The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita - 4.5. Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 19, 2020. 7:43.PM. Chapter 4: Duty – An Empirical Manifestation of True Being-5. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There is a subtle weakness in man which speaks in its own language, and whispers in a tone which is distressing at moments. "After all, you puny fellow, you cannot achieve this glorious, cosmical success. Though it may be true that there is some heritage in you, at the present moment all this is like a phantasm, and you should not be under the impression that you have the strength in you to face the storm that the world may kick up when you actually tread the path of the spirit." And each one knows one's own weaknesses; each one knows to what extent one can understand things; each one knows one's own strength, capacity – but, each one knows also one's own weaknesses. Oftentimes, the weaknesses may outbalance our strengths. This is a ...