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Study of the Bhagavadgita : Chapter-2 : Post- 6. - Swami Krishnananda

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  ---------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 11, 2020. 12:31. PM. Chapter 2: The Background of the Bhagavadgita-6. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Now, the question of doing or not doing is not an easy state of affairs. It was not possible even for a wise, very cultured individual such as Arjuna to make a decision as to what is to be done and what is not to be done. He did not know exactly what was before him. Many a time we do things under the impression that those things are expected of us, but the consequences are not always before our eyes. We are blinded, to some extent, as regards the results that follow from our action. It is the expectation of the Gita that your deeds, your expectations, your performances, the works that you do, should be guided by a central principle. What that central principle is will be told to you gradually during the course of the discourse. There is a gradational ascent of th...