Guest guest Posted September 24, 1998 Report Share Posted September 24, 1998 Camp: Sri Sri Nitai-Gauracandra Mandir, ISKCON Perm, Urals, Russia. > Dear Srila Acaryapada, > please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, all > glories to you. > We have a question regarding BG 2, 30-38: > Krishna says to Arjuna that there isn't anything worse than dishonour. > Isn't the idea of dishonour related to the identification with the body, > and in this case with the ksatriya asrama? > Your eternal servants, > Bh. Massimo and Phalasri dd > Vedantakarta (das) HKS (Gomel - BYE) Varnasram is still within the three modes of nature which is related to the Body. Lord Sri Krishna gave a reply to Arjuna on various levels of consciousness starting from the material upto the higher spiritual levels. In other words what Lord Sri Krishna was saying made sense from all points of view. As a Ksatriya Arjuna was duty conscious. He was giving many material reasons why he shouldn't fight, so why shouldn't Lord Sri Krishna give reasons from the same platform to convince Arjuna to fight? Afterwards Lord Sri Krishna gave various higher spiritual reasons like fighting without consideration of winning or losing. I hope that this finds you in good health. Your ever well wisher, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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