Meditations on Transcendence

  त्रिविध-प्रार्थना: सर्वत्र संरक्षणाय Threefold Prayers for Universal Protection Protection from the Agni Element (Fire): arjuna uvāca kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho bhaktānām abhayaṅkara tvam eko dahyamānānām apavargo 'si saṁsṛteḥ Translation: Arjuna said: "O Krishna, Krishna, mighty-armed one, you are the source of fearlessness for your devotees. You alone are the deliverer of those who suffer in this material existence, the liberator from the cycle of samsara." Protection from Kleśas (Miseries and Afflictions): kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane praṇata-kleśa-nāśāya govindāya namo namaḥ Translation: "Obeisances unto Krishna, son of Vasudeva, the Supreme Soul and Lord, who removes the sufferings of the surrendered souls. I bow again and again to Govinda." Protection from Vāyu (Wind) and Āpa (Water): kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bhāga tvan-nāthaṁ gokulaṁ prabho trātum arhasi devān naḥ kupitād bhakta-vatsala Translation: "O Krishna, Krishna, most exalted one, O Lord of Goku...

Love is beyond everything - beyond just plain existance and knowledge - Infact knowledge is needed to pave way for true love - to understand pure love and obtain nature, attributes in relation to pure love, one has to go thru various experiences in this world with Sri Krishna as our guide, charioter - This is that Arjuna did - Escaping from the world is not advised but at the same it is foolishness to face with world without taking inspiration from the Gita - One has to be armed with the wisdom of the Gita and face life's various intriguing situations - Is our confusion greater than Arjuna's? - who was face to face to kill or get killed by his own Grandfather and cousins, nephwes? We have to encouter such innumerable confusions armed with Sri Krishna's divine wisdom and come out victorious like Pandavas. If one observes the progression in the Gita, the initial chapters stress on knowledge of the soul, its existance uninfluenced by time. Knowledge of the soul is the foundati...