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Symbolism in the Bhagavad Gita: Battlefield & Chariot
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2017
- In the Gita, the Kurukshetra battlefield symbolically represents the battle between dharma and adharma. It also represents the inner battle between intellect and emotions (buddhi and manas) or between head and heart, which is further explained by the famous chariot metaphor (ratha drishtanta).
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i never understood this subject so clearly as it happened today. Beautiful teaching..
Thanks for your simple but efficient explanation , I have been reading Bagavat gita in TAMIL language since my childhood (70s) but I read again and again even now
What a beautiful explanation around the importance of harmonisation between one’s inner thought process and outer behaviour and the potential pitfalls to consider in daily life. Body - Senses - Mind - Intellect (Buddhi) - Atma.
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Namaskaram, swamiji. I appreciate your knowledge of symbolic meaning of Chariot as described in the Gita and the Katha Upanishad.
Very nicely explained in lucid language appealing to common man !! Thank you Sir!
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BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you for pointing the way to the Bhagavad-Gita
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Can’t be better explanation than this..
Thank you for explaining the Bhagavad Gita so eloquent and simple way.
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We also carry our conscience over from previous lives, which is a great resource for the intellect when it comes to making decisions.
that would be wrong. there isnt your consciouness according to hundism. there is one consciouness. You intellect and mind reflect some of that consciouness and those two happen to transmigrate from body to body, in other words your personality dies. In other words you are conscious of your individuality (Ego) but not of what you truly are. The supreme consciousness.
@@HackTheBeatI think you are confusing 'conscience' with 'consciousness'....
@@gerardo2360Im not confusing anything, it seems to me you are mixing up terms by what you mean and not what the Hindu Scripture mean.
Linga sharira is what carries according to hinduism, in other words your subtle body. You dont carry conscience you are it! reflected by the Ego. Your subtle body reflects the Atma, so if your mind is "small" it seems you are small because consciouness is identified with the small thing.
You dont carry Conscience because you are it. What you carry according to it is an Ego, an Individuality. You only carry what you possess not what you are. If im the bag i dont carry a bag.
What you are talking about is unsconscious memories stored in your mind that your Ego doesnt let you know in this lifetime but Atma knows what your mind carries.
@@HackTheBeatWhen your intuition speaks to you, that is called conscience........conscience is not consciousness! FWIW
My previous reaction was deleted, possibly because of the link I added. But I mentioned that I had just watched a video wherein Swamiji explained this. The video is called "Reincarnation: WHO is it that travels?" Perhaps this will clear out any ignorance or confusions. And you could also address this to Swamiji himself as Q&A request.
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i had to learn to follow my heard. because i tended to be stuck over decisions that can't be resolved by intellect. so frankly, the term 'follow your heard!' is not flawed, it's rather out of place in my humble oppinion (:
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Fortunate to hear your beautiful words swamiji :)
thank You Guruji. Will replay it again and grasp it more
"Now, it will be easy to understand that Bhagavat, being identified with the Supreme Principle, is none other than the unconditioned Soul; and this is true in any case, whether this Soul is considered in the "macrocosmic" order or in the "microcosmic" order, depending on whether one wants to apply it to various points of view; we cannot, of course, think of reproducing all the developments that we have already given elsewhere on this subject. What interests us most directly here is the application that we can call "microcosmic", i.e., the application that is made to each being considered in particular; in this respect, Krishna and Arjuna represent respectively the "Self" and the "me", personality and individuality, which are unconditioned Âtmâ and jîvâtmâ. Krishna's teaching to Arjuna is, from this inner point of view, the supra-rational intellectual intuition by which the "Self" communicates itself to the "me" when it is qualified and prepared in such a way that this communication can actually take place.
It should be noted, for this is of the utmost importance for the matter at hand, that Krishna and Arjuna are represented as riding on the same chariot; this chariot is the "vehicle" of the being envisaged in its state of manifestation; and, while Arjuna fights, Krishna drives the chariot without fighting, that is, without being himself engaged in the action. Indeed, the battle in question symbolizes action, in a quite general way, in a form appropriate to the nature and function of the Kshatriyas, for whom the book is more specifically intended; the battlefield (Kshêtra) is the domain of action, in which the individual develops his possibilities; and this action does not affect the princely, permanent and immutable being, but concerns only the individual "living soul" (jîvâtmâ). The two who are mounted on the same chariot are thus the same as the two birds of which it is spoken in the Upanishads: "Two birds, inseparably united companions residing on the same tree; one eats the fruit of the tree, the other looks without eating". Again, with a different symbolism to represent the action, the first of these two birds is jîvâtmâ, and the second is unconditioned Âtmâ; the same is true of the "two that entered the cave," which is discussed in another text; and if these two are always closely united, it is because they are truly one in the face of absolute reality, for jîvâtmâ is distinguished from Âtmâ only in an illusory mode."
- René Guénon, my translation
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Hundreds of year before Albert Ellis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapists like him came along, we had the therapists giving away free info and guidelines. But we keep screwing up as individuals,families and nations all the same. Wisdom is eternal so is our capacity to remain fools. Roll your eyes Bhagwan,roll them good.:-):-)
That would be cool if another avatar came in our lifetime to set things straight.
Such a clarity in explanation!🙏🏻
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its remind me watching Mahabharata in my childhood with almost whole village people in one room
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Gratitude...."In dealing with complexities of Life...In learning how to Manage our Emotions..."..Focussed //..."me understands..Forgive For Any Fallacy in me.understanding...it implies to me..1.ONE must willfully .to.open.to.listen to TEACHING..2.ONE must Remain..Admitting Ones.weakness.3.The One Must Open.his inner,to ASK for ..Leading..,,4..One must ASK for the Best..it means to me..Admitting Ones..IGNORANCE.,,bhava ...and5.The One Who is the Seeker..must become a True Seeker..and He Must SURRNDER...Begging ...for The Mercy .to Teach..and ,,6.Learner,to Remain,a Student,in Humbless For Ever,,TO RECEIVE ....Pardon.for Fallacy....remaining,me,for correction,,Grattitude...remain.i..DrNanda
Wonderfully explained- esp the Chariot Regards Thanks
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Maharshi, My pranam is to you. If you could start a presentation on Doctrine of Maya clearly, we would know it clearly as there are much misconceptions about Doctrine of Maya.
Thank you, very helpful🙂
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Pranam Swamiji.
Will you kindly explain how to balance between Mann & Buddhi, that is Mind and Intellect?
I feel, the more we are able to balance it, the better our lives are. 🙏
Video Question ❓ Where has the Bhagavad Gita video gone? I love listening to that.
There are many Bhagavad Gita videos on the channel. We just finished the Gita recently, after a couple of years of weekly classes. Now, we're going through a review of it.
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So is the Battle spiritual symbolism.meant for spiritual growth or was it an account for an actual battle.most of vishnu avatars are cleary meant as a symbolic reference.as the boar the lion and the fish avatars.its truly confusing are we not all Avatar in one way or another.
Had Gurdjieff take example from charriot in Gita?
"Lame excuse", indeed, swami. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Hero's Journey Template. The battlefield is our mind and where we go to get our self back from our early life. The Chariot represents the combination of our conscious and higher self working together. Jason sailed in a Ship. Buddha uses a cart. Jesus walks on foot. It's a common motif from antiquity and not unique to Hinduism.
Bhagvat geeta is older than all you mentioned.
@@AJAYSINGH-ns1vv Yes. Thank You. The entire Mahabharata is on that framework as is the Babylonian creation Epic, The Enuma Elish. The template is what is nested in all of it. The religions and mythologies carry it in different packages for different people. I find it fascinating to be able to see a common thread in all of them that their practitioners do not see.
Yes, but what do the non-Hindu religions offer in terms of moksha? They don't tell you what it is, nor do they clear your doubts about it.
At 1:12 the map of India is incorrect.
This is a 6-year-old video. I doubt anyone's going to fix it. Perhaps you should tell us how it's incorrect instead of just saying it's incorrect.
dharma and adharma are not translated as good and evil, but order and chaos.
Yo. I have a doubt. What about Love? The love for someone or God? Unconditional Love? Where does love spring from then? From the head or from the heart? Isn't that a powerful emotion? Isn't God an ocean of Love and Light? How can we love someone from the head when it has always been connected to the heart?
I'm confused Yo! 🙌🙌
Love is an "Emotion", not "knowledge"
This video is about "knowledge".
Unconditional Love, is often (not always) found in Mothers towards their children..... When Love becomes "unconditional" (that is love is non-transactional), then it becomes devotion..... Complete Devotion in Hinduism is called "Bhakti".... And such a path of Union of 'Self' with the 'Supreme' is called "Bhakti Yoga" (Yoga means Union)
There are 4 main types (paths) of Yogas
Bhakti Yoga
Kriya Yoga
Gyan Yoga
Karma Yoga
Watch a small animated story on Yoga here
th-cam.com/video/Wrloqvk5sYg/w-d-xo.html
God is an Ocean of Love and Light?
Is that all?
Ishwara (what you call as God) js an ocean of everything known and unknown to man.
All emotions are "reactions" , and hence they are deemed and seemed to be originating in Heart. But emotions are transeint. And whatever is transeint and impermanent is false, because truth is permanent.
Watch this
May be it'll help
th-cam.com/video/LqVDZJ1Y11c/w-d-xo.html
Facts facts facts! I totally agree to whatever you have just said. Makes complete sense now that I've understood a little bit more about how life Really revolves around us. Beautiful! Thank you. Thank you. :)
Nothing is stationary !!! Not even the Sun!!!
My heart tells me to dedicate my life to dharma, but my parents insist that i go to law school and dedicate my life to money and power. If Swami’s reasoning is correct, i guess i should obey my parents rather than follow my heart. Gurus are great, and can be helpful. But not everything they say is absolute truth.
If your intellect tells you to dedicate your life to dharma you may follow it and if its just emotions give it some time and think again. Consider your parents option but you take the final decision and own it
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