You know, we think of the Bhagavā as a book of philosophy.

And it is that.

And, you know, I just spent this time with Hary Ashford down in Philadelphia, and he's a lover of the Bhaghita. Yes. And when he speaks to the Bhaghya, he's like, the love song. You know, the Gita means song, right? Yeah, the love song, he calls it. Yeah. And particularly, you know, throughout the Gita, you do get the affection that's being shared between Arjuna and Krishna and how they refer to each other, you know.

But particularly at the end of the Gita, Krishna starts to speak.

And it's just, he's just pouring out love.

He's saying, Arjuna, I'm going to share this greatest of all secrets with you. Please listen to me. I'm sharing this for your own benefit because you're so very dear to me. You're my dear friend. You know, Priosi, you know, it's like you're so dear to me. And he's just pouring out this love and affection then he says

arjuna now i've shared it all with you he doesn't command him to do anything right he says have

you heard it all my friend you know now please do what you wish to do and and and arjuna it's just

back and forth this beautiful love and while i was reading it I was reading it in a way that I had never read it before.

And I was getting a little choked up, you know.

And I'm hearing other people who are feeling that same thing.

It's like this is what we're reading about here.

It's not just like, oh, that was cute.

What we're hearing about is how the greatest yogis just like, oh, that was cute. What we're hearing about

is how the greatest yogis of all, the feelings that they feel within themselves, right?

And they're feeling this intense love, intense affection in a particular rossa, as fatherly love,

for Krishna. And it's, you know, it's, let us not forget, you know, that all of this is about,

and what you were saying earlier, about treating everyone as if they're a pure devotee,

showing you that respect to everyone, that's going to kind of help us open ourselves up to

feeling these kind of feelings, you know?

And if we harden our heart to others, we're living in an age where we think we've become convinced that it's the righteous thing to do to harden your hearts towards others.

The real yoghies understand, I don't harden my heart to anyone.

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