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Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
The Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret
The royal knowledge and the royal secret: the Divine pervading all yet possessed by none, the promise that the devotee never perishes, and the open door to every background and past.
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Gita 9.1-2idaṃ tu te guhyatamaṃ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave | jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ yajjñātvā mok…The Blessed Lord said: To you who do not cavil I shall declare this most secret knowledge together with realisation, kno…Gita 9.3aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa | aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsār…People without faith in this dharma, O scorcher of foes, not attaining Me, return to the path of death and rebirth.Gita 9.4-5mayā tatamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagadavyaktamūrtinā | matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣv…By Me, in My unmanifest form, all this world is pervaded; all beings abide in Me, but I do not abide in them. And yet be…Gita 9.6yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān | tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānīt…As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, ever abides in space, so do all beings abide in Me: thus understand.Gita 9.7-8sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām | kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau vis…All beings, O son of Kunti, enter My nature at the end of a cycle; at the beginning of a cycle I send them forth again. …Gita 9.9-10na ca māṃ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya | udāsīnavadāsīnamasaktaṃ teṣu kar…Nor do these actions bind Me, O Dhananjaya, seated as one indifferent, unattached to those actions. Under My supervision…Gita 9.11-12avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam | paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheś…The deluded despise Me dwelling in human form, not knowing My higher nature as the great Lord of beings. Of vain hopes, …Gita 9.13-14mahātmānastu māṃ pārtha daivīṃ prakṛtimāśritāḥ | bhajantyananyamanaso jñātvā bhū…But the great souls, O Partha, partaking of the divine nature, worship Me with undistracted mind, knowing Me as the impe…Gita 9.15jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate | ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatom…Others, sacrificing with the sacrifice of knowledge, worship Me as the One, as the distinct, as the manifold, facing in …Gita 9.16-19ahaṃ kraturahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham | mantro'hamahamevājyamahamagniraha…I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the medicinal herb, the mantra; I am the clarified b…Gita 9.20-21traividyā māṃ somapāḥ pūtapāpā yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṃ prārthayante | te puṇyamās…Knowers of the three Vedas, soma-drinkers purified of sin, worshipping Me with sacrifices, pray for the way to heaven; r…Gita 9.22ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate | teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ v…To those who worship Me alone, thinking of no other, ever harmonised, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have…Gita 9.23-24ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ | te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyav…Even devotees of other gods who sacrifice endowed with faith, they too worship Me alone, O son of Kunti, though not acco…Gita 9.25yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ | bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyāj…Worshippers of the gods go to the gods; worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors; worshippers of the spirits go …Gita 9.26patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | tadahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtamaśn…Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, that offering of love from the pure-hearted, I acce…Gita 9.27yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat | yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva mada…Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practise, O son of Kunt…Gita 9.28śubhāśubhaphalairevaṃ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ | saṃnyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto mā…Thus you shall be freed from the bonds of action, with its good and evil fruits; with the self harmonised by the yoga of…Gita 9.29samo'haṃ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo'sti na priyaḥ | ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā ma…I am the same toward all beings; none is hateful to Me, none dear. But those who worship Me with devotion, they are in M…Gita 9.30-31api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk | sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito…Even if one of very evil conduct worships Me with undivided devotion, that one must be regarded as righteous, for such a…Gita 9.32-33māṃ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ | striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste'…For those who take refuge in Me, O Partha, though they be of lowly birth, women, vaishyas, or shudras, even they reach t…Gita 9.34manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru | māmevaiṣyasi yuktvaivamātmānaṃ m…Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, sacrifice to Me, bow to Me; thus harmonising yourself, holding Me as the supreme goa…
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1Arjuna Vishada YogaThe Yoga of Arjuna's Despair2Sankhya YogaThe Yoga of Knowledge3Karma YogaThe Yoga of Action4Jnana Karma Sanyasa YogaKnowledge & Renunciation of Action5Karma Sanyasa YogaThe Yoga of Renunciation6Dhyana YogaThe Yoga of Meditation7Jnana Vijnana YogaKnowledge of the Absolute8Akshara Brahma YogaThe Imperishable Absolute9Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaThe Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret10Vibhuti YogaThe Yoga of Divine Glories11Vishvarupa Darshana YogaThe Vision of the Universal Form12Bhakti YogaThe Yoga of Devotion13Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaThe Field & the Knower of the Field14Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaThe Three Gunas15Purushottama YogaThe Supreme Person16Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaThe Divine & Demonic Natures17Shraddhatraya Vibhaga YogaThe Three Kinds of Faith18Moksha Sanyasa YogaLiberation through Renunciation