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...
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...
How to live in a tempting world with the Lord? Part 2
The Ramayana tells us: ‘Listen. Love and worship of the Lord is the remedy for all afflictions.’ (U.K. 96).
Repeating the Names of the Lord while we walk or...
How to live in a tempting world with the Lord? Part 1
The Ramacharitamanasa tells us:‘The real self-interest of every person lies in cultivating Love and Devotion to the feet of the Lord – in Thought, Word and Deed....
Bhagavad Geeta is the mirror of all Vedantic Thought
The principles enunciated in the Scriptural Trinity go by the name of Vedanta. The word is a compound of Veda and Anta. It means the end or culmination of the...
