Enlightened Leadership for a Troubled World

The current day generation of leaders are completely incompetent and unfit to lead the world. Because they are ignorant of the self and its relationship with the Supreme Self they are not even qualified to properly live their own lives, what to speak of guiding the lives of others. In the Vedic times the leaders were not only politically powerful but were also great saints. Such enlightened leadership is desperately needed all over the world at the present time. It is our goal to train up such a class of enlightened leaders based on the principles of the Bhagavad-gita.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Did Arjuna Surrender to Krishna?

When Arjuna, the great friend and disciple of Lord Krishna sees the big Kaurava army in the Kurukshetra battle field, suddenly feels faint at the thought of fighting and killing his kith and kin, acharyas and gurus. In that confused state of mind he seeks the advice and guidance of his mentor, Lord Krishna, imploring His counsel. That is when Krishna unfolds the magnum opus, the Bhagavad-gita in 700 verses to Arjuna giving him the most confidential knowledge on dharma and the three yogas. Only at the very end of His narration Lord Krishna reveals the final secret of "Surrender" unto Him as the best recourse to attain the eternal bliss or "Moksha".

My question is "Is there any evidence in the Bhagavatam or the Mahabharata to support that Arjuna took Krishna's best advice of surrender?" Kindly enlighten me on this.

Krishna dasa,
Sampath Kumaran

Answer: He Obeyed Krishna's Order to Fight

Yes. It is proven in the Mahabharata that Arjuna surrendered unto Krishna's order to fight the battle. He fought very heroically and along with his brothers defeated the enemy.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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