NOTE: The 1st time the Gita was spoken by the Supreme God Krishna to the Sun-God Vivasavan about 2 billion years ago and then passed on through the Guru-Disciple chain to Lord Manu ( father of mankind ) to his son & disciple, King Isvaku.....and the last time the Gita was spoken again by Supreme God Krishna to Arjuna about 5000 years ago. There were NO Hindu, Abrahamic, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism or any other religions in those days.
The Twelve Bullet Points Gita talks about Me, not about any religion:
1. My Identity: To know myself , who am I ? what is my real identity? I am an eternal soul not a physical body.
Bg 2.17 -- That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul.
2. My Birth & Desires: Why am I born in a specific family? My specific desires & specific actions to enjoy this world are causes for my birth in a specific family.
3. My Profession & Stages of My life: Choosing my profession according to my passion. Different stages of my life, starting from childhood, are to execute the social responsibility.
4. My Mentality: How am I reacting while facing this world? The Gita talks about Three Gunas or Modes of Material Nature or My Mentality or Consciousness which signifies my thinking, my behavior, my actions, my interaction with the world.....
Bg 14.5 -- Material nature consists of three modes – goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.
5. My YOGA ( Karma, Knowledge, Dhyana & Spiritual ) to fulfill my life.
6. My Lifestyle, Food & Health: My Lifestyle & Food have effects on my Health.
7. My Relationship with the Creator ( God ) & his Creation: The Gita talks about who God is? How can I understand the God? My relationship with the God & his creation.
Bg 14.4 -- It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.
8. My Duty or Dharma: Besides maintaining me & my family what is my Dharma or Duty?
9. My Direction/Destiny: My overall direction in life is based on my consciousness & desires. Where I am heading?...
10. My Reformation: How to overcome the situation? How to change my thinking, my behavior, my lifestyles...and my direction?
11. My Happiness & Liberation: Once I understand myself & God, I will understand everything happening in my life.....there will be no complaints...LOL....and I will be Happy & Liberated ( Moksha ) here only.
Bg 14.20 -- When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.
12. My Free Will: Finally, the Gita talks about my Free Will to live my life as I wish.
Bg 18.63 -- Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.
The Gita is not a book of commandments, but it is book of the choices & consequences of choosing these choices. It is a book which reveals the vision of God who respects the human Intelligence & Free Will. Yes, it is up to me how deliberately I want to use my Free Will & Intelligence in making my choices in the life while interacting with this world. At the end of the day my choices, my thinking, my words, my actions & behavior have impact on me, my family, friends, society and the nation I live in.
The philosophy of the Gita will empower us with the spiritual intelligence & wisdom to live thoughtful, compassionate, enthusiastic, peaceful, happy & inspirational lives. Some times I get tempted or carried away to encourage my family & friends to read the Gita everyday because the Gita is a like a fruit, so delicious, delightful, tasty & juicy....LOL 😀.
Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God or CREATOR or Lord Krishna ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
Bg 18.54 -- One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything. He is equally disposed toward every living entity. Vedabase.com
Have a Gita Reading Day.
Thank You.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION, SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly hearing Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale known as Dadaji ( speak on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: Good source of the Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Hearing & reading these scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting Vedic Mantra daily are purifying to our senses, nourishing to our heart ( Soul ), transcendental to our consciousness, uplifting to our emotions and thus perfecting our Free Will. Otherwise this powerful material world will degrade us.
It is always good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. I am posting articles based on Vedic scriptures and expressing my opinion, thoughts, understanding & emotions. Writing/sharing the articles is my Devotion to God/Gita/Guru. Of course I use Smartphone/Google/Pexels search to collect some data. Thanks to Facebook/Social media for providing me the platform.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God ( Krishna , Absolute Truth ).
NOTE:
I use the word Hearing instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because the Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them, still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible, Judaism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy that makes sense to us, purify us , elevate our consciousness and qualify us to understand the God and instill the love for God & his creation. ( whichever way we can understand the God, Form or Formless..or Universal Consciousness or Energy ...etc ).
Don’t try to understand the God by Name, Religion or Depiction ( means image, picture...etc ) but try to understand him by Definition through Scriptures. Transcendental subjects of the God & his creation can not be understand by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why circle is circular? Just by definition circle is circular similarly by definition God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see the God besides above mention qualities as a eternal living person ( not a abstract or some kind of light ) known by name Krishna means who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, form, abode, many incarnation, activities, qualities, associates, full of wisdom, bliss, cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
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