Adhika is often translated as ‘superior’ or ‘better’. But in fact it can also mean ‘beyond’, which - in the context of this verse - seems more helpful (and less judgemental).

In the Gita, Lord Krishna sets out three different paths for us to achieve the goal of spiritual liberation…  

Well let’s just remove the idea of great and common men, there are better words and phrases these days.

This is part of the ’Sthita-prajna’ part of the Bhagavad Gita, the section describing someone who has steady sacred wisdom. ..

Dharma is a word with many meanings and, in the context of this verse, it can be translated as harmony so that adharma becomes discord or dis-harmony.

Both the Gita and the Yoga Sutras (1.33) offer us advice on how we should treat others. In the Yoga Sutras we’re told that if we can cultivate an attitude of friendliness, and compassion to others, our mind will remain undisturbed…

We experience our world through our senses – our sight, our hearing, our taste, our smell, through our skin in our touch, taking this information from the outside world inwardly we attach feelings and judgements and craft our experience of life.

Hamish: ‘Oh so many to choose from. So I’m going with random opening of book to…’

The first line of this verse is very powerful at a time when humanity faces a reckoning with nature…