He means that he who surrenders to the Divine completely is delivered by Him from all Ignorance that is at the root of all suffering,
Sri Aurobindo and Sri Krishna being the Avatars of the Supreme are, conscious descents of Sacchidananda. So too with Radha Ma and the Mother. But
Sri Krishna’s main work of securing the reign of Dharma and establishing a unified Bharatvarsha was over with the Mahabharata War. When the gods asked
These are two different but interconnected systems. In the image of the Upanishad, Brahman is fourfold, Virat is material existence with Brahma as the Godhead.
Yes it is indeed interesting that it is Arjuna who has been chosen by the supreme Godhead for revealing his grand Viswaroopa and not some
Yashoda Maa, though she (and Devaki) were made to forget this. The gopa and gopis and of course Maa Radha knew his secret. Akrura and
This is one of the classic examples of how false narratives are built. This incidence often quoted to justify the War, though a ridiculous and
First of all there is a great difference between Arjuna and any other warrior in the Kurukshetra war, be it Abhimanyu, the five sons of
As far as we know, if we take into account the Mahabharata and the Bhagawat, Sri Krishna never lied. Nor did he try to manipulate
If we take the facts that it takes about 2 hours to recite the Gita, then it seems very likely that it was given on
Because he wanted to prepare the Pandavas; he wanted them to achieve victory rightly and uphold the principles of Dharma. If they had not been
Durga is very much an aspect of the Divine Mother just as the great Gods Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma and the rest. In fact seen from
Sri Krishna was way ahead of his times. He came to show how one can live normally and yet in freedom and delight. But mankind
The Western world today is sunk deep into scientific materialism and hence it regards only these things as true that can be seen, heard, touched,
Yudhishthira’s situation shows that even a man of virtues can make errors and mistakes. Great individuals can commit great errors. Yudhishthira made a significant mistake
Because the entire Kuru clan had to be destroyed. Draupadi was not only born to be an empress or a samragyi she was born with
There is a significant lesson to learn here. First of all dharma is not a set of arbitrary man made rules based on fixed human
The story of Radha and Krishna is a profound mystic tale of the love of the human soul and the Divine. Radha is the personification
