The first two chapters of the Bhagavad Gita contain lessons--encoded within Krishnas advice to Arjuna--that prepare the seeker to meet and work with a guru. Scott Teitsworth, drawing on 40 years of in-depth study under his guru, Nitya Chaitanya Yati, shows that the first two chapters of the Gita contain not only a scientific approach to the process of self-realization but also a guide to the guru-disciple relationship.