The thought of the Bhagvad Gita is not pure Monism although it sees in one unchanging, pure, eternal Self the foundation of all cosmic existence; nor Mayavada although it speaks of the Maya of the three modes of Prakriti omnipresent in the created world. It is not a weapon for dialectical warfare; it is a gate opening on the whole world of spiritual truth and experience. It maps out, but it does not cut up or build walls or hedges to confine our vision.