The Tree of Life: 1.7. Swami Krishnananda.
================================================================================= Sunday 02, February 2025, 10:40. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita The Tree of Life: 1.7. Discourse 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life-6. Swami Krishnananda. =============================================================================== We are told by the Upanishads and scriptures of this character that the One willed to be many; the seed intended to become the tree. This intention of the seed to become the tree is the desire of life. What we call desire is nothing but the urge of the seed to become the tree. Why does the seed wish to become the tree? Why should it not exist as a seed alone? What is wrong with being merely a seed? And what does the seed gain by becoming a tree? The whole of the Bhagavadgita is an answer to this question. Why should we not keep quiet as a seed? Why do we want to become a tree? Why do we peep into nature through the skies and look at the sun for light and air? Why does the ...