Stories of Sacred Journey

  We have seen in the fourth chapter, Shri Krishna has perplexed Arjun, about the importance of both work in devotion and inaction in knowledge. The fifth chapter of Bhagavad Gita is about practicality of Shri Krishna consciousness, generally known as Karma- Yoga . The Shri Krishna consciousness tells about the complete knowledge of the lord as the pre-dominator. The Krishna consciousness is related to Bhakti -Yoga ,  and Jnana - Yoga is a path leading to Bhakti -Yoga . The real meaning of Shri Krishna consciousness is to work with dedication, because of which our relation with our mind stays at peace with our knowledge and the perfection of this consciousness is the actual knowledge of Shri Krishna.  When we talk about the Shri Krishna consciousness, it takes us into the spiritual life. A person who doesn't desire the fruits of his activities is called renowned person ( Santulit Vyakti ). Also the person who works in devotion, can never be entangled, while a greedy pers...

  The journey from the first chapter to the fourth chapter is anyhow integrating or turning our personality gradually in higher levels. The first chapter tells about selfish behavior where we can see benefits in all the actions. But as we move towards the second and the third chapter, we are introduced to the 'Nishkam Karma'  that is desire-less action. The fourth chapter explains different aspects of transcendental knowledge. The spiritual knowledge of the soul, god and their relationship, both are pure and liberate.  Shri Krishna first explains that one should attain knowledge as a student, then take it as an appearance and then as a mission. Shri Krishna says that your devotional service is his final goal. Next, Shri Krishna explains about the soul's relationship with Arjun as an eternal body. Here Shri Krishna glorifies transcendental knowledge and requests Arjun to arm himself with his knowledge, which will burn all sinful reactions to ashes and will give him hope to...