Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-17, Sraddha-traya-vibhaga-yogam ; Introduction-2.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, July 21, 2021. 10:14. AM. Srimad Bhagavad-Gita Chapter-17. Sraddha-traya-vibhaga-yogam : 1.2. 1.Introduction-2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction.2 Among all the causes previously explained as initiating qualification for spiritual consciousness by the Supreme Lord Krishna, sraddha or faith is pre-eminent and the foremost among them. Therefore this chapter examines the threefold differentiations of faith of the three gunas or modes of material nature: sattva guna or mode of goodness, raja guna or mode of passion and tama guna or mode of ignorance. At the end of chapter 16 Lord Krishna revealed that anyone who fails to follow the ordinances and injunctions of the Vedic scriptures and instead foolishly follows the impulses of the physical body, the whims of the mind and the dictates of their desires; will never achieve ...