18
Sep
Krishna’s Rebuke In Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 At Kurukshetra
Context: Arjuna’s Crisis on the Battlefield
The scene is Kurukṣetra, the great plain where the Mahābhārata’s climactic war is about to...
18
Sep
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1: Arjuna’s Refusal at Kurukshetra
Context on the battlefield
The scene is one of the most widely known set pieces in Indian sacred literature: the plain of Kurukṣetra, ...
17
Sep
Arjuna At Kurukshetra Why He Refused To Kill Bhishma
Context: Arjuna’s crisis on the battlefield
The episode appears in the Mahabharata’s Bhishma Parva and is condensed in the Bhagavad Git...
17
Sep
Arjuna’s Warning in Bhishma Parva: How War Destroys Dharma
Opening: where Arjuna voices a wider fear
In the Bhagavad Gītā — the dialog set in the heart of the Mahābhārata war — Arjuna articulat...
17
Sep
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1: Arjuna on Kuladharma and Lineage
Setting: Arjuna’s crisis on the battlefield
In the opening chapter of the Bhagavadgītā, the warrior Arjuna describes a moral and emotio...
17
Sep
Arjuna Refuses to Fight on Kurukshetra in Chapter 1
Arjuna refuses to fight: the scene on the battlefield
The episode begins on the plain of Kurukṣetra, just before the great battle betw...
17
Sep
Arjuna’s Trembling Hands On Kurukshetra, Chapter 1
The moment on the Kurukṣetra field
The image is stark and deliberate: on the brink of war, Arjuna — the great archer, the Pandava prin...
16
Sep
Arjuna’s Crisis on Kurukshetra: Seeing Teachers and Kin
Scene on the Battlefield — Arjuna’s Vision of Teachers, Elders and Friends
In the opening chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā, often called V...
16
Sep
Arjuna’s Request at Kurukshetra That Opens the Bhagavad Gita
The scene at the field: what Arjuna asks
In the opening moments of the Bhagavad Gītā episode within the Bhīṣma Parva of the Mahābhārat...
14
Sep
Hare Krishna Mahamantra: The 16-Word Chant Explained
What the Hare Krishna Mahamantra is
The phrase commonly called the Mahamantra — “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,...