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Bhagwad Gita Commentary chapter VIII
Bhagwad Gita shloka VIII.1 Bhagwad Gita Commentary chapter VIII shloka 1 primarily deals with Lord Krishna
satisfactorily replying to the queries of King Arjuna. Unless and
until Arjuna is satisfied and inherently believes in what Lord Krishna
has to say ... there was no point in Krishna extolling the values
of his sayings. One believes the Sacred Scriptures because spiritual
gurus who definitely had a wider spectrum of spiritual knowledge
and thus are considered more experienced than us have written them.
Even if we have neither read or possess any Scripture of any religion
yet we tend to believe in whatever our elders had mentioned in them.
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Bhagwad Gita shloka VIII.5
In Bhagwad Gita Commentary
chapter VIII shloka 5 Lord Krishna extols the virtues of an abiding
faith in the system of God ... this faith when it reaches its climax
makes one see the absolute truth in its entirety ... it is then when
one realizes the true essence of self ... comes face-to-face with
the Almighty God, the Creator of the Cosmos. One can pray to God as
many times as possible ... yet maybe one remains farthest from him
... why? It is not only the prayers that count but it is also the
intensity of the prayers, which count. Quality is more important than
the quantity.
Normally we remember
God only when we encounter a difficulty ... in the times of harmony
we forget to remember God. A true bhakta remembers God all the time
... for him praying to God in full sincerity and intensity ... asking
for none is the true essence of his prayers. One prays to God totally
oblivious of the surrounding circumstances ... not caring even for
the basic necessities of life. It is not very difficult to recognize
a true bhakta from the common masses. Rama Krishna Paramhansa and
Maharishi Ramana ... both were true followers of God. None cared
for anything else then the direct vision of God ... rather they
dwelt in the sweet memories of God all the time.
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Bhagwad Gita shloka VIII.6
In Bhagwad Gita Commentary
chapter VIII shloka 6 Lord Krishna emphasizes on the point that it
is our thought process that governs our destiny of life. People say
one is lucky ... God says, "None is lucky". It is merely the fruits
of karma, which everyone gets in this life. Even if the fruits pertain
to earlier lives ... then also we have no control over it whatsoever.
Every Jiva is imbibed with characteristics owing which one performs
karma in the present life. If our karma is to make a King out of us
... then, we shall become one unless our karma in the present life
does not go against it. The resultant karma at any stage of life is
governing and binding upon us. None can go against it. It is beyond
the prowess of a human being to counter the effects of the resultant
karma.
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Bhagwad Gita shloka VIII.7
In Bhagwad Gita Commentary
chapter VIII shloka 7 Lord Krishna exhorts King Arjuna to fight the
war of Dharma with their cousins King Duryodhana. He emphasizes upon
the fact that it is not a fighting between relatives or human beings
but it is a fight between truthfulness and Adharma. As King Duryodhana
was not following the settled rules of the society there was no other
way than to fight him. King Arjuna could not accept this statement
of Lord Krishna and retorts that it would be totally unbecoming of
him to be the cause of murder of his innocent relatives.
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Bhagwad Gita shloka VIII.8
In Bhagwad Gita Commentary
chapter VIII shloka 8 Lord Krishna extols the virtues that are required
for one to cross the ocean of Samsara. Lord Krishna prevails upon
the fact that placing our full concentration on the Almighty God,
the Creator of the Cosmos after having gained control over the mind
power one must exert himself day and night to have a Darshan of the
Almighty God in its entirety. This was the only path by which one
can attain a vision of the Almighty God.
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