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Introduction
The Bhagavad Gita is described as the knowledge of the cosmos. Yogananda says, "Wherever one is on the way back to God, the Gita will shed its light on that segment of the journey."

The Bhagavad Gita translates to, Song of the Spirit and is considered Hindu's holy testament. A pantheistic doctrine meaning God is everything.
"We came from God and our ultimate destiny is to return to Him." -Paramhansa Yogananda

GTWA is the teaching of Spirit through the soul. 

Sannyasa: renouncer of egoity ingrained through ignorance within the physical self of man.

Avidya: ignorance.

Samadhi: reuinion with Cosmic Dreamer(God) through ecstatic yoga meditation.

Maya: "Magical Measurer" Making One appear as many. Nature is an evolute of Singular Reality.

Supreme Being: ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss.

Rishi: God-realized living scripture.

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The beauty of GTWA is that the wisdom comes from Yogananda, the disciple of Sri Yukteswar. Sri Yukteswar learned form Lahiri Mahasaya who learned from Mahavatar Babji(The Deathless Guru) who was at one with Krishna in Spirit.

From, "A New Reveleation of the Bhagavad Gita for the Modern World"
"Swami Sri Yukteswar, Lahiri Mahasaya and Mahavatar Babahi- are rishis of this present age, masters who themselves are God-realized living scriptures."

More later...