Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

===================================================================================== Monday 23, February 2026, 06:30.  Books Bhagavad Gita & Hinduism The Moksha Gita: by Swami Sivananda: Commentary: 5  Swami Krishnananda. Chapter 5: The Nature of the Universe - 5,6,7. Swami Krishnananda. ===================================================================================== 5, 6.  भावयन्त्यर्भका दारुद्विपं सत्यं हि यूथपम् । प्रौढास्तु तदसत्यत्वं जानते बालिशास्तथा ॥५॥ अनात्ममात्रमीक्षन्ते किन्तु पश्यन्ति पण्डिताः । केवलं ब्रह्म सर्वत्र विवेकोऽस्यायमाद्दतः ॥६॥ Children regard a wooden elephant, as an elephant, but the grown-up persons treat it as wood. Even so the wise behold only Brahman everywhere but the ignorant perceive the non-self only. A wooden elephant is the imitation of the form of an elephant, though the essence of the form is only wood. Children in their credulity, with undeveloped consciousness see the form merely and not the essence or the substance which ...

  =================================================================================================== Saturday 21, February 2026, 05:40. Books Srimad Bhagavad Gita Daily Invocations:  4.The Purusha Suktam Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================================== 6. तस्मादश्वा अजायन्त ये के चोभयादतः । गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात्तस्माज्जाता अजावयः ॥ यत्पुरुषं व्यदधुः कतिधा व्यकल्पयन् । मुखं किमस्यासीत् किं बाहू किमूरू पादा उच्येते ॥ tasmādaśvā ajāyanta ye ke cobhayādataḥ, gāvo ha jajñire tasmāt tasmād jātā ajāvayaḥ. yatpuruṣaṁ vyadhadhuḥ katidhā vyakalpayan, mukhaṁ kimasya kau bāhū kā vūrū pādā vucyete. From Him were born horses and whatever animals have two rows of teeth. Verily, cows were born of Him; from Him were born goats and sheep. And when they contemplated the Purusha (as the Universal Sacrifice), into how many parts did they divide Him (in their meditations)? What was His mouth called, what were His arms, what we...

  =============================================================================================== Thursday 19, February 2026, 05:45.  Books Philosophy Metaphysical Philosophy Daily Sat Sangam - Swami Krishnananda. January  (from The Realisation of the Absolute) Post-3. ================================================================================================ 30. The Self is Imperishable: The ordinary man of the world has his mind and senses turned extrovert. Childish, he runs after external pleasures and walks into the net of death which pervades all created things. The wise, however, knowing the Immortal, seek not that Eternal Being among things fleeting here. Some blessed one turns his gaze inward and beholds the glorious light of the Self. This Self is dearer than the dearest of things, this Self is nearer than the nearest. If one would speak of anything else than the Self as dear, he would certainly lose what he holds as dear. One should adore the Self alone as ...

. =========================================================================================================== Tuesday 17, February 2026, 06:45.  Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism The Heritage of Indian Culture - 3.   1.The Vision of India - 3. Swami Krishnananda. Post-3. =========================================================================================================== Today, people in India are a medley of various problems and memories of the past, hopes of the future, and so on. In spite of these, there is nevertheless a little candle flame burning in the corners of the country, which cries out in the language of the ancient culture. One of the reasons is, as I said, the accommodating capacity of the culture. You would be wondering what this accommodation is and where comes the necessity or the ability to entertain such a view. The ability to accommodate oneself with other peoples' ideas and ideals is not merely a charity that we extend to others. It is not a co...

  ==================================================================================================== Sunday  15, February 2026, 06:00. Article Scriptures Srimad Bhagavad Gita TheLessons of the Bhagavadgita - 2. Swami Krishnananda. ====================================================================================================== Now, on mutual acceptance, it was agreed that the war had to be waged to end a social conflict. But, when the hour of crisis came, when the iron was hot and it had to be struck, when that moment came, what happened? A most unexpected conflict arose within the mind of Arjuna. It was not a conflict with other people, but a conflict within one's one self. I told you that there are four types of conflicts. The first one is conflict with other people, and to end it they started or embarked upon this perilous adventure of war. But before it broke out or started, the most important of the leaders, the hero of one party, the most renowned warrior, had to ...

  =============================================================================================== Friday 13, February 2026, 06:25. Article Scriptures The Gita's Four Basic Conflicts of Life: 2. Swami Krishnananda. Spoken to a French-speaking group on December 28th, 1972). ================================================================================================== The inner conflicts are caused by a non-coordination of the inner layers of personality. We have various layers of inner personality, such as the conscious, the subconscious and the unconscious levels of the mind. Though we may be happy consciously, subconsciously we may not be, so a study of our personality does not mean merely a study of our conscious mind. Western psychology has limited itself only to the conscious level and, therefore, it has not solved problems of life. Human personality is deeper than the conscious level. Modern psychoanalysis has understood this doctrine and secret to some extent. Not only can...

  =================================================================================================== Wednesday 11, February 2026, 06:30. Article Scriptures The Central Intention of the Bhagavadgita:  Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on November 26, 1972) ================================================================================================== The initial character of the human mind is fear, confusion, and a kind of overconfidence in oneself. This overconfidence is a cause, and sometimes also an effect, of a fear that does not leave the human mind. When we are not strong enough, we appear to put on a kind of strength and begin to advertise or proclaim the actions that we can do. A very strong person does not proclaim himself as much as a weak person does. A lion does not need to bark; it is only the dog that barks. Though the lion's strength is much more, it does not wag its tail but simply keeps quiet as if it knows nothing and is not concerned with anything. It is the we...