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Why Do We Become Angry: Bhagavad Gita Answers

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Bhagavad Gita Verse 2.62 Describes the Reasons of Anger Generation.  Why do we become angry? There are many theories about it. We shall see what Bhagwad Geeta has to say about anger so that it can be managed successfully. Bhagwad Geeta describes generation of anger in the following verse and says that anger is linked to our contemplation. ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः संगस्तेषूपजायते । संगात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥ 2.62 ॥  " While contemplating the objects of the senses,  a person develops attachment for them, and  from such attachment lust develops, and  from lust anger arises."    The verse has four parts and we shall see them part by part. 1. WHILE CONTEMPLATING THE OBJECTS OF SENSES ( ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः ). Contemplation of objects Scriptures say our mind is always engaged in these subjects- eating, sleeping, defending & sex and improving their conditions. Mind a...

Bhagavad Gita: Old Manuscripts Collections

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Pictures of the oldest surviving manuscripts of Bhagavad Gita that can be found in different museums and libraries around the world are presented here. The copies are from 15th Century CE onwards. World’s Largest Bhagavad Gita at ISKCON Temple, Delhi. Largest Bhagvad Gita   It weighs 800kg, 2m x 2.8m, has gems embedded on the cover. The book was printed in Milan, Italy, on YUPO synthetic paper, which is untearable and waterproof and can easily last 300-400 years. It is comprised of 670 pages & It includes all 700 Sanskrit verses, 18 full-page color illustrations, and the commentary of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON.   15th Century The Digital Version of Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 32, 79 This is the Oldest manuscript of the Bhagavad Gita, dated to 1492, original currently kept in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Text of original inscribed on 83 palm leaves, both recto and verso. Images and English tra...

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