Bhakti Shastri (053) - Bhagavad Gita Chapter 02 Text 29 to 37

[@dikshitadesai]

||Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare || ||Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare|| Atma Namaste! Thank you so much for this wonderful lecture, I enjoyed learning a lot of lessons here. Many myths were burst and deeper understanding was provided. Lessons Enjoyed: 1. The story of Yudhister and his answer to Dharma 2. Not doing dharma can be a sin too 3. Mahabharat is not a license for injury and what is the real message behind the book 4. Your Story of the sweets distribution lightened my heart, what a perfect example with the balance of humor!

[@shekharkelkar9897]

Thank you Prabhuji. Wonderful explanation.

[@namratarajdev544]

Hare Krishna Prabhuji, Very nicely explained how doing our prescribed duties also leads to elevation. Karma Kanda is explained by Krishna and He refutes Arjuna's argument of no enjoyment. Thank you.

[@praveennayak8648]

Thankyou Prabhuji

[@drnidhibansal9003]

hare krsna

[@mathurapranakrsnadas6114]

Thank you for this class!

[@jivneshsandhan1660]

very nice lecture.

[@rameshshetty2558]

Thank you Prabhuji. Arjuna's concept of enjoyment has been very effectively countered by Krishna. He reminds Arjuna of his specific duty as a Kshtriya. Though one does not have to fight a war when not called for and this glorification of dying in a war field is not a license for indiscriminate violence, if the war has to be fought despite best efforts to avoid it, a righteous action, a Kshatriya has to fight that war without hesitation.

[@avnichauhan9358]

Hare Krishna. 2.29 - 2.37 - How Krishna counters Arjuna's no enjoyment argument 2.29 - Some people see the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all. Here "ascarya-vad" word is used 3 times in progression. Such a small soul can animate a gigantic body. 4 levels of consciousness; Jagruti(awake), Swapna(dream), Shusupti(Dreamless sleep), Turiya(Samadhi). 2.30 - Soul can never be slain so do not grieve for any living being. 2.31 - As a kstriya, engagement in fighting on religious principle is right so no need to hesitate to do your sva-dharma. Brahmana - Yajna, Kstriya = fight, Sanyasi - lay down body at end of sanyas 2.32 - Happy are those Kstriya who get opportunity to fight in dharmic war that open the doors of heavenly planets. 2.33 - If you still do not follow your religious duty and not fight then you will incur sin and lose your reputation as a fighter. 2.34 - People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death. Infamy stays long because people like to gossip and today even media go paparazzi. 2.35 - Great generals will think that you left battle field out of fear and they will consider you insignificant. Our actions have to be examplery so it does not lead to wrong perception. Human tendency is to commit attributional error eg. If I over sleep, because I am tired and if others over sleep then they are lazy. We should not attribute motivations to actions without knowing circumstances. 2.36 - Your enemy will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What can be more painful for you? 2.37 - O Kaunteya, either you will be killed on battle field and attain heavenly planets, or you will conquer and enjoy the earthly kingdom. So get up and fight. Instead loose loose , Krishna showed him win win situation for fighting war.

[@prommilac1090]

People see actions not motivations behind them. So the world would see Arjuna's actions not his good intention behind not fighting, if he wouldn't fight.

[@MrBhikaji07]

Very Interesting

[@malathisantosh3444]

Krishna explains Arjuna how fighting in the war is a win-win situation and not a lose-lose situation.

[@avnichauhan9358]

2.29 - 2.37 - How Krishna counters Arjuna's no enjoyment argument 2.29 - Some people see the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all. Here "ascarya-vad" word is used 3 times in progression. Such a small soul can animate a gigantic body. 4 levels of consciousness; Jagruti(awake), Swapna(dream), Shusupti(Dreamless sleep), Turiya(Samadhi). 2.30 - Soul can never be slain so do not grieve for any living being. 2.31 - As a kstriya, engagement in fighting on religious principle is right so no need to hesitate to do your sva-dharma. Brahmana - Yajna, Kstriya = fight, Sanyasi - lay down body at end of sanyas 2.32 - Happy are those Kstriya who get opportunity to fight in dharmic war that open the doors of heavenly planets. 2.33 - If you still do not follow your religious duty and not fight then you will incur sin and lose your reputation as a fighter. 2.34 - People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death. Infamy stays long because people like to gossip and today even media go paparazzi. 2.35 - Great generals will think that you left battle field out of fear and they will consider you insignificant. Our actions have to be examplary so it does not lead to wrong perception. Human tendency is to commit attributional error eg. If I over sleep, because I am tired and if others over sleep then they are lazy. We should not attribute motivations to actions without knowing circumstances. 2.36 - Your enemy will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What can be more painful for you? 2.37 - O Kaunteya, either you will be killed on battle field and attain heavenly planets, or you will conquer and enjoy the earthly kingdom. So get up and fight.

[@juliathornton8392]

Ascarya - amazing can refer to the soul, to those who see, talk about, hear about or don't understand the soul, or to seeing, hearing about, speaking about or not understanding the soul. Krishna explained about the soul than explains what one should do knowing that he is not the soul, how one can gradually become free from bodily identification. The first step is karma kanda. A ksatriya performs his duty by fighting a righteous war which opens to him the doors of heaven if he dies and earthly enjoyment if he wins - so what Arjuna thought of as a lose-lose situation is shown by Krishna to be a win-win situation. People don't see our motivations only our actions and judge our motivation based on our actions and their level of consciousness; why they would have performed similar actions. Don't judge other people based on their actions without knowing the full circumstances and don't give reason for people to misjudge you based on your questionable actions. Thank you. Hare Krishna.

[@mnaraindas]

Durga is a Vaishnavi does not need blood or likes blood actually it is not she but we wants blood to eat. In substitute One can offer red flowers to Kali. Or can make animal shape of annakuta to offer to Kali.

[@rekha903]

If a doctor doesn’t treat a patient, he is negligent. K is not directly talking about top most. K will talk much about kirti - not LC’s standard - amanina mana dena….