Bhagavad Gita for the beginners: Recent Episodes
krishna kumar dasa
The aim of this channel is to quickly but clearly take you through the purpose, philosophy and spiritual insights of a magnificent book that is over 5000 years old! The intended audience for this podcast are absolute beginners who are curious to know about the ancient wisdom of the East. Our hope is that during the course of these podcasts, you will be inspired to go deeper into your spiritual life and those of others.
Lord Krishna begins to assume the role of a spiritual teacher to Arjuna and starts by urging him to not give into weakness.
Inspired from the texts & purports of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" by His Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
In this podcast, we go through what Arjuna felt when he observed the vast army that gathered at the battlefield of Kurukshetra. This podcast will conclude Chapter 1 which in the book, "Bhagavad Gita As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada" is a collection of 46 verses.
This is the 1st chapter of the Bhagavad Gita which details out the armies on either side, who have gathered at Kurukshetra, to battle it out for the kingdom. One side is led by the wicked Duryodhana and his army is called the Kauravas. The virtuous side is the Pandavas, a team of 5 brothers led by the eldest one called King Yudhistra. His younger brother Arjuna is the main hero through this ancient book. In this podcast, we are quickly dealing with the observations of King Dhrtarastra and Duryodhana.
A quick intro into Bhagavad Gita and some background around the reason why it was spoken. The book and inspiration comes from "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Founder Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement. I hope you enjoy this basic and quick summary of all the 18 chapters of the wonderful and in-depth book of spirituality.