Jealousy and Hatred destroy those who possess them

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While explaining these principles to Arjuna, Krishna told

Arjuna, " For your evil cousins, the one hundred brothers who have

been plotting to destroy the Pandavas' joy and happiness, it is their

evil qualities which encouraged them to do all their wicked deeds.

People who are jealous attract bad people for company. These cousins

have with them their evil uncle, who encouraged them in their enmity

towards the Pandavas. He is filled with jealousy. These are all blind

people. Just as their father is physically blind, all hundred

brothers are mentally blind. They join together and fall in line with

one another. But you can be sure, Arjuna, that the bad qualities in

these people will destroy them. " As Krishna predicted, not even one

of these hundred brothers survived the war to perform the funeral

rites for their parents. This is the great tragedy of falling into

hatred and jealousy.

 

If you want to really understand the Gita, then you have to start by

developing all the good qualities and virtues that have been

discussed. Once these good qualities are part of you, you will be

able to experience the divinity directly.

 

Anything you desire can be gotten from a wish-fulfilling tree. The

Gita is such a wish-fulfilling tree. It will grant you whatever you

are ready to receive. It will give you the level of understanding

which reflects your own particular desires. In this age, people are

interpreting the Gita incorrectly, because they are filled with so

many wrong desires. And so, the Gita has been of little use to them.

But, you must develop your virtue and fill yourself with love. Then

the lofty message of the Gita will shine within you and inspire you

to reach the divinity. To reach the divinity is your birthright. It

is your unchanging reality, your undying truth.