Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 36 - Enemies will ridicule if you withdraw from the warWhat does the word ahitāḥ mean?What will the enemies speak?What does the word avācyavādān mean?Why will the enemies speak unmentionable words?What does the word nindantaḥ mean?What will the enemies ridicule Arjuna for?What does the word apamānam mean?What is more painful than death?How did Kaikeyi manage to get Dasharatha's agree to keep his promise?Why Kamsa does not kill Devaki when the aśarīri tells that Dēvaki's 8th son will be his killer?What is the weakness of a kṣatriyā?Sloka 37 - Both outcomes are favourableWhat are the 2 possibilities for Arjuna in this war?Why does Bhagavan say that either way Arjuna stands to gain?Why will Arjuna go to heaven if he gets killed in this war?What will Arjuna enjoy if he remains victorious?What does Bhagavan want Arjuna to do?What resolve does Arjuna need to make before getting up?What do we need to understand whenever we see yudhascha?Why are some duties pleasant and some duties unpleasant?Sloka 01-37 SummaryWhat was Arjuna suffering from?What was the result of his delusion?What are the 2 things that Bhagavan had to do with regard to Arjuna?What are the 3 levels of dṛṣṭi that Bhagavan gives Arjuna for removing his sorrow and make him fight?Why should Arjuna not feel sorrow from adhyātmika dṛṣṭi?Why should Arjuna not feel sorrow from dhārmica dṛṣṭi?Why should Arjuna fight the war from loukika dṛṣṭi?Sloka 38 - How not to incur sin when performing duties?Why is this a transition sloka?Which slokas dealt with jñāna yōga or saṅkya yōga?In which portion of vedas can one find religion?In which portion of vedas can one find philosophy?What gives us the right way of life?What gives us the right view of life?What is the difference between Vēdā antha and Vēdā poorva?Where did Bhagavan teach Brahma śāstram and where will Bhagavan be teaching Dharma śāstram?Why is this sloka called the seed of Karma yoga?What does Bhagavan explain in this sloka?What should be the attitude when performing one's duties?What is other name of Buddhi Yōga?What is Karma yoga?What should be the attitude that one must have when performing duties?How should one treat sukha & duḥkha, lābha & alābha, jaya & ajaya?How is happiness related to gain and how is gain related to victory?How is defeat related to loss and how is loss related to sorrow?Will one incur sin if he treats all the pairs of opposites alike?What does Rāga devshou akrtva mean?What happens when one does not have attachment on victory / gain / happiness?What happens when one does not have aversion towards defeat / loss / sorrow?What is the essence of Karma yoga?Sloka 39 - Introduction to Karma YogaWhy does Bhagavan want to show division of topics?Why is Bhagavan going to talk about Karma Yoga?Why did Bhagavan give Jñāna Yōga first?How are Shastras taught?What is upkrama and upasamhara?What is other name for sāṅkhyam?Can everyone directly get ātma jñāna and be ever happy?What are the necessary qualifications for getting ātma jñāna?Can a patient who needs operation be operated without any checks?What does one need to do for the operation to succeed?What helps a person to get prepared to receive ātma jñāna?What are the 4 fold qualifications / Sādana Chatushtaya Sampithihi?What is the most important & difficult qualification among the four?What do we need to do get Vairagya?What is easiest among the four?How does one get Viveka?When will Viveka give its benefit?Where will Karma yōga lead us to?Where will Jñāna yōga lead us to?What is impossible without Karma yoga?What is incomplete without Jñāna yōga?What is the misconception in Kali Yuga?Can some other yoga other than jñāna yōga give liberation?If jñāna yōga is difficult in kali yuga, what should we do?What is Bhagavan telling Arjuna here?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 32 - Righteous war is a gateway to HeavenWhat does Bhagavan say that Arjuna has got a chance?What does the word yadṛcchayā mean?What does the word apāvṛtam mean?What does the war open up for Arjuna?Why does Bhagavan say it opens up the swarga loka for Arjuna?What sort of war is this according to Bhagavan in this sloka?What sort of kshatriyas get this opportunity to participate in a dharma yuddha?When does a kshatriya get heaven according to dharma shastra?How can sukhinaḥ be interpreted in this sloka?Sloka 33 - Foresaking Swadharma will incur sinWhat if Arjuna argues I am not interested in heaven, What is Bhagavan's counter argument?What are the 2 doshas that Arjuna will get as a result of not doing his swadharma (fighting this war)?What is the Iha loka dukham that Arjuna will get?What is the Para loka dukham that Arjuna will get?What does the word saṅgrāmaṃ mean in this sloka?What are the consequences if Arjuna does not fight this war?What will Arjuna lose in this world if he does not fight?What will Arjuna incur if he does not fight?How many categories can we divide Pāpam on the basis of doing or not doing action?What is Commission type of papa?What is Omission type of papa?What does Niṣiddaḥ karaṇam mean?What does Vihithaa akaraṇam mean?What verses in Siva Manasa Puja help us pray for forgiveness for these 2 types of papa?What is the consequence of papa?How does Bhagavan confirm both swarga and naraka in these 2 slokas (32 & 33)?What is the pramana for Swarga and Naraka?Are they drshta or Adrshta?Which fear makes people to lead a life of Dharma?Sloka 34 - Infamy is worse than death for a KshatriyaAfter talking from Dharma-Adharma drishti, in what angle does Bhagavan talk to Arjuna now?Which loss is difficult to accept for a kshatriya?What is the weakness of a Kshatriya?What do politicians and rulers do to retain their name and fame?What do we do to retain our name even after our life?Do people lead a life of Dharma because the shastras say so or do so because they will lose their name?What was Arjuna famous for?Why was Thayumaanavar a mahatama?What is more intoxicating than liquor?Will Arjuna get temporary or permanent infamy by walking away from the war?What does sambhāvitasya mean?What is worth than death?Sloka 35 - Arjuna's reputation with other warriorsWhat is the reason that people will think that Arjuna had for not fighting the war?Will the great warriors think that Arjun withdrew out of compassion and respect or out of fear?What will Arjuna's fame come to from the same people who had praised Arjuna earlier?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 30 - Indestructible Atma is present in all bodiesHow does Bhagavan conclude the section on Atma-Anatma vichara?Why should one not grieve from atma standpoint?Why should one not grieve from Anatma standpoint?What are the 3 things that a body is subject to?What should we able to accept regarding the body?Why did Parikshit felt happy when he knew that he had 7 days to live?What is the meaning of the word avadhyaḥ?Which is mortal and which is immortal?Whose death should one not grieve over?Whose mortality are we willing to accept?Will grief change the fact that everyone has to die one day?In which sloka did ātma vichara conclude?In which sloka did Anātma vichara conclude?Sloka 31 - SwaDharma supercedes Saamanya DharmaWhat is the topic that Bhagavan is going to address in slokas 31 to 34?What is the doubt that Bhagavan expects Arjuna to have?Why would Arjuna think it is Adharma to kill his Guru and his grand father?What is Saamanya Dharma?Does Saamanya Dharma depend on varna or ashrama or gender?What is the thumb rule for Saamanya Dharma?What are the 5 yamās and the 5 niyamās?What is ahiṁsa?What is satyam?What is āstheyam?What is brahmacharyam?What is aparigraham?What is śaucam?What is santoṣam?What is tapaḥ?What is Svādhyaya?What is īśvara praṇidhānā?What is Swadharma or Visesha Dharma?Does each ashrama has the same visesha dharma?Does each varna has the same visesha dharma?What happens if there is a conflict between Saamanya and Visesha Dharma? Which takes precedence?Can a Brahmana take up arms and fight?Why did Vishwamitra come to Dasaratha and sought Rama and Lakshmana to kill the demons?What is a Kshatriya duty?What is āpaddharmaḥ?If there is a general rule, can there be exceptions?What is utsargaḥ and What is apavādaḥ?What is the meaning of Kshatriya?How does a Kshatriya protect the society from Dharma?Is killing people allowed according to Shastras? If so by who and when?What is the analogy that can be given to removing cancerous people from the society?What does Bhagavan advice Arjuna with regards to his duty (in the first line)?Why does Bhagavan say that Arjuna should not waver from his duty (in the second line)?Is there anything greater than a Dharma Yuddh (righteous war) for a Kshatriya (warrior)?What is the meaning of Shreyas here?What does a person get by following his swadharma?Can a Sannyasi beat back a person who is giving him Himsa?Should a Kshatriya interfere when a Sannyasi gets beaten up?Who will get Chitta shuddhi (pure mind) by not beating the person who is giving Himsa?Who will get Chitta shuddhi (pure mind) by beating the person who is giving Himsa?Who will get papa (sin) by beating the person who is giving Himsa?Who will get papa (sin) by not beating the person who is giving Himsa?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 29 (Contd...) - Vedantic Study and PunyaHow is Ātma jñānam as a subject āścaryam?How is Ātma jñānam as the end to our search an āścaryam?How is the way Ātma jñānam as taught an āścaryam? How is the method of understanding Ātma jñānam an āścaryam?Do everyone come for Vedantic study?What is the role of punya in Vedantic Study?Why do "Some never understand this atma, in spite of hearing"?Can Ātma jñāna be attained through Ishvara Sharanagti?Can Ātma jñāna be attained through Meditation?Can Ātma jñāna be attained through Social Service?Can Ātma jñāna be attained through Naama Sankeertanam?Can Ātma jñāna be attained without Self Effort?Can Ātma jñāna be attained through Ishvara Sharanagti?What does one need to understand Ātma Tattva?If one does not have sādana chatushtaya sampathi now, can he do shravanam now?Why is Shravanam important?What will Shravanam give a student who does not have sādana chatushtaya sampathi?What are the 2 benefits of Shravanam?Is Shravanam alone enough for Ātma jñāna?How much time does one need to spend on Shravanam?What happens when we listen to the teachings again?How many times does one need to listen to the lectures?Whom should we blame if one is not able to get the full benefit of listening to shastras?How is Ātma jñāna different from other subjects?Why does Bhagavan call Ātma jñāna as Raja Vidya and Raja Guhya?Why is Ātma jñāna a secret?Is Shravanam difficult or to get qualification difficult?What happens when we keep listening to lectures?Why does some not able to understand in spite of listening?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 29 (Contd...) - Atma Jnana is a wonderWhat are the 6 things that are āścaryam?jñānam āścaryam & jnātha āścaryam=================================How is Ātma jñāna Asādāranam?Is the Ātma jñāna teaching about something new?In the 10 friends crossing the river story-- Why did the person fail to count 10?- Why did he not count himself?- Was he foolish?- What was the reason that he was looking for the 10th man outside?- When he was made to know the 10th did he learn something new?- What did he get as a result of this episode?- After getting the knowledge, was he relieved of sorrow?Is Brahman a new substance revealed by Vēdānta?How is the Ātma to be understood from the definition of "I"?How is Atma to be understood as against the other objects?Why is ātma jñāni a wonder (rare)?How is the same idea given in Kathōpaniṣad?Upadesha āścaryam & Upadeshta āścaryam=======================================Difficulty in explaining ātma When can we describe an object?According to our Shastras, what are the 4 basis characterisitics on which an object can be described?What is the example of describing an object based on kriya (action)?What is the example of describing an object based on guna (nature)?What is the example of describing an object based on dravyam (ingredients)?What is the example of describing an object based on sambandam (relation)?Can we describe ātma using any of the 4 above?Can ātma be objectified by senses?Can ātma be conceived by mind?Is ātma perceptible?What does the Upanishad verse "yatho vacho nivartante aprāpya manasā saha" mean?Are there many people explaining ātma jnana?Shravanam āścaryam & Shrotha āścaryam======================================Difficulty in understanding ātma Can anyone be a born jnani (non-samsari)?What are people deluded on?What is the meaning of "dvandwa mohena"?Do we need to be taught to be a samsari?Do we need to be trained to get angry?Do we need to be trained to become jealous?Is discontentment inherent in all of us?Do then people come for Spirituality?Within those who come to Spirituality, how many come to know about Moksha?Within those who know about Moksha, how many come to vedanta?Within those who come to Vedanta, how many know the steps to get Atma Jnana?What are the steps to get atma moksha?What is the pramana for atma jnana?The Sloka==========How do we need to understand the word "paśyati" ?How can we take "seeing" to be "understanding"?If "āśhcharya-vat" is considered to be an adverb, what do we understand the sloka?If "āśhcharya-vat" is considered to be an adjective, what do we understand the same sloka?How can the first line be understood as "Some see this ātma as a wonder"?How can the first line be understood as "Rarely Someone see this ātma"?How can the second line be understood as "Someone speaking (teaching) about ātma is a wonder"?How can the second line be understood as "Rarely Someone speaks (teaches) about this ātma"?How can the third line be understood as "Someone hearing (listening) about ātma is a wonder"?How can the third line be understood as "Rarely Someone hears (listens) about this ātma"?What does Bhagavan say in the fourth line?Why do "Some never understand this atma, in spite of hearing"?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 28 - What is Birth and What is Death?What is the essence of this sloka?Why do we need to understand death?What are we ignorant about?What is creation?Can there be an effect without a cause?Can things appear & disappear on its own?What does vyakta and avyakta mean?What is the unmanifest state of a tree?How is the seed different from tree?Is birth considered the manifest state or the unmanifest state?What do we call when a thing changes from avyakta to vyakta state?What is birth?What is the physical body made of?Where does the physical body's creation, sustenance and dissolution happen?Why is sleep called Nitya pralayam?What is death?What is Brahma's day?How many Chatur yugas make a Kalpa?What happens during pralaya?Is there total destruction at anytime?Is Vedanta against the law of conservation of matter and energy?Can Ishvara create anything out of nothing?What is body creation then?What is our delusion in terms of birth and death?Will atma have a manifest and unmanifest state?What are the 2 states of anatma?What is the advantage of knowing about death?What should be our attitude towards things that are constant?What is our problem with regards to accepting the change?How does Bhagavan explain the cycle of birth and death in this sloka?And what is the lesson he wants us to take from this understanding?How should we overcome grief?Sloka 29 - Atma Jnana is a wonderWhat is the essence of this sloka?From which upanishad is this sloka picked from?What are the three points that Bhagavan wants to convey in this sloka?What are the 2 meanings for the word āścarya?What is an example of an unusual event?What is an example of a rare event?How is Ātma jñāna Asādāranam?How do we generally learn about anything?What is one common thing about all the things that we have learnt so far?What does Shastra say we must do to attain Moksha?How is knowledge of atma different from all other things that we have learnt?Why is Ātma jñāna Asādāranam?What are the three things that human beings look for in this world?Does everyone come to spirituality?Does everyone who come to spirituality get to know about Brahman or atma?Does everyone who get to know Brahman or atma know that is the very subject and that it cannot be experienced?Where is the fulfillment, security and happiness that we look for in this world is actually present?Does a person need punya to come into vedanta?is it fair to say that the self knowledge is the greatest wonder?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 26 (Contd) - Bhagavan's advice to Arjuna if atma is constantly born and dyingWhat is kṣaṇika vijñāna vādaḥ? What happens to atma in this case?What hypothetical argument (abhyupetya vādaḥ) does Bhagavan present to Arjuna?Does Bhagavan say atma will die?What is the intent of Bhagavan when he presents different forms of argument?What does Bhagavan say if the atma is constantly born and dying?How does Bhagavan negate that scenario?Should Arjuna grieve if the atma is constantly born and dying?How does Bhagavan call Arjuna here?Sloka 27 - What is born has to die; What dies has to be born!Why is this an important verse?What is certain for one who is born?What does druvam mean?What are the 3 pramāṇās by which we can understand death is certain?How does pratyakṣa pramāṇā help us understand this?How does anumāna pramāṇā help us understand this?How does sastra pramāṇā help us understand this?How does the analogy of flame and oil relate with life and karma?Until when the body lives in this world?What is the difference between understanding and assimilation?What is the general trend of Asuras asking for boon in Puranic stories?Does Ishvara or Brahma ji grant immortality?How does Hiraṇyakaśipu seek immortality?Can anyone escape death?How do we indicate departure of avathāra?How do we indicate departure of Sannyasi?What is certain for one who dies?Is there a concept of eternal hell and eternal heaven in our religion?Why is Capital punishment possible?What does punarapi jananam punarapi maraṇam mean?What do we need to do after getting this knowledge?What does aparihāryē arthē mean?What should be our attitude towards remedyless situation?Are all situations choiceless?How is past a choiceless situation?How is present a choiceless situation?How are many things in future choiceless situations?Should we try to change a situation?If we are not able to change the situation then what should we do?After we put the effort and the situation does ot change then what should we do?Will we ever know which situations can be changed and which cannot be changed?When will the mind accept a situation?How do we get mental strength?Is the situation the reason for our sorrow or the inability to accept the situation the reason for our sorrow?How does our likes and dislikes impact our sorrow?If an event is the cause for our sorrow then should we not feel the sorrow whenever and wherever it occurs?What happens if there is a resistance to a situation?What is Samsara?Will we feel bad if the neighbour's son is not studying well or behaving properly?Will we feel bad if the neighbour's son is not studying well or behaving properly?Is Sorrow far away or within us?How does Physical discomfort become sorrow?How are pain and sorrow distinguished?How is Titiksha important with regards to acceptance?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 23 - Pancha Bhootas cannot destroy Atma How does Bhagavan convey that the atma is avinashi in this sloka?What are the four elements that can affect objects in the creation?What cannot cut the atma?What cannot burn the atma?What cannot drown the atma?What cannot dry the atma?Sloka 24 - Atma feature SummaryHow does Bhagavan conclude the section of atma?From which sloka did Bhagavan start giving the features of atma?Which sloka is repeated in the first line of this sloka?What cannot be cut by weapons?What canot be burnt?What does dāhyaḥ mean?Why is our body called dehaha?What cannot be wet or drowned by water?What cannot be dried up?Is immortality to be got or is it our true nature?What is our innermost urge?How do we try to remain long after even our body is gone?If something is unnatural, do we accept or reject?Do we complain if we are happy?Why do we complain when we are unhappy?What happens when anything unnatural enters our body?How does our eyes react?How does our nose react?How does our stomach react?How does our skin react?How does a lady's body react when she is pregnant?Is that considered natural?What is the word to denote that atma is all pervading?Why does Bhagavan not take Neivedhya?What does sthāṇuḥ mean?What changes in this creation?How does the body change over the years? Who has the name Sthāṇuḥnāthaḥ?What does acalaḥ mean?How do we derive atma is akarta and abhokta?What is the meaning of the word sanātanaḥ?Why is Hinduism called sanātana dharma?What are the 2 topics that Hinduism deal in?Which portion of the vedas deal with Dharma?Which portion of the vedas deal with Brahman?Which contains the religion portion of Hindusim?Which contains the philosophy portion of Hinduism?Has Dharma changed over the years?Has Brahman changed over the years?Has Bhagavad Gita stayed relevant over so many years?Has science or medicine remained the same over these years?Will Vedas become obsolete?What is the concept of Upakrama and Upasamhara?Sloka 25 - One cannot grieve after Knowing features of AtmaWhat does Avyaktaḥ mean?Can atma be perceived by sensory organs?Can atma be perceived through śabda, sparśa, rūpa, rasa and gandha?What does Acintyaḥ mean?Can atma be conveived through mind like how we feel anger, love etc.?How is Apramēya is equal ti avyaktaḥ + acintyaḥ?What does Bhagavan mean when He says ucyatē?How does that increase our shraddha in our shastras?What does Na anuśhochitum arhasi mean?Why do we not have the right to feel sad about atma?What is the 3 pronged strategy that Bhagavan uses to remove the sadness from Arjuna's mind?What is the highest knowledge that Bhagavan gives here?Where will Bhagavan give the next steps of knowledge?What happens if we do not understand these concepts now?Sloka 26 - Bhagavan's advice to Arjuna if atma is constantly born and dyingHow do we bring comfort to a person who is grieving?Can we ask them not to feel sad without giving them a reason?Can we downplay their emotion?Does Vedanta impose its concepts on others?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 22 - Atma remains whilst the bodies changeWhat example does Bhagavan use to denote death and re-birth?What is compared to the physical body?What is compared to the dress?Which body is the abode of papa and punya?Which body is called the Bhoga Sādānam?Which body is called the Bhoga āyatanam?What determines the kind of body we take?What determines how long the body is kept?What is Prarbda Karma?What is Sanchita Karma?What is Aagami Karma?What determines our body, parents, childhood & upbringing?What does a person's horoscope indicate?When does the jiva consider the body to be jīrṇam?Is Anayasena maranam in our hands?Why has Ishvara made death a secret?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 20 (Contd...) - Atma is free from the 6 modificationsIs this sloka also taken from Katoponishad?Why has the meter been changed for this sloka?What are the shad vikaaraha (6-fold changes)?What does asti mean?What does Jayate mean?What does Vardhate mean?What does viparinamate mean?What does apakshiyate mean?What does vinashyati mean?What does Bhagavan say about atma?What does na jāyatē mean?What does na mriyatē mean?What does na bhūtvā mean?What does na abhavitā bhūyaḥ mean?What does ajaḥ mean?What does nityaḥ mean?What does śāśvataḥ mean?What does purāṇaḥ mean?What does na hanyatē mean?What does Bhagavan negate when he says "na bhūtvā na abhavitā bhūyaḥ"?What does Bhagavan negate when he says "na jāyatē"?What does Bhagavan negate when he says "purāṇaḥ"?What does Bhagavan negate when he says "na hanyatē"?What does Bhagavan negate when he says "śāśvataḥ"?What does Bhagavan negate when he says "na mriyatē"?Sloka 21 - Atma is neither the doer nor the instigatorWhat are the 2 types of action?What does kartaḥ mean?What does kārayitaḥ mean?How does Bhagavan explain this principle about atma not being the instigator?Whom does Bhagavan brin to explain atma lakshana?Why does Adi Sankara consider this sloka as very significant?How is this sloka both atma lakshana as well as benefit of atma jnana?What does the word Vēdāḥ mean here?What are the 4 characteristics of atma that Bhagavan brings here?What is the rhetorical / exclamatory statement that Bhagavan uses?How is that an instigator gets 2 sins for any bad deed?If atma is the witness principle, then what is karta, bhokta & hetu karta?What are the 2 stages to recognize that I am the atma?How do we understand the consciousness principle in the first step?How does the light and hand analogy help in understanding atma-anatma relation?On what should we drop the claim of "I"?How do we claim the Consciousness to be "I"?What are the different ways of negating the body & mind to be "I"?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 19 - Atma is neither the doer nor the enjoyerIf atma is akarta and abhokta, who is the karta and bhokta?Who is in Samsara?How does other philosophies differ from Advaita in terms of who is karta and bhokta?If the body and mind are inert, how does it become conscious and sentient?Where does the mind borrow the consciousness principle?Which Shareera becomes the karta & bhokta?How does Bhagavan explain this concept in this sloka?Why does Bhagavan use the example of killing?What does Bhagavan say about the one who considers atma to be the "killer"?What does Bhagavan say about the one who considers atma to be the "killed"?What are the three analogies that we can use to explain atma?How can the space be compared to atma? Which among the panch bhoothas is not capable of destroying anything?How can the light be compared to atma?How is the cinema screen compared to the atma?What is the cause for our samsara?How can we use this feature to come out of samsara?Why is this sloka and this feature of atma significant?Does atma have karma?Does atma have punyam and paapam?Does atma have punar jenma?If atma does not have punyam and paapam, why are we doing shraddham and tarpanam?Does a jnani need to shraddham or tarpanam?Does a jnani have punar jenma?Sloka 20 - Atma is free from the 6 modificationsIs this sloka also taken from Katoponishad?Why has the meter been changed for this sloka?What are the shad vikaaraha (6-fold changes)?What does asti mean?What does Jayate mean?What does Vardhate mean?What does viparinamate mean?What does apakshiyate mean?What does vinashyati mean?

Sloka 17 - Atma is Changeless Eternal (Kootastha Nityam) and Un-objectifiable (Aprameyah)What are the 2 features of atma provided in this sloka?What are the 2 types of Nityam?How is Kootastha Nityam different from Pravaaha Nityam?Is the Universe (Jagat) Kootastha Nityam or Pravaaha Nityam and why?Is the atma Kootastha Nityam or Pravaaha Nityam?What is the meaning of the word Antah?Where is it said that the bodies belong to the Imperishable Atma?If the body is mortal, what should be our attitude towards it?On what should we identify the self to be?What is the meaning of the word Premeyaa?What do we mean by Atma Aprameyaha?If atma can never be the object of experience, can it be non-existent?What is that, which is ever existent, but which can never be known?Will the camera in which the pic was taken, be ever seen in the photograph?Is Atma the experiencer or the experienced?Can the subject be ever an object of experience?If atma cannot be experienced, it cannot be perceived by mind, and if words cannot show us the atma, then why are we listening to the class?Does the shastras say "THIS IS ATMA"?How does Shastras explain the Atma?What is the meaning of "Neti Neti"?What remains after removing anatma mixture from "I"?What does "yudhyasva" mean, according to Adi Sankara?What is the relation between doing duty and moksha?Sloka 19 - Atma is neither the doer nor the enjoyerFrom which upanishad are the slokas 19 and 20 taken from?Why does Bhagavan bring Upanishadic mantras hereWhat does akarta & abhokta mean?What is that within us, which says "I acted"?What are the 2 phalams of any action?What are the drshta and adrashta phalam of an action like daanam?What happens to drshta and adrshta phalam?Who converts the drshta/adrshta to sukham/dukham and when?Who experiences the result?How is Advaita philosophy different from other philosophies?

** Important Sloka **Sloka 16 (Contd...) - Adi Sankara' explanationWhat is Sankarar's pratigna?What does Seethoshnādi Sakaranam Asat mean?What is the reason Adi Sankara gives for Anatma to be Asat / Mitya?What does Vikaratvāt mean?What is the objection that Sankarar raise against this premise?What example does Sankarar use to negate Shoonyavaadam in a series of steps?What are the two types of buddhi according to Sankarar when we think of any object?Which among the Sat and Asat buddhi is constant?Which among the Sat and Asat buddhi keeps changing?Why can't Shoonyavaadam be true?What is the premise that Sankarar wants to establish next?What does "Nashte gade sat buddhihi na drashyate" mean?Which awareness is present at all times?Which awareness keeps changing?What happens when the pot breaks and another pot appears?Is Object buddhi satyam or Mitya?Is Existence buddhi satyam or Mitya?What happens when the pot breaks and cloth appears?What happens to the existence awareness in between the time between pot disappearing and cloth appearing?What is the main tattva / siddhanta of this philosophy?Why is nama/roopa (reflective medium) required for existence to be experienced?Can light be seen through eyes?Are we seeing light or the reflection of light?Why is outer space dark even though there is sun?Can SAT buddhi and ASAT buddhi exist at the same time?Can SAT and Mitya exist at the same time?Sloka 17 - I am impersihable, all pervading, changeless, formless ONEHow do we establish that atma is Sarvagataha (all pervading)?Can time and space be separated?Does law of nature allow 2 things to be at the same place at the same time?If atma is Nityaha (eternal from a time perspective) then how should atma be from space standpoint?If atma is all pervading, can it have a form or shape?What is the analogy that can be used to explain the formless nature of Atma?Why can't we see the atma?If atma is all pervading, how many atmas can be there?How many spaces can be there?What does avināśi mean?How is Bhagavan explaining Atma Nityaha in this sloka?When the pot gets destroyed, does the clay get destroyed too?What is the meaning of the word Vidhdi?Can atma be destroyed?Does atma change?Can Ishvara destroy atma?What happens to atma when body gets destroyed?What is the meaning of the word "Vyayaha"?What are the 2 reasons given by Sankarar for atma to be Avyayaha?What can go into decay?Can decay be avoided for those which has avyayam?What happens when the thing that we have abhimaana on decay?Does atma think anything to be its?Does atma have abhimana on anything?Which has abhimana / attachment on things?

** Important Sloka **Sloka 16 (Contd...) - Atma Satyaha Anatma MityaHow are Kaarana and Karya related?What are the differences between Atma and Anatma?How do we establish Atma is satya and Anatma is mitya using Avastha Thraya Viveka?How do we establish anatma is mitya using nirvikaraha principle?How do we establish the world is mitya using nirvikaraha principle?How do we see the body and the world?Why is the world appearing as saashvata?Will the world disppaear once we recognize it as Mitya? What is the equivalent analogy?Will Brahman appear once we recognize it as Satyam? What is the equivalent analogy?Can one understand only one statement and not the other - "Brahma Satyam" & "Jagat Mitya"?Can "Satyam" & "Mitya" be understood independently?Should anything that is ever existent be available for experience?Why does Bhagavan want to give us this knowledge that the world is Mitya?How do we need to handle the world?What should be the thought in our sub-conscious mind always?How does Adi Sankara approach this sloka?What is his initial hypothesis (Pratigna)?How does he explain that the world is mitya? What is the reason he gives?How does he he split the thought into 2 parts?

** Important Sloka **Sloka 16 - Atma SatyahaWhat is the essence of entire Gita?Why should we not self-study Gita and Vedanta?Will there be existence for the unreal?Will there be non-existence for the real?Who understands the truth of these both statements?What are the two types of Asat?What is Atyanta Asat?What is Mitya?What is the definition of the term Mitya?What is the famous example in Vedanta for understanding Sat-Mitya?Can the snake be called Asat?Can the snake be called Sat?How do Ajnanis differentiate between Sat and Asat?And how do Ajnanis stretch that defintion to the world and Ishvara?Can being object of experience be the criteria for deciding whether it is real or not?What are the 2 conditions for an object to be called Sat?What are the 2 conditions for an object to be called Mitya?What are the other examples of Sat/Mitya?When we talk of Shadow, when someone stamps on our shadow, is it equivalent of them stamping us?Suppose the shadow passes through an open drainage, will we feel that we are going through the drainage?In the rope-snake example, is rope Satyam or Mitya?In the rope-snake example, is snake Satyam or Mitya?What is the difference between rope-snake and mirage example?What is Kaarana-Kaarya Tattva?Which is Satyam and which is Mitya in Kaarana-Kaarya Tattva?How is Samsara defined with regards to Kaarana-Karya?

Sloka 14 (Contd..) - Endurance & Patience are to be cultivated What is the cause for sorrow? Is the situation giving us trouble or sorrow? Is pain and sorrow only for some people? Are there people who do not face failure? How did Bhagavan Rama react when he was coronated? How did Bhagavan Rama react when he was asked to go to forest? How do we need to react when we face success / failure / joy / sorrow? What is the virtue that we should develop to get Moksha? What happens if one does not have tolerance or patience? What happens when sense organs come in contact with sense objects? Can we avoid the interaction between sense organs and sense objects? What are the 3 different levels of pairs of opposites that we experience? Does these pairs of opposites give us the same experience at all times? Does air-conditioner give us pleasure at all times? Do these experiences stay forever? What does Bhagavan want to convey in this sloka? Do painful / sad situations last forever? Do joyful situations / enjoyment last forever? What should be our attitude when they arrive and when they depart? What is the advantage if we understand this well? Why do we get fear? What does Bhagavan ask us to when we experience the pairs of opposites? And how should we endure them? If we grumble / complain / criticize when we endure them, is it called Titiksha? What kind of sense objects are capable of giving us the experiences? Is acceptance easy to achieve? Is acceptance a mental function or an intellect function? What are the supporting arguments that Bhagavan gives us for us to accept? What should be our approach towards situations that give us sorrow / pain? What does Bhagavan want to convey to Arjuna through this sloka? Sloka 15 - Benefit of Endurance & Patience What is the benefit of being patient? What does one gain when a sadaka develops an attitude of acceptance? What is mental endurance? How can we develop titiksha? What happens if we react immediately? Where does it lead to if we react immediately? What happens to a person who is not disturbed by sense objects? How is a person be able to remain equanimous in pain & pleasure? Can we remain equinamous if the feeling enters the mind? Where should we put the gate? What does Bhagavan call the person who is able to remain equanimous? What does he qualify for if he is able to remain equanimous? How is anger within different levels of people? To whom does anger stay only for a moment? To whom does anger stay for 1.5 hrs? To whom does anger stay for an entire day and night? To whom does anger stay lifelong? Does Titiskha mean total freedom from reaction? Why is Tititksha important for vedantic study?

Sloka 13 - Atma Nirvikaraha - I am changeless What does Nirvikaraha mean? What are Jiva's components? Which is sentient principle and which is not a sentient principle? How does light reflect on rock, water and mirror? How is the physical body compared to the 3 examples above? How is the subtle body compared to the 3 examples above? Until when does the mind reflect atma? What are Jiva's components now? What is Chidhabhaasa? What is death? Is the physical body destroyed after death? Is the subtle body destroyed after death? Is the causal body destroyed after death? If the mind is inert, how does it move to take another body? Where does the mind get the sentiency from? Where does the body get the sentiency from? How is eternal defined in terms of changeless? When does the physical body undergo change? Do I change my identity when the physical body changes? When does the subtle body change? Will our likes and dislikes be the same when we take a new physical body? Does the atma change when death happens? Will a wise man worry over the changing physical and subtle bodies? Sloka 14 - Attitude towards anatma How does Bhagavan address Arjuna's sorrow from various levels? Generally speaking, are we sad on account of atma's death or anatma's death? What is Samsara? When does sorrow happen? What changes in this world? Is change bringing us sorrow? Why should we accept the change?

Atma-Anatma Viveka When does the Kaarana shareera get destroyed? What does the body (anatma) consist of? What is awareness principle? If Atma is experiencer then what is the body? What is Drig-Drishya viveka? Should the experiencer be an inert / jatam principle or a knowledge / consciousness principle? What does the shastras call the consciousness principle? If ātma lakshana is Consciousness principle then what is Anātma principle? What do we need to after knowing both the ātma and Anātma features? What do we need to own up to - ātma or Anātma? What is that benefit of knowing / understanding/ realizing that I am ātma? To which entity does sorrow belong? Once I realise that I am atma, will the difficulties / problem situations not arise? How does Bhagavan introduce this tattva / philosophy to Arjuna? What will happen if we give vedanta to a person who is in extreme sorrow? What are the different angles by which Bhagavan addresses Arjuna's sorrow? Why should Arjuna not feel sorrow if he is killing Bhishma and Drona's atma? Why should Arjuna not feel sorrow if he is killing Bhishma and Drona's anatma? Why should Arjuna not feel sorrow if he feels he is doing adharma by killing Bhishma and Drona? How should we convert Sorrow that we face in life? Is sorrow a blessing or a curse? What happens if we keep sorrow in mind for too long? Sloka 12 - Atma Nityaha What does Bhagavan want to establish in this sloka? Why Bhagavan uses double negative statements? If we read this sloka on our own, will we be able to understand what Bhagavan wants to convey? What tarka shastra concept does Bhagavan use in this sloka? What is Prāk Abhāvaha? What is Pradwamsa Abhāvaha? How do we define Anitya Vastu? What is Nitya in terms of Prāk Abhāvaha and Pradwamsa Abhāvaha? Why does Arjuna not feel sad on hearing this? When are we mortal and when are we immortal? When does sorrow come to us? How is our Dharma different from other religions when it comes to life after death?

Bhagavad Gita Structure Where does Bhagavan talk about atma after chapter 2? What is the difficult part - preparation of food or eating food? What is difficult - sadanas to prepare the mind or gain knowledge about self? What are the various topics that Bhagavad Gita deals with? Why do we need to revist chapter 2 after some time? Why would it be difficult to understand the concepts given in this chapter? Jeeva How does the shastras split an individual / jeeva? What are the 2 parts to a jeeva? How do we identify our body - as I or mine? Where do we have our identification mostly - on the body or the conscious entity? Types of Bodies What are the three types of body? What is the gross body made out of? What is the subtle body made of? What are the 5 jnanendriyas (sense organs / organs of knowledge)? What are the sanskrit names for Ears, Skin, Eyes, Tongue, Nose? What do they gather from this world? What is the corresponding devata for each of the sense organs? What are the 5 karmendriyas (organs of action)? What are the sanskrit names for Mouth, Hands, Legs, Excretory organ, Reproduction organ? What are their functions? What is the corresponding devata for each of the organs? What are the 5-fold energy functions? What does Praana (respiratory system) do? What does Apaana (evacuating system) do? What does Vyaana (circulatory system) do? What does Samaana (digestive system) do? What does Udaana (reversing system) do? What are the 4 functions of Antahkarana? How is Manaha different from Buddhi? What is Chittam? What is Ahankara? How is Sukshma sareera different from Sthula Sareera? What will happen if our thoughts are known to others? What will happen if we start studying vedanta? Is it good to know about what is going on in others' minds? What should vedanta be used for? What is Kaarana sareera (causal body)? What is the seed form of physical and subtle bodies? What do we mean by avyakta? Where is the punya and paapa of the jeeva stored? When did Kaarana sareera come into being?

Sloka 11 (Contd...) - Wise Men do not grieve What is the ignorance that we possess? How long have we had that ignorance? What is the consequence of ignorance? What do we mean by Adhyāsa? What is the most common example of false super-imposition? What happens during false super-imposition? In the rope-snake example, whose existence is borrowed by who? Whose nature is borrowed by who in the rope-snake example? What is the result of Adhyāsa? What do we mean by Abhimāna? What is the result of false identification? What does raga-dvesha lead to? What is the root cause of samsara? How do we remove samsara? What is the fundamental problem and how does it appear as topical problems? How is the sorrow removed? Will the reason for Arjuna's sorrow be averted? What is the beauty of vedanta? What does Vedanta do to the problem? What does the mind turn into? What are the 2 benefits of Gita Shastra? Do we need to come to Gita after retirement? What can remove Dukha? When does a mind become calm? Why did Bhagavan take death as an example? What does Vedanta do to the most common and most valid reason for sorrow? What is the difference between psychology and vedanta? What is Prathama Malla Nyayam? How is it explained in the context of being the best chess player in the world? Does a jnani get sorrow in the most commonly agreed sorrowful situation? Where is the fault - external or internal - according to Vedanta? What is the essence of Gita? What is the meaning of Sankhya? What is the title of this chapter? Where is atma swaroopa explained in this chapter? What does Upanishads focus on? How is Gita different from Upanishads?