Last session was interesting. Almost everyone present spoke on their initial take on BG. The primary question that we looked at was : What attitude should we have while studying BG. Couple of contrasting views emerged :
1. One opinion was we should read BG as if we were Arjuna himself - making pariprashna to Krishna.
2. The second opinion was, we cannot compare ourselves with Arjuna and that everyone will take back knowledge/info based on what level of attention they pay.
We also chanted the first 5 shlokas of BG. In the next session, we will be taking each shloka individually for discussion.
It was mentioned that this might be a good opportunity to take up learning Sanskrit (why should we do this?). As we progress through the Chapters, we can also learn meanings of different Sanskrit words and their usage.
My personal goal is to learn to chant BG by rote before we complete discussing the 700 shlokas. Anyone else interested in this?
Regards,
Gopal
1. One opinion was we should read BG as if we were Arjuna himself - making pariprashna to Krishna.
2. The second opinion was, we cannot compare ourselves with Arjuna and that everyone will take back knowledge/info based on what level of attention they pay.
We also chanted the first 5 shlokas of BG. In the next session, we will be taking each shloka individually for discussion.
It was mentioned that this might be a good opportunity to take up learning Sanskrit (why should we do this?). As we progress through the Chapters, we can also learn meanings of different Sanskrit words and their usage.
My personal goal is to learn to chant BG by rote before we complete discussing the 700 shlokas. Anyone else interested in this?
Regards,
Gopal
1 comment:
I am up for committing to memory the entire Gita, but it is definitely going to be a mounain of a task for me.
I also thought we may want to discuss a little about how armies were arrayed for battle and the rules of how battle was started, so that we can get a better picture of the scenario and the people whose names are being mentioned in the first chapter.
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