The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 4.5. : Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================= Monday, January 30 2023. 08:00. Chapter 4: The Struggle for the Infinite - 5. ========================================================================= Now, we are ready for that, really. Suddenly we say, “We renounce father and mother, renounce every connection with the world. We shall have nothing to do with people. We seek God.” We move from one place to another place in this very world, and satisfy ourselves that the renunciation is complete. The great renunciation which the Bhagavadgita speaks of is not this much merely. It is not just a coming away from California to the Himalayas. It is a different thing altogether, which would not be easy for all people to understand; and if it had been so easy we would not be bungling in our spiritual life in the way we do every day. Arjuna could not grasp it, and how can we grasp it? We stumble into the same rut of thinking in spite of all our arguments and abiliti...