Bhakti Sastri Course Session 18 | BG | CH 8 Part 1 | HG Daiva Simha Das

🌺 *Bhakti Sastri Course* 📖 *Bhagavad-gītā As It Is* *Chapter 8 – Attaining the Supreme* *Verses 1–15* 🙏 *Hare Krishna!* Welcome to another session of the *Bhakti Sastri Course**, where we begin our study of **Chapter 8 – Attaining the Supreme* of *Bhagavad-gītā As It Is* by **His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda**. 🌟 *Topics Covered* 🔹 Arjuna asks Lord Krishna about **Brahman, the self (adhyātma), karma, the material manifestation (adhibhūta), the demigods (adhidaiva), and the Lord of sacrifice (adhiyajña)**, and also asks how Krishna can be known at the time of death. 🔹 Lord Krishna explains these fundamental spiritual concepts and teaches that **whatever state of being one remembers when leaving the body, that state one will attain**, making one's consciousness at the time of death especially significant. 🔹 Krishna instructs Arjuna to **remember Him and simultaneously perform his prescribed duty**, explaining that one whose mind and intelligence are fixed upon Him can attain Him without doubt. 🔹 The process of remembering and meditating upon the *Supreme Personality of Godhead at the time of death* is described, along with the yogic process of controlling the senses and mind and fixing the consciousness on the Supreme. 🔹 Lord Krishna explains that for one who **always remembers Him without deviation**, He is easy to obtain. After attaining Krishna, such great souls do not return to this **temporary material world of miseries**, having achieved the highest perfection. 🌿 May this study inspire us to **always remember Lord Sri Krishna**, engage sincerely in **devotional service**, and steadily progress toward the supreme goal of life. #BhagavadGita #BhagavadGitaAsItIs #ISKCON #BhaktiSastri #Chapter8 #AttainingTheSupreme #SrilaPrabhupada #Krishna #Arjuna #RememberKrishna #Brahman #Karma #Adhyatma #Adhibhuta #Adhidaiva #Adhiyajna #KrishnaConsciousness #BhaktiYoga #DevotionalService #Vedabase #HareKrishna