Bhagavad Gita - Class 045 - Chapter 01 Slokas 28-31 - Arjuna's Sorrow & Delusion - Class taken on 09 Apr 2023

Sloka 28 (2nd line) -29 - Arjuna's Shoka / Sorrow What happens to Arjuna when he sees the people on the other side? Why is Sorrow as an emotion required? Do people prefer sorrow? If not, why do people watch tragedy movies? Why is sorrow considered a spiritual sadana? How do we differentiate pain and suffering? Can studying shastras help us alleviate pain? What emotion does Bhagavan talk about at the start of Gita Upadesha? Does everyone in this world experience sorrow? What was Arjuna's sorrow? How did Arjuna describe his sorrow? What happened to Arjuna's limbs? How did Arjuna describe the feeling in his mouth? Why did Arjuna's body shiver? When does horripilation (hair standing on end) happen? Sloka 30 - Arjuna's Shoka / Sorrow (Contd..) What happened to Arjuna's bow? How did his skin react? Why did Arjuna almost faint? Sloka 31 (1st line) - Arjuna's view of the situation Why does Arjuna see bad omens? What is the relation between mind and outlook? Is sorrow a single thought? How does an emotion get formed? Where is Arjuna ending up now? Sloka 31 (2nd line) - Arjuna's Delusion / Moha What is Delusion? How is Raga related to Shoka and Moha? What is Antah Karanam? What is the difference between mind and intellect? What impacts attachment on Arjuna's mind? What is attachment impact on Arjuna's intellect? What are the different problems that arise out of attachment? What should the intellect be used for - apart from making decisions? What are the different areas that an intellect should be able to discriminate? What is the impact of attachment on the discriminative faculty? Which is man's biggest enemy? What are the spiral steps of destruction?