Category: Bhagavad Gita

||ShriHari||   3. Sanjaya’s conviction Sanjaya already knew Lord Krishna’s glory and influence but by perceiving the Lord’s special grace on Arjuna, he was specially influenced. So he declares his verdict, “Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of yoga and wherever there is Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, there are goodness, victory, glory and unfailing […]

||ShriHari|| Mar 7, 2018, Wednesday In the context of the yoga of meditations, Arjuna regarding the restlessness of mind as an obstacle to the attainment of yoga in the form of equanimity, mentions his conviction.  The mind verily is restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate. I consider it as difficult to control as the wind (6/34 […]

||ShriHari|| Mar 6, 2018, Tuesday Different Convictions in the Gita  (cont’d) 1. Lord Krishna’s Conviction (cont’d)   Power of discretion is at the base, at the root of all spiritual disciplines because a striver has to apply discrimination in all disciplines. Therefore the Lord mentions His conviction – The knowledge of Ksetra (Field) and Ksetrajna (knower […]

||ShriHari|| Mar 5, 2018, Monday 1. Lord Krishna’s Conviction Lord Krishna attaches special importance to devotion and considers it the supreme spiritual discipline. Though He also mentions His conviction in the disciplines of knowledge, action and devotion and in the study of the Gita, yet He lays great emphasis on devotion. In the thirtieth verse […]

||ShriHari|| Phalgun Shukla Pratipada, Vikram Samvat 2074, Shukravaar Feb 16, 2018, Friday यथा सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु प्रोक्ताश्चत्वार आश्रमा:। गीतया न तथा प्रोक्ता: संकेतेनैव दर्शिया:॥ yatha sarvesu sastresu proktascatvara asramah gitaya na tatba proktah samkete naiva darsitah   In the Gita, there is a clear description of the four social orders – priest class, warrior class, mercantile […]