The Library · Sri Aurobindo · Two Series · 48 Essays
Essays on the Gita
Sri Aurobindo's long meditation on the Bhagavad Gītā — the First Series (1916–18) and the Second Series (1918–20), from The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo.
48 chapters · 3 sections
First Series
24 chapters- 1I. Our Demand and Need from the Gita10
- 2II. The Divine Teacher12
- 3III. The Human Disciple9
- 4IV. The Core of the Teaching10
- 5V. Kurukshetra8
- 6VI. Man and the Battle of Life11
- 7VII. The Creed of the Aryan Fighter12
- 8VIII. Sankhya and Yoga13
- 9IX. Sankhya, Yoga and Vedanta14
- 10X. The Yoga of the Intelligent Will11
- 11XI. Works and Sacrifice9
- 12XII. The Significance of Sacrifice10
- 13XIII. The Lord of the Sacrifice10
- 14XIV. The Principle of Divine Works13
- 15XV. The Possibility and Purpose of Avatarhood14
- 16XVI. The Process of Avatarhood10
- 17XVII. The Divine Birth and Divine Works12
- 18XVIII. The Divine Worker11
- 19XIX. Equality12
- 20XX. Equality and Knowledge12
- 21XXI. The Determinism of Nature12
- 22XXII. Beyond the Modes of Nature10
- 23XXIII. Nirvana and Works in the World14
- 24XXIV. The Gist of the Karmayoga14
Second Series · Part I — Synthesis of Works, Love and Knowledge
12 chapters- 1I. The Two Natures16
- 2II. The Synthesis of Devotion and Knowledge12
- 3III. The Supreme Divine14
- 4IV. The Secret of Secrets11
- 5V. The Divine Truth and Way14
- 6VI. Works, Devotion and Knowledge24
- 7VII. The Supreme Word of the Gita22
- 8VIII. God in Power of Becoming14
- 9IX. The Theory of the Vibhuti12
- 10X. The Vision of the World-Spirit — Time the Destroyer11
- 11XI. The Vision of the World-Spirit — The Double Aspect9
- 12XII. The Way and the Bhakta12
Second Series · Part II — The Supreme Secret
12 chapters- 13XIII. The Field and its Knower13
- 14XIV. Above the Gunas16
- 15XV. The Three Purushas18
- 16XVI. The Fullness of Spiritual Action13
- 17XVII. Deva and Asura16
- 18XVIII. The Gunas, Faith and Works17
- 19XIX. The Gunas, Mind and Works16
- 20XX. Swabhava and Swadharma22
- 21XXI. Towards the Supreme Secret15
- 22XXII. The Supreme Secret23
- 23XXIII. The Core of the Gita's Meaning15
- 24XXIV. The Message of the Gita24