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Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita-2.8 Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18/03.2020. 2. The First Chapter ā€“ Vishadha Yogam, the Yoga of the Dejection of the Spirit-8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Arjuna was an epic representation of the internal chaos that one may have to face in the beginning of spiritual life. I am describing the initial stages of spiritual life, not the advanced conditions where we are receiving something positively :  ## ā€œGreat confusionā€”I have lost everything. I have lost my father and mother. I have no friends here, and nobody talks to me. I am sick. I have achieved nothing. I have no guidance, no teachings. I will go crazy.ā€  ###A spiritual seeker may feel like that, and run about here and there. Sometimes, to save...