Part 1 Introduction: Bhagavad Gita; The Two Traditions; The Translation; The Setting; The Smile; Teaching Down. Part 2 Yogas of Gita: The Thinker East and West; The Three Guna-s; Ethics. Part 3 Sankara on Gita Practice: Sankara on the Two Paths; Interpretation; Outline of Practice - Independence, Line of Light, Karma Yoga Action, Samadhi, Purity of Being, Knowledge, Samynasa, Knowledge-stance (jnana-nistha), Freedom, Free-in-Life. Part 4 Pointers for Practice: The Experimental Basis; Teaching Down; Illusion; Vocations; Human Nature; Play; The Procession. Part 5 Technical Appendices: Sanskrit Words; Texts on the Two Paths; Texts on Jnana-nistha; Translation of Sankara's Introduction to the Gita; Translation of Sankara's Commentary to XVIII.55.