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...
The Four Types of Devotees
Bhagawaan Sri Krishna says:‘Four types of virtuous people worship Me, O Arjuna: (a) those in distress, (b) the seeker of material prosperity, (c) the seeker of knowledge, and, (d) the wise.’ (Gita 7.16)
The first type is...
Bhagavad Geeta 18:4-5—Moksha Sanyasa Yoga—The Path of Liberation by Renunciation
निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम |
त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविध: सम्प्रकीर्तित: || 4||
niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama
tyāgo hi puruṣha-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ
Learn from Me the truth about this abandonment,...
Bhagavad Geeta 18:03—Moksha Sanyasa Yoga—The Path of Liberation by Renunciation
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिण: |
यज्ञदानतप:कर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे || 3||
tyājyaṁ doṣha-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣhiṇaḥ
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti chāpare
Some sages declare that all action should be relinquished as...
Bhagavad Geeta Chapter 2, Verses 62-63
‘Brooding on the objects of the senses, man develops attachment to them; from attachment comes desire; from desire (unfulfilled), anger sprouts forth. From anger proceeds delusion; from delusion, confused memory – the loss of...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Truly Scripture Universal for the Attainment of Perfection Part 2/2
It is customary with people to divide human activities into two distinctive types—the spiritual and the temporal, the sacred and the secular. But the Bhagavad Gita makes...
Varna Ashram – Division of Labour is based on action and inner quality
“The fourfold order was designated by Me classifying each by the different distribution of Guna and Karma. (Gita 4:13)
The division of society into four Varnas (Brahmanas, ...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Truly Scripture Universal for the Attainment of Perfection Part 1/2
Certain criteria contribute to make a book universal in its character. The language in which it happens to be couched is not in itself of great consequence....
