Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 31- Swami Krishnananda.
=========================================================== ============================================================ Friday, April 29, 2022. 05:00. Discourse 44: The Sixteenth Chapter Begins – Divine and Undivine Qualities POST-31. ============================================================ We are now in the Sixteenth Chapter, which is called the chapter that distinguishes between qualities that are divine and qualities that are not divine. The description is mostly from the point of view of an ethical distinction in order to determine what is divine and what is undivine, but it is based on the final goal of life that is described in the earlier chapters. The goodness or the badness of a particular quality or action, the divinity or the demoniacal nature of any behaviour, cannot be asserted entirely by social standards. They become acceptable or not acceptable on account of their relevance to the ultimate goal of life. If there is total harmony and relevance with ...