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Why negative results in life cannot be attributed to god in the form of blame?
It's all depending on our Karma of this life and past lives. The prarabhda karma which is fructified in current birth has to be suffered and exchausted
Also Ramana Maharshi has mentioned same in God, ...
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Can BG 9.31 slokam which states "Naa mei bhakta pranshyati" be disproved that it is non functional?
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Firstly, none of the verses in our scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita are non-functional. They only need to be understood correctly.
A sadhana-siddha or a jivana-mukta will never ...
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Can BG 9.31 slokam which states "Naa mei bhakta pranshyati" be disproved that it is non functional?
I) Your first question Here, let us assume perish means a Jiva rotting in lower Yonis for eternity never getting a human life for eternity as long as God exists ?( When I say as long as God exists I ...
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Bhagavad Gita reading
Knowledge of the following will give you a head start for reading Bhagavad Gīta.
Sānkhya Darshana(साङ्ख्य दर्शन), authored by Kapila Maharishi(महऋषि कपिल), which delineates an atheistic and strongly ...
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Bhagavad Gita - 3 modes ( Satthva, Tamas, Rajas)
Lord Krishna explains the same truth in different angles and puts forward accordingly because Arjuna was very confused and he had to be clarified.
By comparing both slokas, we arrive at Satva(सत्व) is ...
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Who is the earliest person to mention Bhagavad gita?
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Adi Shankara, in his introduction to Bhagavad Gita bhAshya, mentions of several earlier commentators on the Gita.
तदिदं गीताशास्त्रं समस्तवेदार्थसारसङ्ग्रहभूतं दुर्विज्ञेयार्थम् , ...
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Can Devotees be saved from Destruction such as Durgati or Adhogati?
I) Your first question In Spirituality, is Durgati and Adhogati same as perishing(or destruction) in Spiritual context?
i) Durgati(दुर्गति/துர்க்கதி) means want of , misfortune, poverty, hell.
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Can Devotees be saved from Destruction such as Durgati or Adhogati?
The scriptural source for adhogati is Gita 16.6-20. I am posting two of these verses.
These vicious men, oppressive, cruel and sinful as they are, - are
always hurled down by Me into demoniac wombs ...
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Anger in Hinduism
Mahabharatam (‘Adi Parva’, 11.12, 69) says:
अहिंसा परमॊ धर्मः
ahimsa paramo dharmaḥ
Non-violence is the highest moral virtue.
The Veda too says the following:
mā hinsyāt sarvā bhūtāni
“Do not ...
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Was Sanjaya able to hear the Bhagavad Gita and was he able to see the Vishwarupa of Krishna that Arjuna saw?
Yes. Sanjaya explicitly says that.
Sanjaya said, “I have thus heard this wonderful and thrilling
dialogue between the great souls Vasudeva and Partha. Through the
blessings of Vyasa, I have heard ...
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Does Bhagavad Gita 18.66 suggest that the Gita was spoken by Brahman and not the personal deity Krishna?
A look at the Monier williams dictionary for the word vraj (व्रज्) can clarify things. While the main meaning of व्रज् is "to go", it can also be used differently as indicated below, ...
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is the Moksha Krishna is offering Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita anything other than Advaitic realization?
The other answer addresses the main question. The focus of this answer is this statement -
As far as I know, Krisha in his own words in the Bhagavad-Gita never relates himself to the Vaishnavite ...
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is the Moksha Krishna is offering Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita anything other than Advaitic realization?
Lord Krishna considers Advaitaic realization as only one possibility.
Jnana Yoga is praised.
Power of Divine Knowledge
Even if you happen to be the worst of sinners, you will surely go
across all sin ...
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Does Bhagavad Gita 18.66 suggest that the Gita was spoken by Brahman and not the personal deity Krishna?
It means Krishna is the supreme God and is the ultimate destination of all
As the rainwater goes to the ocean, the followers of Siva, the Sun,
Ganesa, Visnu, so also the worshippers of Sakti come to ...
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Does Bhagavad Gita 18.66 suggest that the Gita was spoken by Brahman and not the personal deity Krishna?
Krishna has said in Anu Gita how he spoke the Gita. He was in a yogic state when he spoke the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna was not in a normal consciousness state when he spoke.
Having been thus addressed, ...
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