Posted by Anusha on January 31, 2016 at 12:31pm in Krishna
Bhagavad GitaIntroduction 8Lord Krsna tells Arjuna that he is relating this Supreme secret to him because he is his devotee and friend . The purport of this is that Bhagavad Gita is a treatise which is especially meant for the devotee of the Lord .There are 3 classes of transcendentalists , the jnani , yogi and the bhakta or the impersonalist , meditator and the devotee .Here the Lord clearly tells Arjuna that he is making him the first receiver of a new parampara , disciplic succession , because the old succession was broken .It was the Lord’s wish therefore to establish a new parampara in the same line of thought that was coming down from the sun god to others and it was his wish that his teaching be distributed anew by Arjuna .Revision Questions1 . Why did Krsna relate the Supreme secret of Gita to Arjuna ?2 . Bhagavad Gita is a treatise which is meant for the D______ of the Lord .3 . Name the 3 classes of transcendentalists.4 . Why was a new parampara , disciplic succession established ?5 . Lord wished that the new parampara be distributed anew by Ar__ .
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