Bhagavadgeeta : ( 26/11/2012. )

======================================================================================== Saturday 28, September, 2024, 06:20. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : Chapter 8: The Realism and Idealism of the Bhagavadgita-2 The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== Chapter 8: The Realism and Idealism of the Bhagavadgita-2. How does the Bhagavadgita begin? It begins with a most prosaic atmosphere of a political situation, which is the grossest involvement of the human being in public affairs. It is the least that one can do; some people say it is the worst that one can do, and yet it is a reality in its own way. A thing may be the worst, but does it exist? As long as it exists, it enjoys a degree of reality. The worst thing does not become unreal merely because it is worst from some point of view, yet it is the ground on which the edi...

Chinmaya Mission:     In 1991, Pujya Swami Chinmayananda held the first historic Bhagavad Gita Marathon Camp at Chinmaya Krishnalaya, California, covering all 18 chapters. Thirty years later, Swami Swaroopananda revived this tradition, continuing the detailed study of each verse. The multi-year retreat, set to conclude in 2026 to commemorate Chinmaya Mission’s 75th anniversary, has been spiritually enriching. In 2022, Swamiji covered the first six chapters, followed by chapters 7-9 in 2023, and this year focused on chapters 10-12. Participants explored Bhagavan Sri Krishna’s divine glories, His universal form, and the two paths of devotion. The retreat was a deeply immersive spiritual experience, offering participants a range of activities designed to enhance their understanding and connection to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. Each day began with serene guided meditations led by Br. Soham Chaitanya and Swami Ishwarananda, helping participants center themselves and op...

======================================================================================== Monday 16, September, 2024, 05:59. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : Chapter 7: Can War Ever be Justified? - 7. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== Now, this is a human question which was humanly answered because we are always faced with some counter-correlative of a position whenever an issue is raised. Every issue has a counter issue. You cannot have an absolute issue in this world, and you do not know how to correlate these two sides of an issue where two sides are always there for every issue. When there are two sides of an issue, which side are you going to take? And how do you know which is the right side? The question of the Bhagavadgita is: How do you know what is right? I will close by quoting an interesting suggestion made b...

======================================================================================== Tuesday 10, September, 2024, 07:00. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : Chapter 7: Can War Ever be Justified? - 6. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== I had a little talk with Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj on the anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. We had a little celebration here. I had a peculiar brainwave. It was between us only. That question which I raised before him is still unanswered. He is trying to answer it, and I am also trying to answer it. Anyhow, we have tried to reconcile ourselves somehow or other, and come to a conclusion in some way. I wrote on a small piece of paper and handed it over to him, because it was the occasion of the birth of a great man who was an uncompromising protagonist of ahimsa: Under any circum...

======================================================================================== Tuesday 03, Sep, 2024, 06:40. The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : Chapter 7: Can War Ever be Justified? - 5. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti ======================================================================================== There is a little story in the Chhandogya Upanishad. There was a poor, learned Brahman, almost starving to the point of dying. He was going to attend a sacrifice, or a yajna, that was being performed by the king or the ruler of that country, expecting to receive some presents in that great performance. Utter poverty is the only word that can explain his condition. On the way he met an elephant driver, a person who was considered a low-caste man, from whose hands nothing can be accepted by a high-caste Brahmin. That elephant driver was eating some beans, and he had eaten half. Firstly, one canno...