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Translatorās Preface In Vietnam when I was twenty-one a hand grenade or mortar round--the circumstances made it difficult to determine which--blew me into a clear and brilliant blackness. For the next thirty-seven years that glimpse of infinite emptiness, so intimate, so familiar, kept...
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When I was 3-4 years into my Tai chi journey, my first teacher's recommendation of "letting go" became very real for me. I realized that I had to "let go", in order to become empty (which is a big deal for tai chi/dao people) The baffling thing for me was, "How do I let go?" I'd...
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Gita 2nd chapter talks about "stitha prajna" in length -- beautiful words on being steadfast, unshakeable. Not letting external factors (example: as simple as weather -- seedoshna ) affecting the inner core, resulting in suka and dukha. Letting them happen at surface level, sounds easier said tha...
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I know that there are many gitas in the puranas. Evern Krishna has given at least one more gita. The uttara gita, I think it was given to Uddhava. I have even a book on the Bhikshu Gita. That's right, a Gita given by a beggar or a mendicant, that imparts knowledge. Doesn't matter who imparts kn...
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Swadharma - performing activities according to one's inherent nature?
s1va posted a topic in General Discussion
The above verses from bhagavad gita, one from chapter 3 and the other from chapter 18, look the same to me. Anyway, the message conveyed it seems to be is to perform activities (all in the world in accordance with one's one inherent nature. It says, better die, than doing something that is not nat...