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Real vs Unreal

What is Real and Unreal in this World?

Reading Time: 3 minutesयं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ |समदु:खसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते || 15|| O Arjun, noblest amongst men, that person who is not affected by happiness and distress, and remains steady in both, becomes eligible for liberation. Bhagvad…

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Sad

From the Gita: How Do We Solve Sadness?

Reading Time: 3 minutesन चैतद्विद्म: कतरन्नो गरीयोयद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयु: |यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्तेऽवस्थिता: प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्रा: || 6|| We do not even know which result of this war is preferable for us—conquering them or being conquered by them.…

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Decision

How Intelligent People Still Make Faulty Decisions

Reading Time: 4 minutesनिमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव |न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे || 31|| O Krishna, killer of the Keshi demon, I only see omens of misfortune. I do not foresee how any good can come from killing my…

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Emotional problem

For an Emotional Problem, Is a Spiritual Solution or an Emotional Solution the Answer?

Reading Time: 3 minutesसञ्जय उवाच |तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् |विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदन: || 1|| Sanjay said: Seeing Arjun overwhelmed with pity, his mind grief-stricken, and his eyes full of tears, Shree Krishna spoke the following words. Bhagvad Gita 2.1 श्रीभगवानुवाच |कुतस्त्वा…

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Arjuna and Duryodhana visit Lord Krishna

How to Make Wise Choices in Life: Let’s Learn From Gita

Reading Time: 5 minutesअर्जुन उवाच |सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत || 21||यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान् |कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे || 22|| arjuna uvāchasenayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’chyutayāvadetān nirīkṣhe ’haṁ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitānkairmayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇa-samudyame Arjun said: O Infallible One, please…

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Krishan telling Arjuna to fight

How Can Sri Krishna, an Incarnation of God, Tell Arjuna to Fight & Kill?

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a verse (Ch. 1, verse 45-46), Arjuna expresses his aversion to killing, even when defending his own life: अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् |यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यता: || 45||यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणय: |धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्…

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