BAGHAVAD GITA

CHAPTER 1
Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya about the battle between his family and the Pandayas -Pandayas include Arjuna Pandayas want to take kingdom from Dhritarashtra -Dhritarashtra wants to give crown to his son, Duroydhana -Crown rightfully belongs to Yudhisthira, Arjunas brother Arjuna rides into battle on a chariot with Krishna, a Hindu god

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Grandsires and sires, uncles and brothers and sons, Cousins and sons-in-law and nephews, mixed With friends and honoured elders; some this side, Some that side ranged. Arjuna does not want to fight if it means killing kin or destroying families

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Arjuna's heart Melted with pity, while he uttered this: Arjuna. Krishna! as I behold, come here to shed Their common blood, yon concourse of our kin, My members fail, my tongue dries in my mouth, A shudder thrills my body, and my hair Bristles with horrorThe life within me seems to swim and faint; Nothing do I foresee save woe and wail!

Arjuna sees nothing good resulting from this war.

Arjuna does not want this kingdom if it means destroying families. Arjuna sank upon his chariot-seat, And let fall bow and arrows, sick at heart. Arjuna refuses to fight.

CHAPTER 2
Krishna. Thou grievest where no grief should be! Words lacking wisdom! for the wise in heart Mourn not for those that live, nor those that die All, that doth live, lives always Bringing thee heat and cold, sorrows and joys, 'Tis brief and mutable! Bear with it, Prince! As the wise bear.

CHAPTER 2
Krishna wants Arjuna to be without selfish attachments. Krishna says the wise abandon attachments to the fruits of labor, to reach a state beyond evil attain perfect yoga.
Yoga is mastery over the body, mind, and emotional self, and the transcendence of desire. The ultimate goal is liberation from worldly suffering and the cycle of birth and rebirth.

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Krishna encourages Arjuna to continue and destroy the enemy.
Krishna says Arjunas duty to defeat evil, for dharma.
Dharma is a law that upholds, supports or maintains the regulatory order of the universe.

If Arjuna does not fight, he will have sinned.

CHAPTER 3
Arjuna asks Krishna why wage war if knowledge is better than action. Krishna says that to attain wisdom, both are necessary there are two paths to attain wisdom: 1) Jhana yoga renouncing the material world and abandon thinking about selfish attachments like the family and the job.

2) Karma yoga finding wisdom through action in material world.

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Not seeking gain, Arjuna! such an one Is honourable Unlike world-binding toil, which bindeth not The faithful soul; such earthly duty do Free from desire, and thou shalt well perform Thy heavenly purpose.

CHAPTER 3
Krishna persuades Arjuna to fight telling him
To fight for the welfare of the kingdom

Attachments are vain as life is eternal, these are temporary forms

He must uphold his dharma

But all thy dues discharging, for My sake, With meditation centred inwardly, Seeking no profit, satisfied, serene, Heedless of issue -- fight!