The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita - 6.5. Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday. January 27, 2021. 11:04. AM.. Chapter 6: Self-Restraint and the Nature of the Self - 5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the language of the Vedanta, the Self is supposed to be understood by us in three ways – namely, the apparent self, which we seem to recognise in all objects of our longing or desire; a self which seems to be present in everything with which we are vitally connected, especially through our emotions, known as the gaunatman or the secondary self. The son loves his father, the father loves his son. We cannot say that the son is the father, or the father is the son. There is no intelligible explanation as to why the father should cling to his son as if he is his own self. However, the father loves his son as if the son is his own self, and the joy of the son is the joy of the father, the sor...