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Bg. 8
Attaining the Supreme
Bg. 8.1
In this chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa answers different questions from Arjuna, beginning with “What is Brahman?” The Lord also explains karma …
Bg. 8.1
Arjuna has addressed the Supreme Lord as Puruṣottama, Supreme Person, which means that he was putting these questions not simply …
Bg. 8.2
“Lord of sacrifice” may refer to either Indra or Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu is the chief of the primal demigods, including Brahmā …
Bg. 8.2
Arjuna addresses the Lord as Madhusūdana because Kṛṣṇa once killed a demon named Madhu. Actually these questions, which are of …
Bg. 8.2
Now the word prayāṇa-kāle in this verse is very significant because whatever we do in life will be tested at …
Bg. 8.3
Brahman is indestructible and eternally existing, and its constitution is not changed at any time. But beyond Brahman there is …
Bg. 8.3
In Vedic literature the living entity is called jīvātmā and Brahman, but he is never called Para-brahman. The living entity …
Bg. 8.3
The Chāndogya Upaniṣad describes the Vedic sacrificial process. On the sacrificial altar, five kinds of offerings are made into five …
Bg. 8.3
In the process of sacrifice, the living entity makes specific sacrifices to attain specific heavenly planets and consequently reaches them. …
Bg. 8.3
Impersonalist commentators on the Bhagavad-gītā unreasonably assume that Brahman takes the form of jīva in the material world, and to …
Bg. 8.4
The physical nature is constantly changing. Material bodies generally pass through six stages: they are born, they grow, they remain …