Can someone simply describe the main lessons contained in the Gita?
Thank you for all your advice!
Can someone simply describe the main lessons contained in the Gita?
Thank you for all your advice!
Vanakkam,
Are you so lazy to just read it ?
Aum Namah Shivaya
~Aum Namah Shivaya~
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Your question has merit... it suggests that reading does not insure comprehension. Each chapter has a golden nugget to offer the reader... it is this we can ferret out and review. So , I think we can address some of your questions as you pose them.
Let me recommend that you take some time and read the bhāgavad gītā sections found here on HDF. Also, if I may, I suggest you read just the first 6 chapters of the bhāgavad gītā - this will set the stage for a meaningful dialog that allows us to take the conversation further.
praṇām
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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I've read the Bhagavad Gita and there are lessons that I've taken away by myself.
Such as, probably one of the broadest is to have complete faith in Krishna and dedicate your life to percieving the Lord, he will always be within you.
I hope that makes sense, it's hard to type out something so inate.
As to my original question : I was just wondering if their was a standard set of lessons or if it was based more on individual interpretation. I guess I could have formed my question more efficiently, my apologies.
Pranam
That is a good understanding, which not too far from the conclusion of Sanjaya, he says with conviction, where ever there is Krishna, the choice of his words are important here, Yogesvarah the lord of all yoga and supream archer Arjuna (both adjective to names are important to understand), then there will be Prosperity, victory, happiness and morality.
Jai Shree Krishna
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Yes, this is true. Yet this faith has a firm foundation to rest upon...
I can think of 5 key pillars that stand on this foundation, that makes one firm in one's beliefs. Let me offer one:
If we look to chapter 2, 12th śloka of the bhāgavad gītā, kṛṣṇa-jī informs us ( via arjuna),
there never was a time when I was not, nor you, nor these rulers
of men. Nor will there ever be a time when all of us shall cease to be.
This tells us without doubt of our true nature. We are not this fleeting body that crumbles, that comes and goes, but are more substantial.
We, by our core nature are akṣara - imperishable. Our body may come and go yet we are akṣaya, exempt from decay. Any impurity ( āṇava) is really not our real Self.
Now, the bhāgavad gītā goes on to explain how one comes to realize this... how to become who we really are.
This is why kṛṣṇa-jī is such an excellent teacher:
praṇām
- He is what He teaches
- He offers us a vision of who we really are
- He offers us the knowledge to unfold one's potential
- He allows us to choose
Last edited by yajvan; 15 August 2012 at 12:32 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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