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The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita - 9.8. Swami Krishnananda.

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, July 12, 2021. 7:48. PM.  Chapter 9 : The Majesty of God-Consciousness - 8. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. BG- Chapter-11, Slokam-54. "Bhaktya tv ananyaya shakya aham evam-vidho ā€™rjuna jnatum drashtum cha tattvena praveshtum cha parantapa." Bhaktya tv ananyaya shakya aham evam-vidho (Gita 11.54) :  This bhakti, this devotion spoken of here, is not a little lip sympathy that we show to God. It is not a bowing of the head, it is not the folding of the hands or the striking of the cheeks ā€“ it is the melting of ourselves in the menstruum of God-Being. We can only speak, but our reason cannot grasp what all this means.  BG-Chapter-11, Slokam-55. "Mat-karma-krin mat-paramo mad-bhaktah sanga-varjitah nirvairah sarva-b...