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The Bhagavadgita – A Synthesis of Thought and Action : 4. Swami Krishnananda.

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 ============================================================== ============================================================== Monday, May 16, 2022. 18:00. (Spoken on Gita Jayanti in 1973) Post-4. =============================================================== For this, a standard of reference is provided by the Bhagavadgita. Whenever we say that something is right or something is wrong, we have a standard of reference in connection with which we pronounce this judgment. How do we know that something is wrong? Because we have in our mind an idea of the right. Wherefrom has this idea of the right arisen in our mind? This idea might have arisen on account of various factors, but those factors should be based upon an unshakable principle. If the very principle itself is to be shaken and if it is going to be susceptible to changes in the course of time, then our idea of the right will also go on changing every day. The Bhagavadgita provides a permanent standard of reference for judging whe