A Study of the Bhagavadgita : 25 - Swami Krishnananda.

===================================================================================== Thursday 25, Apr 2024 07:30. Chapter 6: Sankhya ā The Wisdom of Cosmic Existence - 4. Post-25. ===================================================================================== Sri Krishna's point of view is that it is not possible to emphasise or stick to only one side of the matter. We are, as human beings, phenomenal as well as noumenal at the same time. We are immortal, and also seized with death. Something in us will not die, and something in us dies. We speak of ourselves in two ways: We are bound to die one day, and we are imperishable. The imperishability of our nature has to be reconciled with our perishable nature. The phenomenal aspect of our personality is the relative aspect of it, which is bound to transform itself continuously in the process of time, and this process is called birth and death. But metaphysically, noumenally, we are imperishable. The fear of death itself is the p...