Bhagavad Gita with Commentaries / Preparation of the Body

Preparation of the Body

Krishna did not leave specific methods but gave general directions:

17:5. Know that they who perform severe ascetic exploits not prescribed by the Holy Scriptures for the sake of self-admiration and pride…

17:6. unwise, torturing the elements that compose their bodies… — know that their decisions are demonic.

17:14. … Purity, … abstention, and causing no harm (to the body) — such is the asceticism of the body.

6:16. Verily, the yoga is not for those who eat too much or do not eat at all, not for those who sleep too long or wake too long…

6:17. Yoga dispels all suffering in him who became moderate in eating, resting, working, and also in sleeping and waking.

17:8. Food that promotes longevity, strength, health, jocundity, and serenity of mood, which is succulent, oily, substantial, and tasty — such food is dear to the sattvic.

Vladimir Antonov

Bhagavad Gita with Commentaries

• Preface to the Russian Edition of the Bhagavad Gita
• Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

• BHAGAVAD GITA
• Conversation 1. Arjuna’s Despair
• Conversation 2. Sankhya Yoga
• Conversation 3. Karma Yoga
• Conversation 4. Yoga of Wisdom
• Conversation 5. Yoga of Detachment
• Conversation 6. Yoga of Self-Control
• Conversation 7. Yoga of Profound Knowledge
• Conversation 8. Imperishable and Eternal Brahman
• Conversation 9. Sovereign Knowledge and Sovereign Mystery
• Conversation 10. Manifestation of Power
• Conversation 11. Vision of the Universal Form
• Conversation 12. Bhakti Yoga
• Conversation 13. “Field” and “Knower of the Field”
• Conversation 14. Liberation from the Three Gunas
• Conversation 15. Cognition of the Supreme Spirit
• Conversation 16. Discrimination of the Divine and Demonic
• Conversation 17. Threefold Division of Faith
• Conversation 18. Liberation through Renunciation

• Three Aspects of Krishna’s Teachings
• Ethical Aspect of Krishna’s Teachings

• On Attitude toward People and Environment
• On Attitude toward the Creator
• On Attitude toward One’s Own Path to the Perfection

• Ontological Aspect of Krishna’s Teachings

• What Is God
• What Is Man

• Psychoenergetical Aspect of Krishna’s Teachings

• Preparation of the Body
• Preparatory Exercises for the Energy Structures of the Body
• Conquering the Mind
• Description of the Atman and How to Cognize It
• Description of Brahman and Cognition of the Nirvana in Brahman
• Strengthening the Consciousness
• Description of Ishvara

• Bibliography

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