The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 6.7. Swami Krishnananda.
------------------------------------------- Wednesdayday, September 9, , 2020. 10:22. AM. Chapter 6: The Meaning of Duty -7. --------------------------------------------- 1. So there are the four classes of people who have been specially endowed with this responsibility of conducting themselves in various levels of human society. Arjuna belonged to one class; and every one of us belongs to some class or other. If we will not perform the duties expected of us in that particular atmosphere or class in which we are placed, we would be derelicts, renegades, selfish persons who exploit people for the benefit of ourselves, and that should not be an example that we can properly set before others. It is a highly objectionable attitude. 2. “So Arjuna, even from a sociological point of view, you are mistaken in your notion of ‘I shall not act’. If everybody says ‘I will not do’, then what will happen? Is this the example you wish people to follow? Secondly, what has happened to your mind an...