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THE BHAGAVAD GITA SIMPLIFIED. This was so cool. I had to share it. Enjoy and tell me what you think. Peace :)

Why do you worry without cause? Whom do you fear without reason? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born, nor does it die. Whatever happened, happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever will happen, will also happen for the good only. You need not have any regrets for the past. You need not worry for the future. The present is happening...right now. What did you lose that you cry about? What did you bring with you, which you think you have lost? What did you produce, which you think got destroyed? You did not bring anything - whatever you have, you received from here. Whatever you have given, you have given only here. Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to Him. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed. What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else the day after tomorrow. You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours. It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrows. "Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to Him. You came with nothing, you will leave with nothing." Change is the law of the universe. What you think of as death, is indeed life. In one instance you can be a millionaire, and in the other instance, you can be steeped in poverty. Yours and mine, big and small - erase these ideas from your mind. Then everything is yours and you belong to everyone. This body is not yours, neither are you of the body. The body is made of fire, water, air, earth and ether, and will disappear into these elements. But the soul is permanent - so who are you?

applegrass
applegrass - 4 months ago

@Billass Could be... what you say about the soul. However, I don't think it needs to be mutually exclusive, nor an aside to particle physics/the universe. I genuinely believe they point to/are in reality the exact same things. Lots of love (love could very well be that thing... pet physics theory).

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Billass
Billass - 4 months ago

@applegrass I love the way you read that and connected it to particle physics! I think you are right, but I also think the soul is real, in a real, literal and, more-permanent-than-the-universe sense.

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Luiz
Luiz - 4 months ago

You forgot to mention that Krsna presents Him self as the Supreme Perdonality of Godhead in Bhagavad Gita. Also His teachings shows that we individual souls are His eternal fragmentary parts egual to Him in quality but different in quantity.

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applegrass
applegrass - 4 months ago

@zamfir All right... humour me for a bit here. Imagine you're a 14th century mystic/alchemist, who *gets* particle physics... you understand (nevermind how just for the moment) that everything we interact with is made of elements too small for us to see. Now, how in the world would you go about convincing your other 14th centurions that you are right about this theory? Considering you'd be hanged as a heretic for merely claiming the earth revolved around the sun instead of the other way around, the rational knowledge-base just isn't there for other to deduce the same conclusion.
So what's a noble pre-chemist to do? Couching your theories in flowery, metaphoric god-speak seems like an easy out, imo, especially b/c you don't even have a sophisticated enough language to describe what you know. Can you have a little empathy for these writers?
Oh and btw... that conservation of energy stuff is a powerful theory indeed, especially for modern science. We don't even fully grasp what animates life or bonds basic matter. So how are we to deduce where human energy goes after 'death,' assuming matter/energy really isn't created or destroyed (only transfered)? You said in another post that all good things have a beginning, middle, and end. True, if by 'things' you mean 'forms.' Remember... what/who you 'are' doesn't ever go away, merely changes. That's basically what the Gita says; all the rest is flowery god-speak. Love you Charlie (sorry... not your tuna, tho).

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sandspirit
sandspirit - 4 months ago

You find this in India as a kind of mini poster with the caption "THE ESSENCE OF BHAGAVAD GITA" in several regional languages across the country. Indeed a great eye opener for ordinary mortals!

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zamfir
zamfir - 4 months ago

@applegrass There's a lot of other stuff in there beside just that.

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applegrass
applegrass - 4 months ago

@zamfir *sigh* Matter (energy) is neither created nor distroyed; it merely changes form... just b/c something is phrased with a bit of flower power, doesn't mean it isn't scientifically valid, silly Unicorn.

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zamfir
zamfir - 4 months ago

No offense, but it sounds pretty hippy-dippy. Fire, water, earth and ether? Yeah... No.

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