This morning toward the end of class, my guru Maharaj was talking about how Krishna is seated in everyone's heart. He had asked if any of us could find out how many times does Krishna say in the Bhagavad Gita "I am situated in everyone's heart." So I found quite a few and it took me an hour to go through the whole Bhagavad Gita to find the verses. I discovered that Krishna says it 4 times. I found three other similar verses to them. But here are the 4 verses.
Ch.7 Text 22
I am seated in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that particular deity.
Ch.10 Text 21
I am the Supersoul O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all living beings.
Ch. 15 Text 15
I am seated in everyone's heart, from me comes remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfullness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed I am the compiler of the Vendanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.
Ch. 18 Text 61
The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities who are seated as a machine made of material energy.
I liked the assignement Maharaj asked for us to do. I don't know if anyone else will take up the assignment but I did. I felt I needed to do more reading in the Bhagavad Gita and more serious studying. I need to ask my guru Maharaj for the Bhagavad Gita course that he has that way I can be more disciplined. I think I am going to tell him this.
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