Date: August 19, 2001
Length: 37 min

The overarching theme of this lecture is compassion, with a specific focus on the distinction between mundane compassion and spiritual compassion. In the context of elaborating on Arjuna's distress that carries over from chapter one, Swami discusses the relationship between the guru and the disciple, the importance of sadhu-sanga, and the purport of the Srimad-Bhagavatam verse "tava kathamrtam tapta jivanam" (SB 10.31.9). Swami concludes the talk with insight into the meaning of Krsna's epithet "Madhusudana."