chakra 08:44Winning the war: freeze response and tranquil breath 10:26Ruling the kingdom: paravastha and the roll-up 11:17The climb to heaven: the shared wife as Kundalini 12:43The eldest brother won't abandon his dog: the ego is kept 15:44Absorbing into union like the holy potato 16:33Next: the three-volume Spiritual Gita by Sanyal 17:50Yoga Sutras as cliff notes; why the Gita isn't linear 18:55A sudden samadhi from the lower chakras 19:39Chew slowly on the volumes, return to Arnold 20:02Follow the book: the short manual to the Gita