The Gospel of Selfless Action: Or the Gita According to Gandhi

by Gandhi, Mahatma; Desai, Mahadev H.

• ISBN13: 9781883938710
• ISBN10: 1883938716
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
M. K. Gandhi
MY SUBMISSION	3	(122)
Preliminary	3	(2)
Date, Text, Author Etc.	5	(5)
The Book and the Theme	10	(10)
The Fundamentals	20	(34)
The Sankhya System	22	(5)
The Gita View	27	(27)
Prakriti and Gunas	27	(2)
The Gunas	29	(4)
Karma and Rebirth	33	(6)
The Individual, World and Reality	39	(8)
Avatara	47	(5)
The End and the Means	52	(2)
Interpretative Analysis	54	(48)
The Delusion (Discourses 1 and 2)	54	(7)
Karma Yoga (Discourses 3 and 4)	61	(7)
Jnanayoga and Karmayoga Compared (Discourse 5)	68	(4)
Dhyanayoga (Discourses 6 to 8)	72	(8)
Bhaktiyoga (Discourses 9 to 11)	80	(5)
Dhyanayoga and Bhaktiyoga (Discourse 12)	85	(3)
The World and the Reality (Discourse 13-15)	88	(4)
Purusha and Prakriti and Knowledge	88	(2)
The Gunas	90	(2)
Ashvattha and Purushottama (Discourse 15)	92	(1)
Individual Ethics (Discourses 16 and 17)	93	(4)
Delusion Destroyed (Discourse 18)	97	(5)
A Few Questions	102	(12)
The Four Varnas and Swadharma	102	(3)
Knowledge a Talisman?	105	(6)
Karma and Free-will	111	(3)
Some Controversies	114	(2)
Conclusion	116	(9)
Note on the Translation	122	(3)
ANASAKTIYOGA---THE MESSAGE OF THE GITA	125	(261)
M. K. Gandhi
Discourse I	135	(13)
Discourse II	148	(24)
Discourse III	172	(22)
Discourse IV	194	(20)
Discourse V	214	(14)
Discourse VI	228	(15)
Discourse VII	243	(10)
Discourse VIII	253	(13)
Discourse IX	266	(12)
Discourse X	278	(12)
Discourse XI	290	(17)
Discourse XII	307	(8)
Discourse XIII	315	(11)
Discourse XIV	326	(11)
Discourse XV	337	(9)
Discourse XVI	346	(8)
Discourse XVII	354	(9)
Discourse XVIII	363	(23)
Index	386