A Study of the Bhagavadgita : 9-4. Swami Krishnananda.
================================================ ================================================ Thursday, January 13, 2022.7:00. PM. Chapter : 9. The Yoga of Meditation.4. =================================================== Atmaiva hy atmano bandhur atmaiva ripur atmanah. Who is your friend in this world? The higher Self is your friend, not somebody sitting outside you. That outside person can also become a friend only insofar as that person who is apparently outside can be associated livingly, vitally, with the adhidaiva consciousness. Otherwise, that outside person is an outside person only. You cannot have any real friendship with anybody in the world because of the independence that each one is maintaining. If the independence is slowly mellowed down by its association with the higher divinity with which it is connected as the adhidaiva, the friendship can be forged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The friend of the ...