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 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...
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...
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...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Scripture Universal for 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. The Bhagavad Gita has...
Geeta Philosophy explained becomes Mahabharata; 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...
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...