If we don’t give up our attachments voluntarily, we will have to give them up involuntarily At the start of the Bhagavad-gita (01.01), Dhritarashtra asks: What did the two armies assembled for fighting do? Herein, the unspoken query was: did his sons, the Kauravas, win against the Pandavas? Sanjaya answers in the Gita’s last verse […]
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यदि हम स्वेच्छा से अपने अनुलग्नकों को नहीं छोड़ते हैं, तो हमें उन्हें अनैच्छिक रूप से देना होगा भगवद-गीता (01.01) के प्रारंभ में, धृतराष्ट्र पूछते हैं: दोनों सेनाएँ किस लड़ाई के लिए इकट्ठी हुईं? इस प्रकार, निर्विवाद प्रश्न यह था: क्या उनके पुत्र, कौरव, पांडवों के खिलाफ जीत गए थे? संजय गीता के अंतिम श्लोक […]
The Gita is not a spatial martial narration, but is a universal spiritual revelation The Bhagavad-gita begins and ends with references to places. In its first verse, Dhritarashtra asks his assistant Sanjaya about the events that transpired at the sacred place known as Kurukshetra. Implicit is an anxious enquiry about his sons’ fate. […]
Translation in more than 60 languages since 1972 ( international & Indian) Largest-selling (Over 26 million -copies sold)– most widely used edition of the Gita in the world. It has become the standard reference edition of the Gita worldwide. The Bhagavad-gita is an ancient philosophical classic that offers insights about life and love, about yoga and spirituality, soul and […]
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 04 Chapter 04, Text 01 Enrich yourself with the supreme legacy of immortal love What is beyond being dated is beyond becoming outdated Don’t just punish lust-dominated individuals; purify lust-tormented individuals Those who see in history only their own reflection can’t see the trans-historical Gita 04.01 explained Chapter 04, Text 02 To […]
Sometimes people fear, “If I become detached, I will become hardhearted.” However, what makes us hardhearted is not detachment, but its opposite: attachment. When we become attached to something, we experience intense emotions in relation with that object. But those very emotions can impel us towards unbecoming, immoral and hurtful actions, especially towards those whom […]
