By Reverend Bhakta Dasa, Hare Krishna minister of religion and Faith Communities Council of Victoria chair
In all the various branches of Hinduism the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God) is a sacred treatise that is surcharged with “hope”.
One of the central personalities in the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Arjuna, after surrendering and listening to the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna, became filled with hope.
A hope that was grounded in wisdom and animated by devotion.
That hope inspired him to stand firm and tall, ready to respond gallantly to the call of duty.
Arjuna, at the start of this epic, was a broken man crushed with doubt and direction in life.