Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 18-2. - Swami Krishnananda.
=============================================================== ============================================================= Wednesday, January 26, 2022. 20:00. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti). Chapter 18: Reconciling Knowledge and Action - 2. =============================================================== Yet, the more subtle is the sacrifice, the better it is in the production of permanent result, or effect. "Shreyan dravya-mayad yajnaj jnana-yajnah parantapa sarvam karmakhilam partha jnane parisamapyate." (BG 4.33) O subduer of enemies, sacrifice performed in knowledge is superior to any mechanical material sacrifice. After all, O Parth, all sacrifices of work culminate in knowledge. Knowledge is superior to material possession, a thing which we have yet to learn in our modern culture. We do not pay much respect to knowledge. There is respect only to material property, house, wife, land, husband, money, status and so...