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Originally Posted by Honza
Something more like Faith, Hope and Charity.
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Hi ,
I try to share my understanding of Geeta with respect to Hope , faith and donation. May be it's not an exhaustive .
Hope
Seeker sustains in seeking and endures hardships if there are eternal infallible assertions and guarantees from the God.
In the absence of any promise/undertakings , devotee has no hope to continue in his/her penance.
Here are certain promises from Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita which gives eternal hope to seekers.
BG 4.8: To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma I appear on this earth, age after age.
BG 6.40: The Supreme Lord said: O Parth, one who engages on the spiritual path does not meet with destruction either in this world or the world to come. My dear friend, one who strives for God-realization is never overcome by evil.
BG 9.22: There are those who always think of Me and engage in exclusive devotion to Me. To them, whose minds are always absorbed in Me, I provide what they lack and preserve what they already possess.
BG 9.30: Even if the vilest sinners worship Me with exclusive devotion, they are to be considered righteous because they have made the proper resolve.
BG 9.31: Quickly they become virtuous, and attain lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that no devotee of Mine is ever lost.
BG 15.15: I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and from Me come memory, knowledge, as well as forgetfulness. I alone am to be known by all the Vedas, am the author of the Vedant, and the knower of the meaning of the Vedas.
BG 15.7: The embodied souls in this material world are My eternal fragmental parts. But bound by material nature, they are struggling with the six senses including the mind.
Faith
Everyone has faith . Having faith is very natural to everyone . Only that kind of faith differ from people to people.
BG 17.3: The faith of all humans conforms to the nature of their mind. All people possess faith, and whatever the nature of their faith, that is verily what they are.
BG 17.4: Those in the mode of goodness worship the celestial gods (people with virtues,charitable , just , benevolent etc) ; those in the mode of passion worship the yakṣhas and rākṣhasas (with worldly name/fame /power / knowledge like celebrities devoid of any generous , benevolent, just,charitable qualities) ; those in the mode of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits( superstition based illogical beliefs for material gains )
Donation /Charity
Charity is one of virtues which must not be left any time . Giving money as a duty to deserving people for deserving cause without any expectations (even of photograph/publiicity) without any strings attached / stipulations / restrictive conditions is a offering direct to God .
BG 18.5: Actions based on contribution to community work, charity, and penance should never be abandoned; they must certainly be performed. Indeed, acts of contribution to community work, charity, and penance are purifying even for those who are wise.
BG 18.9: When actions are undertaken in response to duty, and one relinquishes attachment to any reward, O Arjun, it is considered renunciation in the nature of goodness.
Do let me know if you still have any query . I will try to answer it if possible.
Nor he's known as a warrior God. We do have destructive / warrior Gods in Hinduism if someone resonates with or looking for that. Oh and when Sri Krishna did the killings, in the instances i remember he didn't fight with them, just one shot kills, mainly by employing his divine discus.
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