Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

================================================================================ Tuesday 25, June 2024 :06:50. Article Scriptures Introduction to the Bhagavadgita- Part 1 POST-5. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on March 3rd, 1974) ================================================================================ The ancient masters have hammered into our minds in these scriptures that we should not run after mere pleasure of the ego and the senses, the preyas, but should be able to devote a little time for the shreyas, or the blessedness of what we really are essentially in our inner life. This was the mission of a great master called Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa who wrote the Mahabharata, who recorded the Bhagavadgita for us, blessed be his name. His writings are so all-comprehensive that an old adage says Vyasochishtam jagat sarvam: Whatever is there in this world is nothing but that which is vomited by Vyasa. We cannot say anything which he has not said. There is nothing in the world of knowle...