Bhagavad Gita - Class 057 - Chapter 02 Slokas 10-11 - Bhagavan's Upadesha; Wise Men do not grieve - Class taken on 16 Jul 2023

Sloka 10 - Bhagavan's reaction to Arjuna How did Bhagavan start his Upadesha? Where did He start his Upadesha? How was Arjuna's mindset at that time? What are the 2 reasons for Bhagavan's smile? Sloka 11 - Wise Men do not grieve Who is Arjuna grieving for? Is it worthy enough to be grieved for? Is Arjuna's sorrow justified according to Bhagavan? How does Arjuna speak, according to Bhagavan? Is Bhagavan considering Arjuna to be wise? Whom do wise men not grieve for? What does Gita shastra want to convey? What does Gita stand for? What is the main topic of this shastra? If Jnanis do not grieve, then who grieves? What is the cause for grief? What can remove grief / sorrow? What are, in our experience, various causes for sorrow? How can ātma ajñāna be the cause for our sorrow? What is Prathama Malla Nyayam? What do we mean by Swabhaava (intrinsic nature)? What is the swabhaava of Fire? Does the swabhaava change according to place / person / time? What are the various kinds of sorrows we face in life? What is the most common cause for sorrow? If death is the most common cause for sorrow, then should not all deaths affect us? Whose death impacts us? So what gets mixed in the situation that gives us sorrow? Which when removed from the "accident" becomes an "incident"? What is the feeling that Arjuna has about Drona and Bheeshma? Does the situation, by themselves, cause us sorrow? What do we have to do to remove sorrow from the situation? Do we need to change the situation to remove sorrow? Does studying shastras give us favourable situations? Will people stop criticizing us after reading Bhagavad Gita? Will we get financial benefit by studying shastras? What will go away if we study shastras? What do we do generally to remove sorrow? Will changing external things remove our sorrow? Does Vedanta provide solution to the problem? Or does it remove the problem itself? If I am the cause for my sorrow then who am I?