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340 discourses in which Osho speaks about Arjuna, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #1 · 111 mentions
    “Before this sutra Krishna has spoken to Arjuna of Sankhya-yoga.”
  2. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #2 · 108 mentions
    “Arjuna is not tormented by war, nor is he anti-war.”
  3. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #5 · 78 mentions
    “What Krishna has said to Arjuna is not something the intellect can agree to; reason will oppose it, thought will suspect it.”
  4. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #4 · 74 mentions
    “Arjuna is not an ordinary person, not a mediocre mind; Arjuna is reflective, brilliant—extraordinarily gifted.”
  5. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #1 · 70 mentions
    “Thus, hearing Krishna’s words on the Yoga of Divine Splendor, Arjuna said: To show me grace, you have spoken to me the most secret truths of the spirit, by which my ignorance is destroyed.”
  6. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #5 · 65 mentions
    “Sanjaya has described Arjuna as filled with daya, tears of pity standing in his eyes.”
  7. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #3 · 61 mentions
    “Arjuna is speaking very conditionally; his statement is bound hand and foot by conditions.”
  8. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #21 · 57 mentions
    ““Then Sanjaya spoke: O King, thus have I heard this wondrous, secret, and thrilling dialogue between the blessed Vasudeva and the great-souled Arjuna.””
  9. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #4: Religion has no History, It is Eternal · 55 mentions · 27 September 1970
    “They thought it would be doing injustice to Krishna, who says again and again that he is eternal and who tells Arjuna, "What I say to you has been said to many others in past millennia.”
  10. Geeta Darshan Vol. 13 #8 · 55 mentions
    “So Krishna speaks to Arjuna about all the paths toward which any human mind might feel inclined.”
  11. Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #1 · 52 mentions
    “Arjuna says to Krishna: You have spoken of renunciation of action, you have spoken of action without desire for its fruits.”
  12. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #1 · 51 mentions
    “Arjuna is in just such a dilemma.”
  13. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #17 · 51 mentions
    “Even after saying so much, as Arjuna gave no answer, Krishna spoke again: “Arjuna, listen yet again to my supreme secret, more secret than all secrets, the words of my highest mystery.”
  14. Geeta Darshan Vol. 17 #1 · 48 mentions
    “Arjuna is the symbol of a humanity that is seeking.”
  15. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #4 · 47 mentions
    “And, O Arjuna, by pressing down rajas and tamas, sattva arises—grows; and by pressing down rajas and sattva, tamas grows; likewise, by pressing down tamas and sattva, rajas grows.”
  16. Krishna Smriti #4 · 47 mentions · 27 September 1970
    “They said: A man who says, “I am from eternity”; who tells Arjuna, “It is not only to you that I am explaining—before this I explained it to so-and-so, and before that to so-and-so; and it is not that everything will be finished by explaining it to you.”
  17. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #2 · 46 mentions
    “Krishna said to Arjuna: with the eyes you have — the natural eyes — you cannot see Me.”
  18. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #2 · 45 mentions
    “Krishna tells Arjuna again this eternal Truth—and he gives the reason why.”
  19. Geeta Darshan Vol. 16 #3 · 44 mentions
    “Therefore, O Arjuna, do not grieve, for you have attained to daivi sampada.”
  20. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #16 · 42 mentions
    “When Krishna speaks of the foundational stones of Yoga, Arjuna asks precisely what you too would be prompted to ask.”
  21. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #3 · 40 mentions
    “O Arjuna, know the rajas, in the form of passion, to be born of desire and attachment.”
  22. Geeta Darshan Vol. 17 #7 · 40 mentions
    ““And also, O Arjuna, the worship of the gods, twice-born, teachers and the wise; purity, simplicity, celibacy, and nonviolence—this is called austerity of the body.”
  23. Early Talks #6 · 36 mentions
    “Here are brave warriors, great archers, those equal to Bheema and Arjuna -- Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada the great fighter.”
  24. Geeta Darshan Vol. 8 #1 · 36 mentions
    “There is no end to Arjuna’s questions.”
  25. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #6 · 35 mentions
    “So when I said this morning that Arjuna’s ego was the source of his pain and anguish the whole time, it does not mean that if he drops the ego, action will drop.”
  26. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #8 · 35 mentions
    “But that is a very deep feeling, and even Arjuna may not grasp it.”
  27. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #18 · 35 mentions
    “For Arjuna would certainly have asked: O Madhusudana, I have never seen you sit in asana!”
  28. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #20 · 34 mentions
    “Having thus declared the glory of the Gita, Bhagwan Krishna asked Arjuna: “O Partha, have you listened to my word with one-pointed mind?”
  29. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #2 · 32 mentions
    ““O Arjuna, of all the various wombs in which forms—bodies—are born, the threefold, guna-made maya is the mother that bears the womb, and I am the father who establishes the seed.”
  30. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #2: Krishna is Complete and whole · 31 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “He tells Arjuna, "Give up everything and surrender to me, come to my feet."”
  31. Geeta Darshan Vol. 9 #1 · 31 mentions
    “Krishna begins this sutra by saying to Arjuna, O Arjuna!”
  32. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #1 · 30 mentions
    “Even a warrior like Arjuna could barely muster it.”
  33. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #7 · 30 mentions
    “Krishna is saying to Arjuna: the one who knows that life is operating according to gunas, and that action too is a part of Mahaprakriti’s vast Leela—such a one becomes unattached in action.”
  34. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #6 · 29 mentions
    “However complicated Arjuna’s mind may be, however many layers of inner conflict he may have, Arjuna is a simple man.”
  35. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #5 · 29 mentions
    “For Arjuna this sutra can be useful.”
  36. Geeta Darshan Vol. 7 #1 · 29 mentions
    “In this sutra Krishna is telling Arjuna: the one who, with an undivided heart, is filled with love and reverence for me!”
  37. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #17: Don't Imitate, Just be Yourself · 27 mentions · 3 October 1970
    “They are very different from Krishna's solitary listener, Arjuna.”
  38. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #7 · 27 mentions
    “That meaning is: the words are so sweet that hearing them does not satiate, Arjuna wants to hear more.”
  39. Geeta Darshan Vol. 15 #5 · 27 mentions
    ““And O Arjuna, the splendor that resides in the sun and illumines the entire world, and the splendor that resides in the moon, and in fire—know that splendor to be Mine.”
  40. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #9 · 27 mentions
    ““Thus, O Arjuna, listen from me as I explain fully and distinctly the threefold division, born of the gunas, of intelligence and steadfastness.”
  41. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #19 · 27 mentions
    “Arjuna asks Krishna: If I fail to reach that other world, that Lord toward whom you have pointed—and if this world too slips from my hands; if I cannot complete my sadhana, if the mind does not become still, if restraint does not mature—and this world also is…”
  42. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #14 · 26 mentions
    “When Krishna says, “he sees me, Vasudeva; he sees me, Krishna; he sees me,” whenever Krishna uses words for himself like Vasudeva, I, Krishna, mam ekam—remember, all such words are used for Arjuna’s sake.”
  43. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #9 · 25 mentions
    “Krishna’s message to Arjuna is not philosophy or metaphysics; it is a psychology of consciousness.”
  44. Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #11 · 25 mentions
    “Arjuna only wanted escape.”
  45. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #5 · 23 mentions
    “Arjuna is standing in just such a moment, where the world within him has dissolved.”
  46. Communism and Zen Fire, Zen Wind #2: Raise the temple of consciousness · 22 mentions · 31 January 1989
    “Five thousand years ago, the great warrior Arjuna, seeing millions of people ready to fight -- because it was a family fight....”
  47. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #1 · 22 mentions
    “In the Pandava army all the warriors are valiant, great bowmen, equal in prowess to Bhima and Arjuna.”
  48. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #10 · 22 mentions
    “In that interpretation Arjuna is entangled, hence he suffers and is distressed.”
  49. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #8 · 22 mentions
    “Krishna very clearly tells Arjuna: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja—“Abandon all dharmas and take refuge in me alone.””
  50. Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #2 · 22 mentions
    “This is what Krishna says to Arjuna: O Mahabaho, when one goes beyond both raga and dvesha, that day one attains Nishkama Karma.”
  51. Krishna Smriti #2 · 22 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “And precisely because he is egoless, he can also speak of the ego without any difficulty; he can say to Arjuna: “Abandon all and come into my shelter.””
  52. Geeta Darshan Vol. 17 #6 · 21 mentions
    “And, O Arjuna, that yajna which is fixed by the shastras and is done as duty by men who have stilled the mind and do not desire the fruit—that is sattvic.”
  53. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #4 · 21 mentions
    “And O Arjuna, the man who does not hate inauspicious action and is not attached to auspicious action—he, endowed with pure sattva, is doubt-free, intelligent, a knower, and a renunciate.”
  54. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #2 · 21 mentions
    “That Arjuna too is caught in the same pain.”
  55. Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #4 · 21 mentions
    “He is not speaking to you; not even to Arjuna in his present state.”
  56. Geeta Darshan Vol. 8 #2 · 21 mentions
    “But to what Arjuna has asked, Krishna is giving the explanation of each, one by one.”
  57. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #15 · 20 mentions
    “Then, Arjuna, in such a state of unshaken mind, the treasure of life is attained.”
  58. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #7 · 20 mentions
    “So Arjuna stands before the threshold; the doors to the Cosmic are open.”
  59. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #6 · 20 mentions
    “This is Krishna’s whole teaching to Arjuna: Do not be the doer.”
  60. Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #3 · 20 mentions
    “Therefore Krishna says: whichever of the two happens, Arjuna, the result is one and the same.”
  61. Geeta Darshan Vol. 15 #7 · 19 mentions
    “O sinless Arjuna, this most secret, most mysterious teaching has been imparted by Me; knowing it in essence, a man becomes wise and fulfilled.”
  62. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #6 · 19 mentions
    “So Krishna is saying to Arjuna: If you stop, if you stay your hand, it is dangerous.”
  63. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #4 · 19 mentions
    “Krishna is saying to Arjuna in this sutra: those who become available to me, who become available to my very body, are freed from birth and death.”
  64. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #21 · 19 mentions
    “Superior to ascetics, superior to the knowers of scripture, superior to those who act with desire—that yogi, Krishna orders Arjuna to become.”
  65. Krishna Smriti #17 · 19 mentions · 3 October 1970
    “If Arjuna were a seeker, he could be asked to realize truth for himself.”
  66. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win · 18 mentions · 29 September 1970
    “Arjuna too, could see, because he is in such deep love with Krishna.”
  67. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #11 · 18 mentions
    “Krishna is telling Arjuna: your heaven lies only in being a kshatriya.”
  68. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #18 · 18 mentions
    “Krishna says: Arjuna, when the mind’s energies scatter toward objects as passions, the mind becomes a storm; in that storm the boat of peace, of samadhi, of the self, capsizes.”
  69. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #3 · 18 mentions
    “Krishna says, that man is superior, Arjuna, who has brought his senses under the mastery of his mind.”
  70. Geeta Darshan Vol. 7 #3 · 18 mentions
    “Krishna says another thing to Arjuna—very worthy of thought.”
  71. Turning In #2: Morality: nothing but delusion · 17 mentions · 13 August 1988
    “For example, Krishna, in SHRIMAD BHAGAVADGITA, argues that his disciple Arjuna should go to war.”
  72. Geeta Darshan Vol. 12 #1 · 17 mentions
    “Hearing the Lord’s words, Arjuna said: O Krishna, those single-hearted lovers and devotees who, as described, ceaselessly worship and meditate on you, the Supreme with form and attributes, with the highest reverence—and those who adore the imperishable, formle…”
  73. Geeta Darshan Vol. 17 #11 · 17 mentions
    ““O Arjuna, the oblation poured without faith, the charity given without faith, the austerity practiced without faith, and any action whatsoever done without faith—all that is called ‘asat’ (non-true).”
  74. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #2 · 17 mentions
    ““But, O Arjuna, listen to My decision regarding renunciation.””
  75. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #18 · 17 mentions
    “Hence Krishna says, ‘Doubt destroys, Arjuna!’”
  76. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #20 · 17 mentions
    “Krishna says: in this very life, if one has practiced Yoga but has not come to perfection, Arjuna, then in the next life, effortlessly, what he had practiced becomes available.”
  77. Geeta Darshan Vol. 9 #2 · 17 mentions
    “That is why Krishna first spoke to Arjuna of shraddha: Now that you are endowed with shraddha, I shall tell you the most secret mysteries which cannot be spoken unless the mind is saturated with shraddha.”
  78. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #1 · 16 mentions
    “And he says to Arjuna: out of love for you and for your welfare I will speak some supreme utterances—listen.”
  79. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #9 · 16 mentions
    “He is telling Arjuna: in swadharma — seek what is truly your dharma.”
  80. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #1 · 16 mentions
    “He speaks this new dimension to Arjuna in this sutra.”
  81. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #11 · 16 mentions
    “One more point: Krishna may say so—but how will Arjuna accept it, and why?”
  82. Krishna Smriti #8 · 16 mentions · 29 September 1970
    “Arjuna too could see; he was no less in love with Krishna.”
  83. Mrityoma Amritam Gamaya #1 · 16 mentions · 1 August 1979
    “Arjuna was a decent man, a gentleman, preparing to renounce and become a monk; he was not allowed to escape.”
  84. From Ignorance to Innocence #10: God -- the nobody everybody knows · 15 mentions · 8 December 1984
    “Krishna says to his disciple, Arjuna: "Surrender at my feet.”
  85. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #15 · 15 mentions
    “Therefore, Arjuna, offer all actions to me in your mind, be devoted to me, take the support of desireless karma-yoga in the form of equanimity of intelligence, and keep your awareness continually in me.”
  86. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #10 · 14 mentions
    ““And, O Arjuna, of that imperishable Parabrahman, of nectar, of the eternal dharma, and of the unbroken, single-flavored bliss—I alone am the support.””
  87. From Darkness to Light #11: Science and religion -- two petals of the same rose · 13 mentions · 11 March 1985
    “Arjuna, his disciple, wanted to renounce the kingdom and to renounce the war because the war for the kingdom was being fought between cousin-brothers.”
  88. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #15: Life After Death and Rebirth · 13 mentions · 2 October 1970
    “You also want to know what will happen to Arjuna's individuality if he is only an instrument in the hands of existence.”
  89. The Invitation #30: Avoid the priests · 13 mentions · 5 September 1987
    “Millions of people died in the war, and he was the man who provoked Arjuna to fight.”
  90. The Messiah, Vol 2 #5: Not even the heart... only a witness · 13 mentions · 22 January 1987
    “I have told you about Krishna and his insistence to his disciple, Arjuna, to fight the war against his cousin-brothers, because it is cowardly for a warrior of the quality of Arjuna...”
  91. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #7: The sadhana of Tao -- in the context of yoga · 13 mentions · 4 February 1972
    “Krishna said to Arjuna, "Leave all this."”
  92. Es Dhammo Sanantano #11 · 13 mentions · 1 December 1975
    “Arjuna, who as yet is a nobody, sits in the chariot; Krishna, who is everything, becomes the charioteer.”
  93. Geeta Darshan Vol. 16 #8 · 13 mentions
    ““O Arjuna, kama, krodha and lobha—lust, anger and greed—are three gateways to hell, destructive of the soul.”
  94. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #16 · 13 mentions
    “Suppose this Arjuna had simply fled—had not listened to Krishna; he did listen, while most Arjunas do not.”
  95. Geeta Darshan Vol. 9 #11 · 13 mentions
    “Therefore Krishna says: By merely dropping action nothing will happen, Arjuna—drop the doer!”
  96. Krishna Smriti #15 · 13 mentions · 2 October 1970
    “You asked one more thing: If Arjuna is only a mere instrument, and what is to happen will happen—what has already happened is what will happen—then what happens to Arjuna’s personality?”
  97. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #6 · 13 mentions · 20 September 1969
    “Arjuna could not understand Krishna.”
  98. Tao Upanishad #29 · 13 mentions · 4 February 1972
    “Krishna told Arjuna, “Surrender it all!””
  99. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #1: The Future Belongs to Krishna · 12 mentions · 20 July 1970
    “It is not that Krishna incites Arjuna to fight a real Mahabharat, Mahabharat only symbolizes the inner conflict and war of man, and so it is just a parable.”
  100. Ari Main To Naam Ke Rang Chhaki #7 · 12 mentions · 17 September 1978
    “When Krishna says to Arjuna: Surrender unto Me alone—do you think Krishna is asking Arjuna to surrender to Krishna as a person?”
  101. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #9 · 12 mentions
    “Perhaps Arjuna’s heart could not catch the symbols Krishna chose yesterday.”
  102. Geeta Darshan Vol. 13 #9 · 12 mentions
    “O Arjuna, some behold that Supreme Purusha in their hearts by meditation with a purified, subtle intellect; others behold him by the path of jnana-yoga; and still others behold him by the path of nishkama karma-yoga.”
  103. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #1 · 12 mentions
    “One, he says: What I tell you, Arjuna, this same I had told the Sun as well, at the beginning of time, in the beginning.”
  104. Geeta Darshan Vol. 6 #6 · 12 mentions
    “For entering the inner cave, for entering that inner sky of the heart, Krishna has indicated a few methods to Arjuna.”
  105. Jin Sutra #46 · 12 mentions · 24 July 1976
    “Your Arjuna has not yet tired.”
  106. From the False to the Truth #22: You are the only hope · 11 mentions · 20 July 1985
    “In fact, Krishna was the cause of destroying the very backbone of India, because he forced his disciple and friend, Arjuna, into a war.”
  107. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #14: Action, Inaction and Non-Action · 11 mentions · 2 October 1970
    “Krishna says to Arjuna, "You need not be afraid of killing, because all those you are going to kill have already been killed by me.”
  108. Anahad Mein Bisram #9 · 11 mentions · 19 November 1980
    “And Drona was Arjuna’s guru, he loved Arjuna, but the wealth, position, prestige—those were with the Kauravas.”
  109. Geeta Darshan 2 Vol. 1 2 #14 · 11 mentions
    “Duryodhana desired her, and then she went to Arjuna.”
  110. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #14 · 11 mentions
    “Krishna takes even himself as a symbol—and Arjuna too.”
  111. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #6 · 11 mentions
    “Therefore, what Arjuna saw in Krishna—understand—no one had died yet.”
  112. Geeta Darshan Vol. 17 #8 · 11 mentions
    “O Arjuna, that threefold austerity which is practiced with supreme faith by those yogis who do not desire the fruit is called sattvic.”
  113. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #7 · 11 mentions
    “Thus, O Arjuna, that action which is prescribed by the shastras, done without the ego-sense of doership, by one who does not seek the fruits and is free of attachment and aversion—that action is called sattvic.”
  114. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #10 · 11 mentions
    “This is what Krishna is saying to Arjuna: become available to mirror-like knowing.”
  115. Jin Sutra #18 · 11 mentions · 28 May 1976
    “Suppose someone else had been in Arjuna’s place—he might well have concluded in the end, “I will take sannyas,” because His will is towards renunciation.”
  116. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #3: Where Buddha Ends Krishna Begins · 10 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “Hence he has the courage to tell Arjuna, "Give up everything else and come to my feet."”
  117. The Empty Boat #6: The Need to Win · 10 mentions · 15 July 1974
    “Says Krishna in the Gita to Arjuna: "Don't be concerned with the end, with the result.”
  118. The Mahageeta, Vol 1 #7 · 10 mentions · 17 September 1976
    “Arjuna was this kind of listener.”
  119. The Messiah, Vol 2 #1: In this silence · 10 mentions · 20 January 1987
    “Krishna, in the BHAGAVADGITA, says continually to Arjuna, "It is God's will that you should go to war and destroy your enemies."”
  120. The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 1 #5: The Oasis Exists in Your Awareness · 10 mentions · 25 February 1978
    “You know of the Bhagavad-Gita, of Krishna the Master and his disciple Arjuna.”
  121. Birhani Mandir Diyana Baar #10 · 10 mentions
    “Look at Arjuna.”
  122. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #2 · 10 mentions
    “In this aphorism Krishna is telling Arjuna: apart from Me, there is nothing else.”
  123. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #10 · 10 mentions
    “Therefore Arjuna sees everyone going into the mouth of death, but not himself.”
  124. Geeta Darshan Vol. 18 #3 · 10 mentions
    ““And O Arjuna, the abandonment of enjoined action is not proper; therefore renunciation of it through delusion is called tamasic renunciation.””
  125. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #5 · 10 mentions
    “Krishna says to Arjuna: he who enters the order of karmic living in this way—flowing in accord with life—not only attains the pleasures of the senses, but ultimately attains the bliss of the Atman.”
  126. Geeta Darshan Vol. 3 #8 · 10 mentions
    “Krishna is telling Arjuna that one who, having embraced what I have said with a reverent heart, lives it and acts from it becomes free of all actions—free of every bondage of action.”
  127. Geeta Darshan Vol. 8 #3 · 10 mentions
    “Therefore Krishna says to Arjuna: Hence, O Arjuna, remember Me unceasingly at all times, and fight the war as well.”
  128. Krishna Smriti #10 · 10 mentions · 30 September 1970
    “He would have told Arjuna, “You sit below; let me sit above!”
  129. Krishna Smriti #14 · 10 mentions · 2 October 1970
    ““Do not be afraid, Arjuna, for those whom you will kill I have already killed.””
  130. Tao Upanishad #120 · 10 mentions · 30 March 1975
    “And the scene was the same for him as for Arjuna: friends and relatives on both sides; a family civil war.”
  131. From Personality to Individuality #13: The new man: intellect in harmony with the heart · 9 mentions · 11 January 1985
    “I sometimes feel simply surprised that Krishna told Arjuna, "Surrender to me totally."”
  132. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #6: Nudity and Clothing Should go Together · 9 mentions · 28 September 1970
    “When Krishna says that Arjuna should take refuge, he knows that he, Krishna, is not the "I" of Arjuna; Arjuna's own "I" is his "I".”
  133. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #33 · 9 mentions · 23 March 1978
    “The Gita was spoken because of Arjuna’s thirst.”
  134. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #3 · 9 mentions
    “Perhaps even Arjuna, in some inner corner, could not quite accept Krishna as God.”
  135. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #13 · 9 mentions
    “With fresh symbols and new directions, Krishna keeps trying to tell Arjuna the same thing again and again.”
  136. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #9 · 9 mentions
    “This was possible only because Arjuna… had Arjuna agreed at the first statement of Sankhya, the Gita would not have proceeded.”
  137. Geeta Darshan Vol. 4 #15 · 9 mentions
    “Krishna says, Arjuna, what comes to one through the wise, when asked with right humility, destroys moh.”
  138. Geeta Darshan Vol. 5 #7 · 9 mentions
    “If Krishna were to point directly to nonduality, he would have to fall silent—but Arjuna would not understand that silence.”
  139. Jin Sutra #11 · 9 mentions · 21 May 1976
    “Krishna’s entire effort in the Gita is to make the crooked Arjuna straight.”
  140. Sabai Sayane Ek Mat #1 · 9 mentions · 11 September 1975
    “Arjuna is entangled in moral definitions.”
  141. Utsav Amar Jati Anand Amar Gotar #1 · 9 mentions · 1 June 1979
    “Leave Duryodhana aside—Arjuna too raised all kinds of obstacles to being dyed.”
  142. From Darkness to Light #13: Truth is found in your own boutique · 8 mentions · 13 March 1985
    “He was having an afternoon nap when Arjuna and Duryodhana, the heads of both the parties, reached there.”
  143. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #9: The cosmos is a Dance of Opposites · 8 mentions · 29 September 1970
    “There is an anecdote in the life of Arjuna which is worth mentioning here, Arjuna is under a vow of celibacy for one year.”
  144. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #10: Spiritualism, Religion and Politics · 8 mentions · 30 September 1970
    “If he was arrogant about being God he would not have agreed to be Arjuna's charioteer.”
  145. Anahad Mein Bisram #6 · 8 mentions · 16 November 1980
    “It did not become even Arjuna’s—how will it become yours?”
  146. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #10 · 8 mentions
    “Arjuna shrinks from it; Krishna stops him from fleeing.”
  147. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #9 · 8 mentions
    “On the day Arjuna saw Krishna’s vastness, his divinity, naturally his mind was filled with many pains, many shames, a sense of offense.”
  148. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #12 · 8 mentions
    “Hearing Arjuna’s words, Krishna said, O Arjuna, my four-armed form which you have just beheld is extremely difficult to see.”
  149. Geeta Darshan Vol. 13 #4 · 8 mentions
    “Arjuna, because of deep intimacy and nearness, did not once ask, “Why this refrain—‘in Me the Divine’?””
  150. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #5 · 8 mentions
    “O Arjuna, when tamas increases, darkness arises in the mind and senses.”

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