Allegory of the Mahabharata
The Mahabharata warfare allows itself to be viewed allegorically. Laws of nature are eternal and uniform. What happens once is bound to repeat itself under similar circumstances. The Law of Incarnation of God is equally...
Life beset with Problems: The Dilemma of Arjuna
Until he made his appearance on the battle-field Arjuna was actually panting for a deadly encounter with the wicked. He was erstwhile a stranger to doubts and despair. Just as an...
Mahabharata condensed into philosophy becomes Bhagavad Geeta
The Mahabharata or the Great Epic is held to be the fifth Veda. The Bhagavad Gita finds a place in this stupendous record of human activities, aspirations and achievements. Chapters twenty-five to forty-two...
Bhagavad Geeta is authoritative
Scriptures are indispensable to all religions. They save religions from mutation and from extinction. That faith which has no gospel for its guidance gets lost in a series of transformations. Finally it disintegrates and loses...
Bhagavad Geeta asserts the Immortality of the Soul
The great truth to which the Hindu hold on and which they can never forget or disbelieve is the immortality of the Soul and the continuance of life after death. The...
The Bhagavad Geeta is a living reality
To understand the Gita, the reverential approach is necessary. We must have love for God and a religious frame of mind towards its teachings. We must take up its study in an...
BHAGAVAD GITA JAYANTI
Over five thousand years ago, a dazzling flash of brilliant light lit up the sky of human civilization. That spiritual effulgence was SRI KRISHNA’S appearance upon earth and His message in the BHAGAVAD GITA. This occasion is now known as...
Bhagavad Geeta as a Yoga Shastra is meant transform the seeker into self-realization
Every science has its twin aspects — theory and practice. Intellectual grasp of a subject is theory; its application is practice. Many a student of Vedanta or...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Gospel of Non-Attachment
The essence of true culture lies in its being based upon a spiritual sense of values and a spiritual outlook on life. The assertion of the essential divinity of man is the heart of...
Mahabharata convinces that earthly powers are subordinate to the Supreme Grace of the Lord
The period of exile was over for the Pandavas. They had faithfully fulfilled all the hard terms imposed on them for the sin of gambling. They...
