Understand
Bhagavad Gita
IN 18 days
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ISKCON Radha Govinda Temple Mangalore
Based on the
teachings of
His Divine Grace
A.C.
Bhaktivedanta
Swami
Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya
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of ISKCON
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Located in Mangalore
Sri Sri Radha Govinda Temple,
Coconut Garden Road, Tollgate,Kadri,
Mangalore, Karnataka 575002
Temple President
H G Nama Nishtha Das
[Link], IIT Kanpur
[Link]
[Link]/user/namanishthadas/
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Bhagavad Gita is an epic scripture that ha
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Those who
meditate on the
Gita will derive
fresh joy and
new meanings
from it every
day.”
“When I read the
Bhagavad Gita and
reflect about how
God created this
universe, everything
else seems so
superfluous.”
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Why ISKCON’s Bhagavad Gita As It is?
Phone gets damaged if you charge
it with a broken cable,
It cannot be used for proper data
transfer either
This is due to lack of contact
between the source and the
receiver
Similarly the message of Krsna
must come via an unbroken chain
of disciplic succession
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Gita is a vast book. A systematic
study of the Gita will take about an
year
In 18 Days we can’t do that.
So,
We are focusing on the flow of
thoughts between Krsna and
Arjuna
Objective : To prepare one for a
deeper study of Gita
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The mood of BG
Arjuna’s bewilderment and appearance of illusion must
be understood to be Krishna’s arrangement.
If not for Arjuna’s confusion and bewilderment there would
have been no necessity for Krishna to speak the Bhagavad
Gita to rescue him. Although Arjuna is the apparent first
listener of the Bhagavad-Gita it is for the benefit of
everyone.
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Arjuna’s indecisiveness
Krishna drove the chariot in midst of both armies.
ght the Battle of Kurukṣetra. He surrendered unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and consequently
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Arjuna’s indecisiveness
Krishna drove the chariot in midst of both armies.
ght the Battle of Kurukṣetra. He surrendered unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and consequently
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Every journey begins with a single step
Let’s begin the Journey into the mysticism of Gita
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Welcome
sarva upanishado gavo,
dogdha gopala-nandanah
partho vatsah su-dhir bhokta,
dugdham gitamritam mahat
he son of Nanda. Arjuna is the calf, the beautiful nectar of the Gita is the milk, and the fo
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ARJUNA VISADA
YOGA
Arjuna’s Yoga of Lamentation
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Different reactions to the same scene
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva
kim akurvata sañjaya
BG 1.1
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dharma-kṣetre
māmakāḥ
pāṇḍavāha
kim akurvata
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“O my teacher,
behold the great
army of the sons
of Pāṇḍu, so
expertly arranged
by your
intelligent
disciple, the son
of Drupada.”
BG 1.3
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1.19
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ
hṛdayāni vyadārayat
nabhaś ca pṛthivīṁ caiva
tumulo ‘bhyanunādayan
The blowing of these different
conchshells became uproarious, and
thus, vibrating both in the sky and on
the earth, it shattered the hearts of
the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
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Dharmaksetra
Divine Chariot
Kapidhwaja
Shankha Nada
Gandiva (Pashupatastra)
Tyakta Jivita
Mokshada Ekadasi
BhagyaLakshmi
Hrsikesa
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• Compassion(BG 1.28)
• No enjoyment(BG 1.31)
• Sin(BG1.36)
• Family traditions(BG 1.45)
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• Indecision(BG 2.6)
Which can you relate to?
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[Link] enjoyment
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[Link] traditions
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Observing The Armies on the Battlefield
Event Reference Keywords
1. Dhrtarastra’s Enquiry 1.1 kim akurvata
2. Duryodhana’s fear 1.2-1.11 mahatīṁ camūm
vyūḍhāṁ
3. Blowing of Conches 1.12-1.19 hṛdayāni vyadārayat
4. Arjuna’s observation 1.20-27 gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt
5. Arjuna’s reasons not to 1.28-1.46 apratīkāram aśastraṁ
fight
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