Tag: Lord Krishna

Man of Steady Wisdom – 3

||ShriHari||   Arjuna: You have told how the man of stable mind sits. Now tell me how he walks? Krishna: O Brother, his walk instead of being an activity, is in the form of an emotion. The Self-controlled striver is free from all attraction (likes) and aversion (dislikes), moving among objects with senses under control, […]

Take Refuge in the Lord and Study the Gita

|ShriHari|| Apr 20, 2018, Friday Vaishaakh Shukla Panchami, Shukravaar, Vikram Samvat 2075 Questioner:  I am very old now, and still have not made a Guru, and I have heard that without a Guru salvation is not possible.  My mind does not accept as to who I should make my Guru? In this state, what should […]

Let Lord Krishna be your Guru and Gitaji, His Supreme Instructions

||ShriHari|| Apr 18, 2018, Wednesday Vaishaakh Shukla Trutiya, Budhvaar, Vikram Samvat 2075 Akshay Trutiya, Shri Parshuram Jayanti Questioner:  I am very old now, and still have not made a Guru, and I have heard that without a Guru salvation is not possible.  My mind does not accept as to who I should make my Guru? […]

Gita on Nature according to one’s Social Order and Self Made Nature

||ShriHari|| (2) Nature According to One’s Social Order:- This sort of personal nature is decided by birth according to a person’s social order-priest class, warrior class, trading class and labour class. This nature is not faulty and sinful. The nature of the members of four social orders is different according to their duties (actions). There […]

Different Convictions in the 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 […]

Arjuna’s Conviction in the Gita

||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 […]