✦ Truth without compassion often becomes cruelty. Truth without context often becomes distortion. Truth without relevance often becomes gossip. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.22 ✦ When we no longer find the shocking shocking, we should at least find our own loss of conscience shocking. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.32 ✦ The mind may not light the fire of destructive desire, but it often deludes us into pouring the gasoline of obsessive imagination onto that fire. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 6.34

✦ Truth without compassion often becomes cruelty. Truth without context often becomes distortion. Truth without relevance often becomes gossip. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.22 ✦ When we no longer find the shocking shocking, we should at least find our own loss of conscience shocking. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.32 ✦ The mind may not light the fire of destructive desire, but it often deludes us into pouring the gasoline of obsessive imagination onto that fire. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 6.34

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✦ Truth without compassion often becomes cruelty. Truth without context often becomes distortion. Truth without relevance often becomes gossip. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.22 ✦ When we no longer find the shocking shocking, we should at least find our own loss of conscience shocking. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.32 ✦ The mind may not light the fire of destructive desire, but it often deludes us into pouring the gasoline of obsessive imagination onto that fire. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 6.34

✦ Truth without compassion often becomes cruelty. Truth without context often becomes distortion. Truth without relevance often becomes gossip. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.22 ✦ When we no longer find the shocking shocking, we should at least find our own loss of conscience shocking. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 18.32 ✦ The mind may not light the fire of destructive desire, but it often deludes us into pouring the gasoline of obsessive imagination onto that fire. Inspired by Bhagavad Gita 6.34

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Which is the best way to read scripture?

ByChaitanya Charan April 27, 2015August 1, 2026

From Prathamesh P
Among the 3 ways for reading scriptures – literal, moral / ethical and metaphorical, the literal way, as mentioned in the lecture, is most purifying. Which is considered to be the best? How does one decide which way to use for reading? Kindly elaborate on this. Thank you.

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Hare Krishna Question from Prathamesh Prabhu Among the three ways

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