Today we will read a short but a very significant chapter titled “The Avatara as History Maker” where the Swami gets into a very unique and poignant perspective Indian spiritual traditions. In today’s parlance, the word avatar has a very comic of comedic but well meaning reference to a caricature of oneself on social media platforms and the like. This is the 21st century. In our 21st episode, we will go back to the origin of this word and the wisdom behind it.

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"Interlude" - Composed by Martha Mier

Performed by Parijat Sarkar

In this episode we will conclude the chapter we began last time and read more on the Swami’s take on the nature of the Self of the Human being. True to his vast encyclopedic knowledge,Swami Ranganathananda speaks of this Vedantic concept and and finds synchronicity with the works of HG Wells, GP Wells and Julian Huxley.

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Song of Peace - Composed by Martha Mier

Performed by Parijat Sarkar

Today we start reading a new chapter that the Swami has titled “ The Central Theme of the Gita” where the Swami prefaces the core message of the Gita from the perspective of the Greatest Teacher – Sri Krishna and his role as the “parthasarathi” or the charioteer of Arjuna, but literally and figuratively in being the warrior prince’s friend philosopher and guide.

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"Song of Peace" Composed by Martha Mier

Performed by: Parijat Sarkar