I usually don't comment. But I am here for expressing my gratitude for Mr. Lakhani for sharing such great thoughts. I was looking for someone who can evolve me in Hinduism and listening to his ideas I feel he is a rare species. Wish more people to understand him.
Mahesh M what a joke. Religion is ultimate truth. If it is process of corrections, then this is not religion but a practice of group of people (they invent themselves). In single word, IT IS CALLED HINDU
Mahesh M Hinduism is like water, always flowing, always finding it’s way. I’m proud to be one. I must’ve done something right in the last life to be born into it. That’s how I see it.
@Nadeem Zuberi .... Whatever you say and believe is 100% correct . We wish you happiness and prosperity. Your logic stems out of same rudimentary concepts of Abrahamic religions. If X is this , and Y is this , that means X is greater than Y and our religion is the best. That is what zakir naik does all the times cheery picking texts from one religion and validating his own religion. Jay talks about cohesion of multiple religion and their underlying principle i.e coming out of dogmas and feeling god within oneself.
I have always felt this way but was never able to make people understand , your video so simply explains it all. It should be in every school syllabus and then may be over years all religions will understand each other and not proclaim to be superior over the other. All scriptures are so similar deep down yet we all disagree. Thanks you for enlightening us.
Kiran Muramall because being Hindu you read nothing. He is claiming Hinduism is humanism- then why Hinduism exist. Hindu believe things in environment happen automatically and funny thing they think this is a religion. Can Hindhu explain nature doesn’t need WHO create, control nature?
Beautiful . A heart touching effort to open the eyes of 99% of Hindus who are still in darkness about our religion , vedas, upanishads, bhagavadgita, Ramayana, Mahabharata which are not taught anywhere in our education. We are cheated of a wonderful knowledge.
As an American "White" deconstructing Christian, I came here looking for some information on the Vedas and Upanishads as I keep hearing that they contain some great spiritual truths, and found this fantastic introduction and overview to Hinduism. I agree with many comments here... what a treasure this Mr. Jay is. I love this beautiful, balanced, mature view of life, spirituality, eternal truth, and Hinduism. He points out the good and bad and everything in between of this religion. I have seen the same in the religion I was raised in called Christianity. Along with some good, I'm seeing the balance of the incredible bad that also exists. And as I believe Jay pointed out, the problem is that people have taken the original beautiful spiritual teachings and made a "religion" out of it... making our way of thinking the only correct way, emphasizing "us" vs. "them", making hard and fast rules that must always be followed, and spiraling downward from there. It appears all religions have a problem with that, and many (most) versions of Christianity are especially problematic in that way. Anyway, I very much loved this talk and am looking forward to listening to more from this beautifully balanced, spiritual teacher. What a gift he is. Much love to my Hindu brothers and sisters!
Hindu word itself is Arabic. Not indian. We call it sanatan dharam. We have a totally different idea of religion than Abrahamic religions. Our spirituality quest comes from the belief, you have to search for truth,search for God, pursue it. Till you reach God realisation. It canbe through various ways. Prayers,meditation, penance,study,service, charity. Etc etc. No word called curry in India. Or hinduism
My dear friend Mr lakhani I believe that you are geanious in the subject that you believe, but you made some of your audience to be coming hateful about today's India, You know better why it's happened, when people become selfish and greedy and looted the rich Bharat for more than 1000 years, and suppressed our school of thought ( sanathan dharma), the same was pulled out of our tradition to ruins, and made good people to depressed and died, in the new era survivel of existence made society more greedy, the say like " yedha raja thadha praja" It's not appreciated that to say every corner of the country problem was there, It's because of more population, lac of good governence, lac of education, and corrupt mentality of larger sect of society, Hence think how the feature young generation have to know our knowledge of sanatan civilization, and behave and respect according division of labor Educated people Care taking people Business people Working people I think educated like you have to promote and practice and try to establish our sanatan civilization with new era a
Excellent Mr Jay Lakhani...very informative and useful...being raised with so many hindu friends...no one could explain hinduism in a holistic view as you did. Thank you for this great service.
Great men clearly blown my mind with the possibilities of looking the same thing with different context.....................my doubts are clear love you men
Very rational presentation of Hindu tradition. I agree we need to be self critical to understand where we have gone wrong. There is no argument on this issue. But I think all societies have good and bad things and I really feel sad when you generalise Indian society by saying that 'Hindus in India are suffering, they don't treat their servants in a dignified way, they are not civilized, people in London are really civilized' so on and so forth. You yourself said many times that there is no perfect 'black' or 'white' thing but there are many grey shades to a thing. As a student of history I am a strong believer of this idea that we should not take anything at its face value rather try ourselves to see the various sides of a story. Going by the same logic I think we should not talk about India in a stereotyped and generalized way.
Hinduism is like a flexible scientific experiment. Always evolving and adjusting to today but shining the light of higher enlightment without burning you.
Your emphasis on understanding what it is the stories are trying to say cannot be stressed enough. Thank you for having the patience and virtue to ensure we have the ability to ask our own questions.
Only in Hinduism we can talk so openly even about our shortcomings. No other religion allows that. And that is the reason Hinduism is so mature. I have not seen any other religion criticising itself more than Hinduism. Knowing your own shortcomings is a sign of maturity.
We wish you greater success in this venture of JAGGRUTI about Hinduism among NRIs Hindus and their children and convert them to know how true Hindu man or woman he or she is.So; that they can answer correctly all the quarries others will have.We normally do not publish/sell/convert/push Hinduism to others.We want Hindus to be better human beings.We want GOD to bless you with long and yet contended life.I am glad to know about peepleCare org.I might need their services when I am 99; now I am just 83 ! Jai Ambe.
this is a brilliant talk..I ve always felt exactly what you ve said here.. ..now's the Time for this kind of thinking..we re all evolving as individuals and as a society.. maybe not in our lifetime but def in the next generation such changes will occur..and humanity will once be a mature society aware if it's social responsibility towards lesser privileged persons.
only few knows.......Vedik mathematics, Grammaticaly most accurate language Sanskrit, advance medicine and surgery Ayurveda, Astronomy science, Yoga and Meditation are amazing things given by ancient Hinduism.
Wonderfully simple in synopsizing the large mass of Sacred Hinduism with neat expression embedded with clarity. Thankq very much. I learnt something....Ramchand
marriage is commitment......simple....no showmanship....very true.......throw in sincerity.....honesty too.....ethics.....context....division of labour for family benefits
bows to your philosophy....today we all needs to know about all the elements, forces, physical and spiritual worlds all this things either they are hindus or other, And it is only possible by a people like you, a truly self actualized who can save the world and the humanity in the materialized world by their powerful knowledge. and i belief that a hindus is capable of doing that because there are not bound with a single scripture and view they are free to see and experience the world in their own.
Good evening! In my observation,the challenge is to unite our own Hindus where in there are many sects Gurus methodologies, meditation and old ways of ritualistic worship etc... needs to be brought under one umbrella. An apex body shud be set up involving great saints who will be overseeing all are inline with the right interpretation complete truth as per the teaching of vedas/ upanishads.
Just so frustrated that not many are even watching this, let alone their rating of it. It means something so valuable is not getting to the people because of some stupid algorithm in place to determine who it should reach. Nothing against the very scholarly technique to rate this , but the feed to evaluate this feed is surely flawed because these evaluators have lost the plot ! Point I want to make is this deserves so much more viewership than what the numbers show above.
He is a good speaker. being a hindu i hate the caste system but laughing at a handicapped person is not in our religion. never know if it is the problem of genetic mutation or karmic chakra. nevertheless their families dont throw them out. one possible reason they would do that is because they dont have enough money to support his/her disability. which makes sense to me considering the poor state of the family. too bad for the lad but hey its all an experience and what goes around comes back around
Caste system is what we all know as Jaati in India. It is what is decided through birth. This caste system has no Hindu spiritual support! I repeat: No spiritual support! Not the vedas, not the Gita, not upanishads say anything about a classification based on birth. They talk about the grand unity. How could they talk about such petty stuff? Manusmriti has ample mentions and to malign Hindu spirituality some evil people have tried hard to present Manusmriti as Hindu spirituality. While in reality Manusmirti has got nothing to do with spirituality, its like the constitution of the time. The rule book for the society. What is Varna described by Krishna? So, what krishna mentioned was Varna, which is also a classification. But the biggest difference is that varna described by Krishna is based on Guna-dharma, which means - being true to our own being. Thus in the case of Arjuna, every ounce of him is a warrior. He will always be a warrior even if he runs away from the fight and goes and tries to sit in meditation in the Jungle. Krishna knows that Arjuna’s way is not of sitting and meditating, his way is the way of Karma yoga. How does krishna know Arjuna’s Varna as Kshatriya? Because krishna did the checking. It becomes clear when you see from Krishna’s perspective. After Arjuna went numb and Gandirv fell from his hand, Kirshna started his counsel by giving him the highest truth first. The fact that nobody dies, noone kills. We were always there, we will always be. We just change clothes when we die. Thus the world is nothing more than a stage. And it doesn’t deserve any more importance than a stage act. This knowledge is known as Janana yoga, Gyana yoga or Sankhya yoga. This Sakhya yoga says, just knowledge is enough, no action is required. Simply knowing is Mukti. Very few people have just known and beome free. Ashtavarka MahaGita is this Sankhya yoga. It says your biggest ignorance is that you think you are bound by anything. “You were always free, o divine one! “states the MahaGita. Moving on, Krishna saw this knowledge didn’t convince and then he imparted the knowledge of Karma yoga. Here it is important to note that the entire Gita is a personal conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. Not for once did Krishna say.. “ and for those who are not like arjuna, this is the method.”.. clearly a third party addressing is not there in Gita. Thus a lot of what Krishna speaks is specific for Arjuna, and this has created a big divide in the spiritual community. For example: Krishna reminded Arjuna he is a Kshatriya and he should fight. If Arjuna were truly gyana yogi, kirhsna would not have told his this. It is because Arjuna is a karma yogi.Krishna advocates worship of God with form to Arjuna over formless worship. Again it is because Arjuna is not a Gyana yogi. Hope the answer will help in some way in understanding the difference between caste system and varna system. This should clear all your doubts.
when I was young, the older generation used to be exactly like you described here. they were not practical and didn't try to see what what they were doing amount to. I'm not sure they even knew how and why these traditions were so. and I'm finally discovering these meanings. but I guess it wouldn't have mattered much because the things we experience ourselves are the only things that stick.
I’m a Mahayana Buddhist who loves Hinduism. Many bows of gratitude 🌱🙏🏼
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Nicholas bandhu u are on the right path
How could I guess. U have. known equanimity..(samatava) prescribed in both
Science of self awareness..
what's the difference between Hinyaan & Mahayaan?
@@purnachandramondal9802 hinyana is Pali sect whereas Mahayana is Sanskrit sect.
Thank you. And,to hindus buddha was the greatest . We love Buddha. He is total peace for us
I usually don't comment. But I am here for expressing my gratitude for Mr. Lakhani for sharing such great thoughts. I was looking for someone who can evolve me in Hinduism and listening to his ideas I feel he is a rare species. Wish more people to understand him.
This man is an absolute gem. Why isn't he more famous.
What a treasure I have found in Mr. Lakhani:s videos.
really. I also discovered this gentleman a year ago. I wonder why dont he come india.
My gosh, this man is AWESOME!!!
This is one of the most beautiful and sensible talks on religion I've experienced.
Glad you liked it.
Hinduism is flexible and it is correcting itself with lightning speed compared to other beliefs
Mahesh M what a joke. Religion is ultimate truth. If it is process of corrections, then this is not religion but a practice of group of people (they invent themselves). In single word, IT IS CALLED HINDU
Mahesh M flexible means you add and delete things accordance to your wish- Do you think this can be called Religion? This is bundle of your wishes
Mahesh M Hinduism is like water, always flowing, always finding it’s way. I’m proud to be one. I must’ve done something right in the last life to be born into it. That’s how I see it.
narratives are being corrected.Ultimate is the truth.
@Nadeem Zuberi
.... Whatever you say and believe is 100% correct . We wish you happiness and prosperity.
Your logic stems out of same rudimentary concepts of Abrahamic religions.
If X is this , and Y is this , that means X is greater than Y and our religion is the best.
That is what zakir naik does all the times cheery picking texts from one religion and validating his own religion.
Jay talks about cohesion of multiple religion and their underlying principle i.e coming out of dogmas and feeling god within oneself.
I wish I discovered you years back: nothing you said is new to me but your delivery is crystal clear.
One of the best videos that I've watched on UA-cam. This talk should be shown in all the schools and TV channels so that people start thinking.
I have always felt this way but was never able to make people understand , your video so simply explains it all. It should be in every school syllabus and then may be over years all religions will understand each other and not proclaim to be superior over the other. All scriptures are so similar deep down yet we all disagree.
Thanks you for enlightening us.
Wish Mr. Lakhani was still with us. His enduring legacy should translate into valuable inspiration in the Hindu community.
This is the teacher we need in Hinduism. Non biased. Criticising the bad things our society has done🙏
He hit the nail on the head. Outstanding explanation. Very impressed.
Kiran Muramall because being Hindu you read nothing. He is claiming Hinduism is humanism- then why Hinduism exist. Hindu believe things in environment happen automatically and funny thing they think this is a religion.
Can Hindhu explain nature doesn’t need WHO create, control nature?
Beautiful . A heart touching effort to open the eyes of 99% of Hindus who are still in darkness about our religion , vedas, upanishads, bhagavadgita, Ramayana, Mahabharata which are not taught anywhere in our education. We are cheated of a wonderful knowledge.
First time in life of 45 years I got reality of Great dharma ie Sanatan after going through only 3 videos of of sh Lakhani ji .Shat shat Naman.
As an American "White" deconstructing Christian, I came here looking for some information on the Vedas and Upanishads as I keep hearing that they contain some great spiritual truths, and found this fantastic introduction and overview to Hinduism. I agree with many comments here... what a treasure this Mr. Jay is. I love this beautiful, balanced, mature view of life, spirituality, eternal truth, and Hinduism. He points out the good and bad and everything in between of this religion. I have seen the same in the religion I was raised in called Christianity. Along with some good, I'm seeing the balance of the incredible bad that also exists. And as I believe Jay pointed out, the problem is that people have taken the original beautiful spiritual teachings and made a "religion" out of it... making our way of thinking the only correct way, emphasizing "us" vs. "them", making hard and fast rules that must always be followed, and spiraling downward from there. It appears all religions have a problem with that, and many (most) versions of Christianity are especially problematic in that way. Anyway, I very much loved this talk and am looking forward to listening to more from this beautifully balanced, spiritual teacher. What a gift he is. Much love to my Hindu brothers and sisters!
Hindu word itself is Arabic. Not indian. We call it sanatan dharam. We have a totally different idea of religion than Abrahamic religions. Our spirituality quest comes from the belief, you have to search for truth,search for God, pursue it. Till you reach God realisation. It canbe through various ways. Prayers,meditation, penance,study,service, charity. Etc etc. No word called curry in India. Or hinduism
Thank you Mr. Lakhani
I love this : ) I've listened to this many, many times. Excellent !!
My dear friend Mr lakhani I believe that you are geanious in the subject that you believe, but you made some of your audience to be coming hateful about today's India,
You know better why it's happened, when people become selfish and greedy and looted the rich Bharat for more than 1000 years, and suppressed our school of thought ( sanathan dharma), the same was pulled out of our tradition to ruins, and made good people to depressed and died, in the new era survivel of existence made society more greedy, the say like " yedha raja thadha praja"
It's not appreciated that to say every corner of the country problem was there,
It's because of more population, lac of good governence, lac of education, and corrupt mentality of larger sect of society,
Hence think how the feature young generation have to know our knowledge of sanatan civilization, and behave and respect according division of labor
Educated people
Care taking people
Business people
Working people
I think educated like you have to promote and practice and try to establish our sanatan civilization with new era
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The frequency of putting on and removing the eye glass though 😀
Brilliant lecture ever as the name indeed
You will not observe such involuntary actions, if you really listen to what he says...
I have been trying to explain this my whole life. You have articulated things so well. I love your sincerity. You are a Siddha. Thank you.
Wow, thank you
Beautiful. What a lovely person. The fine print is same in all religions. Love and Regards for Professor.
🙏🙏🙏 Guruji . So clearly explained about the karma aspect
Excellent Mr Jay Lakhani...very informative and useful...being raised with so many hindu friends...no one could explain hinduism in a holistic view as you did. Thank you for this great service.
What a marvelous human being🙏😊
Make sure you listen until the very end.
Bravo !! Bravo !!
A truly great talk. Thank you, Mr. Jay Lakhani ji.
Wonderful comment
A very precious and beneficial talk. Thank you for your insights.
Great men clearly blown my mind with the possibilities of looking the same thing with different context.....................my doubts are clear love you men
Very rational presentation of Hindu tradition. I agree we need to be self critical to understand where we have gone wrong. There is no argument on this issue. But I think all societies have good and bad things and I really feel sad when you generalise Indian society by saying that 'Hindus in India are suffering, they don't treat their servants in a dignified way, they are not civilized, people in London are really civilized' so on and so forth. You yourself said many times that there is no perfect 'black' or 'white' thing but there are many grey shades to a thing. As a student of history I am a strong believer of this idea that we should not take anything at its face value rather try ourselves to see the various sides of a story. Going by the same logic I think we should not talk about India in a stereotyped and generalized way.
As an introduction it was an excellent side lining :) pleasant and wise at the same time. Obviously I want to hear and listen more ...
I'm just so shocked and amazed by the knowledge of this man ! 🙏🥺
what a wonderful piece of speech..u opened my eyes regarding the law of Karma and several aspects of hindu religion in India..Thank you
A Good Explanation of Hinduism.... Bravo!!!
Thanks for the speech dear teacher
Hinduism is like a flexible scientific experiment. Always evolving and adjusting to today but shining the light of higher enlightment without burning you.
Thanks for your comment, please check out our website www.hindu-academy.com/ for Hinduism course, Many thanks.
Brilliant. Thank you for speaking my mind for me : )
A fantastic talk. Thank you very much.
This is a new light for me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Your emphasis on understanding what it is the stories are trying to say cannot be stressed enough. Thank you for having the patience and virtue to ensure we have the ability to ask our own questions.
Wonderful talk! Thank you so, so much!
!!Fabulous talk!!!
Only in Hinduism we can talk so openly even about our shortcomings. No other religion allows that. And that is the reason Hinduism is so mature. I have not seen any other religion criticising itself more than Hinduism. Knowing your own shortcomings is a sign of maturity.
It so good to hear to you so calm
really great personality ,good presentation ,thanks
Very interesting. The expression of subject matter by Mr.Lakhani is very interesting, attractive and clear
thank you💖
Simply an enlightened perspective! fantastic talk Sir.
I loved your video "Four aims of Hindu life" excellent explanation!
Thank you!
Thank you sir , wonderful explanation
New hope....For a better world
Thanks Jay Sir
Truly a master piece
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what an excellent way to explain religion...
Such a nice approach!!
Budhi Krishna
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We wish you greater success in this venture of JAGGRUTI about Hinduism among NRIs Hindus and their children and convert them to know how true Hindu man or woman he or she is.So; that they can answer correctly all the quarries others will have.We normally do not publish/sell/convert/push Hinduism to others.We want Hindus to be better human beings.We want GOD to bless you with long and yet contended life.I am glad to know about peepleCare org.I might need their services when I am 99; now I am just 83 !
Jai Ambe.
this is a brilliant talk..I ve always felt exactly what you ve said here..
..now's the Time for this kind of thinking..we re all evolving as individuals and as a society.. maybe not in our lifetime but def in the next generation such changes will occur..and humanity will once be a mature society aware if it's social responsibility towards lesser privileged persons.
Very Good.
Glad i found this video on y tube. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
excellent presentation.......
only few knows.......Vedik mathematics, Grammaticaly most accurate language Sanskrit, advance medicine and surgery Ayurveda, Astronomy science, Yoga and Meditation are amazing things given by ancient Hinduism.
Sir, Thanks a lot.
Excellent, must be carried out through, at frequent intervals of time and place.
i'm a big fan of you sir 🙏 thank u very much
Amazing and important ideas here- thank you so much for the upload
Humour is poetry
Gratitude sir
One of the best lectures... And i assure you I will apply whatever you've stated in this video by your knowledge.
thank you sir..
Excellent
Thank you sir.....you introduced me..with my soul.....
sir you speak so nicely i hv never heard before
Great lecture
Wonderfully simple in synopsizing the large mass of Sacred Hinduism with neat expression embedded with clarity. Thankq very much. I learnt something....Ramchand
Music to my ears...🎼🎵🎶🎸
you are a great teacher sir
ALWAYS, BE GOOD AND DO GOOD.
Excellent guru ji
Can you be my guru, Dr. Lakhani?
just follow his videos, he already is your guru as you are watching his videos.
Derrick Wade I am not sure about Lakhani, but I am ready to be your guru, if you are ready.
These people live life on the basis of lies and superstitions.
All the Gods of this religion had killed.
These people live life on the basis of lies and superstitions.
Thank you
Very Much Enjoyed The Listen
Amazing Perspective!
Thank you for the upload, keep it up!
marriage is commitment......simple....no showmanship....very true.......throw in sincerity.....honesty too.....ethics.....context....division of labour for family benefits
Love this
Brilliant lecture 👏 loved it..
awesome
LOGICAL !! VERY VERY IMPRESSING
Very thoughtful, energetic, realistic... but felt like the talk was more of Hinduism leading to humanism... innit?
Well said Sir!
Brilliant...
The essence of any religion...in modern times...rather United religion 👍
Yes, there are many factors that contribute to the actions and decisions of every person. But ultimately, only we are responsible, not others.
beautiful lecture. Sir.you should come to India and do the lecture in hindi on tv,
great lecture!!!
bows to your philosophy....today we all needs to know about all the elements, forces, physical and spiritual worlds all this things either they are hindus or other, And it is only possible by a people like you, a truly self actualized who can save the world and the humanity in the materialized world by their powerful knowledge. and i belief that a hindus is capable of doing that because there are not bound with a single scripture and view they are free to see and experience the world in their own.
Thank u very much
We need to awareness , that all u want to say
nice sir ....
very true
keep following on main surviving qoute of sri mad bhagvat gita , n fruit is just near u bt keep walking
Good evening! In my observation,the challenge is to unite our own Hindus where in there are many sects Gurus methodologies, meditation and old ways of ritualistic worship etc... needs to be brought under one umbrella. An apex body shud be set up involving great saints who will be overseeing all are inline with the right interpretation complete truth as per the teaching of vedas/ upanishads.
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damn rationality ~~~
Just so frustrated that not many are even watching this, let alone their rating of it. It means something so valuable is not getting to the people because of some stupid algorithm in place to determine who it should reach. Nothing against the very scholarly technique to rate this , but the feed to evaluate this feed is surely flawed because these evaluators have lost the plot !
Point I want to make is this deserves so much more viewership than what the numbers show above.
answers my deeplying narratives.
He is a good speaker. being a hindu i hate the caste system but laughing at a handicapped person is not in our religion. never know if it is the problem of genetic mutation or karmic chakra. nevertheless their families dont throw them out. one possible reason they would do that is because they dont have enough money to support his/her disability. which makes sense to me considering the poor state of the family. too bad for the lad but hey its all an experience and what goes around comes back around
Caste system is what we all know as Jaati in India. It is what is decided through birth. This caste system has no Hindu spiritual support! I repeat: No spiritual support!
Not the vedas, not the Gita, not upanishads say anything about a classification based on birth. They talk about the grand unity. How could they talk about such petty stuff?
Manusmriti has ample mentions and to malign Hindu spirituality some evil people have tried hard to present Manusmriti as Hindu spirituality. While in reality Manusmirti has got nothing to do with spirituality, its like the constitution of the time. The rule book for the society.
What is Varna described by Krishna?
So, what krishna mentioned was Varna, which is also a classification. But the biggest difference is that varna described by Krishna is based on Guna-dharma, which means - being true to our own being.
Thus in the case of Arjuna, every ounce of him is a warrior. He will always be a warrior even if he runs away from the fight and goes and tries to sit in meditation in the Jungle. Krishna knows that Arjuna’s way is not of sitting and meditating, his way is the way of Karma yoga.
How does krishna know Arjuna’s Varna as Kshatriya?
Because krishna did the checking. It becomes clear when you see from Krishna’s perspective. After Arjuna went numb and Gandirv fell from his hand, Kirshna started his counsel by giving him the highest truth first.
The fact that nobody dies, noone kills.
We were always there, we will always be. We just change clothes when we die. Thus the world is nothing more than a stage. And it doesn’t deserve any more importance than a stage act.
This knowledge is known as Janana yoga, Gyana yoga or Sankhya yoga. This Sakhya yoga says, just knowledge is enough, no action is required. Simply knowing is Mukti. Very few people have just known and beome free. Ashtavarka MahaGita is this Sankhya yoga. It says your biggest ignorance is that you think you are bound by anything. “You were always free, o divine one! “states the MahaGita.
Moving on, Krishna saw this knowledge didn’t convince and then he imparted the knowledge of Karma yoga.
Here it is important to note that the entire Gita is a personal conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. Not for once did Krishna say.. “ and for those who are not like arjuna, this is the method.”.. clearly a third party addressing is not there in Gita. Thus a lot of what Krishna speaks is specific for Arjuna, and this has created a big divide in the spiritual community. For example:
Krishna reminded Arjuna he is a Kshatriya and he should fight. If Arjuna were truly gyana yogi, kirhsna would not have told his this. It is because Arjuna is a karma yogi.Krishna advocates worship of God with form to Arjuna over formless worship. Again it is because Arjuna is not a Gyana yogi.
Hope the answer will help in some way in understanding the difference between caste system and varna system.
This should clear all your doubts.
when I was young, the older generation used to be exactly like you described here. they were not practical and didn't try to see what what they were doing amount to. I'm not sure they even knew how and why these traditions were so. and I'm finally discovering these meanings.
but I guess it wouldn't have mattered much because the things we experience ourselves are the only things that stick.