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3.Ahimsa And Kshanti

The next quality Krishna mentions is ahimsa. Everyone recognizes the need for ahimsa in a violent world. In fact, in the Mahabharata, you will often find the statement `ahimsa paramo dharma’, meaning

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4.Rooted In The Self

…. And then you don’t need to meditate Dhayna-Yogah/Topic of Meditation(Chapter 6… continued) Krishna gives the third definition of yoga in this chapter. Tam vidyad dukhasamyogaviyogam

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1.Do Your Best, Leave The Rest

Arjuna, having heard that Ishwara is everything, suddenly has a new desire. He says, `How wonderful it would be to see Ishwara’ …He asks, `Can I see Ishwara as the totality?’

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5.Purity, Steadfastness And Self-Mastery

The next value Krishna takes up in the Bhagavad Gita is called shauchya or cleanliness, purity, and he mentions there `bahaya and antara’, meaning `external’ and `internal’. External is about hygiene,

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6.Objective And Egoless…

Happy Diwali to all…Have a great time, eat a lot of sweets, enjoy yourself, put on some weight, and try not to pollute the environment with

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1.The Awesome Route To Moksha

Krishna has already spoken about what Ishwara is. We have also mentioned this in a previous post–on Ishwara being the source, the sustenance and the resolving point of the entire

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1.The Secret

We start the ninth chapter with Krishna telling Arjuna that he would teach him `raja vidya’, `raja guhyam’ i.e. the king among knowledges and the king among

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7.Love, Balance, And Understanding

Asaktirnabhisvangah putradaragrhadisu nityam cha samacittatvam ishtanistopapattisu …absence of sense of ownership, absence of obsession towards son, wife, house and the like, and constant evenness of

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