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The Tree of Life 1-1. Swami Krishnananda

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 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Thursday, July 28, 2022, 19;30. Discourse 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life - 1. ======================================================================= Chapter 15 – Purushothama yogam :The Yogam of the Supreme Divine Personality : Lessons from the Analogy of a Banyan tree : ====================================================================== Shree Krishna had enlightened Arjun in the previous chapter that by transcending the effects of the three gunas (modes of material nature), one can achieve the divine goal. He also declared that engaging in exclusive devotion is the best means of transcending beyond these gunas.  Such devotion is practiced by detaching the mind from the world and attaching it to God alone. Therefore, it is essential to understand both. He has already explained the nature of God in the previous chapters. In this