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What makes learning from a teacher different from collecting information?

A simple beginning

The Gītā places approach, inquiry and service beside the teacher’s seeing of truth. The learner is neither passive nor self-authorising: questions and disciplined reception work together.

Three places to read

  1. 1
    BG 4.34

    Connects approach, inquiry and service with instruction by seers.

  2. 2
    BG 13.8

    Includes approach to a teacher within a wider discipline of knowledge.

  3. 3
    BG 18.63

    Shows instruction followed by reflection and responsible choice.

Try it

Rewrite one vague question into a precise inquiry with context, prior study and the decision it affects.

Explain it

Explain why inquiry and service need not be opposites.

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A simple learning rhythm

Do more than reread

  1. 1ReadTake in one small piece.
  2. 2RememberClose it and bring it back.
  3. 3UseConnect it to a real choice.
  4. 4ExplainSay it clearly in your own words.