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Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse 3.4 - Swami Krishnananda

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========================================== ========================================= 20/04/2020. Discourse 3: The Second Chapter Begins ā€“ Sankhya Yogam -4. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Sankhya calls the objective character of perception as prakriti, and the subjective consciousness which perceives is called purusha. So the Sankhya divides reality into two phases, or blocks of powerā€”consciousness and matter, subject and object, purusha and prakriti.  ##Experience is supposed to be engendered by a contact of consciousness with prakriti. Purusha comes in contact with prakriti. It is very interesting to notice here that there can be contact between two dissimilar things. Consciousness is never an object; prakriti is never a subject. The contradiction between these two principles is obvious.  *How can we bring about a rapprochement between the subject and the object, which stand poles apart?  **Ho...