“That which never was, cannot exist, and that which exists, cannot cease to exist. Even the Sun is transient, coming into existence and vanishing. The candle both exists and does not exist, for, when it is burnt, its substance dissolves back into the five elements. Everything which has a name and a form ceases one day to exist in that particular mode, though it does not cease to be a creation of God.”
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
“In the Gita, the author has cleverly made use of the event to teach great truths.”
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
“The first thing to bear in mind is that Arjuna falls into the error of making a distinction between kinsmen and outsiders. Outsiders may be killed even if they are not oppressors, and kinsmen may not be killed even if they are. The”
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
“Even if we believe in non-violence, it would not be proper for us to refuse, through cowardice, to protect the weak. I might be ready to embrace a snake, but, if it comes to bite you, I would kill it to protect you. If Arjuna had forgotten the difference between kinsmen and others and had been so filled with the spirit of non-violence so as to bring about a change of heart in Duryodhana, he would have been another Shri Krishna. However, he believed Duryodhana to be wicked.”
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
“Every seeker has, at one time or another, to pass through a conflict of duties, a heart-churning.”
― The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
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