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The ancient Hindu philosophy of keepiing mind and body for the well being, has entered the managerial, medical and judicial domain of the world. Today it has found its place as an alternative to the theory of modern management and also as a means to bring back the right path of peace and prosperity for the human beings. Let me bow to Indian Maharishi Veda Vysa with folded hands who helped in removing the impurities of the mind through his writings on Vedas, impurities of speech through his writings on puranas, and impurities of body through his writings on other sacred texts.
Geeta Jayanti is the anniversary of the day, when the Divine Song was sung. On this day Shri Krishna preached Holy Gita to Arjuna, on the battlefield in Kurukshetra. The Bhagvad Geeta was transcribed into words by Veda Vyasa. The Gita consists of 700 shlokas (verses)divided into 18 chapters The teachings of the Gita do not apply only to inner and outer conflicts in the battlefield, but to the combat zone (of good and evil) that lives within us. One is not required to be a Hindu, highly spiritual or extremely intelligent to understand and follow Lord Krishna's teachings. Lord Krishna does not advocate only one path in the Bhagvad Geeta. In fact throughout the Divine Scripture, Krishna explains how one can attain liberation depending upon the inclination of different temperaments of man. One may unite with God through devotion (Bhakti), through wisdom (Gyaan), and through action (Karma) - Mahatma Gandhi said, "When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad-Gita...I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies and my life has been full of external tragedies. If they have left no visible, no indelible scar on me, I owe it all to the teachings of Bhagavad-Gita."
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