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Continuity of practice

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on continuity of practice. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 6 • Verse 41 →The Yoga of Meditation
Prapya punya-kritam lokan ushitva shashvatih samah, shucinam shrimatam gehe yoga-bhrashtho 'bhijayate

Having attained the worlds of the meritorious and dwelling there for immense years, the one who has fallen from yoga is reborn in the home of the pure and prosperous. Krishna reassures Arjuna: the fallen yogi is never lost but carries their spiritual merit into a future life suited for continued practice.

  • •Spiritual merit accumulated is never lost and carries forward
  • •The fallen yogi is reborn in favorable conditions for renewed practice
  • •No sincere spiritual effort is ever wasted
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Chapter 6 • Verse 43 →The Yoga of Meditation
Tatra tam buddhi-samyogam labhate paurva-dehikam, yatate ca tato bhuyah samsiddhau kuru-nandana

There, that person regains the intellectual connection from the previous body and strives once more for perfection, O delight of the Kurus. The spiritual wisdom acquired in previous lives is not lost — it is regained, and from there the yogi continues the journey toward perfection.

  • •Previously gained spiritual wisdom is automatically regained in the new life
  • •The yogi resumes striving for perfection with the benefit of prior practice
  • •Spiritual evolution is a multi-life journey with guaranteed continuity
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