The Promises of the Lord are unbroken
In Sanskrit a Promise is called pratijnaa. A Promise is defined as a vow and a declaration. It is an assurance that one will or will not do or undertake a certain action. Example, you make a...
All Schools of Vedanta are seen through the Bhagavad Geeta
The principles enunciated in the Scriptural Trinity go by the name of Vedanta. The word is a compound of Veda and Anta. It means the end or culmination of...
Temptation leads to destruction
Temptation is called pralobhanam in Sanskrit – the ‘enticement to evil.’ It is to be enticed or incited to do a wrong or forbidden act, like a person is tempted to steal. You are tempted when you are attracted...
The Yogeshwarah that is Sri Krishna
All the eighteen yogas contained in the eighteen chapters may be reduced to four—the Karma Yoga, the Raja Yoga, the Bhakti Yoga and the Jnana Yoga. Tradition holds that spiritual life begins with...
Dejection transitioned to enlightenment: The case of Arjuna
Every science has its twin aspects — theory and practice. Intellectual grasp of a subject is theory; its application is practice. Many a student of Vedanta or any other system of...
Bowing: A Hindu View of Divinity All-Pervasive—Part 5/5
Bowing and Sadhana
Developing humility is not merely a means of nation building. In fact it is part of Hindu sadhana or spiritual practice. We bow to develop humility as an aid...
Arjuna: the fittest disciple-candidate for the revelation of the Bhagavad Geeta
Of the five brothers Sri Krishna chose Arjuna in particular for his disciple. There was significance in this act of His. If waging the war was the main issue...
Sri Krishna—The all-pure, all-free and all-perfect one
In the desert on the way back to Dwaraka, he meets Uttanka, an old Brahmin friend, now lonely recluse. When Uttanka hears from Krishna about the war, he also suddenly loses balance...
Sri Krishna undertook to carry the Divine Light unto Arjuna
In all situations Sri Krishna was the friend, philosopher and guide of Arjuna, He had even given away his sister Subhadra in marriage to his friend. Finally when the...
Krishna and Arjuna are inseparable
In days of yore there were two Rishis known as Narayana and Nara. Tradition has it that towards the end of the Dwapara Yuga these sages incarnated themselves as Sri Krishna and Arjuna. In...
