Same metaphor, opposite interpretations
Ocean metaphors for liberation are used by both impersonalists and personalists, but in significantly different ways. Impersonalists hold that our consciousness is like a drop, [...]
Think ocean, think big
An ocean metaphor for meaningful life and successful death is given in the Bhagavad Gita 11.28 and 29, where it states that the death of [...]
Gita 11.28 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.28 yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo [...]
How Krishna addresses Arjuna’s apprehensions about the death of Bhishma
In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna describes the death of the assembled warriors using two metaphors: they are like rivers entering into an ocean (11.28) and like [...]