http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year1/bg101/2010-11-16-BVPS-BG-5.8-9-5.13.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/bhagavad-gita-seriatim/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. We cannot be successful in activity, unless we know ourselves (self-realization) and how material energy