03
Oct
Krishna Explains How He Gives Memory and Knowledge
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G S Sachin
Where Krishna speaks about giving knowledge
Across the Sanskrit tradition, Krishna is portrayed both as a teacher and as the divine so...
03
Oct
Krishna Declares He Is the Supreme Purusha
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Context: the term Purusha (cosmic person) in Vedic and classical thought
The Sanskrit word purusha often appears in Indian texts to me...
03
Oct
Krishna Explains the Difference Between Perishable and Imperishable
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Context: where Krishna speaks about perishable and imperishable
When Krishna speaks of the “perishable” and the “imperishable,” he is ...
03
Oct
Krishna Declares He Is the Sustainer of All
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Where Krishna makes the claim
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna repeatedly speaks of his relationship to the world in language that many r...
02
Oct
Krishna Explains the Inverted Tree of Material Existence
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Krishna’s image: the inverted tree in the Bhagavad Gītā
In the Bhagavad Gītā (chapter 15, especially verses 1–4), Krishna presents an a...
02
Oct
Krishna Explains How to Cross Beyond Gunas
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Setting the scene
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna frames human psychology through three basic qualities called gunas — the “qualities” t...
02
Oct
Arjuna Asks About the Marks of the Transcendental Person
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Context: where Arjuna’s question appears
The moment comes early in the Bhagavad Gītā when Arjuna — a warrior caught between duty and d...
02
Oct
Krishna Declares the Person Who Transcends the Gunas
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Context: Krishna’s teaching in the Bhagavad Gītā
In the Bhagavad Gītā’s chapter on the three qualities — often called the Guna‑traya‑vi...
02
Oct
Krishna Describes the Effects of Tamas
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What is tamas?
In classical Indian thought, the three gunas — sattva, rajas and tamas — are fundamental qualities that shape mind, beha...
01
Oct
Krishna Explains the Bondage of Rajas
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Context: the three guṇas in the Gītā
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna speaks repeatedly about the three guṇas — basic qualities of nature ...