Gita Chapter 2 | Sankhy Yog

Sānkhya Yog

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• Chapter 2 - Sankhya Yog
  • Sankhya Yog = Yog of Knowledge
    • uniting with knowledge
    • This chapter is based on the Sankhya philosophy
    • Knowledge from logical conclusions
      
  • Ask questions
  • This same philosophy is used in Upanishads
  • They use the language of dialogues/conversation between student and teacher
  • student ask question → teacher gives him guidance
  • This is never to be taken without understanding. if you don’t understand ask questions 
  
   
  • Gita is in the same format
  • Krishn bhagwan gives advice
  • Arjun stops him if he doesn’t understands and asks for more clarifications
  • Don’t take anything for granted without understanding it
   
  
  • This chapter gives us a general idea of the core declarations from Veds
  • We know from the modern knowledge how to give a great presentation
  • There are 3 basic steps 
  • https://www.inc.com/john-baldoni/deliver-a-great-speech-aristotle-three-tips.html
    
    
    
  • Great Speech
    • Tell them what you will tell them
    • Then tell them
    • then tell them what you told them
  • Example
    • we discuss what the topics of meetings before we start
    • then we talk about the points
    • and at the very end we share the action items of what we discussed
     
    
  • This tradition was started by Rishi Ved Vyas
    • chapter 2 will tell us what we will discuss in Gita
    • chapter 3-17 will discuss all the topics
    • chapter 18 will tell us what we discussed all thoughout Gita
  
  
  • Yog of knowledge
    • the first step is to assume that we don’t have knowledge
    • only then you can proceed towards it
  
  

 .. To be Contd.