Honr 101 Final: Bhagavad Gita

Vocab and Themes

svadharma

social duty

kshatriya

warrior

brahman

eternal infinite substance of life

Maya

illusion

samsara

cycle of birth and life

Buddhi

knowledge of unity of brahman and atman

moksha

liberation from samara

yoga

dedicated skill in discipline unattached from fruit of action

Bhakti yoga

yoga of devotion, worship, + love of the divine

karma yoga

yoga of unattached action and performance of dharma

dharma

pursuit of meditating yet acting in the world

jnana yoga

yoga focused on the pursuit of knowledge and the sameness of atman and brahman

atman

eternal selves/souls

focuses on the duty of the warrior caste

which is to fight

according to Arjuna at the beginning of the BG

killing his family would throw the rules of the universe into disarray

atman and brahman

are the same thing

reincarnation

is samsara and the only way to get liberated from it is through moksha

krishna

is brahman and is atman

voluntary inaction

is the only type of good action that leads to spiritual growth and liberation

prakrti

force of nature that makes up the world; made of rajas, sattva, and tamas

meditation is a path to

equanimity

Maya prevents people from seeing

brahman

purusha

spirit

samskara

karmic impression

sattva

clarity

rajas

passion

tamas

dark inertia

threefold gate of hell is

desire, anger, and greed