Posts Tagged ‘Gita’

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi has been a famous personality, and a large number of people followed (and still following) his ideas and insight about various perspectives of nation and lives.

While searching internet, I found some interesting articles on Mahatma Gandhi, credit goes to respective authors and websites; hope you will enjoy them! Read More »

Krishna says –

  • Physical world is with three gunas (attributes), these are Satoguna, Tamoguna and Rajoguna. Every person, living in this physical world falls in these attributes. [But a person can also go beyond these three attributes]
  • Satoguna is more pure than other two gunas; the people, who are in this guna, their emotions carry bliss and knowledge.
  • Rajoguna is originated from desires and attachments, which leads to anticipations and attachments of results. Read More »

Arjuna asks to Krishna: what are nature, person, field and knower of the field?

Krishna says –

  • This body is field, one who know this, is called – knower of the field.
  • Five elements, ego, intellect, and the unmanifest cause (maya). Ten Indriyas and the mind; five sense objects – these are all called the field of the karma. Read More »

Bhakti YogaGod is in both form and formless state. Worshiping God’s form is referred as- Bhakti Yoga, this is right brain oriented. And Worshiping God in invisible form is left brain oriented. The left brain is rational, analytical and problem solving, etc. The right brain is artistic, intuitive and subjective, etc.

The people who worship God as in invisible form, often says: God is the projection of mind; but the people who worship God in visible form, may take invisible form of God as atheism. But Gita is very clear, let’s carry on what Krishna says. Read More »

Krishna says –

  • You and I have taken human body number of times, I do remember all, but you can’t remember it.
  • A soul in unborn and eternal, and controls the nature; the people when are self realized, the soul consciousness manifests in each of them in its true nature.
  • Whenever untruth prevails, God’s light starts showering, in the form of self realized people. Read More »

Arjuna used to believe on Krishna; whatever Krishna said to him – he had the firm belief on that. But he was not completely cleared, so he further inquired to Krishna about Karma.

Krishna says –

  • There are two kind of person for self-realization; one gets by the gaining of knowledge (left-brain) and other gets by the devotion (right-brain). Read More »

With much frustration Arjuna surrenders to Krishna, and seeks guidance from Krishna. Here’s one thing of worth noticing – Krishna was with Arjuna from a long time, but he never forced spiritual knowledge to Arjuna – Krishna is only telling to Arjuna this time because Arjuna is seeking.

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Gita starts from Arjuna frustration, Arjuna was frustrated how to fight and kill to family members in the war of Mahabharat. Arjuna was a great warrior and he was capable to make much havoc and destruction to opposition.

Krishna, who was with Arjuna in this war, was a man of true knowledge and was only capable to understand Arjuna. In another sense Krishna was a great Guru with profound knowledge of spirituality, psychology, politics, strategy making, war, and love…moreover he was a great communicator. There was no man recorded in the history of that time, who could be at the level of Krishna. Read More »

Bhagavad Gita of Sri Krishna and Arjuna conversations has 18 chapters and 700 slokas recorded. The first chapter in Gita shows the sorrow and frustration of Arjuna. The rest chapters of Bhagavad Gita show the alternate solutions to Arjuna, given by Sri Krishna. Arjuna was fortunate; who found such a great Guru – Krishna; Krishna completely reframed and explore the inner world of Arjuna, and teaches him the truth. Read More »

‘Astavakra Gita’ is that precious Jewel, I truly love.  Each sentence of this book has so powerful meaning, if you understand each one – you’ll be relieved from all life’s problems and worries. This book has the conversation of a King and a Saint. If you are reading about this book first time or second time or maybe third or hundredth time; this book will always give new meaning and insight. Here I’d like to discuss an excerpt of that small book.

Question: how to attain wisdom, liberation and non-attachment? Read More »