Alan Watts is one of those rare individuals that was able to grasp the essence of the Gita and explain it lucidly. His interpretation is very close to my own (based on my reflections) which I am sharing below. Another poetic expression of The Gita I feel is the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling. MY INTERPRETATION: Both "peace" and "violence" are inevitable and inseparable facets of existence. Everyone and everything's existence is both creative and destructive from moment to moment - be it the smallest sub-atomic particles or the largest structures in the cosmos (morphing from one particle to another is a violent process that is both simultaneously creative and destructive, and in deep space, stars and black holes are gobbling material from other stars and black holes -- so there's violence at all levels of existence, helping to create, destroy, regulate as necessary). Creation involves destruction, and in destruction there is also creation taking place. What we deem as a "normal" or "good" existence is also immensely violent toward other humans, species, ecosystems, be they living or non-living. Our desire for resources - food/water, energy, manufacturing, drilling, mining, consumerism, diamonds/jewelry/fashion etc. drives conflicts between people, causes genocides elsewhere, destroys ecosystems, wastes resources and wipes out other species. Even a hermit's survival and sustenance is underpinned by violence, as he/she relies on certain basic infrastructure designed by nature or by nature's agents, wrought on by violence in either case. But this is all OK. No matter what we do, this equilibrium would hold. Action or Inaction will lead to the same overall equilibrium. If we live like a hermit/renunciate, then we will be accused of indifference; of not using our faculties to help ourselves and others, accused of not protecting them from violence and the hardships of life. If we do interfere in the world's affairs, then we will be accused of bias and not understanding context, and causing a chain reaction of violence. Either way, there would be violence. Which is why in the Gita, Arjuna is made aware of his delusion that if he abstains from war there will be no violence, which is a fallacy, as there's always violence at every level of existence, because of your action or inaction. Krishna was not expressly opposed to Arjuna not fighting, rather he wanted Arjuna to confront his rationale and re-think his decision in light of these insights. You can think of the divine/nature/consciousness/God (whatever label you wish to apply) as the number Zero - manifested as infinity (as positive & negative numbers - so-called "good" and "bad") & thereby remaining in equilibrium (moksha). This is consistent with Einstein's E = M equation. 0 is both NOTHING and EVERYTHING (infinity) simultaneously. The divine is both the hunter and the hunted. It is both the victor and the vanquished. Triumph & Disaster - the two impostors (lila). By manifesting as everything including their opposites - experiencing reality through myriad forms and from every perspective/vantage point (lila), the divine remains in a non-judgmental equilibrium state, unperturbed, like the 0. However, for it to be in equilibrium, it MUST manifest as everything, including the not-so-pleasant states of existence. You cannot have roses and not have thorns. Our individual selves (the numbers) are the expressions of our macro-self (the Zero). Each number possesses certain unique characteristics and therefore is judgmental of the other numbers, comprehending only a small subset of the whole. As a consequence, it is compelled to manifest (re-incarnate) as the other numbers that it judged. If we fail to put ourselves in someone else's shoes then nature will make us wear those shoes at some point in our evolution (even if it takes another life). At the same time it is okay to judge and trust that nature will do its job. With everything that's going in the world every second, it is impossible to wear all the different shoes simultaneously (am I to feel happy that a family is celebrating the birth of a child or feel sad that another family is mourning the death of a loved one?). Trying to forcibly be non-judgmental prevents us from living spontaneously and in the present. Our macro-self (the Zero) is already in a non-judgmental equilibrium state which it experiences by manifesting as us and our opposites. When a state of existence reaches a certain extreme tipping point, there is no option but to veer to the other extreme. The further back you pull the bowstring, the farther the arrow lands. Extreme violence will drive someone to seek extreme peace (just as extreme greed will drive someone toward extreme fear). Extreme peace will lead to circumstances that will invariably drive someone (in this life or the next) to indulge in extreme violence. Our universe/region of space-time (part of the eternal multiverse) is itself born from a seeming state of extreme peace leading to a burst of activity (violence) that was bubbling underneath. My interpretation of Sanatana philosophy is that there is no permanent escape into some oblivious state from which no re-emergence is possible. If that were true, our present epoch/universe would not exist. That is, the 0 is not a true void/nothing, it is always manifested as infinity, i.e., there is always incarnation. The underlying homogeneous consciousness/energy field manifested as the heterogeneous/diverse cosmos that is observed. Everyone and everything is enlightened along all points in time, from moment to moment. There is no enlightenment to chase in some future state. From the 0's vantage point, there is no passage of time, because there is no change, and time = change or the perception of change. The above explanation makes Sanatana philosophy both monotheistic and polytheistic. Both sides of the equation (E = M) are valid - one is not lesser than the other as is commonly believed.

@dilhanirathnayake3177

5 күн бұрын

This is a profound explanation of existence.❤

I could listen to Alan reading the phone book.

@kmt55

29 күн бұрын

Everyone is equal for a true god true god loves anyone Refference:-Bhagavad Gita 9.32 All those who take refuge in Me, whatever their birth, race, gender, or caste, even those whom society scorns, will attain the supreme destination. [ What is god ? Refference:- Bhagavad Gita 8.9 - 8.10 God is Omniscient, the most ancient One, the Controller, subtler than the subtlest, the Support of all, and the possessor of an inconceivable divine form; He is brighter than the sun, and beyond all darkness of ignorance. One who at the time of death, with unmoving mind attained by the practice of Yog, fixes the prāṇ (life-airs) between the eyebrows, and steadily remembers the Divine Lord with great devotion, certainly attains Him. Bhagavad Gita 7.8 I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, and the radiance of the sun and the moon. I am the sacred syllable Om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether, and the ability in humans Bhagavad Gita 7.9 I am the pure fragrance of the Earth, and the brilliance in fire. I am the life-force in all beings, and the penance of the ascetics. Bhagavad Gita 7.10 O Arjun, know that I am the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the splendor of the glorious Where is god living? God is living in our heart Bhagavad Gita 10.20 O Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living entities. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings Bhagavad Gita 10.11 Out of compassion for them, I, who dwell within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, with the luminous lamp of knowledge. What is the duty of us Reaching to supreme lord, supreme truth and attaining moksha , nirvana supreme liberation by karma yog,gyanyog,bhaktiyog,sannaysyog,gyanvigyan yog and many more that explained by supreme lord Krishna in shrimad bhagvat gita The each every qualities of humans came from god Bhagavad Gita 10.4 - 10.5 From Me alone arise the varieties of qualities in humans, such as intellect, knowledge, clarity of thought, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, birth and death, fear and courage, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy. True god is the only lord of all sacrifice, Brahman the divine is one without the second-chandogya Upanishad Bhagavad Gita 9.24 I am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. But those who fail to realize My divine nature must be reborn. Bhagavad Gita 9.25 Worshippers of the celestial gods take birth amongst the celestial gods, worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, worshippers of ghosts take birth amongst such beings, and My devotees come to Me alone. Who we are? The body is said to be temple,and the soul is shiva,discard the faded flower offering of ignorance,worship with the thought "i am he"- Maitreya Upanishad What we pray to the supreme lord From falsehood lead me truth From darkness lead me to light From dead lead me to immortality "- Brihadarnyaka Upanishad God is unborn Bhagavad Gita 10.12 - 10.13 Arjun said: You are the Supreme Divine Personality, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, the Eternal God, the Primal Being, the Unborn, and the Greatest. The great sages, like Narad, Asit, Deval, and Vyas, proclaimed this, and now You are declaring it to me Yourself. God has thousands names that doesn't means he is thousands many people call him in different names Truth is one many sages called it's in different names-rig veda Why human failed to recognise the true god Bhagavad Gita 9.11 When I descend in My personal form deluded persons are unable to recognize Me. They do not know the divinity of My personality, as the Supreme Lord of all beings. Who is god He is bright, formless, all-pervading, existing without and within, unborn, without prana, without mind, pure and beyond the avyakrita, which is beyond all.” Mandukya Upanishada 2.1.2 Nothing is higher ,greatest than a god Bhagavad Gita 7.7 There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjun. Everything rests in Me, as beads strung on a threads There are more knowledge written in shrimad bhagvat gita ,we can found answer of everything ,shrimad bhagvat gita and Upanishad is not only the religion text rather it is a philosophical text because it is for all human beings not for particular religion ,veda means knowledge and the knowledge for everyone Hindus doesn't have one book, messenger,one judgement , Hinduism is contains with bunch of philosophy

Thanks for sharing

Gandhi was and is not a mahatma. He totally misinterpreted the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. .Shri Bhagavan Krishna did not preach Ahimsa on a battlefield of all places. He said do your duty selflessly and so on. Shri Krishna is not "mythological character". Shrimad Ramayanam and Shrimad Mahabharata are histories. Thank you Alan Watts sir for his wonderful explanations. 🙏🕉🙏

@satyadasgumbyji8956

7 ай бұрын

I agree it's historical fact & i agree it explicitly allows for righteous violence, but Gandhi was definitely a Bhakti Yogi, which is the heart of the Bhagavad Gita!!! Unlike Krishna's ultimate & final teaching, The Udhhava Gita, which centers around Jnani Yoga. As far as his title as "mahatma", it generally means great soul. I do believe liberating India from British rule absolutely qualifies him as such! ✌️🌎❤️

@NobleVagabond2552

4 ай бұрын

If you may or may not have actually existed but we don’t really know because it was 2000+ fucking years ago then you might as well be a mythological figure. You could have historically existed and none of the stories about you are actually true. Who knows because that shit was so damn long ago. But none of that matters if the message is good enough. But taking offense to it is just comical especially when the person offending you has been dead for 50 years as well

@user-ve8zm6fs4y

2 ай бұрын

That's true, but Arjuna's duty was to fight in the war, he was in that situation. Gandhi's duty was to end the cycle of revenge and hate, which was only possible through non-violence. Why do people in the middle east have so much hate? Why does Japan doesn't have much resentments about USA bombing with nuclear weapons and ending the war. It comes with acceptance. Gandhi had a higher vision which he did his utmost duty to fulfill with conviction. And he has fulfilled it. The only country that got independence through non-violence, seems like not many people can comprehend it.

GOD IS Light = Energy = All Universe

@kmt55

29 күн бұрын

Everyone is equal for a true god true god loves anyone Refference:-Bhagavad Gita 9.32 All those who take refuge in Me, whatever their birth, race, gender, or caste, even those whom society scorns, will attain the supreme destination. [ What is god ? Refference:- Bhagavad Gita 8.9 - 8.10 God is Omniscient, the most ancient One, the Controller, subtler than the subtlest, the Support of all, and the possessor of an inconceivable divine form; He is brighter than the sun, and beyond all darkness of ignorance. One who at the time of death, with unmoving mind attained by the practice of Yog, fixes the prāṇ (life-airs) between the eyebrows, and steadily remembers the Divine Lord with great devotion, certainly attains Him. Bhagavad Gita 7.8 I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, and the radiance of the sun and the moon. I am the sacred syllable Om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether, and the ability in humans Bhagavad Gita 7.9 I am the pure fragrance of the Earth, and the brilliance in fire. I am the life-force in all beings, and the penance of the ascetics. Bhagavad Gita 7.10 O Arjun, know that I am the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the splendor of the glorious Where is god living? God is living in our heart Bhagavad Gita 10.20 O Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living entities. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings Bhagavad Gita 10.11 Out of compassion for them, I, who dwell within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, with the luminous lamp of knowledge. What is the duty of us Reaching to supreme lord, supreme truth and attaining moksha , nirvana supreme liberation by karma yog,gyanyog,bhaktiyog,sannaysyog,gyanvigyan yog and many more that explained by supreme lord Krishna in shrimad bhagvat gita The each every qualities of humans came from god Bhagavad Gita 10.4 - 10.5 From Me alone arise the varieties of qualities in humans, such as intellect, knowledge, clarity of thought, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, birth and death, fear and courage, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy. True god is the only lord of all sacrifice, Brahman the divine is one without the second-chandogya Upanishad Bhagavad Gita 9.24 I am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. But those who fail to realize My divine nature must be reborn. Bhagavad Gita 9.25 Worshippers of the celestial gods take birth amongst the celestial gods, worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, worshippers of ghosts take birth amongst such beings, and My devotees come to Me alone. Who we are? The body is said to be temple,and the soul is shiva,discard the faded flower offering of ignorance,worship with the thought "i am he"- Maitreya Upanishad What we pray to the supreme lord From falsehood lead me truth From darkness lead me to light From dead lead me to immortality "- Brihadarnyaka Upanishad God is unborn Bhagavad Gita 10.12 - 10.13 Arjun said: You are the Supreme Divine Personality, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, the Eternal God, the Primal Being, the Unborn, and the Greatest. The great sages, like Narad, Asit, Deval, and Vyas, proclaimed this, and now You are declaring it to me Yourself. God has thousands names that doesn't means he is thousands many people call him in different names Truth is one many sages called it's in different names-rig veda Why human failed to recognise the true god Bhagavad Gita 9.11 When I descend in My personal form deluded persons are unable to recognize Me. They do not know the divinity of My personality, as the Supreme Lord of all beings. Who is god He is bright, formless, all-pervading, existing without and within, unborn, without prana, without mind, pure and beyond the avyakrita, which is beyond all.” Mandukya Upanishada 2.1.2 Nothing is higher ,greatest than a god Bhagavad Gita 7.7 There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjun. Everything rests in Me, as beads strung on a threads There are more knowledge written in shrimad bhagvat gita ,we can found answer of everything ,shrimad bhagvat gita and Upanishad is not only the religion text rather it is a philosophical text because it is for all human beings not for particular religion ,veda means knowledge and the knowledge for everyone Hindus doesn't have one book, messenger,one judgement , Hinduism is contains with bunch of philosophy

Very interesting.

And now I am become death, destroyer of ads and egotistical comments.

@57Koba

4 ай бұрын

lol

@kmt55

29 күн бұрын

Everyone is equal for a true god true god loves anyone Refference:-Bhagavad Gita 9.32 All those who take refuge in Me, whatever their birth, race, gender, or caste, even those whom society scorns, will attain the supreme destination. [ What is god ? Refference:- Bhagavad Gita 8.9 - 8.10 God is Omniscient, the most ancient One, the Controller, subtler than the subtlest, the Support of all, and the possessor of an inconceivable divine form; He is brighter than the sun, and beyond all darkness of ignorance. One who at the time of death, with unmoving mind attained by the practice of Yog, fixes the prāṇ (life-airs) between the eyebrows, and steadily remembers the Divine Lord with great devotion, certainly attains Him. Bhagavad Gita 7.8 I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, and the radiance of the sun and the moon. I am the sacred syllable Om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether, and the ability in humans Bhagavad Gita 7.9 I am the pure fragrance of the Earth, and the brilliance in fire. I am the life-force in all beings, and the penance of the ascetics. Bhagavad Gita 7.10 O Arjun, know that I am the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the splendor of the glorious Where is god living? God is living in our heart Bhagavad Gita 10.20 O Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living entities. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings Bhagavad Gita 10.11 Out of compassion for them, I, who dwell within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, with the luminous lamp of knowledge. What is the duty of us Reaching to supreme lord, supreme truth and attaining moksha , nirvana supreme liberation by karma yog,gyanyog,bhaktiyog,sannaysyog,gyanvigyan yog and many more that explained by supreme lord Krishna in shrimad bhagvat gita The each every qualities of humans came from god Bhagavad Gita 10.4 - 10.5 From Me alone arise the varieties of qualities in humans, such as intellect, knowledge, clarity of thought, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, birth and death, fear and courage, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy. True god is the only lord of all sacrifice, Brahman the divine is one without the second-chandogya Upanishad Bhagavad Gita 9.24 I am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. But those who fail to realize My divine nature must be reborn. Bhagavad Gita 9.25 Worshippers of the celestial gods take birth amongst the celestial gods, worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, worshippers of ghosts take birth amongst such beings, and My devotees come to Me alone. Who we are? The body is said to be temple,and the soul is shiva,discard the faded flower offering of ignorance,worship with the thought "i am he"- Maitreya Upanishad What we pray to the supreme lord From falsehood lead me truth From darkness lead me to light From dead lead me to immortality "- Brihadarnyaka Upanishad God is unborn Bhagavad Gita 10.12 - 10.13 Arjun said: You are the Supreme Divine Personality, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, the Eternal God, the Primal Being, the Unborn, and the Greatest. The great sages, like Narad, Asit, Deval, and Vyas, proclaimed this, and now You are declaring it to me Yourself. God has thousands names that doesn't means he is thousands many people call him in different names Truth is one many sages called it's in different names-rig veda Why human failed to recognise the true god Bhagavad Gita 9.11 When I descend in My personal form deluded persons are unable to recognize Me. They do not know the divinity of My personality, as the Supreme Lord of all beings. Who is god He is bright, formless, all-pervading, existing without and within, unborn, without prana, without mind, pure and beyond the avyakrita, which is beyond all.” Mandukya Upanishada 2.1.2 Nothing is higher ,greatest than a god Bhagavad Gita 7.7 There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjun. Everything rests in Me, as beads strung on a threads There are more knowledge written in shrimad bhagvat gita ,we can found answer of everything ,shrimad bhagvat gita and Upanishad is not only the religion text rather it is a philosophical text because it is for all human beings not for particular religion ,veda means knowledge and the knowledge for everyone Hindus doesn't have one book, messenger,one judgement , Hinduism is contains with bunch of philosophy

Very interesting. Glad I found this

@DailyySpiritual

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Comments have too much ego. Let go

Dharm is duty towards self, society

@Atomic419

3 ай бұрын

And the duty for a ksatriya is not non-violence.

The logic is similar to a doctor who trained to do a specific job and is a specialist in his/her field but when given the task of operating on their own family begins to feel squeamish and confused, and their refusal to act under the given circumstances based on their flimsy rationale is the object of criticism. In the movie 'Apocalypse Now' there's a scene where Marlon Brando's character says something along the lines of "...one must act without judgment, for it is judgment that defeats us". Many agree with but misinterpret the sentiment "you only have a right to action but not the fruits thereof". While it is true that the outcome is never guaranteed, what it really means is that 'happiness' or 'unhappiness' (whatever these labels mean) or the feeling that a particular outcome evokes is not in your hands ultimately. You cannot force yourself to feel one way or another (happy or unhappy) about something. All you can do is view the dataset from multiple perspectives and allow the chips to fall where they may, and in the end the residual or resultant feeling is what it is - you have no control over that. Even so, that feeling is fleeting - you will feel various emotions over the course of time about that issue.

Very interesting insight into the concept of rebirth in Sanatana Dharma, I thought it meant an individual being reborn again in a new body and with no memory of the past lives, but still as that same individual. Now thanks to Watts I know it actually means going back to the "nothingness" of Brahman and then being born again as "new life" from that state. So, actually it's not the individual who's reborn.

@bhngrk3137

20 күн бұрын

"Brahman" is like the number 0 manifesting itself as infinite numbers (as positive & negative - so called "good" and "evil", as things and their opposites - matter, anti-matter etc.), and remaining in a non-judgmental equilibrium state. Like Einstein's equation E = M (divine energy manifesting as all that is - "Yahweh" in Aramaic/Hebrew means "I am" or "I am that which is", and in Sanskrit, "Tat Tvam Asi" means "Thou Art That"). Baruch Spinoza's interpretation of Judaism is similar to Sanatana philosophy. An underlying homogeneous consciousness/energy field manifested as the heterogeneous/diverse cosmos that is observed. making it simultaneously monotheistic and polytheistic. Zero is both NOTHING & EVERYTHING simultaneously, as it encompasses infinity. It's not an absolute/true void or nothingness. By manifesting as infinity it ceases to be a true void and hence acquires the dual properties mentioned in the talk (manifest (as numbers), unmanifest (as zero) etc.). Like in the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling, the divine transcends the notions of good, evil, pleasure, pain, triumph, disaster, by manifesting as all outcomes and experiencing all of these - experiencing the full gamut of expressions associated with existence. It is both the hunter and the hunted, both the victor and the vanquished, and therefore is able to remain unperturbed, in a non-judgmental state. Both sides of the equation (E = M) are equally valid - one is not lesser than the other and not to be escaped, i.e. everyone and everything is enlightened along all points in time. There is no enlightenment to chase in some future state and there's no permanent escape into some oblivious nothingness (there's always re-emergence). The grass always appears to be greener on the other side. Existing in the Relative, we think of returning to the Absolute, while the Absolute continuously manifests as the Relative. Carl Sagan said "we are a way for the cosmos to know itself".

I'd like to promote a Watts / Gita Throwback Thursday!

@kmt55

29 күн бұрын

Everyone is equal for a true god true god loves anyone Refference:-Bhagavad Gita 9.32 All those who take refuge in Me, whatever their birth, race, gender, or caste, even those whom society scorns, will attain the supreme destination. [ What is god ? Refference:- Bhagavad Gita 8.9 - 8.10 God is Omniscient, the most ancient One, the Controller, subtler than the subtlest, the Support of all, and the possessor of an inconceivable divine form; He is brighter than the sun, and beyond all darkness of ignorance. One who at the time of death, with unmoving mind attained by the practice of Yog, fixes the prāṇ (life-airs) between the eyebrows, and steadily remembers the Divine Lord with great devotion, certainly attains Him. Bhagavad Gita 7.8 I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, and the radiance of the sun and the moon. I am the sacred syllable Om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether, and the ability in humans Bhagavad Gita 7.9 I am the pure fragrance of the Earth, and the brilliance in fire. I am the life-force in all beings, and the penance of the ascetics. Bhagavad Gita 7.10 O Arjun, know that I am the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the splendor of the glorious Where is god living? God is living in our heart Bhagavad Gita 10.20 O Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living entities. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings Bhagavad Gita 10.11 Out of compassion for them, I, who dwell within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, with the luminous lamp of knowledge. What is the duty of us Reaching to supreme lord, supreme truth and attaining moksha , nirvana supreme liberation by karma yog,gyanyog,bhaktiyog,sannaysyog,gyanvigyan yog and many more that explained by supreme lord Krishna in shrimad bhagvat gita The each every qualities of humans came from god Bhagavad Gita 10.4 - 10.5 From Me alone arise the varieties of qualities in humans, such as intellect, knowledge, clarity of thought, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, birth and death, fear and courage, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy. True god is the only lord of all sacrifice, Brahman the divine is one without the second-chandogya Upanishad Bhagavad Gita 9.24 I am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. But those who fail to realize My divine nature must be reborn. Bhagavad Gita 9.25 Worshippers of the celestial gods take birth amongst the celestial gods, worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, worshippers of ghosts take birth amongst such beings, and My devotees come to Me alone. Who we are? The body is said to be temple,and the soul is shiva,discard the faded flower offering of ignorance,worship with the thought "i am he"- Maitreya Upanishad What we pray to the supreme lord From falsehood lead me truth From darkness lead me to light From dead lead me to immortality "- Brihadarnyaka Upanishad God is unborn Bhagavad Gita 10.12 - 10.13 Arjun said: You are the Supreme Divine Personality, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, the Eternal God, the Primal Being, the Unborn, and the Greatest. The great sages, like Narad, Asit, Deval, and Vyas, proclaimed this, and now You are declaring it to me Yourself. God has thousands names that doesn't means he is thousands many people call him in different names Truth is one many sages called it's in different names-rig veda Why human failed to recognise the true god Bhagavad Gita 9.11 When I descend in My personal form deluded persons are unable to recognize Me. They do not know the divinity of My personality, as the Supreme Lord of all beings. Who is god He is bright, formless, all-pervading, existing without and within, unborn, without prana, without mind, pure and beyond the avyakrita, which is beyond all.” Mandukya Upanishada 2.1.2 Nothing is higher ,greatest than a god Bhagavad Gita 7.7 There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjun. Everything rests in Me, as beads strung on a threads There are more knowledge written in shrimad bhagvat gita ,we can found answer of everything ,shrimad bhagvat gita and Upanishad is not only the religion text rather it is a philosophical text because it is for all human beings not for particular religion ,veda means knowledge and the knowledge for everyone Hindus doesn't have one book, messenger,one judgement , Hinduism is contains with bunch of philosophy

Basically Sri Krishna is giving the divine advice of doing his/ her duty , whatever it may be. A king has to do his duty, a charioteer his duty and a rishi his duty to the fullest, towards the society and to the world. A warrior’s bounden duty is to protect his country men from enemies. If he shirks from his duties he is not fit to be a warrior. The same applies to all the fields. Also karma plays a very vital role in the Hindu faith. We are all bound by our past life karma, which fructifies in the present life and so Sri Krishna says anyways he can see that he is bound to die now because of his past life karma. His karmic cycle for this lifetime has ended. A new cycle has to start.

No one could understand That Gandhi was a libra and Linda goodman says that Libran Commander may not like violence but he sure will lead such a way yhst war is won👍🙏

@abhijeetchavhan37

4 сағат бұрын

He did his dharma. Even it means to be shitted on by you guys after death

1.5x 🙌

Unmotivated by fear is a motivation. When letting it flow, wu wei, so to speak, is there no motivation but for the lifeforce to carry on or not ? Though, how about the motivation of gained resources for the victor of violence. Was the krishna actually spouting hierarchical principles to cover his own bases as the writer does when allowing for relinquishment of subjective authority over violence's motivation. There is a sense of reasoning that the krishna follows, which reminds me of microbiological battles going on in the body, which primarily follow survival patterns. We, as conscious beings, are able to judge the ramifications of violent acts, in our modern age, to be without sane merit nor psychologically evolved. So why waste the time, money-tranfer, and blood ? Ancient scripture throughout the world contains deep wisdom for us as a species to discern ways of surviving without killing one another ritualistically by club, arrow, sword, cannon, bullet, missile, virus, starvation, accentuated climate degradation, deregulated ai, and or one of the many many deranged psychopathic politician's fingers on the many Nuclear-Buttons ! Let's get real, United Nations ! Puppets and Puppeteers is old business, step up, and take the reigns while there is time...

So greatful to have Sadhguru's take on this. Very different from Allan's view of 'acting without motives' or beeing 'detached' from the fruit wich makes no sense. Krishna was involved, not detached ❤

@Atomic419

3 ай бұрын

Sadhguru never read the Gita and so his opinions about it should be dismissed.

@ecoconatus8089

3 ай бұрын

@@Atomic419 Try both : beeing 'detachted' or what Sadhguru shares : 100% involved every moment, you desire to win (desire = God) but if you lose in the end you know it was just a game. In other words, when you act there's no hesitation and you don't act only for the fruit of the actions. You know how to be first, than act intensly. Please experiment with both and tell me which one works for you

@matthewrideout4124

3 ай бұрын

​@@ecoconatus8089We should love God im hopeless without God

@nickseth17

Ай бұрын

You are looking at Krishna who is in form of his original energy. You have to look at Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and see how he was involved in his life while having his attachments directed to krishna. Music and dance to please him. All things to please him void you of the reaction from the action. That is the true way

@nickseth17

Ай бұрын

Mahaprabhu is krsna in mood of radhe. He shows us how to live in kaliyuga by taking his association with his name and annoying offenses

A great book only great thinkers can understand, not for cheap people

@VGiacobe

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! ✨

@noahjuanjuneau9598

10 ай бұрын

If you understand it… why then are you making such a judgment?

@mmc577

10 ай бұрын

You'll be reincarnated as a cheap person lol

@moi3338

7 ай бұрын

though cheap is the incorrect word .. i suspect you meant less learned or less knowledgeable or educationally opportuned. not everyone has access to learning and language and any judges in the audience should to be wiser in understanding that fact or should refrain from negative comment simply out of "knowing" better.

@theorangecandle

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have a big ego to me. No such thing as cheap people. Please..... read the Gita

Bro take some of the giving ads out u ruin the whole video

@DailyySpiritual

Жыл бұрын

Bro my channel is not monetized, I cannot handle ads , may be KZread just giving ads on its own

@moi3338

7 ай бұрын

price to pay for this or that .. on here it's youtube or endure for the things you want to watch. nothing is free .. it's always your time or money. which is more valuable to you? free is only in our hopeful idealisms and love .. certainly not on the internet! but .. love you for the idealism .. can't let that die! thank you!

@Mahfknamsayn

6 ай бұрын

@@DailyySpiritual man I was just mad cuz I was tryna sleep and the ad scared me 😂

@Mahfknamsayn

6 ай бұрын

@@moi3338 I was just mad cuz I wanted to sleep n the ad scared me

Save all the embryos, blastocysts, and fetuses!

@bernardofitzpatrick5403

Ай бұрын

Save Gaza from israel. 🍉😭

@lingammunuswamy7778

Ай бұрын

Save the mighty ISRAEL ❤

A bat made from a crooked limb or branch can still hit a ball. Words are translated by the listener. Their definitions aren't yours.

Ghandi was great, he did not want India😢 divided

Gandhi was an effective Warrior

@kmt55

29 күн бұрын

Everyone is equal for a true god true god loves anyone Refference:-Bhagavad Gita 9.32 All those who take refuge in Me, whatever their birth, race, gender, or caste, even those whom society scorns, will attain the supreme destination. [ What is god ? Refference:- Bhagavad Gita 8.9 - 8.10 God is Omniscient, the most ancient One, the Controller, subtler than the subtlest, the Support of all, and the possessor of an inconceivable divine form; He is brighter than the sun, and beyond all darkness of ignorance. One who at the time of death, with unmoving mind attained by the practice of Yog, fixes the prāṇ (life-airs) between the eyebrows, and steadily remembers the Divine Lord with great devotion, certainly attains Him. Bhagavad Gita 7.8 I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, and the radiance of the sun and the moon. I am the sacred syllable Om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether, and the ability in humans Bhagavad Gita 7.9 I am the pure fragrance of the Earth, and the brilliance in fire. I am the life-force in all beings, and the penance of the ascetics. Bhagavad Gita 7.10 O Arjun, know that I am the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the splendor of the glorious Where is god living? God is living in our heart Bhagavad Gita 10.20 O Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living entities. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings Bhagavad Gita 10.11 Out of compassion for them, I, who dwell within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, with the luminous lamp of knowledge. What is the duty of us Reaching to supreme lord, supreme truth and attaining moksha , nirvana supreme liberation by karma yog,gyanyog,bhaktiyog,sannaysyog,gyanvigyan yog and many more that explained by supreme lord Krishna in shrimad bhagvat gita The each every qualities of humans came from god Bhagavad Gita 10.4 - 10.5 From Me alone arise the varieties of qualities in humans, such as intellect, knowledge, clarity of thought, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, birth and death, fear and courage, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy. True god is the only lord of all sacrifice, Brahman the divine is one without the second-chandogya Upanishad Bhagavad Gita 9.24 I am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. But those who fail to realize My divine nature must be reborn. Bhagavad Gita 9.25 Worshippers of the celestial gods take birth amongst the celestial gods, worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, worshippers of ghosts take birth amongst such beings, and My devotees come to Me alone. Who we are? The body is said to be temple,and the soul is shiva,discard the faded flower offering of ignorance,worship with the thought "i am he"- Maitreya Upanishad What we pray to the supreme lord From falsehood lead me truth From darkness lead me to light From dead lead me to immortality "- Brihadarnyaka Upanishad God is unborn Bhagavad Gita 10.12 - 10.13 Arjun said: You are the Supreme Divine Personality, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, the Eternal God, the Primal Being, the Unborn, and the Greatest. The great sages, like Narad, Asit, Deval, and Vyas, proclaimed this, and now You are declaring it to me Yourself. God has thousands names that doesn't means he is thousands many people call him in different names Truth is one many sages called it's in different names-rig veda Why human failed to recognise the true god Bhagavad Gita 9.11 When I descend in My personal form deluded persons are unable to recognize Me. They do not know the divinity of My personality, as the Supreme Lord of all beings. Who is god He is bright, formless, all-pervading, existing without and within, unborn, without prana, without mind, pure and beyond the avyakrita, which is beyond all.” Mandukya Upanishada 2.1.2 Nothing is higher ,greatest than a god Bhagavad Gita 7.7 There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjun. Everything rests in Me, as beads strung on a threads There are more knowledge written in shrimad bhagvat gita ,we can found answer of everything ,shrimad bhagvat gita and Upanishad is not only the religion text rather it is a philosophical text because it is for all human beings not for particular religion ,veda means knowledge and the knowledge for everyone Hindus doesn't have one book, messenger,one judgement , Hinduism is contains with bunch of philosophy

@kmt55

29 күн бұрын

No he was silent on the mass k!lling of hindus in east pakistan riots, noakhali riots ,,he suggests hindubw0men to eat poison for saving their honour,there were several riots happened against hindus by the radical islmst but he can not do anything for saving them

The horrible mistake committed by Alan Watts till now is to take reference of Gandhi and his opinions on the Gita.

@Dovidbre

Жыл бұрын

How come

@Shri_Hegde

Жыл бұрын

He was famous in USA during that time

@logic7124

10 ай бұрын

Why so?

@vineflower

10 ай бұрын

. If you understand the Gita you would not say such a thing.

@hunk-dp7gz

10 ай бұрын

You should explain your ignorant opinion

Capitalism ruins every beautiful word spoken by Alan....ugh it is understood that one could subscribe to avoid ads but why monetize this media? Just as one gets in the zone some silly buy me ad pops on. Down with big brother i say... miss the days where we could listen to a half hour long lecture without some company manipulating the insight with nonsense. Money is so stupid man

@jesuslikeslsdnwiid

7 ай бұрын

I also miss it

@no_soup_4_you

7 ай бұрын

@@jesuslikeslsdnwiid not alone friend

@moi3338

7 ай бұрын

you can mute those and rewind and hear the entire without interruption. or pay for a youtube membership with no commercials. he's worth it. back in the 70s I wanted to purchase his recordings .. but I couldn't afford them. It's time for his second coming and no one should complain that they have to listen to a twenty second ad. Sorry to say but ... what the heck. You don't have "time" to spend waiting for something like this? Well... then pay for the youtube subscription. he's worth every second of it.. fk the excuse of capitalism.

@danielradilla856

6 ай бұрын

💚

@Perceval777

4 ай бұрын

You can block ads with an ad blocker or use a browser that altogether blocks ads like Libre Wolf.

Pphhhhhhht another satanic book.

@ethanredd3342

Жыл бұрын

?

@NobleVagabond2552

Жыл бұрын

@@ethanredd3342 he’s likely an ignorant christian who thinks every other religion except his is heresy. Cuz this is the year 500 hundred after all. Yeah satan scary woah watch out everyone

@Charvakarishi4669

Жыл бұрын

​​@@ethanredd3342 just another Christian fanatic

@KL-ot7yt

Жыл бұрын

Jesus was Satan, the fallen angel. He was doing his time in hell, as in earth.

@DanTheManGruen

Жыл бұрын

To Christians everything that isn’t the Bible is automatically satanic because you’re close minded, dogmatic, ignorant and above all without compassion. It is possible to accept Jesus while also seeing the value in other aspects of God’s creation.