Bhagavad Gita Blog

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(ch.13) The known and the Knower

1.The Message Of The Gita

The last six chapters of the Gita, starting from Chapter 13, focus on self-knowledge in terms of discovering your identity between jiva and Ishwara, the identity that is always

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2.Values For Vedic Wisdom

Arjuna had also asked about jnanam and jneyam, and Krishna had ended the last verse by saying that this is the knowledge to be known. Therefore, when you use the

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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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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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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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10.He Is Not In Timbuktu

So far we have seen what is jnanam (meaning jnana sadhanam), the qualities required for one’s mind to know the truth. After this, the question posed by Arjuna is,

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