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The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 3.3. Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/11/2019. Chapter 3: The Spirit of True Renunciation -3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arjuna was such a person, and he stands as a symbol for any person, anywhere, at any time, a simple person embodying in his personality the forte and foible of anyone. The strength and the weakness of man can be seen in Arjuna. Every one of us, anywhere, has a strength but also a weakness. All these points have to be taken into consideration. We should not unnecessarily underline the weaknesses of ourselves, ignoring our strengths, nor should we go to the other extreme of imagining that we are all-in-all and that we are free from every defect. We are in a world of conflicts and forces, rajas, which pulls...