Faith
In chapter 16 of the Bhagavad Gita, we find Lord Krishna talking of daivim sampath and asurim sampath, said Valayapet Ramachariar in a discourse. He says those in this Prakrti fall into two categories — those who have daivim sampath and those who have asurim sampath. The Lord defines the qualities that those in the first category have. They are fearless; their minds have no trace of rajas or tamas; they know that the self is different from the body. They perform daanam. Daanam is to give what
Faith
The Bhagavad Gita talks of yoga. One of the meanings of the word yoga, is ‘yoke.’ Yoga is what yokes the jivatma to the Paramatma. In other words, it takes the jivatma close to the Paramatma. Yoga also involves thyaga. But what is this thyaga in the context of yoga? To attain something good, we have to give up something. In the case of yoga as spoken of in the Gita, it means that we give up attachment to the fruits of our actions. This is called sattvika thyaga. Although the whole of the Gita
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