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Text Book1: Bhagavad Gita As It Is His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Mumbai
Bringing life under spiritual guidance (2.7-8, 2.56-61, 4.1-3, 4.34-35, 1.43, 4.34, 13.8-12, 16.1-3)
Arjunas Doubts
Arjuna gave arguments not sentimentally but based on scriptures Krishna kept smiling. He didnt address Arjunas doubts Because friendly talks cant lead to conclusions
Arjunas Surrender
krpaya-doopahata-svabhva pcchmi tv dharma-sammha-cet yac chreya syn nicita brhi tan me iyas te 'ha dhi m tv prapannam
Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.
(Bhagavad-gita 2.7)
Arjunas surrender
Arjunas attitude
Arjunas surrender
Yat sreyah syat niscitam bruhi tat me. Please tell for certain what is best for me Sadhi mam. Please instruct me.
Seeing is not important. Even Duryodhana and Sisupala were seeing Krishna. To understand Supreme Lord we must hear from Him submissively.
Arjunas Surrender
na hi prapaymi mampanudyd yac chokam ucchoaam indriym avpya bhmv asapatnam ddha rjya surm api cdhipatyam
I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it even if I win a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like that of the demigods in heaven.
(Bhagavad-gita 2.8)
Cant make right decision even if we know what is right and we are attached to what is not right
Drtarashtra
(Bhagavad-gita 4.34)
r-bhagavn uvca ima vivasvate yoga proktavn aham avyayam vivasvn manave prha manur ikvkave 'bravt
The Personality of Godhead, Lord r Ka, said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvn, and Vivasvn instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ikvku.
(Bhagavad-gita 4.1)
This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost. (Bhagavad-gita 4.2)
Soul cant be without faith We accept a teacher in every walk of life, more so in spiritual life
Supreme
Lord Krishna and Lord Rama set example by accepting spiritual master
A scholarly brhmaa, expert in all subjects of Vedic knowledge, is unfit to become a spiritual master without being a Vaiava, or expert in the science of Ka consciousness. But a person born in a family of a lower caste can become a spiritual master if he is a Vaiava, or Ka conscious. (Padma Pura)
Qualifications of a disciple/student
tad viddhi praiptena paripranena sevay upadekyanti te jna jninas tattva-darina
Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth.
(Bhagavad-gita 4.34)
Qualifications of a disciple/student
Humble surrender Inquisitive Submissive service Truthfulness
Qualifications of a disciple/student
raddhvl labhate jna tat-para sayatendriya jna labdhv par ntim aciredhigacchati
A faithful man who is dedicated to transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having achieved it he quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace. (Bhagavadgita 4.39)
Qualifications of a disciple/student
aja craddadhna ca saaytm vinayati nya loko 'sti na paro na sukha saaytmana
But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. (Bhagavad-gita 4.40)
Importance of hearing
Transcendental knowledge is received through hearing submissively Bhagavad-gita can be understood only by hearing
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