The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita : 2-10. Swami Krishnananda
========================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 29, 2020. Chapter 2: The Difficulties of the Spiritual Seeker - 10. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Now, there is a further condensation by a mixing up of these cosmical principles called tanmatras in certain proportions, and as a mixture is produced by an apothecary or a doctor by combining chemical products in some proportion and it becomes a medical mixture; in such a way or in some such manner these principles, these tanmatras, got combined and became gross elements in what are called ether, air, fire, water, and earth. ##These five gross elements are the whole world. In this world you will see nothing except these five elements – ether, air, fire, water, earth. Even this physical body of ours and everything that is physical and material in this world...