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The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 3.4. : Swami Krishnananda.

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========================================================================= Tuesday, January 10,  2023. 06:30. Chapter 3: The Spirit of True Renunciation - 4. ======================================================================== Arjuna was such an individual. He had likes and dislikes. The whole story of the Mahabharata is a description of the conflict among the varieties of likes and dislikes. The spiritual seeker is taught, through the epic atmosphere of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita, the lessons of life and the morals that follow from these lessons. When our reasoning capacity is turbid, our knowledge is inadequate, and our adjustments with the world outside, including human society, are not strong enough. They collapse at the least touch of confronting situations, because human relationships are only an outer form of an internal propulsion of these three forcesā€”sattva, rajas and tamasā€”which are cosmically present everywhere. There is a cosmic purpose behind even our ind...