The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 6.5. Swami Krishnananda.
------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 22, , 2020. 7:26. AM. Chapter 6: The Meaning of Duty -5. --------------------------------------------- 1. Such is the fate of a spiritual seeker, also. We are studying the Bhagavadgita as a spiritual gospel, a great torchlight before us in treading the path. It is intended principally for everyone as a seeker of God, for the salvation of spirit. It is not merely history that we are studying or a legend that we are recounting. It is clothed in imagery and mythology and epic magnificence, but its essence, the core and the kernel, is pure impersonal spirituality. 2. “So, Arjuna,” says Sri Krishna, “You have a duty towards human society, you have a duty to yourself, you have a duty to the world, you have a duty to the antaratman, the deepest Self within you which pervades the Cosmos.” Human society is based on mutual cooperation. We have what is known as the varna, which is wrongly translated as ‘caste’ in...