Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 51 - Summary of VedantaWhat is the ultimate goal of a human being?What are the 2 sadanaas?Are there multiple paths to moksha?Are the 2 sadanaas independent or linked as steps?What does buddhi-yuktā mean?What is born out of action / karma-jaṁ phalaṁ?What does "tyaktvā" mean?How does a karma yogi renounce papa and punya?What does manīṣhiṇaḥ mean?How does a person become wise?What are the 3 sadanaas in jnana yoga?What is the fruit of moksha?What does janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ mean?When does a jiva get freed from the bondage of birth?What does a jnani attain after the body is gone?What does padaṁ gachchhanty mean?What is the adjective that is given for the goal?What does anāmayam mean?How is the goal free from disease?What does āmayam mean?Sloka 52 - Indication when Karma Yoga What is the doubt that a sadaaka will get when practicing ?What can be the indication for me to know that I have completed karma yōga and have become qualified for jñānayōga?How will I know that I have crossed the first step and can get into the second step?What does Mōha kalilaṁ mean?Is there an ashudha and a shudha delusion?What does vyatitariśyati mean?In Where should the mist of delusion need to go beyond?What will a person attain when the mist of delusion goes beyond in the intellect?What does nirvedam mean?Where should one have vairagya on?What does śrōtavyasya śrutasya ca mean?What is the benefit of a person who is living his life according to Karma yoga?Who removes the delusion from our mind?Is the delusion in the mind inherent or acquired?When will Bhagavan not be able to remove the inherent delusion in our mind?What is the common excuse given by people?What do people mean when they say in "today's world"?What are the common things that people do under the excuse of "being smart"?What happens to those people who cheat a bit / skip their duties / gain something extra in this world of samsara?How can the antah karanam be split?What is the function of buddhi (intellect)?What is the function of manas (mind)?Where does the delusion reside?What is the swabhaava of intellect?What sort of Viveka shakti is required?Do all animals have this power of discrimination?Is the intellect capable of having disease?What is the definition of Moham?How does a person in Moham treat that which is good?Are drinks and cigarettes good for health? If not, then why do some people think it does them good?What is the biggest ashuddha that an intellect can get?How does moha affect the intellect?How does a person with Moha treat what is good for him?Will there be competition for anything that is good?What happens to a person's delusion if he lives by Karma yoga?What is a person's biggest strength?Are we able to change other people?Are we able to change our own intellect?What does the deluded intellect take the eternal to be?What does the deluded intellect take the transient to be?What is the wrong discrimination called in Samskritam?What does the avivekaha do to our understanding of atma and anatma?Why do we take the anatma to be permanent?When does money, relations, position, power, fame become our goals?Is it wrong to earn money, relations, position, power, fame? Should they be goals or means?What happens if money becomes the goal of life?When do we resort to Adharma?Will we be able to cross samsara if we keep our means as goal?What does Mrtyocha Mrtyum Gachati mean?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 48 (contd...) - Equanimity in Action is Karma YogaWhat does Samatvam yōgaḥ Ucyate mean?What does yōgastha kuru karmāṇi mean?On what should we abiding when performing actions?What does Saṅgam tyaktvā mean?What should we not be attached to when performing actions?What does sidhdyasidhdyōḥ bhūtvā samaḥ mean?What should be our attitude towards success or failure?How can we not have raaga dvesha on the result when we do the action with an expectation?How does the attitude of Ishvara Prasada help?Which chapter deals with the details of karma?Sloka 49 - Bhagavan's advice to follow Karma YogaWhat does dureṇa avaram mean?Which is far inferior to Karma yoga?Why is Karma yoga called Buddhi Yoga?What does buddhau śharaṇam anvichchha mean?Where does Bhagavan ask us to take refuge?What does kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ mean?How does Bhagavan call the people who perform actions motivated by results?Why are these people called miserable / unfortunate?Sloka 50 - End Result of Karma Yoga; Defintion of Karma YogaWhat are the 2 points made in this sloka?What does buddhiyuktaḥ mean?What dpes jahāti iha mean?What does a karma yogi get rid of, here?What does ukṛta and duṣkṛte mean?How does a karma yogi get rid of paapa and punya in this life itself?How does Karma yoga relieve us from karma bondage?What does karma yoga lifestyle directly give?What is the final destination for a person who follows karma yoga lifestyle?What is required to get moksha?What is the necessary condition to obtain jnana?What do we understand once we get jnana with respect to atma and anatma?Which of the 2 (atma or anatma) is connected to paapa and punya?What happens if we go to jnana yoga without properly completing karma yoga?stages are karma yōga ~ jñānayōga ~ jñānam~ sukruthaduṣkṛtamtyāga. Renunciation of all -transcending puṇyapāpa, which is called mōkṣaWhat does Tasmād yogāya yujyasva mean?What does Bhagavan advise us?What does yogaḥ karmasu kauśhalam mean?Where has the word Kauśhalam come from?What is the general misunderstanding if we take karma yoga to be "skill in action"?What is the nature of karma?How does karma bind us?What remains in the mind even after the activity is gone?How do likes and dislikes get created in the mind?What does this like and dislike induce us?What is Samsara?Karma - raaga-dvesha - karma - raaga-dveshaand so onWhat is chitta shuddhi?How does the karma yogi use the same action to liberate himself from bondage?What is the equivalent analogy that can be given with respect to thief & guard and snake poison & medicine?What happens to likes and dislikes if we do karma as karma yoga?Whether there will be new likes and dislikes if we perform karma as karma yoga?What will happen to the old likes and dislikes if we perform karma as karma yoga?Converting binding-karma to liberating karma is Skill in actionWhat are the 2 ways in which karma binds us?What is the adrashta phala that is created?What does the vaasanaas leave behind after we do that karma?How do people react to us? Are they predictable?What decides their reaction?How does our prarbda work? How does it decide on our transactions?What should we take these prarbda to be with respect to spirituality?What are some of the relations that we cannot escape?Should we allow the events of the day to disturb our mind?What should be our attitude towards all actions from morning till evening?Will performing actions with an attitude of karma yoga give us agitation / vikshepa / disturbance?How does karma yoga remove paapa and punya?How does karma yoga act as a shock absorber in life?What is the ultimate skill in life?

Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 48 (contd...) - Samatvam Yoga UchyateHow can all our actions be divided?What is Kartavyam jenma karma?What is Kaamya karma?Which one of these is optional?What are the 2 types of attitudes that we must have when performing karma yoga?How should Samatvam be defined with regard to performing our duties?How should Samatvam be defined with regard to results of our duties?Should we be affected by success or failure? Why not?When are we able to accept failures?What happens if I do not do my duty properly and face failure?When can we remain equipoised?Do duties and rights go together?What is our general attitude towards duties?To whom should I dedicate my duties if I expect my right over the other person's duties?Why should we dedicate duties to Ishvara and not an individual?What are the 3 issues when we expect our rights from the person to whom we have delivered our duties?Is every reciprocal arrangement equal? In a teacher-student relationship is the reciprocal arrangement equal?Is every reciprocal arrangement honoured?Does everyone show gratitude?How will Ishvara ensure I get my right?What is our fault when it comes to expecting return of favour or gratitude from the person to whom we performed our duty?Why is it considered business, if we do our duty expecting something in return?DEFINITION OF KARMA YOGAOh Ishvara, let me do my duty – whatever my prarbda generates / creates, as your command (as Ishvara Arpana), to my fullest potential with full commitment, without complaint or grumble, not allowing my likes and dislikes to interfere; taking both success & failure in my stride; without any expectation of return benefit or even gratitude from the other person – you please give me what I require at the time I require - I take it as your prasadaHow do we cultivate this habit?When should we pause & reflect?What should we do whenever we have an expectation; whenever our mind gets upset / distressed / sad; whenever we feel lazy; whenever we feel indifferent; whenever we feel like escaping; whenever we want to give an excuse?What are the 3 attitudes that one must have when performing duties?What is Kaamya karma?What should be our attitude towards this desire driven actions?Are we supposed to have any expectations on the result of the actions?What should be our attitude towards the result of the actions?What is the difference between enjoying something as prasada and enjoying something as sensory pleasure?Why is there a difference in our attitude and approach with the food served in temple and the food served in restaurant?What is the significance of animal sacrifice in rituals?How do Shashtras help bring in changes in the mindset of people who are at the lowest level of spiritual structure?What happens if we start dedicating (and taking as Ishvara Prasada) all our actions driven out of desires?Why do we have so many festivals in our religion?What happens to our animal instincts if we start taking all outcomes as Ishvara Prasada?