Sanatan Concepts
A guide to key spiritual concepts from the Bhagavad Gita and Sanatan Dharma. Understand the foundational ideas that illuminate the path to self-realization.
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Foundational concepts to begin your spiritual journey
GITA ESSENTIALS
Core teachings from the Bhagavad Gita
THE FOUR PATHS
Different yoga paths to spiritual realization
PRACTICES
Spiritual practices and disciplines
VIRTUES
Divine qualities to cultivate
DEEPER CONCEPTS
Advanced philosophical ideas
LIFE GOALS (Purusharthas)
The four aims of human life
YAMAS (Ethical Restraints)
What to avoid for spiritual progress
NIYAMAS (Observances)
Positive practices to cultivate
ASHTANGA YOGA (Eight Limbs)
The complete yoga path from Patanjali
MIND & CONSCIOUSNESS
Understanding the inner instruments
SPIRITUAL QUALITIES
Virtues for the spiritual seeker
DEVOTIONAL CONCEPTS
The path of love and surrender
ADVANCED PRACTICES
Deeper spiritual disciplines
ENERGY & SUBTLE BODY
Understanding subtle energy systems
COSMIC CONCEPTS
The divine play of existence
GITA-SPECIFIC TEACHINGS
Unique concepts from the Bhagavad Gita chapters
Vishada
→विषाद
Sacred despair as the doorway to wisdom
Kshetra-Kshetrajna
→क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञ
The field and the knower of the field
Purushottama
→पुरुषोत्तम
The Supreme Person beyond all
Vibhuti
→विभूति
Divine glories manifested in creation
Vishvarupa
→विश्वरूप
The cosmic universal form of God
Nimitta Bhaav
→निमित्त भाव
Being an instrument of the Divine
Gunatita
→गुणातीत
One who has transcended the three gunas
Daivi Sampat
→दैवी सम्पत्
Divine qualities that lead to liberation
Asuri Sampat
→आसुरी सम्पत्
Demonic qualities that lead to bondage
Swabhava
→स्वभाव
One's own nature that determines action
MENTAL OBSTACLES
Enemies of spiritual progress to overcome
DIVINE NATURE
Understanding God and the Supreme
Kala
→काल
Time as the Supreme destroyer
Paramatma
→परमात्मा
The Supreme Self dwelling in all hearts
Jivatma
→जीवात्मा
The individual soul embodied in matter
Antaryami
→अन्तर्यामी
The inner controller and guide within
Yogamaya
→योगमाया
The divine power that both conceals and reveals
Avyakta
→अव्यक्त
The unmanifest source beyond perception
PRACTICE METHODS
Techniques and approaches for spiritual growth
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