Are we indispensable or dispensable?
To think that we are indispensable is an illusion. But to think that we are dispensable is also an illusion. Whenever we have some significant [...]
Gita 02.12 explained
2.11-2.30: counters first argument – compassion – by JnanaBG 2.12na tv evaham jatu nasamna tvam neme janadhipahna caiva na bhavishyamahsarve vayam atah paramSYNONYMSna -- never; [...]
Personhood is innate to consciousness; it’s not a stage of manifestation of consciousness
Some spiritualists hold that our sense of personhood (“I am a person”) is just a stage in the evolution of consciousness – when consciousness evolves [...]
Krishna is our source not chronologically, but ontologically
Some people ask: “If we souls are eternal, as is Krishna, then how can he be our source?” The Bhagavad-gita itself presents both viewpoints before [...]