I read a quote from bhagvad gita that said:-Do ur duty...if u fail...don't be disheartened..start again bcz this time u will not start from 0 ...u will start with experience.
Why do Western authors call Mahabaratha "mythology" but not the Bible? It is the old Western disrespect for non-Jewish-Christian and Islamic religions;
@@iknow2145minorities in India are intolerant and non-secular and also unaccepting of democratic process. They see a push back from the majority naturally. You must read and understand Indian history better before googling for points you want to believe in. Google is a search engine and only gives you what you want to see.
“Do your duty (right thing) without expectation of a reward”. The single statement from Bhagawath GIta that changed my life for the better. 🙏 to Lord Krishna for imparting the wisdom.
@@RationalAgnostic1then you did not understand it's deeper meaning....do you remember the line said by openhymer...now I've become death the destroyer of worlds...
Sorry to say, this is a wrong interpretation. Reward is the result of the KARM . Just do not get attached to the result (+ or-). If positive do not get exuberant, if negative do not fret . Etc. Pl think over again and revise 2/47/& 2/48. Thanks.
You're not a human. This book supports exploitation in the name of hierarchical caste system. Giving privileges to certain sections by birth and condemning others to untouchability, manual labour, denial of education etc. Caste is determined by birth and no body is allowed to step outside their boundaries of caste. They are not allowed to do any other jobs and they are not allowed to marry a person from other castes.
I also red it as a teen.. now 46.. blew my mind .. it was the 1st time I red religious text that truly resonated with my view of the world.. then when I later re red other religious texts I had a totally different understanding of them.. deeper more profound.. yet somehow more scientific.. seeing the universe as fractals.. a holographic universe/emanation of God; Source of all that is.. From the blade of grass to the most complex creatures.
This is what happens when you read such a highly intellectual with subtle concepts without proper commentary text. I’m sure you didn’t even understand even 1% of what was said. Let alone doing it unguided when a teen. Don’t fool yourself. This is a scientific and technological book, not a novel that you read once. Just like a physics textbook you need an accompanying book
@@samuraijack1371Stellar CV notwithstanding, you're betrayed by a surfeit of something approaching cruelty. We will all feel the effects of our behavior on others - on everyone we meet, even rippling out into the lives of those we never know. No external condemnation exists. What happens instead is experiencing the emotion we evoke. My hunch is that you'll find the threat negligible which is probably a mercy. Ebenezer Scrooge epiphanies are rare - at least with happy endings. And yours is already too alone. I wish you light. It's everywhere. Don't be stingy with yourself.
Or an impasse caused by a level of thinking cannot be passed by that level of thinking nor a lower level of thinking, but only by a higher level of thinking the impasse can be overcome.
That's a big claim and this is where a irrational mind always fail to evaluate the real situation. what do you mean by thought as far as i know thought is a logically constructed information of mind or our consciousness which is in our physical mind so thought can't think cause thought it self is a result of thinking. also consciousness is something we haven't understood yet so, we don't know what is our limit. and talking about water and it's limit is simple, it will take a constant amount of volume depending on it's density assuming the temperature is constant. what i just stated is a logically constructed scientific statement without any magical words or irrationality. there are some good words which sounds like wise mystical words which is not a bad thing if you are spreading common sense but who would have thought, that it was making people irrational creating superstitions which leads all kinds of bad things
A beautiful explanation. As a Hindu from India I have always felt that the western world is unable to grasp the true essence of Hinduism. This is the first time I have heard an explanation that gets it right. Thank you.
Ukraine vs Russia , Isreal Vs Palestine... Even after reading or listening to this for thousand times ... Krishna's Words becomes more true and true !!! Just a reminder that you guys came here.
@@abhijeetchavhan37this is all a coping mechanism. We are perfect as in there’s pain and suffering to balance life and love. As nature intends nothing more nothing less
“But because he carries out his appointed place in a society in which it’s his vocation to be a warrior.” This aspect of the Gita changed my life when I realized I could apply all of Krishna’s teachings while in my vocation.
@@myglobalyt yes that's true. His missing years, not mentioned in the bible, was when he travelled to India and learnt from the great Rishi saints in the Himalayas.
Geography and historical facts are not important here, all these ancient stories are an allegory about the god-man, about the man in God, about the one who is beyond the ego
@chetsenior7253 Actually its true, till the time you have not started to search yourself you wont know what you want and you will be lead astray by various influencers telling you what you gotta do. Only when you have done some searching on your own and you figured out your destiny, then the masters or teachers or a book you find will be your true pathfinder. This is not spiritual only logical. This has happened to us all.
Im glad I was born in a temple of Sri Radha manohara in mtl , srila prabhupad with all his grace came to America and went to soon, I feel blessed to have this knowledge and try to be a better man everyday because of it , I want to break free from the reincarnation nightmare and go back to good head after this life, not sure I’ll be able to do it but I’m working hard to remember Sri krsna when the end comes ❤
@benoitpepin5779 Aversion to reincarnation will bring it about. I don't mind another life if that's what is needed to fully realise or not have another life, it's fine. It's fine either way is the wise attitude. Even suffering in life is due to ignorance, given this, why would you desire not to have another life.
"That so long as our conduct is motivated by fear on the one hand, or by desire on the other, we are incapable of performing a truly moral action. Only those actions are truly moral, which are unmotivated." So many quotes full of such wisdom and eternal truth 🙏🙏🙏
I'm 46 and diagnosed just 2 years ago. I share many of your reflections there, had a similar journey. I trained as a teacher, failed a placement for not being involved enough with the 'corporate life of the school', I avoided the big social things. Other reason I failed is tha5 they said I was too formal and office like. They failed me for my autism.
The Raamaayana and the Mahaabhaaratha are “ITHIHAASA”-s. They are not Myths They are nearer to being Epics, but not wholly Epics. The difference lies in the reasons for which an Epic and an Ithihaasa were composed. A dictionary describes an Epic as “ a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.” Like the Illiad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Kalevala, Popol Vuh, they are beautiful story telling of the ancient past in brilliant poetry. But both the Raamaayana and the MahaaBhaaratha are more than just superbly told stories. They are composed to serve as guides to lift the individual human and the communities of humans to higher levels of existence, in thought, speech, and action. Sri Raama is the perfect Man. Shri Seetha Dhevi is the perfect woman. To be like them is what we as ordinary people need to aspire for. The Mahaabhaaratha shows us Human Society as it is, and the individual’s place in it. Every one of us has all the characters of the Mahaabhaaratha within us, interacting, battling, cooperating, with each other. As I sit here, I can see the Mahabharatha being played out inside me, and my continuous struggle to balance between the Right and the Convenient. While at the same time Sri Raama and Seetha are our beacons.
The problem is that Christianity & Islam are Master/Slave religions Think Putin - who rewards his cronies & sycophants, but they must blindly obey & be loyal to him and him only, sing only his praises & only then will they be rewarded That is their God - they are threatened if they explore other religions with an open mind, their "Jealous God" will be angry and won't GIVE them Heaven - eternal pleasures of the flesh So all other religious texts are "works of the devil" It is amazing to see even the best of minds brainwashed so easily
Never mind "If only more people..." Think of The Matrix movie... It only took one person to be truly self-situated in order to change the entire Matrix, for the "laws" of Nature are more like "habits" of Nature and can therefore be upgraded if not broken altogether.
Please adopt the four tiered caste system in your country. It's determined by birth and decides your job or career and you can marry only within your Caste. This is endorsed in Bhagawat Geetha.
Always remember, whatever you say on the internet contributes to the credibility of the community you are representing in a particular instance. I am an Indian and I can with all confident say that Mahabharat was not real and was an epic. I am damn sure that there was an actual war, even the characters were actual humans, there were kings, there was politics and all that stuff. But the supernatural part is for the effect on the reader and helps serve the actual purpose of Mahabharat. The actual purpose being giving teachings, wisdom and ability to think critically. At the end of Mahabharat, the reader is expected to develop the ability to take decisions that are a balance of values and interests and avoid the most common and evil mistakes that mankind has been repeating eversince. Also, geeta aspires the reader to divorce all their emotions, which would include pride which you keep showing. Even respect is not the word that I would use in this case. The correct word would be gratitude, because gratitude can rarely be faked, gratitude helps you in identifying stuff that actually made you a better person, and reject lessons that you deem incorrect. So next time you repeat the sentence that "mahabharat is our history", remember that you actually lower the credibility of indians and individuals belonging to the hindu religion to an uninitiated person.
I knew nothing about Hinduism, if not for a youtube short which lead me to read the whole Bhagavad Gita and I'm astounded. Who said technology was all bad ?
Then I would like to recommend Avadhoot Gita and Niralamba Upanishad, they are most necessary read. They are short and can be find on internet in pdf form.
Everything which Alan Watts said sounded just perfect, excepting the final final conclusion linking survival as the reason to fight the battle. Krishna was not teaching Arjuna on how to survive, but to become alive to Dharma (duty, the higher cause). Thank you for this beautiful composition of Alan Watts talk blended with the Arjuna-Krishna dialogue from Peter Brook's The Mahabharata 🙏
Not to cut you off. Rather to let you know that both your phrasing and Alan's has truth in it. Dharma is balance. Without balance, survival is threatened. Krishna was born to correct the imbalance.❤
@@framhouse2935 Also, Watts is only speaking to the first answer that Krishna gives to Arjuna. Arjuna does not find the answer completely satisfactory, and he asks Krishna to explain again, differently. Which Krishna does several times, finally ending in bhakti yoga. How does one absolve oneself of the karma arising from being a heterotrophic creature (that must kill and consume other things to live)? Do all things in Krishna's name, and you are good to go. However, to me, the truest beauty of the Gita is that this last answer makes no sense to me; it makes no more sense than the first one ("do your duty"). Rather, I am satisfied by Krishna's disquisition on jñāna yoga or rāja yoga. Each can find their answer(s) as best fits them.
@talastra true that. Not everyone was meant to follow A path. I have practiced all the yogs. And yet. ..all of them still ended in bhakti yog. Bhakti yog takes you through all....because life is multidimensional and multiconditional, requiring different yogs at different times. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to find further clarity. 🙏
@@framhouse2935 I will never embrace bhakti yoga as much as I adore Kṛṣṇa. In the Gita, the reason it ends in bhakti yoga is because Arjuna finds none of the previous answers tenable (including the disclosure of Kṛṣṇa’s ultimate form). Therefore, Kṛṣṇa’s provides the "easiest" form of liberation: to do everything in the name of Kṛṣṇa. But I do not understand this instruction; that is, what seems simple and straightforward is not simple and straightforward to me. Maybe in a future life (i.e., tomorrow or a million years from now) it will be, but not now. Instead, I understand jñāna yoga and rāja yoga, and adore Kṛṣṇa for sharing that knowledge with me (or, rather, with us). The reason everything seems to come down to bhakti yoga is because it contains an essential aspect of karma yoga, namely "to do." What karma yoga and bhakti yoga especially share is an imperative to act in a certain way. This is why commentators so often classically link the beginning and the end of the Gita; in karma yoga, you have faith that doing your duty is in alignment with Kṛṣṇa; in bhakti yoga, you act in full knowledge that everything you do is in Kṛṣṇa's name. Just as karma yoga requires nonmotivated action (in effect, that one simply acts), so too with bhakti yoga, and that is why it is alien to me. For better or worse, while I certainly "merely act" throughout the day, my sense of orientation to Reality makes me often pause and wonder, "What am I doing." Just as the injunction of karma yoga ("just do it") is untenable to Arujna and others (even if he ultimately falls into the arms of Kṛṣṇa's bhakti yoga), it is not enough for me to just act. This is not "overthinking" (as one swami says). This is why there is jñāna yoga or the Sivasutras. One may achieve liberation by right ideas and understanding the actual nature of consciousness. This is where I feel my liberation happening. In its own way, of course, to "think" is an action as well (one must have the right-thinking of the right ideas) and so is meditation to understand a form of "action" and doing as well. Karma yoga is the first yoga, because "doing" is the most visible thing about a jiva, it "breathes". But just because "doing" is universal to being, this does not mean the doing of bhakti yoga is the culmination of a chain of yogas. Even when Kṛṣṇa says that bhakti yoga is the best yoga, he seems to mean only that it is the most accessible. (There is much else I would want to say here, but I'll restrain myself.) More importantly, Kṛṣṇa assures us we have freewill, and if I am incorrect to pursue jñāna yoga and rāja yoga in this life, or if I am somehow not acting in the optimally beneficial way for myself, I am making progress, and in the future (this life or some other), I will achieve liberation. As Siddhartha said: "Some run up the mountain. Others trudge slowly up the winding path. But all shall reach the sunlit summit." However, I do not think I can only be liberated in the future after I foreswear jñāna yoga and rāja yoga and embrace bhakti yoga [Maybe I'll think otherwise in the future]. One of the most profound and sustaining beliefs of the Vedanta is that there are multiple routes to salvation (in contrast to all of the intolerant monotheisms and philosophical materialisms and scientism, which insist there is only one way). The idea that bhakti yoga is the "best" or "highest" must be a human misinterpretation of Kṛṣṇa's answers, if we take it to mean the "only" one that everyone should take. It is very clear from the image of a mountain that there are many ways to scale it, many paths. (There are also many ways to fail to ascend the mountain.) When I allow myself to slip back into the intolerant monotheism I was raised in the midst of, I become an emblem of that demonic personality who stands at all of its headwaters, YHWH, and then I am surely lost in that darkness. I will resolutely deny there can only be one path, not only because the Abrahamic myths are anti-spiritual at their root, but even when Kṛṣṇa insists that bhakti yoga is the best or a culmination. No. It is the "best" if the other yogas do not suffice, if one cannot "follow orders" or cannot "still the mind to understand Consciousness and the Self" or cannot Intellectually "grasp" toward the actual nature of Reality. It is well that there are different paths for different people, that we can wander around in confusion for many lifetimes, if necessary, but will still reach the sunlit summit. [Maybe I'll think otherwise in the future. That's for then not now.] In this life, I was born into a country where all food is tamasic, with a rajasic personality, but although I was stepped in its unrelenting ajñāna, I have nevertheless detected some of the the light of liberation. If I take my time getting there, that is not a problem. (Or, if it is a problem, I do not recognize it yet, and being aware that it might be a problem is the first step of awareness.) Meanwhile, Kṛṣṇa is with me all the while, ready to answer my questions when I ask them. :)
My family was very abusive towards me and i used to cry for days.i had no idea how to deal with it.i accepted everything they saud about me as it is.my heart was broken into thousand pieces.i was wandering here and their as dried leaf. Then one day i got bhagwat geeta. I learnt that i need to fight with my family to keep living and to protect my soul from living this body.
@@AleksandrKoshakoffGS Sure he did. He realized after reading Bhagavad Gita that he had to fight his adharmic family even though they were his relatives.
@@indianmilitary Yes often with brothers you might even have to physically fight them to make them realize your strength. Many years I had my brother threaten me, now I see him as enemy as should be. Not a friend.
@@bapparawal2457 There are many very beautiful and uplifting things in it. The dialogue here where Krishna answer's Arjuna's desperate, "Who are you" is one of those. For me, simply hearing a correct exposition of what Brahman indicates moves me emotionally as I feel the bonds of non-liberation being removed.
Think of every “action” as play. There is movement and action, but no “seriousness” in a game played with friends. Krishna says you have the right to actions but not the outcome. After a joyous game, what team you belonged to is irrelevant. A great storm of action was done by all participants, and no one was seriously drowned by the nature of the outcome. Tomorrow we play the game again. So when it comes to desire, have One, not many, and not None. Approach the action as “play”. And you will be acting without being moved by the nature of the outcome. When the game is done, play another one.
If I wasn't motivated to act I'd do bugger all! Why should I? I especially wouldn't go about slaughtering people for no reason. Am I missing something?
@@ianoliver3130 what causes anxiety, fear, and thus stagnation in action, is “motivation with seriousness”. When ancient Indians realized that all is meaningless, since all things living or dead are just manifestations of the one true reality- the Brahman, they became recluses, abandoning the game of life and entering into forests and mountains to be blissed out. Krishna was the catalyst who encouraged people to participate in life again. You are already in the midst of the war of life, so participate. Not motivated by seriousness, but with a fearless, singleminded, playfulness. Of course this allows “action” but there is no motivation to be so seriously attached to the outcome. Abandon “attachment to outcome” is probably being translated as abandon motivation. Just focus on “fearless singleminded playfulness”, for acting with singleminded desire is permitted but serious attachment to outcome is silly for all is infact truly meaningless.
@@ianoliver3130 Your decision not to act is also action in itself. It is not possible for a human not to act. Even the decision not to do something is an action. One cannot escape action, my friend
Whatever else there may be from Alan Watts, by bringing and eloquently putting forward this single piece of vedic knowledge alone, the contribution of Alan Watts to the thought in the so-called West is significant.
Krishna: “No weapon can pierce the Life that informs you. No fire can burn it. No water can drench it. Now I d can make it dry. Have no fear. And rise up. Because I love you. Now you can dominate your mysterious and incomprehensible Spirit. You can see its other side. Act as you must act. I myself am never without action. Rise up.” Arjuna: “My illusion is dissolved.”
What I think is the Truth must be respected and the lies shall be banished from the world,The person of Lies must be banished,The problem with Lies is that it divides people into Their religion,but the Truth Unites.If i ask what is the Nature of God? what does he/she /it look?like people may say their own opinion or what religion has taught them but they will never talk from experience about God because none of them have experienced God they have just read about God.Muslim's may say that Allah is God he has got no form and sends his messengers known as Prophets to guide Humanity,Hindu's Say:Vishnu is God,He preserves the Universe,His skin colour is Black, He's got four Arms,Sudarshan Chakra(His celestial weapon)in one of his hand,Garuda as his mount,Laxmi as his wife...etc.He takes Avatar at Various times to Save Dharma(Righteousness) when humanity becomes a threat to Humanity itself.,But a Shivaite will agree on Vishnu's Existence but will disagree on him being the supreme God,He will say: Shiva is the Supreme God,He is the source of the universe and at the end destroyes it when it's is time for the Dissolution.He has given Vishnu the Duty to preserve the universe in between this creation and Destruction.A Christian will say:Oh no non no,No Allah,No Vishnu,No Shiva,but God is God and we don't know him but we know his Son: Jesus.When sins fall of humanity God sends Jesus to guide Humanity to Clear it's Sins.etc etc etc......Then Buddhists will say:shut you crap,there is no god but only enlightenment. They(These Religion )will quarrel with each or even fight with each other over the nature and existence of God ,whom they haven't seen or experienced so can't test who god is and what he looks like.But if I ask these same set of religion people that when you feel Thirsty what quenches your Thirst? They all answer water,the word they use for water in their language might be different but Their experience of water is same.Not single person will disagree,Leave humans even Animals,Birds,ants will agree that Water quenches their thirst,So god is not something that must be talked/discussed about or preached about he/she/it must Be experienced for each individual,That is the truth of God for each individual that exists on Earth or out of it,if it exists inside the universe or outside it the experience of God will be the same.As I may ask Japanese what quenches your Thirst?he will say"Mizu" which is Japanese word for water,I will ask An Indian what quenches your thirst? he will reply"Paani" which is Hindi/Indian word for Water,..If I ask An American what quenches your Thirst? He will reply water.But the biggest player in this Game of Religion is God himself/herself/itself hiding in the plain site and enjoying this fight and massacre between people cause he/she/it knows that the people that were fighting were not even interested in God they were interested in Their ego being satisfied.So god is like:Let them right.The one who is truly interested in God is busy searching for God
Religions should not be respected just because they are labelled 'religion'. Respect should be granted or withheld on the basis of the content of the doctrine. If one must respect something because it is so ordered, then the concept of respect is annihilated. I think Krishna would agree with me there.
"Act without motive" and the subsequent reasoning that follows in this video is one of the most profound things I have ever heard till date. I have no words to describe how satisfied I am to hear this ultimate truth about mankind. It feels as if I have just found a missing piece of jigsaw in my life.
The amount of talks by Alan watts that have music behind them just show how much stimulation the mind needs these days,a simple discussion just isnt enough
That was a great explanation. Like many important spiritual works, the Gita's meaning unfolds throughout our lifetime. Explanations like this can be so helpful and meditative ❤
As for whom, even ancient Vedic systems like mimamsa have established that Vedic stories, names and characters are to be understood metaphorically and allegorically and have no real basis. If you study the ancient Indian scriptures we can also see the pattern of how many stories were created and often one story is a plagiarism of another enhanced with new Gods and characters and events. Puranic stories is such a mixture of stories from different cultures, tribes. They are mostly all mythology and perhaps some have a basis in some historical events.
Beautiful anegorical explanation... Every individual has kurukshetra inside of them and everyone is in turmoil over the inner kurukshetra... The bhagavatam Geeta will make sure you win this battle conquer yourself You will eventually gain moksh..the ultimate freedom.
Ahhhhhh - This version of the Bhagwat Gita resonated with me, like no other before it!! There are very few "Beautiful Minds" that I have come to revere!! Mahatma Gandhi, is my all time favorite, and Alan Watts is yet another!! Not only his master mind beautiful, but so is his English (accent, connotation, vocabulary & flawless grammar). He also knew better than to mis-pronounce Hindi/Sanskrit words, that have so much reverence!! That said, I wish he had used an Indian to play Arjuna, instead of this voice who sounds Arabic instead of Hindustani - L😆L!? LOVED: "So long as we have a motive, our actions are not actions. They are simply reactions". 🙏THANK You Wake Up Humanity (Lovely Name) for uploading this master piece - Namaste from USA✌!!
I loved these: "Victory and defeat are the same. Seek detachment. Fight without desire. Renunciation is not enough. In the heart of action, remain free from all attachment." #BhagavadGita #HareKrsna #Arjuna #JaiSriSaiRaam #Kree4Sai 💖 #PerthWA
That's not what Krishna said. Arjuna's objection to the war was based on attachment to a materialistic conception of reality. Arjuna's duty as a warrior is to fight, and Arjuna's duty to Krishna is to fight for Him. The soul is eternal. If a soul strays into darkness then it is the duty of the enlightened warrior to end its suffering, for the good of all. Everyone on the battlefield was liberated, and the removal of impious rulers made the burden of material life easier for generations to come. Arjuna was lamenting over familial ties, which are temporary designations is this life only. The duty to dharma is enduring whereas the temporary material designations are not.
Thank you, I Agree and another wrinkle but important side note for others, Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu brutally, unfairly killed in battle by the opposition. This event fully engaged Arjuna, Pandavas will to fight. A master plan as it were.
As a person who is born in a Muslim family, I've always kept a special love for Bhagavad Gita. I've managed to use time to create this video and I hope I can picture a bit the beauty of this beautiful book of wisdom. This is a Videobook and I created this for the love of Bhagavad Gita. There are many ancient scriptures, but Bhagavad Gita is more ancient than its given date. The beauty of this book is, it's not religious. This is my personal fundings that Hinduism and the Bhagavad Gita is not based on a particular religion. It's a philosophy book of all the time. Philosophy did not begin from Greek with Socrates and Aristotle. It's older than them and the deepest human thoughts raised from the Himalayan part of the earth. Starting from language, art, philosophy and Vedic science. It's wonderful that a book of wisdom applied in millions of people's lives for thousands of years until today and it doesn't create any harm to anyone. It's a book that makes you overcome in the battle of life and keeps you stay in love and other living beings. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uni4q3IIRxQ.html
I've read it, I wouldn't want to spoil your beliefs with my findings, the gita mahabharata yoga sutras Quran torah bible iching shamanism, I have read and rejected
Watt's is missing the essence of the Gita here. The brothers and cousins Arjuna has to fight and kill are a metaphor for Arjuna's character flaws that must be slain if Arjuna is to attain Krishna consciousness, oneness-with-God, and enlightenment. These character flaws are like dear friends to Arjuna - attachments to wealth, fame, sex - what have you. But they must be slain for him to attain enlightenment.
krishna = your soul arjun = your 3d body krishna controls 5 horses which are nothing but our 5 senses. we are all gods. once you know this itll all make sense.
@@kkja0 first of all Krishna is Consciousness free from attachment not soul, Arjun is doubtful soul, soul means Body identified Consciousness. Now the Source - Niralamba Upanishad, Avadhoot Gita
Yeah, but it's always been thus, dammit. Sure, tiny shining exceptions lurk in the past. We all see bits of good. As Watts mentions, there's Gandhi. I could add Marcus Aurelius or a sliver of Jimmy Carter. In the end? High tide covers us all. And it takes energy to even hope these days. Resurrections and wise warriors are no longer extant, yet heroes are fledging somewhere... right now. And we'll all find each other... for it is written. Paz y luz. ✨
Robert Oppenheimer who oversaw the creation of the atomic bomb actually quoted the Baghavad Gita after the first test bomb was detonated. A lot of them are very aware of these teachings.. they probably believe that war and peace are ultimately the same thing and that it all doesn't matter.
Nothing really wise going on here. It's pseudo wisdom, which seems wise because of the romantic language it is cast within. The ideas are horrific and nonsensical, simultaneously.
Wow great commentary as someone who’s read the Gita once this is why recommend continuous study. I never understand the fruit of action thing until watching commentaries like this and I saw Dr.K also talk about it.
Someone said it seems impossible to act without motive,(western way as Alan watt pointed in video) It’s definitely possible to act without motive, Eg a kid running after butterflies has no motive, when an artist is playing or dancing, he/she has no motive, u will find so many examples and stories,of acting without motive , in eastern traditions, In present day , before we do some activity we think ,plan,analyse, optimize , what to do , what not to do, we calculate a lot before doing anything… this is exactly where we miss.. instead if we just let our natural self be… that is where real genius and bliss exists
The Gita does not say "Act without a motive " really. It says "Act with wisdom and for the good of yourself and your people, while detaching yourself from the fruits of that action". You are somewhat correct in the sense that one should not get attached to what one might gain from acting, but that doesn't mean one should Act without a reason to act
This happens automatically after a person dies or has a NDE... ALL that I've talked with have said the same..."I'm no longer afraid of death" ...becus it doesn't end there! But you'll find out...
@@jessabrooks-well even then it’s more about the attachment to the world you are leaving behind. You can know what’s on the other side and still not want to die
Duty is only required for those who are attached to their material identity. Sri Krsna teaches Arjuna that we are not our bodies but are in fact sparks of consciousness, and realizing that fact we are no longer bound by our worldly dharma though we will still perform it as an example for others. Sarva-dharman parityajya: give up [attachment to] all material dharma and just surrender to me.
@@Caitanyadasa1081. "Duty is only required for those who are attached to their material identity" nah. Sri Krishna wasn't talking about a 9 to 5 job 'duty" to buy expensive SUVs and go on vacations . He was talking about the dharmic duty of a warrior to wage a war against ' 'adharmic" people who create instability and disharmony in a society/country/environment. 2. "Sparks of consciousness" nah Krishna was talking about athma - the immortal and omnipresent self. Consciousness is just an attribute of athma just like heat is an attribute of fire and the sun. Athma (beyond space and time) is the impassive experiencer (through its conscious field which connects everything within space and time in which all perpetual duality cycles of nature happen) and not the doer. 3. "we will still perform it as an example for others" "example for others" which means you are still doing something by being an "example". But Krishna wasn't talking about it. He said "inaction in action" or despite action one should not create karmic imprints by not getting caught in any mental opposites of life including abstain/be an example etc.In other words, perform your dharmic duty like a Jadaa (emotionless) or with an equanimous manas which mimics the impassive experiencer and not the doer attributes of athma. This is union or karma yoga 4. Sarva-dharman parityajya: it simply means, "mimic" your real immortal self (athma) which is beyond all gunas or inaction in action so that karmic imprints are not created and reincarnation stops despite action within the material realm or pursuit of matter. e.g. Earn 10 rupees but give 5 rupees to your society and keep the rest to yourself so that you don't get caught in profit/loss opposites.
A message from an european to India: Bhagavad Gita is in my opinion, the greatest work of litterature in history. Take pride in it. Please do not forget that we have a common heritage - the indo-european one. Words can not describe my admiration for the vedic tradition - from the upanishads to the Gita. Take care 🇪🇺🤝🇮🇳
I want people to be aware of other Gitās - Rām Gitā, Ashtāvakra Gitā, Avadhuta Gitā, Ribhu Gitā, Uttarā Gitā, more. Sanatan Dharma is an endless Ocean. ।। ॐ नमः शिवाय, ॐ शिव गोरख ।।
Alan had (still does) the capacity to make clear any subject he represented. Though he wasn't a guru, in real sense of the words, he certanly was an illuminated person. He was enjoyable to read and to listen.
A great lecture. Finally, an adequate lecture on Bhagavat Gita. All Indian lectures I found (and I search and search) were deeply disappointing, as those gurus use the concepts that are themselves Christianity-influenced, such as "soul" etc. This stupid idea of soul does not exist in Mahabharata at all. This pollution is very upsetting. The other problem is the shallowness of the commentators and interpretations, their moralizing and preaching, that prevail . Bhagavad Gita is not moralizing at all, it is not flat, it does not preach, does not tell one what to do. It is so much, infinitely greater than those modern fools interpreting it.
Fear of war causes war. Think of Cold war. Still one must act (in this case war) for righteousness. Not to gain anything, just to save righteousness, i.e. Dharma.
People fail to understand the teachings of this book , mainly because of the reason that dead, killing, or dying is a circumstance that has to be avoided at all times. The greater picture is that all that does not matter if done with selfless intention and not by trying to figure what gain lies in that.
By performing all activities selflessly it helps us to tame our ego and what lies behind that ego is your true self ,which is the self in all In that context where is mine yours ,we are all one in that state of oneness
That may be all very well, but deporting poor desperate asylum seekers to Rwanda doesn't sit well with me and I am certainly motivated to do something about it.
@@marcosul3992 yeah, tell that to the shivering, frightened, hungry refugees from torture and war as they stumble off the rubber dinghies onto the freezing shores of the south coast of UK.
@@josephpchajek2685 And you're nobody, the only reason anybody would ever talk about you is because you made some meaningless youtube comment about someone who actually matters. Who cares anyway? Your faults aren't known, because like everything else about you, they just don't matter.
If I'm not mistaken, westerners tend to believe all of us Hindus are scammers, or at least that is what most of them say. Could you please clarify this for me? Thank you.
Alan Watts shares his wisdom from his beautiful voice and knowledge; unfortunately, this cannot raise man's consciousness and character by reading or listening alone. There must be a desire to know thyself first, to know and understand our nature, and emotions. The ego mind and the belief in free will is a great obstacle to true knowledge. WayofSpinoza
The ego is for transacting withh the outside world of objects,which the mind gives a certain value to those objects The problem is we become so extrovert that we fail to introspect about the factor within us which gives us the existance This is the deficiency of physical science It simply describes but do not explain
@@namaste0128 That's not really an answer to the question: is there free will? Are the choices u make in life really ur choice - or do they seem that way because of ur ego?
If the person was reading and listening alone would they not already have the desire in them to know thyself. It’s all steppingstone don’t be so serious about it
I find Hinduism to very relatable to my own philosophy on the world that I learned through many years of pain, reflection, love and connection of consequence. I later managed to somehow get into a deep conversation in my mid 20’s and he thought I was a Buddha and I found that interesting for a few reasons But It’s very nice to find others who can understand too, because it’s very lonely haha
