The Everlasting Teachings Of Gita

By Gopal Krishnan


The Bhagvad Gita is the most popular sacred book in Hindu religion and is often known as the Gita. There are exactly 18 chapters and nearly 700 verses in this Sanskrit book.

The complete text is a dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna. The underlying philosophy or theme of this pious book is that each and every person must put in full effort to fulfill his or her duties without thinking about or working for the results.

The Gita lays emphasis on the fact that a person must lead a life where he is removed from all material goods and worldly pleasures.

This text explains the manner in which you can carry out your work properly and even have targets and aims but live a life of detachment towards earthly goods. This book deals with the relation between humans and God, the way to get in touch with God, what is devotion and the real meaning of wisdom and unawareness.

The primary objective of Bhagvad Gita is to tell people that the universe is in state of constant change and motion and any person who links himself to material things would only face regret and disappointment. This can give rise to dangerous sentiments such as being scared, worried, angry, hateful and envious. These sentiments are harmful as they have influence the quality of your life and impede you from achieving salvation.

The book speaks about 3 most significant things. The first thing talks about duty - all humans must carry out their obligations with total dedication to living a fulfilling life. The next thing relates to the concealed self - each human has one inner self that is that person's real self and is completely separate from the outer body. The third and last principle relates to omnipresent Supreme Being and the way in which we can achieve the realization that he is the center of our world.

The preachings of the Bhagvad Gita are significant in every individual's life and this is what makes it one of the most well known spiritual texts in the world.




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