The Bhagavad-Gita: A study of Krishna's Threes

Throughout the Bhagavad-Gita Arjuna the warrior grapples with the ideas of what is Good and what is Evil. Bringing up several sensible arguments against war Krishna simply laughs and answers his doubts with ultimately five counter arguments. The first of Krishna's responses is the most fundamental and is the philosophical argument. The philosophical argument is the idea that nothing in the world is real and that all is in a temporary state of being, everything …

…for, an ideal example. The path of "passion" is the path of those who are aware of their actions and have some sort of understanding of the world around them, the educated public. The path of "dullness" is not necessarily the path of 'evil' but rather the path of those that are completely indifferent to themselves and the world around them. So the levels of being exhibited throughout the Bhagavad-Gita are continued in Krishna's Threes.