ARTICLE : an excerpt from the movie mahabharata...by peter brooks

Posted By dayu knopfler (knopfler@nospam.com)
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 01:47:48 -0700

Arjuna throws his bow and arrows on the ground as he feels the emotion of
going into war to kill his cousins,uncles,and teacher....
Krishna says:What is this maddened shameful weakness? stand up
and fight..
Arjuna says: I am in anguish....I cant see where my duty
lies....

Krishna says to him that victory and defeat are the same...he
is urging him to act...but not to reflect on the fruit of the act....he says
to him....seek detatchment..fight without desire..

Arjuna says:you say forget desire...seek detatchment....yet you
urge me to massacre..........your words are ambigious...I am confused...

Krishna says:Dont withdraw into solitude,its not enough....you
must act....
yet action mustnt dominate you....In the heart of action, you must remain
free from all attachment......

Arjuna says:How can I put into practice what you are demanding
of me ?
The mind is capricious....unstable...its
evasive..feverish,turbulant........tenacious.....Its harder to subdue than
taming the wind....

Krishna says:You must learn to see with the same eye....
a mound of earth..and a heap of gold...
a cow...and a sage....
a dog.... and the man who eats the dog.....

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