Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

The Path of Knowledge

Krishna begins to teach: the Self that never dies, steady wisdom, and action without clinging to results.

1. 2.1When the tears finally comeSanjaya
2. 2.2Why now, of all moments?Krishna
3. 2.3Stand up.Krishna
4. 2.4Fighting the ones who raised youArjuna
5. 2.5Rather beg than win this wayArjuna
6. 2.6When winning and losing both hurtArjuna
7. 2.7The moment Arjuna asks for helpArjuna
8. 2.8Even a kingdom won't fix thisArjuna
9. 2.9I will not fightSanjaya
10. 2.10Krishna's quiet smileSanjaya
11. 2.11Wise words, troubled heartKrishna
12. 2.12There was never a timeKrishna
13. 2.13Childhood, youth, old age, and beyondKrishna
14. 2.14Cold and heat come and goKrishna
15. 2.15Steady in pain and pleasureKrishna
16. 2.16What is real never endsKrishna
17. 2.17What fills everything cannot be destroyedKrishna
18. 2.18Bodies end. Duty remains.Krishna
19. 2.19Neither slayer nor slainKrishna
20. 2.20Never born, never diesKrishna
21. 2.21Who is really the killerKrishna
22. 2.22Like changing old clothesKrishna
23. 2.23No weapon can cut itKrishna
24. 2.24Still, steady, everywhereKrishna
25. 2.25Beyond what the mind can graspKrishna
26. 2.26Even if you don't believe itKrishna
27. 2.27What cannot be avoidedKrishna
28. 2.28Only the middle is visibleKrishna
29. 2.29A wonder no one fully knowsKrishna
30. 2.30Present in every bodyKrishna
31. 2.31Your own path, your own dutyKrishna
32. 2.32A door that opens rarelyKrishna
33. 2.33The cost of walking awayKrishna
34. 2.34What people will sayKrishna
35. 2.35Mistaking love for fearKrishna
36. 2.36The mockery that followsKrishna
37. 2.37Stand up, either wayKrishna
38. 2.38Same in win or lossKrishna
39. 2.39Now hear the practiceKrishna
40. 2.40No effort is ever lostKrishna
41. 2.41One clear aimKrishna
42. 2.42Beware of flowery promisesKrishna
43. 2.43Rituals for rewardsKrishna
44. 2.44A mind carried awayKrishna
45. 2.45Rise above the three forcesKrishna
46. 2.46A well beside a floodKrishna
47. 2.47Do the work. Let the worry go.Krishna
48. 2.48Evenness is yogaKrishna
49. 2.49Act from understandingKrishna
50. 2.50Yoga is skill in actionKrishna
51. 2.51The place beyond sorrowKrishna
52. 2.52When the fog clearsKrishna
53. 2.53Steady amid many voicesKrishna
54. 2.54What does a steady person look likeArjuna
55. 2.55Content withinKrishna
56. 2.56Free of craving, fear and angerKrishna
57. 2.57Neither elated nor bitterKrishna
58. 2.58Like a tortoiseKrishna
59. 2.59Even the longing fadesKrishna
60. 2.60Even the wise get carried awayKrishna
61. 2.61Rest your mind in MeKrishna
62. 2.62How anger is bornKrishna
63. 2.63How a person is lostKrishna
64. 2.64Walking freely through the worldKrishna
65. 2.65Where sorrow endsKrishna
66. 2.66No peace, no happinessKrishna
67. 2.67A boat in the windKrishna
68. 2.68The strongest gripKrishna
69. 2.69Awake in a different nightKrishna
70. 2.70Like the oceanKrishna
71. 2.71Not mine, not meKrishna
72. 2.72The state of deep peaceKrishna