A Study of the Bhagavadgita :61 - Swami Krishnananda.
SWAMI UDIT CHAITHANYA ======================================================================================== Monday 30, December 2024, 14:40. A Study of the Bhagavadgita: Chapter 10: The Hidden Meaning of the Seventh Chapter of the Gita-2 Swami Krishnananda Post-61. ======================================================================================= Now the Gita takes up this very subject in the Seventh and Eighth Chapters, etc. – the cosmic evolutionary process, the structure of the universe. The description of this reality of the universe becomes necessary for the purpose of enlightening the individual already perfected through the first six chapters for direct communion with the cosmic whole. Bhūmir āponalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca, ahaṁkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā (Gita 7.4). In our description of the Sankhya cosmology, we noted there is Purusha, Prakriti, Mahat, Ahamkara, and a threefold distribution of force into the adhyatma, the adhibhuta, and t...