sincerely, bhakti 018: The Cure for Meaninglessness

CHAPTER 4, TEXT 7: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself. PURPORT: https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/7/

This video series, "sincerely, bhakti", is my humble attempt to reflect upon the teachings of the ancient epic, The Bhagavad-gita - with translations and commentary by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad - in order to live a more purposeful, meaningful life. I intend to post 100 videos over the course of 2021 on selected verses as I read through the Bhagavad-gita. Thanks for tuning in, feel free to subscribe!

Setting the Scene (from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 2nd Edition)
Although widely published and read by itself, Bhagavad-gītā originally appears as an episode in the Mahābhārata, the epic Sanskrit history of the ancient world. The Mahābhārata tells of events leading up to the present Age of Kali. It was at the beginning of this age, some fifty centuries ago, that Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke Bhagavad-gītā to His friend and devotee Arjuna.

Their discourse – one of the greatest philosophical and religious dialogues known to man – took place just before the onset of war, a great fratricidal conflict between the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and on the opposing side their cousins the Pāṇḍavas, or sons of Pāṇḍu.

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