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| WHY WE SHOULD STUDY GITA |
| 03.04.04 (9:39 pm) [edit] |
Bhagavad Gita shloka IX/2: Bhagavad Gita chapter IX shloka 2 explains the importance of knowing Bhagvad Gita ... Lord Krishna emphasizes on the fact that Bhagavad Gita is the foremost and the ultimate of all sacred Scriptures available on Mother Earth ... it has rightly been termed as the king of all wisdom. No other spiritual knowledge can even compare with Bhagavad Gita. This statement is borne out of the fact that Lord Krishna came about thousand years earlier to Mahavira ... Buddha followed approximately 77 years thereafter. About 423 years hence came Jesus Christ and finally about two centuries later followed Prophet Mohammed. The chain of events is a proven fact ... there is no point doubting the sequence of evolution. Not necessarily what came first has to be on the top but in this case Bhagavad Gita ... the essence of all spiritual knowledge contained in the Cosmos flowed from the mouth of Lord Krishna as if the Creator himself had manifested... in fact, it had! The prime reason why Lord Krishna is considered as an avatar (God, the Almighty Creator manifest as a human being) … Bhagwan Mahavira, Gautam Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed are all man gods who were born normal human beings ... yet rose to those heights where even Angels fear to tread.
If you are a believer of Christianity and consider Bible to be the foremost ... Bhagvad Gita does not contradict this fact. Yet, whatever is contained in Bible also exists in Bhagavad Gita but vice versa is not true ... Bhagvad Gita in fact contains much more that is worth knowing by a true spiritual aspirant. Reading and knowing Bible you can become worldly wise but, to gain Emancipation for ever from the cycle of birth and death ... to gain salvation in this very life ... you shall need to delve deep into the Cosmic wisdom contained in Bhagvad Gita. There is no other escape route.
Followers of Islam consider Koran to be the foremost of all Religions ... but can anyone deny this fact that the knower of Koran and Koran alone cannot attain salvation. Even if you believe that a knower of Koran can become Prophet Mohammed ... how many Prophet Mohammeds have we seen in the past many centuries? Yet, there have been many of the likes of Adi Shankaracharya Jnaneshwar, Rama Krishna Paramhansa and Mahirshi Ramanna who were able to assimilate the teachings of Bhagvad Gita, realized God in their lifetime and thereafter showed a definite path to the humanity that anyone can realize God and attain salvation within this life. One only needs to understand the ultimate in its true reality.
Mahavira, the exponent of Jainism always emphasized on the fact that every human being has the potential and the right to become a Mahavira ... a true Jina (one who has conquered his true inner self) ... he never said that he was something about the ordinary ... Jainism does not believe in existence of God ... it merely believes in the fact that every human being has the right to become a Mahavira.
Knower of Bhagavad Gita knows it all ... yet, whatever is contained in Bhagavad Gita is not easily explainable as our senses are not competent to comprehend the absolute truth. Our senses are limited by the mind power and the mind power itself has limitations and as the Cosmic mind itself is controlled by Almighty Creator ... it is beyond the power of the mind to grasp or comprehend the essence contained in Bhagavad Gita. For knowing Bhagvad Gita one had to rise to a certain mental stage and only then could one grasp the power of Bhagavad Gita. For having a complete view of New York one needs to go to the top of Empire state building ... one standing at a lower-level can only expect to have a lesser view.
The complex wisdom of Bhagvad Gita was not meant for the ordinary. Why? Because, it was always possible for a layman to misuse unknowingly the powers of Bhagvad Gita. While proceeding on the path of Bhagvad Gita one tends to accumulate many spiritual powers that may corrupt our thinking and we may misuse them for our one benefit. This is a strictly prohibited. Hence it should be ensured by a spiritual master that one seeking the path of Bhagvad Gita is fully competent to comprehend its full meaning. Only then the cosmic wisdom should be imparted.
Elevating self to the highest degree in mental development is the basic criteria without which nothing much can be attained ... if you must learn the Cosmic wisdom of Bhagvad Gita ... make sure that by proper yoga and meditation you are able to lift yourself high up on the pedestal of mental thinking ... which in other words means purifying your thinking process to an absolute perfect. The moment you start invoking absolute pure thoughts ... the wisdom of Bhagvad Gita would automatically start becoming clearer to you.
Does it mean that knower of Bhagvad Gita gets away from the worldly life ... yes, it is true that a true knower of Bhagvad Gita gets away from worldly life but an absolute knower is born once in a hundred years or even more. Others on the path of knowing Bhagvad Gita can alleviate their mental status to a level that you make your mark in your chosen field. Albert Einstein, Edison, Henry Ford, Madame Curie were able to accomplish whatever they wanted in life because of their deep faith in God and his existence. They may never have read Bhagvad Gita but they all practiced Bhagavad Gita unknowingly and inherently. Whatever was taught and preached by Napoleon Hill in his famous books is nothing more than what is contained in few lines of Bhagvad Gita. Whatever be your goal of life Bhagvad Gita can not only help you accomplish your cherished goal ... it will always help you remain on the top.
Here, one thing must be borne in mind ... the cosmic journey undertaken by the Atman (the soul within) is required to be completed in an earthly lifespan of 98.4 million years. Every Atman (the soul within) can manifest a maximum of 8.4 million lives. So, where is the hurry ... wanting to complete a journey of millions of years in a single lifespan of 70~80 years is a difficult task indeed ... yet, not unattainable. One must always in the present life try to get the maximum Bhagvad Gita can give to us so that we can comfortably achieve our goal of life. What more can a human being ask for.
Because of the difficulty and unavailability of the wisdom of Bhagvad Gita in easy terms ... the wisdom so obtained is considered the highest of all the secrets of the cosmic wisdom available on Mother Earth. Because of the nature of the wisdom Bhagvad Gita imparts, it is considered a highly sanctified sacred document.
The knower of Bhagavad Gita can practice the wisdom contained in it without second thoughts ... one can always expect direct results as there is nothing more to prove ... all is the direct result of what has been dictated by God, the Almighty Creator of the Cosmos. The wisdom of Bhagavad Gita does not require a second opinion ... all is as pure as the morning dew on the lotus petals.
The wisdom of Bhagvad Gita is based on the doctrine of Dharma ... nothing goes against it. While following Bhagvad Gita you are invariably following the dictates of Dharma. At no stage Bhagvad Gita is against what is preached and practiced in various dharma. Apart from the complex nature ... Bhagvad Gita is something which can be understood by the common man also provided one is willing to go the extra mile ... the path how Bhagavad Gita can be understood is very clear ... we only need to understand and follow. Following the path of Bhagvad Gita ... one can never be a loser in the end ... you only gain ... it can never be the cause of your death but it can always make you immortal ... make you reach the end of your cosmic life.
There is no cause for any fear either ... knower of Bhagavad Gita always and ever is permanently rid of all fears including death. (Immortality is something which can never be gained in the physical form ... one becomes immortal only after one reaches the end of the cosmic life ... that is when the travel of Atman (the soul within) ceases to exist. Attempts by various spiritual gurus trying to gain Immortality on Mother Earth is but a futile attempt ... such a thing does not exist ... why not understand the Cosmic wisdom of Bhagvad Gita and become immortal for ever! Immortality in clearer terms means that the cycle of birth and death ceases to exist. No more Cosmic travel for the Atman (the soul within) ... the Atman gains its pristine pure form and shall remain forever as such (Until the pralaya ... end of the Cosmos occurs and a new Cosmos starts with a big bang).
Bhagvad Gita is the ultimate in cosmic knowledge what one can gain on this earthly abode. This is the last frontier of humanity and learning ... there is nothing more to look forward to. Decide the goal of your life and take a deep plunge into the ocean of the Cosmic wisdom known as Bhagvad Gita ... you shall always rise as the winner ... in the domain of Bhagvad Gita there are no failures ... you always gain sometimes less sometimes more.
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