Yogic View of 18 Chapters of Gita

1. The yoga of Arjuna's despondency. A lead-in to the battle-field scenario where Arjuna finds himself despondent and uncertain about his religious duty.

2. The yoga of analysis. Krishna speaks on the immortality of the soul and glosses many upcoming themes of the work.

3. The yoga of work. Krishna responds to Arjuna's doubts over the need to act and explains the way of karma-yoga.

4. The yogas of knowledge, work and renunciation. Krishna discusses the parallels of and unity in these three paths.

5. The yoga of renunciation. Krishna reconciles the paths of action and renunciation by explaining the spirit of proper action.

6. The yoga of meditation. Krishna points to constant meditation on the Supreme as the essence of all paths of yoga.

7. The yoga of knowledge and realization. Krishna begins to explain the nature of the Supreme and different approaches of worship.

8. The yoga of the supreme. Krishna discusses the nature of the Supreme and the means for his attainment.

9. The yoga of confidential knowledge. Krishna explains the immanence and the transcendence of the Supreme.

10. The yoga of manifestations. Krishna points to himself as the source of all manifestations and illustrates his might with examples.

11. The yoga of the universal form. To address Arjuna's desire to directly observe the truths of the Supreme, Krishna shows him the universal form.

12. The yoga of devotion. Krishna explains the supremacy of the path of bhakti and speaks of different gradations in spiritual practice.

13. The yoga of the knower and the field. Krishna discusses the principles of the self, the super-self and the field of activity.

14. The yoga of the three qualities.Krishna begins his description of the three primeval forces of nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance.

15. The yoga of the supreme person. Krishna speaks on the material world, the supreme person and the spiritual world.

16. The yoga of divine and demoniac. Narrating the qualities of the divine and the demoniac, Krishna defines virtue and vice.

17. The yoga of three kinds of faith. Continuing on the theme of the three qualities, Krishna glosses the corresponding diversity of faith and practice.

18. The yoga of liberation by renunciation. Concluding the work, Krishna points to full immersion in and surrender to the Supreme.