Bhagavad Gita Advanced Lessons for the Western Mind

16. Dealing with Pain, Roles & Identity, Swadharma, Causal Body – BG CH2.14


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  1. Roles and identity: We assume different roles (father, worker, teacher etc.) but can lose ourselves in those roles. Wisdom is recognizing there is an “I” separate from these roles.
  2. Swadharma: Defined as one's personal duty or “what is to be done” based on one's values and relationships.
  3. Nature of the Self (Atma): The Self is not an object to be experienced in the future, but the ever-present awareness in which all experiences occur.
  4. Moksha (liberation): Not gaining something new, but removing the ignorance that obscures our true nature as awareness.
  5. Ishwara's grace: God's grace is earned through your own effort you put in to help yourself.
  6. Continuity of the Jiva: The causal body continues across lifetimes, carrying impressions and tendencies.
  7. Assimilation of knowledge: Even after gaining self-knowledge, one needs to continue immersing in the teaching to remove lingering notions of being limited.

See notes for this session at: https://www.yesvedanta.com/bg2/

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Bhagavad Gita Advanced Lessons for the Western MindBy Andre Vas