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This movement is strictly based on the sastra and the Vedic knowledge, and the essence of Vedic knowledge is the Bhagavad-gita. And we are presenting as it is

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"this movement is strictly based on the śāstra and the Vedic knowledge, and the essence of Vedic knowledge is the Bhagavad-gītā. And we are presenting as it is"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

This movement is strictly based on the śāstra and the Vedic knowledge, and the essence of Vedic knowledge is the Bhagavad-gītā. And we are presenting as it is. We do not explain Kurukṣetra as this body. There is no meaning. There is no dictionary which means "Kurukṣetra: this body." So Kurukṣetra is a place. Dharmakṣetra, it is a place of religion, or as our Vedic instruction, kurukṣetre dharmān yajayet. You go to Kurukṣetra and perform ritualistic ceremonies, that is recommended. So there is no question of interpreting Kurukṣetra, dharmakṣetra, when you can understand it very easily and directly. There is no use of interpretation. Interpretation is required when you cannot understand one statement. In the law court, if one statement is ambiguous then two parties argue on it: "I think it is this," "I think . . ." But when it is clear, there is no question of interpretation.

When Kṛṣṇa says, dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ (BG 1.1), where is the difficulty? The Kurukṣetra is still there. Everyone knows, there is a railway station of the name Kurukṣetra, and there is a place Kurukṣetra. Now it is being developed by the Hariyana government. So how you can explain Kurukṣetra otherwise? Kurukṣetra is a fact, and it is a dharma-kṣetra. Still many millions of Indians go there to visit. Especially during the solar eclipse occasion they go there. And when Kṛṣṇa was staying on this planet, He, His brother Balarāma, and His sister Subhadrā also visited Kurukṣetra. That ceremony is observed as Ratha-yātrā. Three persons—two brothers and one sister. We are celebrating, introduced this Ratha-yātrā system in the Western countries, and recently we had this festival in New York, very successfully. Perhaps you have read in the paper.

Anyway, this movement is strictly based on the śāstra and the Vedic knowledge, and the essence of Vedic knowledge is the Bhagavad-gītā. And we are presenting as it is. We do not explain Kurukṣetra as this body. There is no meaning. There is no dictionary which means "Kurukṣetra: this body." So Kurukṣetra is a place. Dharmakṣetra, it is a place of religion, or as our Vedic instruction, kurukṣetre dharmān yajayet. You go to Kurukṣetra and perform ritualistic ceremonies, that is recommended. So there is no question of interpreting Kurukṣetra, dharmakṣetra, when you can understand it very easily and directly. There is no use of interpretation. Interpretation is required when you cannot understand one statement. In the law court, if one statement is ambiguous then two parties argue on it: "I think it is this," "I think . . ." But when it is clear, there is no question of interpretation.

Page Title:This movement is strictly based on the sastra and the Vedic knowledge, and the essence of Vedic knowledge is the Bhagavad-gita. And we are presenting as it is
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-08-27, 16:52:31.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1