The Tree of Life : Srimad Bhagavad Gita : 1.6.
20/11/2018 The Tree of Life : Srimad Bhagavad Gita : 1.6 Chapter- 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life-6. Post - 6. Now, a reality cannot be forgotten. If the death and destruction and annihilation of Earthly existence is to be an end of all things, if that is a reality by itself, there cannot be another reality overcoming it. But there is something in us which somehow or other overwhelms this instinct of destruction and sorrow, and tells us that life need not necessarily be equated with all sorrow. If it is concluded once and for all that life is only sorrow and an ocean of suffering, and there cannot be anything else but that, then there cannot be any such thing as the instinct of hope for a better future. But who does not hope for a better future? So we have in us a mysterious and tremendous impulse for what we may call an immortal pursuit of the ultimate success in life, though what is visible to our eyes is only darkness and pain. The comparison that the Bhagavadg...