Introduction to the Bhagavad-Gita- Part 2: Post-6: Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================================== Friday 30, Aug 2024, 06:40. Article Scriptures Introduction to the Bhagavadgita: Part 2. POST-6. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on March 17th, 1974) ========================================================================================== Avidya, or ignorance, is the mistaking of the transitory for the permanent, the impure for the pure, pain for pleasure, and the not-Self for the Self, as we have a beautiful definition given in the sutra of Patanjali: anitya asuci dukkha anatmasu nitya suci sukha atma khyatih avidya (Y.S. 2.5). This is the meaning of ignorance. Ignorance does not necessarily mean the total oblivion of what is there. It is not like being fast asleep. Avidya, or ignorance, is a positive error of a palpable nature, and it is not merely a negativity or an absence of substance. It was not that Dhritarashtra did not know what was right, but he deliberately did what was wrong. ...