Chapter 2 Verses 2.11–30

Jñāna/Sāṅkhya – Analysis of body and soul (Matter and Spirit)

2.11–13 Don’t lament unnecessarily, all individuals exist eternally and changing bodies is natural.

• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13

2.14–15 Tolerate dualities; equanimilty is eligibility for liberation

• 2.14
• 2.15

2.16–22 The soul never dies and the body is perishable. Changing bodies is similar to changing clothes.

• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19 The soul doesn’t kill or get killed (nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate)
• 2.20
• 2.21 No one can kill the soul
• 2.22

2.23–25 The qualities of the eternal soul

• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25

2.26–30 Birth and death are inevitable. No need to lament for the eternal soul.

• 2.26 Other doctrines
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30 Conclusion