Look Within – Talks on the Bhagavad Gita by Swami Venkatesananda

[Guest guest]

I may not be able to see the whole, total truth (if there is such thing

called `seeing total truth'), but I can definitely see that this

is partial realisation, partial vision – one half seen and another

half not seen.

 

Therefore in the second chapter, Krishna merely confronts Arjuna with

different points of view – look at it this way, look at it that way.

 

Then he says " I know you are worried that you would die and others

would die " . It is possible – not only in war, but in day to day

living – people die all the time.

 

" Jaatasya hi dhruvon mrityurdhruvam janmamritasya cha

 

Tasmaadaparihaaryerthe na tvam shochitumarhasi "

 

" For certain is death for the born and certain is birth for the

dead; therefore, over the inevitable thou should not grieve " .

 

A beautiful argument: " you say you would die and others would die.

Did you ever consider the truth concerning the death – which

everything that is born must die? So what are you worried about? "

 

Is there any sense resisting the inevitable?

 

You can fight against something which you can avoid, but do you mean to

say that by doing something or by not doing something, you are going to

live forever? No.

 

When you see that this is something inevitable, worry and anxiety leave

you.

 

Perhaps you want to live long: if anxiety leaves you, perhaps you will

live long, but being terribly anxious to live long you may kill yourself

overnight.

To be continued..