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======================================================================================== Sunday 17, November 2024, 06:30. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity:9-5&6. Chapter 9: The Classification of Society-5&6 The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== The three gunas, sattva, rajas and tamas, manifest themselves as the various limbs of the subtle body. What are these limbs of the subtle body? They are many in number. For instance, the character of your intellect, the manner of the performance and the action of your intellect, is also decided by the proportion of the distribution of these three forces in your personality. The preponderance of any one of these sattva, rajas or tamas gunas in your intellect, in your understanding, will decide the extent of your understanding. Hence, it does not mean that everyone can understand th

======================================================================================== Saturday 09, November 2024, 06:15. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity:9-4. Chapter 9: The Classification of Society-4. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== In one place the Gita says that there is nothing on earth or in heaven which is free from these inner constituents called sattva, rajas and tamas. Everything that is living, non-living, visible, invisible, empirical or transcendent is constituted of these properties sattva, rajas and tamas. There is nothing in the whole of creation which has not these three ingredients making up its constitution. Hence, each person is also an embodiment of these three gunas. What are these gunas? Sattva, rajas, tamas – what do these imply? What is meant by sattva, rajas, tamas? It is an impulsion, a tenden

======================================================================================== Saturday 02, November 2024, 07:00. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity:9-3. Chapter 9: The Classification of Society-1. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== Each person has a duty in this world. Now, this is a very important point which is brought out in many a way through the injunctions occurring in a variegated manner in different verses of the Bhagavadgita. Everyone has a duty. There is no one who can be free from duty. But what is duty? This was the question. In the beginning itself it was mentioned, “I cannot understand what my duty is. I am floundering. I am completely upset with my very basic understanding. What is my obligation at this moment?” Now, this is not an easy issue that is raised by a person. You will find that even the tent

======================================================================================== Saturday 26, October 2024, 07:00. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity:9-2. Chapter 9: The Classification of Society-1. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== Dispassionate thinking is a great virtue, the greatest of virtues. To analyse one's circumstance in this world honesty is an endowment and a great achievement indeed. To the extent I receive support from others, to that extent I also have to contribute my support to that. The world is a cooperative existence. Individuals do not exist in the world. There are no such things as individuals, finally. The whole human society is a fabric of interconnections, interrelations and interdependence. In that sense, we may say the whole of human society is one person. Taken to the logical limits, thi

======================================================================================== Monday 21, October 2024, 06:30. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity:9-1 Chapter 9: The Classification of Society-1. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== Chinmaya Mission:  Br. Kaushik Chaitanya had the privilege of spending two enriching hours in an engaging conversation with B.Tech students at the Engineering College, Lucknow. The session was also graced by the presence of the management faculty, fostering a collaborative atmosphere. The dialogue was dynamic, with both professors and students actively participating and posing thought-provoking questions. The discussions touched upon important themes that resonate with student life, such as dealing with confusion, seeking inspiration, and understanding the significance of friendship during for

======================================================================================== Monday 14, October 2024, 06:15. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity: Chapter 8: The Realism and Idealism of the Bhagavadgita-5. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== Our personality is made up of certain levels. The personality of ours looks like an abstract thing. It is not necessarily the physical body. It is abstract in the sense that a human being is also some abstract principle, finally. We cannot say that we are a body, though it looks like we are that only. All the values that we admire in life are not necessarily material and physical, because we have seen that a materially well-placed and physically well-built personality is not necessarily a complete personality, not a satisfied personality. Our involvements are the levels of our pers