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Study of the Bhagavadgita : Chapter-3 : Post- 1. - Swami Krishnananda.

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  ------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, October 27, 2020. 12:12. PM. Chapter 3: The Transmigration of the Soul - 1. -------------------------------------------------- As I mentioned, the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavadgita constitute, in a way, stages of the development of the spirit of man from levels of greater involvement through higher and higher levels of lesser involvement. The worst of involvements is the picture of the war, the scene of the battlefield that is presented in the First Chapter, the Mahabharata context. Nothing can be worse in this world than hatred, and war is the pinnacle of this attitude. You dislike a thing a hundred percent, and more than a hundred percent; then war takes place. ------------------------------------------------- The dislike is the counterpart of what you call ā€˜likeā€™ for certain things. It is not possible to have only one side of a coin, as you know. Every coin has two sides. Your dislike does not mean that you dislike...