AUDIO BOOK: BHAGAVAD GITA Line for Line Commentary by Yogananda Part 2

[@RegainingTheBalance]

Time Stamped sections to help navigate this huge book in a video form for you. Chapter 1 continued 3:02 - Verse 2 - The opposing armies of the spiritual and materialistic forces 3:54 - Duryodhana: symbolic of material desire 5:10 - Drona: powerful force of habitual tendencies 7:45 - Battle strategy of material desire and habit 11:11 - By habit man becomes a human automaton 14:49 - Vers 3 + Symbolic power of calm inner light of divine perceptions 20:57 - Habit is the "preceptor" of good as well as evil tendencies 25:28 - Verses 4-6 28:39 - Expanded commentary: The symbolic forces of soul qualities 30:00 - Yoga physiology of the astral and causal bodies 34:26 - Structure of the astral and causal spine 38:09 - The Koshas, stages of evolution in creation and man 42:10 - The principle discriminative powers of the soul 51:20 - Correlation of Pantanjali's yoga with the Gita's allegorical battle 52:55 - Intent of the Gita made clear when correlated with yoga 1:07:31 - The eight essential steps to Raja Yoga 1:23:46 - READING BREAK----------------------------- 1:29:58 - Verse 7 & 8 1:33:09 - Expanded commentary: Symbolic forces that oppose soul qualities - Maya and Avidya: delusion and ignorance (List of warriors and their symbolic names revealed - My emphasis) 1:39:04 - Characteristics of spiritual ignorance 1:45:39 - Physical ego vs. divine ego 2:10:34 - Verse 9 (Diverse warriors of temptation) 2:13:18 - The six faults of the materially identified Ego (lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride, envy) 2:35:16 - Ego consciousness is a false personality 2:40:57 - Verse 10 - Subsection: Ego's function: maintaining delusions of body and material world 2:43:58 - Pranayama: key to a yogi's victory 2:46:48 - Stages of samadhi - oneness with God 2:52:14 - Verse 11 2:54:16 - Summary of the forces gathered to do spiritual battle 2:58:33 - Metaphysical conflict in each cerebrospinal center 3:00:58 - Material desires and the forces of delusory ego consciousness 3:04:05 - Expanded commentary: The nature of the Ego 3:07:40 - Nature of the sou;'d power of intuition 3:12:00 - Pure and impure Ego 3:13:01 - Each day in sleep Man glimpses the soul 3:14:55 - The defeat of Bishma/Ego by Arjuna/Self control End of reading, to be continued.... 3:17:30 - Giving my own thoughts

[@slimfadey2973]

I'm enjoying your reading and commentary

[@ZalMoxis]

Thanks for the presentation.... very timely.

[@RegainingTheBalance]

Timely indeed. Thank you for your kind comment.

[@the-hypocrites-matrix]

29 05 Haha