The Effulgence Within

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

The Imperishability of the Soul

Lord Krishna has just expounded to His protegee, His human instrument and protagonist, Arjuna, the essential nature of the soul in its as-it-isness – birthless, deathless, eternal, inexhaustible, exists at all times et cetera. Arjuna listens amazed or as a zombie, receptive or otherwise we do not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

God the par excellence therapist

His senses utterly bewildered and saying that he will not fight, Arjuna falls silent. This is almost a catatonic unconscious-like state as in drunken stupor; it is the rebellion of unchastened emotions. No amount of coaxing or counselling can elicit any response - positive or negative. But for the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 31, 2010

Therapy through Shock

Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra: Thus unto the grief-stricken (Arjuna), his sad eyes brimming with tears, utterly overwhelmed with compassion, Madhusudana (Lord Krishna) spoke these words: The Blessed Lord said: Whence, O Arjuna, art thou visited by gloom at this hour of crisis? It does not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

A Synopsis of all that I posted through last week

(This I thought will once again bind the tale, because a lot of practical spiritual significances will then be translated to our understanding before we go on to Ch II). It is the fight of Dharma against Adharma, righteousness against unrighteousness. On the side of the Dharma are Pandavas, sons of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Way of God’s Working

All of Arjuna’s chivalry vanishes into thin air as when he requests Krishna to place his chariot in the middle of the battlefield, so that he could observe as to whom all dared fight with as skillful and brave a warrior as him. Krishna the lord, could detect the slight stench of the ego in his words... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

The Battle begins and yet not begins

No sooner had Bhishma, in order to bring some cheer into Duryodhana's somewat depressed face, sounded the conchshell, announcing the start of the battle... Verse 13 Suddenly there followed in unison the sounds of the conchshells, bugles, trumpets, kettledrums, cow horns, raising the din to a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The Beginning

The Story until now - (yellowrose sent this beautiful video. It brings such peace!) It is Day Ten on the battlefield. Bhishma, the unconquerable grand old one-man-army felled by Arjuna, using Shikhandi as a shield against whom he could not use his weaponry, lay in the battlefield on a bed of arrows,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 24, 2010

The Design of Cosmic Will

Now begins the second part as to how another chain of events in the divine 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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Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Background to Bhagavad-Gita

Bhagavad-Gita, which appears in the form of eighteen chapters in the world’s greatest epic, the Mahabharata, essentially means the song of the divine, sung in the battlefield of Kurukshetra some five thousand three hundred years ago. Another peculiarity, it is the only scripture of its kind... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Beware!

D uped was I, a victim of deceit the ersatz The handiwork of an impoverished soul; I knew him Hurt came to offer his sympathies But I sent him away with a polite Thank You. Some relations are best kept in abeyance Others, fit to be kept in the stables, tethered How is it that they end so soon Even... 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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