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A Study of the Bhagavadgita -7. 11. Swami Krishnananda.

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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, September 19, 2021. 8:00.AM. Chapter 7:The Entry of the Absolute into the Relative - 11. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This circumstance of your being basically involved in the higher purpose of life will bring the faith that is necessary for invoking Godā€™s presence in you, and God shall manifest Himself. Infinite are the avataras of God, as infinite as the rays of the Sun. Numberless are the occasions when God manifests Himself, and in numberless ways and methods of action. It does not mean that always the same kind of form will be sent. It is not that He will come always as Rama, Krishna, Govinda, etc. God can manifest Himself as a remedial force under conditions which are historically, geographically, socially, psychologically specific. When it is necess...

The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita : 13- 3. Swami Krishnananda.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday,  September 18 2021. 2:00. PM. Chapter -13. Cosmology and Eschatology- 3. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our own self is the adhyatma, the deepest self in us, which, again, is inseparable, ultimately, from the Godhead. It is the essential essence of which everyone is constitutedā€”you, and I, and everybody, and everything. As every little ripple or wave in the ocean is nothing but the vast ocean, the secret hidden at the recess of every individual occasion is the adhyatma, the Atman, the Self in us, which is incapable of further reduction, beyond which one cannot go, and beneath which there is nothing. The deepest and bottommost being of our personali...