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The Bhagavadgita – A Synthesis of Thought and Action- 10 : Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/11/2019. (Spoken on Gita Jayanti in 1973) Post-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thus, on the basis of this Sankhya knowledge of the uniformly applicable structural pattern of nature, our actions have to be gauged. Arjuna became giddy. “Very difficult, sir! What are you saying? I cannot act. My mind is giddy. I cannot understand what you are saying.” Then Arjuna's thoughts are raised step by step from one stage to another stage through the various chapters of the Gita until the apotheosis or the apocalypse is reached in the Universal Viratsvarupa in the Eleventh Chapter. Unless we have the cosmic vision of the Absolute, we cannot understand the world. “Arjuna, you cannot even lift yo...