Even in present times it was ones personal prerogative to choose ones journey in life. Born in a Jain family I pursued path of spirituality detailed in Bhagavad Gita. No one objected. Where was the cause for any objection? Till date I am not able to distinguish Jainism from Hinduism except some cultural differences. As I did not want to […]
Bhagavad Gita conveys one and only one message… the journey in human form was ephemeral. What was permanent was world of souls’ atmans. By following teachings of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita any human being world over could easily emancipate forever from cycle of birth and death, reach stage of enlightenment and finally moksha salvation. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma […]
The philosophy of life detailed in Bhagavad Gita directly relates to path of spirituality to reach God in ones lifetime. One must never indulge in Bhagavad Gita if our goal of life was not spiritual, reaching God in present life. Most followers of Hinduism hesitated indulgence in Bhagavad Gita as family ties, all attachments to family members get broken […]
The essence of entire Bhagavad Gita is detailed below – 1. We were primarily a spirit manifesting human form. We manifest human form to work out our karma, remove dross impurities within. 2. The spirit, consciousness existing in our heart is Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna is always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the chariot (human body) belonging to […]
Bhagavad Gita does not relate to physical manifest life! If our goal of life was spiritual only then we must indulge in Bhagavad Gita, never otherwise! Following teachings contained in Bhagavad Gita human beings finally reached God in their lifetime. I know many who started in pursuit of God via path of jnana yoga as detailed in Bhagavad Gita only […]
When young stories about Lord Krishna did the round in my house! Even though born in a Jain family, the accomplishments of Lord Krishna were beyond belief. As a child I was fascinated by his accomplishments. This impelled me to indulge in Bhagavad Gita, the sermon given to mankind by Lord Krishna in battle of Mahabharata. Bhagavad Gita contains truth […]
Bhagavad Gita does not offer solution to all problems human beings face in life .Bhagavad Gita details everything relating to path of spirituality. Indulging in Bhagavad Gita every single human being on mother earth could easily reach stage of enlightenment in present life. The purport of Bhagavad Gita was straight and clear… benefits of traveling on path of pure spirituality. […]
J. Robert Oppenheimer indulged in Bhagavad Gita not as a messenger of peace but he was filled with awe when he found that everything concerning atom already existed in Bhagavad Gita, even Upanishads (independent treatises). Whatever was necessary for developing nuclear fusion theory, he took from Bhagavad Gita. Robert Oppenheimer was a physicist with no interest in spirituality whatsoever. […]
One single scripture Bhagavad Gita that was a proprietary of Hinduism religion contained all! The surprising part, it was universal in nature. For following precepts of spirituality one need not convert to Hinduism ever. Remaining wherever we were following any religion faith or belief… we could ceremoniously indulge in teachings of Bhagavad Gita to reach stage of enlightenment and finally […]
In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna clearly admonishes human beings from worshipping attributes of God Almighty! Lord Krishna advises worshipping Brahman (God) directly. Indulging in rituals one truly never gained anything on spiritual path. Still in India, most immersed in religious practices unmindful of results! Kali Yuga exists only in India. Indians keep waiting for advent of Kalki avatar. None […]
J. Robert Oppenheimer popularly called the “father of atomic bomb” led the Manhattan Project wherein was developed the first nuclear bomb used during World War II. Robert Oppenheimer openly admitted his philosophy was greatly affected by teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita. Hinduism scriptures primarily Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises) contained everything from occurrence of big bang to […]
Bhagavad Gita contains everything worth knowable on path of pure spirituality. Everything from stage of big bang to dissolution of cosmos is detailed in Hinduism scriptures. Knower of Bhagavad Gita finally becomes knower of all. Every single human being who succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment in present life followed path of spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads […]
Indulging in scriptures literally does not mean anything! We must always indulge in scriptures via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! Ritual recitation of shlokas was totally meaningless. Every single shloka of Bhagavad Gita was independent of other. Indulgence in scriptures, teachings contained in Bhagavad Gita was to realize self, god in present life time. Half-hearted indulgence leads nowhere. […]
Bhagavad Gita, foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth never talks anything about castes. Bhagavad Gita has categorized mankind into four classes, categories termed Varnas. Those indulging in religious practices were called Brahmins. The second category consisting of Kshatriyas (nobles) were meant to safeguard boundaries of the country from invasion. The third category consisted of Vaishyas… the trading […]
The sermon of Bhagavad Gita was given to mankind by Lord Krishna above 3600 years before now, above 1500 years before to coming of Jesus Christ. In times of Lord Krishna no religion like Buddhism, Christianity or Islamic Dharma existed. Simply stated Jesus was born more than 1500 years later to sermon of Bhagavad Gita. Jesus Christ was born […]
Living according to Bhagavad Gita way of life simply means indulging in karma nishkama karma way of life. We must always indulge in karma as a trustee… a custodian, caretaker of things that already belonged to God Almighty. We must live like a true soldier of God, as nothing truly belonged to us. Primarily we were a spirit… a […]