Supercilious King

It is important to be smart. Suffice to say, if you want a quality that will get you somewhere in life where you can be sure it will guarantee you a good house and a stable income, intelligence, it is. Another word for the term is knowledge, as stated in lesson seven, along with judgment. We learn, that, with knowing only those two things, nothing else in the world has to be known.

Krishna tells Arjuna to meditate, not exactly in those words, but implies it. He tells Arjuna that those that “seek refuge in me, cross over this magic.” The magic of nature, and a connection to nature, is meditating, reaching the supreme divine spirit of man.

Lord Krishna describes four types of men, one of which is the disciplined man of knowledge. According to Krishna, the former is disciplined, noble, and finds refuge in him (Krishna). Here I don’t really understand how they take refuge in him. Is he a god, a soul, an all-mighty divinity? Who is Krishna?

He enforces the fact of knowledgeable men having faith, and in doing so, goes on to quote,

“But finite is the rewards
That comes to men of little wit;
Men who sacrifice to gods reach the gods;
Those devoted to me reach me.”


Here he leads is comparing himself to the gods, in which he himself has people devoted to only him, as well. So I am guessing he is actually a god?

Then he goes on to explain how the people that are faithful in him and devoted to him, “cease from evil and act with virtue,” and they know the “infinitive spirit, its inner self and all its action.” Basically, he’s saying that everyone who believes in him is whole in almost every which way and they have discipline. They “know him at the time of death,” therefore trust him to take their lives into his hands when the time comes.

The eight chapter focuses on how when death becomes you, you have to be ready and in good graces with Krishna, with mind and understanding, so that you will come to him, relieving your inner being in imperishable existence.

When men reach him, “they attain absolute perfection.”

“The man of discipline
Transcends all this an
Ascends to the place
of pure beginning.”


In the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary it states that discipline is controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control. Here, it mostly means applying virtues, following your faith, and understanding where you are and where you are going. When you have faith, life has a purpose. Whether you believe in God, Buddha, etc, now you have something to drive you forward in life, I those cases, reaching for heaven, reaching for the possible afterlife. But you have a goal. They say that without faith, society would cripple as it is now, because then, we wouldn’t have a reason to try.

Lord Krishna then goes on to mention his glory, his being the universal father, purifier, the way, the Lord, the witness, and too much things that would take too long to list. In essence, he has a reason to be the egotistical, narcissistic, self-exuberating god. It’s true. And he goes on to say that by believing in him, no matter what the circumstances in life (you could be a violent criminal with a penchant for stealing old ladies purses, for all he cares---he said so himself), if you are solely devoted to him, you are a man of virtue. Virtue means a right resolve and the ability to find eternal peace…Now isn’t that just dandy?