In my previous post we discussed on certain important issues of our not being able to recall the experiences of our past lives. God and Nature has designed it so with a purpose with His insight. But are there ways we can resolve this mystery and recall precisely all memories of our previous lives,... Sign in to see full entry.
GoldenMean's contention surprised me to jump out of my seat. He says that ‘I think the blockage of our memories of past lives is one of the greatest crimes in the universe, perhaps the single greatest’ as this would work as a future blockage to dispensing of justice equitably and swiftly.To answer... Sign in to see full entry.
My last post on the Gita was on Soul's besetting off-course - In the sense objects, the senses lie n ambush, men take delight in becoming a prey on an object's attraction and aversion; the wise fall not into its/their spell, for these are the obstacles besetting the soul from its goal. Today we will... Sign in to see full entry.
Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough; And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim. All things... Sign in to see full entry.
The entire world is driven by three modes (forces) of material Nature - Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. These three are known as Gunas. The word guna in Sanskrit has a dual meaning - 'the rope' whi ch binds, but it also means 'quality '. Have you ever thought of quality being binding? Sattwa is the quality... Sign in to see full entry.
Long ago, on a warm afternoon, tired after a playful jaunt in the woods, the daughter of the demon king Vrishaparva, and Devyani, daughter of the most powerful demon guru Shukracharya, went to soak themselves in the cool waters of a sylvan pool. A puff of strong winds swung their garments into a... Sign in to see full entry.
Yudhistira, the eldest of the five Pandava brothers of the world’s greatest epic, the Mahabharata, was one of the most equanimous person the likes of which the world has none parallel. He derives his name from the exceptional equipoise he displayed on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, a site near... Sign in to see full entry.
Chapter 3 begins with Arjuna's trying to choose an option less demanding; why Karma and not Gyana? Arjuna said: If in your opinion O Krishna, the Yoga of the Intelligent Will is superior to fruitive works, why then, do you appoint me to such a henious act as battle? Mixed up I am by your... Sign in to see full entry.
RPresta has commented on Krishna's asking Arjuna to relinquish all to obtain all which, of course, we all feel is difficult for ordinary human beings. I am reminded of a parallel in Luke 14: 25 - 35 where Jesus said, "here is what it costs to follow me. Everything. You may lose your family. You may... Sign in to see full entry.
Just as Arjuna has unlimited supply of arrows in his quiver, Krishna has no less. The difference, Arjun's arrows can only kill, Krishna the Lord's, bestow life. He directs his arrows (of options), aimed at Arjuna to bring him back to his senses, bring him back to action, bring him back to the... Sign in to see full entry.