Gita Advocates Violence? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00Sir, is violence advocated in Gita?

00:02A certificate towards cold-blooded bloodshed.

00:06Just kill.

00:07Well, it does not.

00:08What Krishna is preaching is pure non-violence.

00:12Any action towards the truth, anything that takes you towards the truth is Ahimsa.

00:18So, this war is about Arjun disregarding his physical impulses of attachment and fear,

00:28his social conditioning related to traditions, customs, superstition.

00:33And this war is also about keeping the greater public good in mind.

00:40This war is not being fought so that the Pandavas gain the throne.

00:46This war is being fought so that the population of Hastinapur

00:51and by extension the population of this entire country

00:55get an able ruler.