![]() ![]() When he was pushed to the edge, he finally saw the inherent paradox of life: that there is always a mixture of gain and loss in any human experience and there is never a permanent gain from which lasting happiness ensues. Even though he could gain fame and fortune with a kingdom in his reign, he would have to kill his relatives and archery teachers to do so. Suddenly, Arjuna saw the limitations of gaining the throne and realized that it would never bring him any real happiness. Sensitive Arjuna realized that he would never really be happy even if he fought and won the epic war of good over evil against his cousins who had unjustly taken over the throne. In Chapter 1 we were introduced to Arjuna’s mythological quest to gain the highest happiness-that which is transcendent of duality-based worldly experiences such as gain and loss, pleasure and pain. Here is a brief review of the Bhagavad Gita teachings we have studied thus far: In his mind, he had nowhere else to turn to gain that freedom that he heard and sensed was possible. ![]() Arjuna asked for the teaching from Krishna because he, Arjuna, determined that this vision of oneness would free him from his unbearable grief. Krishna continued this inexplicable teaching to Arjuna who wanted to understand. ![]()
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