Gita 01.04 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.04 - Duryodhana tries to change Drona's emotion for the opposite side from affection to anger Audio Link 1: Gita 01.04 Duryodhana tries [...]
Gita 01.04 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.04 - Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference Audio Link 2: Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of [...]
Gita 01.04 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 1.4 atra śūrā maheṣv-āsā bhīmārjuna-samā yudhi yuyudhāno virāṭaś ca drupadaś ca mahā-rathaḥ Word [...]
How perception is an ethical act
How perception is an ethical act - We usually think of perception as a merely mechanical act; when some object comes within our visual range, [...]
To mistake the hilarious to be malicious is ridiculous
The Bhagavad-gita is spoken before a fratricidal war between the Pandavas and their cousins, the Kauravas. What caused cousins to fight till death? Their enmity [...]
We may be theists nominally and yet be atheists essentially Gita 01.04
We think of atheists as people who reject God’s existence. If we are religious, we would never count ourselves among the atheists. However, atheism is [...]
Living with Krishna in disposition is more important than living with him in location
On hearing Krishna’s enchanting pastimes, we may long to be with him and lament our misfortune at not being there when those pastimes were manifest. [...]
The world is pointless without Krishna, not that Krishna is pointless without the world
The Bhagavad-gita’s first chapter reports Duryodhana assessing the comparative strengths of the two assembled armies (01.03, 01.04, 01.05, 01.06, 01.07, 01.08, 01.09, 01.10, 01.11). He begins by mentioning the foremost opponent warriors (01.04), but [...]