The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita - 4.1. Swami Krishnananda
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, August 16, 2020. 8:59.PM. Chapter 4: Duty – An Empirical Manifestation of True Being-1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The study that has been conducted up to this time concerning the teaching of the Bhagavadgita would have revealed to us that we are born with a duty, and we can never be free from some duty or the other. It also implies that we have no rights; we have only duties, contrary to what one would expect from the point of view of common human nature. The fight for rights is out of point in a world of duties, which is inescapable under the set-up of things. The duty that we owe to ourselves, as well as anything that is around us, is a necessary conclusion that follows from the nature of our relationship with things in general. The connection that obtains between us and the world at large is such that there is a mutual obligation...