During the battle of Mahabharata, Lord Krishna, an avatar of his era (God manifest in human form) gave sermon of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna… a Pandava king! The teachings of Bhagavad Gita rendered to Arjuna form essence of life for entire mankind on mother earth. In absence of teachings of Lord Krishna contained in Bhagavad Gita… none in present times could reach god… gain self realization, god realization … reach stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana)!
In West… only Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment while in India and erstwhile Bharatvarsha… not hundreds but thousands gained enlightenment in their lifetime! It is India from where flows the essence of spirituality… the path to God Almighty! For indulgence in spirituality… for knowing details about path of nishkama karma, for indulging in yoga meditation… the teachings contained in Bhagavad Gita were an absolute must!
In absence of wisdom contained in Bhagavad Gita… various Upanishads (independent treatises) and Vedas (Hinduism revelations)… mankind would have bitterly suffered as very limited people would have succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana)! Vedas were voluminous documents… much beyond access of commoners, masses! Same is the case with Upanishads (independent treatises). To follow Upanishads… one needs following path of contemplation!
With coming of Lord Krishna in the battle of Mahabharata between Pandavas and Kauravas… whatever was contained in Vedas and Upanishads… became available to mankind in concise, easy to grasp form that appealed to commoners, masses… the sacred Bhagavad Gita! Compared to Vedas and Upanishads… whatever is contained in Bhagavad Gita was much easier to understand! The only difficulty lay in following path of contemplation. Nothing in Bhagavad Gita could ever be understood literally!
In present times one could never reach God via path of bhakti yoga (total surrender to God Almighty)! For reaching God in present life… our indulgence in path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) was necessitated. How to follow path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) is explicitly detailed in teachings of Bhagavad Gita! Not only this… Bhagavad Gita also details how practicing absolute celibacy for a period of 12 years in continuation human beings finally succeed in full awakening of kundalini shakti, the coiled Serpentine energy lying dormant in base of spine!
Full awakening of Kundalini Shakti results in opening of Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead. One immediately becomes an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina… a Mahavira forever! Different strains of spirituality… path of karma yoga, practice of absolute celibacy… path of jnana yoga, following path of absolute truthfulness… definition of spirituality, moksha, enlightenment, karma and dharma… all were detailed in teachings contained in Bhagavad Gita! For gaining enlightenment in present life… one need not refer to any other scripture other than Bhagavad Gita… the sermon given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield of Mahabharata! Read more on Mahabharata Lord Krishna Bhagavad Gita
By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref 150806)
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