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A Study of the Bhagavadgita : 27 - Swami Krishnananda.

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================================================================================= Monday 06, May 2024 06:50. Chapter 6: Sankhya ā€“ The Wisdom of Cosmic Existence - 6. Post-27. ================================================================================= The slogam of the Third Chapter says when God created this world and the individuals of various species, He ordained that there is a binding factor perpetually operating between the individuals and the cosmic process.  At the beginning of creation, Prajapati, the Creator, willed, as it were, that all created evolutes are to be bound back to the universal perspective through some bond, which is known as sacrifice. Yajna is the clue to the way in which we have to conduct ourselves in this world. Life is considered as a sacrifice. I mentioned to you briefly that sacrifice is something like charity, the giving away of one's own being in some extent. That is, you share the finitude of your personality for the welfare and survival of o...