Why does the Bhagavad-gita immediately after rejecting bodily identity address Arjuna with names which reinforce that very identity?
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Answer Summary: The Gita conveys that we can’t wish away our bodily identity – we have to work our way through it and for that work we can dovetail the impetus coming from our bodily identity. Answer: “You are not the body” is the first lesson given in the Bhagavad-gita (02.13). Yet the very next […]

Which dictionary meaning of the word ‘mind’ does the Gita refer to?
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From Prof Phadnavis: The Oxford Dictionary gives the following meanings of the mind: mind |mʌɪnd| noun 1 the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought: a lot of thoughts ran through my mind. 2 a […]

Does covering our bodies with clothes make us obsessed to see others’ bodies?
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From Jagat Singh P Does suppressing our natural way of life ,artificially wearing the clothes ,doesn’t make us obsessed ,by seeing others bodies .is it not the cause of rape ,animals don’t rape ,there are some tribal adivasi people ,who live naked ,they don’t feel obsessed anymore ,they feel it is quite natural ,and that’s […]

Why do we counter-push against lower modes and not against goodness?
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From Sushant Kulkarni P When our modes of nature (our body, mind) impel us to fulfill sensual desires, we try to counter-push the modes. But, when the same modes impel us to act in a, say, brahminical way we don’t counter-push the modes to try to act in some other way, say, ksatriya’s way. So, […]