Krishna continues,
"Now let us talk about the three levels of courage. The first is the level where the Sattva predominates. In this case the person has absolute control over his organs of the sense, over his mind and over the breath. With his innate discipline he halts their interference and lifts himself to stay stable in the centre of his personality which exists truly in the inner spirit."
The inner spirit or the inner man is the essence of the Divine light which is normally cast to oblivion. But when the Sattva predominates the awareness is raised to the highest level and the lower self understands the presence of the unchanging, unaffected divine light. Once that awareness dawns the man finds the teacher, the guide and the guardian living with him constantly. This inner spirit is an impartial observer who can see things as they are. The mind, the senses and even the intellect cannot be trusted because they are susceptible to external stimuli and cause disorientation and wavering at the time when there is a crisis and important decisions are to be made. We must remember why Krishna emphasizes this aspect of courage . Arjun has lost the will to fight and is at a point when refusal to act will cause a sheer fall down into the abyss. There is a long background of injustice, cruelty and evil to the war that Arjun is about to enter. His senses have sunk to a lowest level at the sight of the elders who are sold to their earthly masters. Even Bhishma has become an instrument in the hands of the evil-minded Duryodhana because Bhishma is bound by a pledge he took in the past to serve whoever occupies the throne of Hastinapur. Justice is at stake.
Arjun is an exceptionally courageous, trained and skilled warrior. He is fighting for a just cause. The kauravas are hell-bent to see them destitute and kneeling in supplication as beggars. There is a long history of humiliation, dishonour, exile behind the situation they have arrived at. Now if the bastion fell that would spell a doom for all.
The principles of philosophy which make the basis of Geeta are all already enunciated in the Vedas and the Upanishads in the times before Geeta came in existence as a part of the main narrative of the epic Mahabharata.
Sattvik Courage leads man to seek the highest potential in him which he normally is unaware of.
"Now let us talk about the three levels of courage. The first is the level where the Sattva predominates. In this case the person has absolute control over his organs of the sense, over his mind and over the breath. With his innate discipline he halts their interference and lifts himself to stay stable in the centre of his personality which exists truly in the inner spirit."
The inner spirit or the inner man is the essence of the Divine light which is normally cast to oblivion. But when the Sattva predominates the awareness is raised to the highest level and the lower self understands the presence of the unchanging, unaffected divine light. Once that awareness dawns the man finds the teacher, the guide and the guardian living with him constantly. This inner spirit is an impartial observer who can see things as they are. The mind, the senses and even the intellect cannot be trusted because they are susceptible to external stimuli and cause disorientation and wavering at the time when there is a crisis and important decisions are to be made. We must remember why Krishna emphasizes this aspect of courage . Arjun has lost the will to fight and is at a point when refusal to act will cause a sheer fall down into the abyss. There is a long background of injustice, cruelty and evil to the war that Arjun is about to enter. His senses have sunk to a lowest level at the sight of the elders who are sold to their earthly masters. Even Bhishma has become an instrument in the hands of the evil-minded Duryodhana because Bhishma is bound by a pledge he took in the past to serve whoever occupies the throne of Hastinapur. Justice is at stake.
Arjun is an exceptionally courageous, trained and skilled warrior. He is fighting for a just cause. The kauravas are hell-bent to see them destitute and kneeling in supplication as beggars. There is a long history of humiliation, dishonour, exile behind the situation they have arrived at. Now if the bastion fell that would spell a doom for all.
The principles of philosophy which make the basis of Geeta are all already enunciated in the Vedas and the Upanishads in the times before Geeta came in existence as a part of the main narrative of the epic Mahabharata.
Sattvik Courage leads man to seek the highest potential in him which he normally is unaware of.
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