Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

 =================================================================================================== Monday 20, July 2026, 18:35. Article Scriptures  The Philosophy of the Karma Yoga of the Bhagavadgita: 1 Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on July 15, 1979) Post - 1. ==================================================================================================== It is necessary to be very practical and realistic in our approach to sadhana. While we have to be idealistic ultimately, we have also to be realistic and accept the fact that we are still on the Earth and not in the heavens. Many a difficulty of the seeker is an over-estimation and an enthusiasm beyond the level of the Earth. Our feet are still on the ground. We live in a physical body, we live in human society, and we have the foibles of human nature in general. It is very clear that we are not Godmen. We have not even a clear idea of what God is, let alone be established in the consciousness of God. We are intensely b...

================================================================================================================= Wednesday 15, July 2026, 18:30. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India -7. Chapter 2: The Upanishads:4. Swami Krishnananda Post-7. ==================================================================================================== The Upanishads proclaim in this strain the content of spiritual realisation and have as their aim and objective of existence the aspiration to rise from the unreal to the Real, from darkness to Light, from mortality to Immortality. Personal God: Though the Upanishads are absolutistic in their approach, they are not lopsided in any sense of the term. Together with their lofty proclamations of Brahman beyond the range of understanding, they provide for the emotional aspiration of man by their concept of God, who creates, preserves and destroys the Universe as a divine play. At this stage we s...

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=============================================================================================== Sunday 12, July 2026, 4:00. Books Philosophy Metaphysical Philosophy Daily Sat Sangam with Swami Krishnananda. February (from An Introduction to the Philosophy of Yoga)  21-29 21. Being Cosmically Conscious Post-7. ================================================================================================= 21. Being Cosmically Conscious: The moment we say that we exist, we imply we are conscious that we exist. The existence of things is inseparable from the consciousness of the existence of things. Inasmuch as it has been decided that existence is a continuity, inseparable in its meaning, with no gulf whatsoever, to know the universe would be to have a consciousness of the universe. But in what manner? Not in the form of the consciousness of the world that we have today. I am having the consciousness of a mountain in front of me; that is not the consciousness we are referring to. As...

  =================================================================================================== Monday 06, July 2026, 20:30.        Books Srimad Bhagavad Gita Daily Invocations:  5.The Significance of the Narayana Suktam Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================================== The Significance of the Narayana Sukta: The Narayana Sukta is, in a way, the mystical appendix to the Purusha Sukta of the Veda, the only difference between the Purusha Sukta and the Narayana Sukta being the divination of the Deity addressed by them. The Purusha Sukta beholds the Supreme Being as the All-encompassing, Impersonal Purusha, while the Narayana Sukta addresses the Lord as Narayana. The Purusha Sukta, thus, is a hymn addressed to the Purusha extending beyond the cosmos yet at the same time present within creation, and the Narayana Sukta is a devout, touching, feelingful and personal address to the Creator ...

================================================================================================================== Tuesday 30, June 2026, 18:00. Article Scriptures Sri Krishna as Revealed in All Levels of Reality: 3. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on May 1, 1983) ================================================================================================== Duty is a most eluding term which occurs again and again in the Bhagavadgita. The true nature of the duty that is expected of us is something which we cannot easily know inasmuch as we cannot easily know our own selves as we are and, therefore, at the same time, we cannot also know what our total involvement is in the setup of the world outside. What we call duty, which the Bhagavadgita teaching seems to be expecting of every individual, is the obligation of the individual to the environment of the cosmos, and this obligation cannot be understood in its true essentiality unless the relationship between the individual and the cosmos i...