Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Sri Ramakrishna (Class 7) | Swami Medhananda

In this class (Class 7), we discuss pp. 1220-1233 of Swami Medhananda’s article, “Toward a New Hermeneutics of the Bhagavad Gītā: Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, and the Secret of Vijñāna,” which you can download here:
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In the next class (Class 8 on Nov. 19th), we will discuss pp. 1-19 of Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita:
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Study questions for the next homework assignment:
1. Please explain briefly what Sri Aurobindo means on p. 8 when he says that the Gītā “does not cleave asunder, but reconciles and unifies.”
2. What is Sri Aurobindo’s main objection to how “polemist commentators” (p. 9) have interpreted the Gītā?
3. According to Sri Aurobindo, how does the Gītā at once build on, and go beyond, the Upaniṣads? That is, what is new in the Gītā that is not found so explicitly in the Upaniṣads?
4. According to Sri Aurobindo, what is the main difference between the Avatara and ordinary people like us? (Hint: the answer is on pp. 13-15 of Essays on the Gita.) And can you connect what Sri Aurobindo says about the Avatara with any of Sri Ramakrishna’s teachings?
5. Why, according to Sri Aurobindo, is the “historicity of Christ” (p. 15) important primarily from a historical rather than a religious standpoint?
6. What does Sri Aurobindo mean by “the eternal Avatar” (p. 17)? How is the eternal Avatar different from Avataras like Christ or Rama?
7. Do you have any questions about the reading? Did you have difficulty understanding anything? Do you have any doubts or confusions?
Please respond to the study questions by filling in the online form here:
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Please make sure to submit your responses by November 18, 2023 at 7pm PST. This form will not be available after that time!
Main textbook: Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita:
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Supplementary texts:
* Sri Aurobindo, Bhagavad Gita and its Message, edited by Anilbaran Roy (www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-...)
* Swami Tapasyananda’s Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā: The Scripture of Mankind
* Swami Chidbavananda’s The Bhagavad Gita

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