The Effulgence Within

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Krishna the Psychiatrist par excellence

Arjuna seems to have gone irretrievably into his shell. It is never easy to make a person recover when one has gone into depressive-neurotic state, no matter how sensible the counsellor’s advice may be. Upon being subjected to shock therapy the only reaction elicited is one of defense, justification... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Transcendental teachings for Arjuna begins

(Up to Now) We saw Arjuna incapacitated with loads of sorrow at the prospect of killing his kins along with Bhishma and Drona. Grief stricken he slumps at the rear of his chariot casting aside his bow and arrows. What is difficult here for Arjuna (and us) to understand is that he will be the slayer... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Krishna makes Arjuna to Sink to the Throes of Depression

Yes, that was necessary to do. Arjuna’s skill in archery was superior most, the best the age had known. The protagonists are two: Arjuna, from the field of the righteous (Dharma) and Duryodhana the usurper, from the unrighteous (Adharma). The field of righteousness ceases to exist the day people... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 8, 2020

The War has all but Begun.

Bhagavad-Gita is an allegorical treatment of those cul-de-sacs of life that plague mankind through all ages. The fight is between righteousness (Dharma) versus unrighteousnes (Adharma). The story builds up on the battlefield of Kurukshetra with all its paraphernalia of ancient war machinery –... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 6, 2020

The Clan of Brothers will now Meet at the Battlefield, Kurukshetra.

As we learnt up to now that Pandu was born to Ambalika, yellowed and sick. The mother, seeing sage Vyasa's darkened countenance while consummating, went yellow in fear, the son was born pallid. Her sister Ambika too, likewise, hid her eyes and the result was that her son Dhritarashtra, was born... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

The Will of the Cosmic Design.

Now begins the second part as to how another chain of events in the numinous design led to the battle of Kurukshetra. We saw Amba, a woman in her earlier birth, now a man by the name of Shikhandi, a transvestite who, Arjuna used as a shield to fell the unconquerable grandsire of the Kauravas and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

The Background to the Bhagavad-Gita. (Continued)

This oath of Bhishma (née Devavrata) that he will dedicate his life to the protection of the Hastinapur throne, and that never will he lay claim to kingship despite his being the eldest son, puts Matsyagandha's father's 'unjustified' demand and doubt to rest, and on this condition agrees to give his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 31, 2020

The Tale behind Bhagavad-Gita’s coming to Existence

Bhagavad-Gita, which appears in the form of eighteen chapters (from 25 to 42, consisting of 700 verses) is only a portion of world’s greatest epic (comprising 100,000 verses), the Mahabharata. Bhagavad-Gita essentially means the song of the divine, sung in the battlefield of Kurukshetra some five... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 29, 2020

Bhagavad-Gita

During the British imperial rule, everything Indian - literature, philosophy, culture, society, customs – all, to their high-headed superiority and biased eye, seemed at best, to be that of the junglees (aboriginal savages, native fakirs). The Bhagavad-Gita which is now considered unparalleled as a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 23, 2020

The Abuse of the Good Woman of Setzuan

Three Chinese gods representing the ideal of active goodness towards one and all are walking from city to city looking - so far without success - for one good person. When they arrive at Setzuan they have some human complaints - they are tired and their feet hurt. Further, they have been refused... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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