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A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India: 12. - Swami Krishnananda.

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============================================================================================================= Tuesday 29, Sep 2026, 05:30. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India -12.. Chapter 4: The Bhagavadgita-1.1 1.The Context of the Gospel -1. 2.History and Symbology as Modes of Teaching: Swami Krishnananda Post-12. ==================================================================================================== Chapter 4: The Bhagavadgita-1. 1.The Context of the Gospel: The central philosophical thesis of the Mahabharata is contained in the famous song of the Lord, the Bhagavadgita. Arjuna, at the commencement of the Mahabharata war, shows signs of bewilderment and mental confusion and refuses to take up arms even after having undertaken this task after great deliberation earlier. Having engaged himself in a duty befitting his position in society, he withdrew himself from discharging an obligation, which was really more t...
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The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharatham and the Bhagavadgita: 2.2.Swami Krishnananda.

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  ====================================================================================================================== Monday 28, September 2026, 07:20. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharatham and the Bhagavadgita: 2.2. Swami Krishnananda Chapter 2: Challenges of the Spiritual Seeker -2. ==================================================================================================== Yes, Arjuna had the strength, and also he had no strength. If Arjuna stood alone, he could be blown off in one day by a man like Bhishma. Well, Duryodhana pleaded every day before Bhishma and cried aloud, “Grandsire, you are alive, and even when you are alive, thousands and thousands of our kith and kin are being massacred. How can you see it with your eyes? We are depending upon you, we have laid trust in you—and with all this, this is what is happening.” Bhishma's answer was, “Don't bother; tomorrow, let me see.” Many “tomorrows” passed and there were mass...
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Commentary on the Bhagavadgita: 3.3. Swami Krishnananda.

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================================================================================================== Saturday 26, September  2026, 06:00. Books Scriptures Bhagavadgita & Hinduism Commentary on the Bhagavadgita: 3.3. Discourse 3: The Second Chapter Begins – Sanhkya Yoga-3. Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================================== “So, Arjuna, you have made a mistake by not counting yourself as one of the persons in this world. The people in the world are not only outside; you are also one of the persons in this world. Hence, your judgment of people in the world includes judgment of yourself also, which you are not doing. You think the world is constituted of people who are totally cut off from you,” said Sri Krishna. Ten people crossed a river, and the water was neck-deep. With great difficulty they waded across. After reaching the other side, they wanted to check whether or not all of them had crossed, so one of them s...
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The Moksha Gita: Chapter: 7 -Slogas - 21 to25. by Swami Sivananda - Commentary by Swami Krishnananda.

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==================================================================================================== Friday 25, September 2026,06:00.  Books Bhagavad Gita & Hinduism The Moksha Gita: 7-   Swami Sivananda. Chapter 7: The Process of Sadhana: 21 to 25. Commentary:  Swami Krishnananda. ==================================================================================================== अभ्यासेनात्मनो ब्रह्मविचारं सहजं कुरु । तदैव ते मनस्तिष्ठेदात्मनो निपुणं वशे ॥ नश्यन्ति मनसो ब्रह्मविचारेण मलानि हि ॥२१॥ Slogam - 21.  You should make Brahma-Vichara habitual in you by constant practice. Then only your mind will be under your perfect control. All the impurities of the mind will be washed away by Brahma-Vichara. Brahma-Vichara should be the habit of every aspirant in his life. It is his identification with some particular aspect of the Infinite Whole that is his individuality. The life of circumscribed isolation and suffering is the fruit of affirming the Self to be...
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The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharatham and the Bhagavadgita: 2.2. - Swami Krishnananda.

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==================================================================================================== Tuesday 22, September 2026, 08:10. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharatham and the Bhagavadgita: 2.2. Swami Krishnananda Chapter 2: Challenges of the Spiritual Seeker -2. ==================================================================================================== The jiva principle within us has the double characteristic of mortality and immortality. We are mortals and immortals at the same time. It is the mortal element in us that causes sorrow when it comes in contact with the immortal urge, that seeks its own expression in its own manner. There is a tremendous friction, as it were, taking place between the subjective feelings and the objective cosmos. No one can know the strength of the universe. The mind cannot imagine it, and we are trying to overstep it. We can stretch our imagination and try to bring to our memories what could be the ma...
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The Moksha Gita: Chapter: 7 -Slogas - 13 to20. by Swami Sivananda - Commentary by Swami Krishnananda

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===================================================================================================== Saturday 19, Sep 2026,15:50.  Books Bhagavad Gita & Hinduism The Moksha Gita: 7-   Swami Sivananda. Chapter 7: The Process of Sadhana: 13 to 20. Commentary:  Swami Krishnananda. ======================================================================================================== स्थिरासने समासीनो नियम्येन्द्रियजालकम् । पञ्चकोशानतिक्रम्य शान्तो ध्याय च सन्ततम् ॥१३॥ स्वयंप्रकाशमेवाहं सच्चिदानन्दकोऽद्वयम् । ब्रह्मास्म्याधारभूतं च विश्वकोशसमूहयोः ॥१४॥ इत्येवं ब्रह्मास्म्याभावं त्वं तैलधारानिभं कुरु । स्नायन्नश्नन् श्वसन् गच्छन् स्वपन् क्रीडंश्च संलपन् ॥१५॥ Slokas-13, 14, 15.  Negate the five sheaths. Control the senses. Sit quietly. Meditate always "I am Sat-Chit-Ananda Swayamprakasha Brahman" which is the substratum for these five sheaths and the whole world. Keep up the Brahma-Bhava while walking, eating and bathing. The method of meditation on Brahman alwa...
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The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharatham and the Bhagavadgita: 2.1.Swami Krishnananda.

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  ===================================================================================================================== Thursday 17, September 2026, 15:30. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharatham and the Bhagavadgita: 2.1. Swami Krishnananda Chapter 2: Challenges of the Spiritual Seeker -1. ==================================================================================================== The power of sadhana does not gain adequate confidence until divine powers collaborate with it, and God Himself seems to be at the back of the seeker of God. We have been noting a great epic symbol in the Mahabharata, wherein we are given the narration of the adventure of the spirit in its struggle for ultimate freedom. The wilderness of the forest life that the Pandavas had to undergo is a great lesson to the spiritual seeker. No one can escape the ups and downs of life, the vicissitudes of time through which the ancient sages and saints have passed; everyone ...
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