Gita, Gandhi and Blood
We have long misunderstood Gita and Gandhi. The Gita, doesn't advocate violence, and Gandhi, does advocate violence when necessary. What does this mean? The Gita's setting in the battle field, atop a chariot has many symbolisms. That man is akin to a chariot. That life is battle field. The purpose of the Gita, was to get a wistful Arjuna, to stand up and kill his own kin. This is evidently absurd for a spiritual scripture. Yet the Gita makes a very clear distinction between the violence of the mind and the violence of the material. It prioritizes the first, and trivializes the second. Because what are we, but flesh and bone? Instead, it draws us to our mind, where there is great violence & suffering due to illusion or Maya. We are not the body, nor the mind. We are consciousness, that which arises and dissipates. And hence, one must carry on with one's role in this transitory world, no matter what it entails. So effectively, what the Gita advocates is a stil...