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What is Kshetra and Kshetragya?
Updated: April 25, 2019 21:06 IST. In chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna refers to the body as kshetra (field), said Valayapet Ramachariar in a discourse. Kshetragna is the one who understands the nature of this field. A person who knows that the body is not the atma is a kshetragna.
What was kshethra?
(Hinduism) A holy precinct or temenos.
What does the Bhagavad Gita teach about bhakti yoga in Chapter 12?
The answer: “The Blessed Lord said: Those who fix their minds on Me and always engage in My devotion with steadfast faith, I consider them to be the best yogis.” The answer is that saguNa bhakti, or loving that which has name, form and attributes is better. saguNa bhakti is more natural.
What is the name of Chapter 13 in Bhagavad Gita?
: The Field and Its Knower
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 13 : The Field and Its Knower | Summary.
What is the meaning of Kshetra in Sanskrit?
Kshetra. A pilgrimage place or location in some Hindu texts is also referred to as Kshetra (IAST: kṣētra, Sanskrit: क्षेत्र), literally any “field, area, tract of land”. A kshetra denotes a holy precinct or temenos.
Which one is Krishna’s eternal form?
Goloka (Sanskrit: गोलोक) or Goloka Vrindavan (IAST: Goloka Vṛndāvana) is the eternal supreme abode of the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha.
How many major Upanishads are there?
There are over 200 Upanishads but the traditional number is 108. Of them, only 10 are the principal Upanishads: Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashan, Mundaka, Mandukya, Tattiriya, Aitareya, Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka.
Which are the four Varnas?
The varnas have been known since a hymn in the Rigveda (the oldest surviving Indian text) that portrays the Brahman (priest), the Kshatriya (noble), the Vaishya (commoner), and the Shudra (servant) issued forth at creation from the mouth, arms, thighs, and feet of the primeval person (purusha).
What is the name of Chapter 12 in Bhagavad Gita?
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 12 : The Yoga of Devotion | Summary.
Who is the real Enjoyer as per Bhagavad Gita?
The Self, the real knower, is ever uninvolved in the shifting forces that play over the field but yet, he loves us like an old friend we haven’t seen for a long time. I especially love the notion that Arjuna was except for his friend Krishna alone when his transformation happened.
What is Kshetra in Bhagavad Gita?
In the opening Sloka of Chapter XIII of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna defines Kshetra and establishes the identity of the individual soul, the conscious knower of the Kshetra, with the Universal Soul.
What is Kshetra Ksetrajna vibhaaga yoga?
The thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga. The word kshetra means the field, and the kshetrajna means the knower of the field. We can think of our material body as the field and our immortal soul as the knower of the field.
What is the meaning of Kshetrajna?
Kshetrajna means the One who knows the field of the body, soul, physical matter. The conscious principle in the corporeal frame. In the thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains the distinction between the Kshetra (field of experience) and the Kshetrajna (knower of the field).
What is the meaning of Kshetra Jainism?
1. This body, O son of Kunti, is called Kshetra, and he who knows it is called Kshetrajna by those who know of them (Kshetra and Kshetrajna). 1 2. Me do thou also know, O descendant of Bharata, to be Kshetrajna in all Kshetras. The knowledge of Kshetra and Kshetrajna is considered by Me to be the knowledge.