THE BHAGAVAD GITA (MEANING SONG OF GOD)IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHILOSOPHICAL CLASSICS OF THE WORLD AND IS REVERED AS A SACRED SCRIPTURE OF HINDUISM. I STARTED LISTENING TO SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA WHO TOTALLY CAPTIVATED ME BY HIS POWERFUL, IMPRESSIVE EFFECTIVE EXPRESSIONS AND SPEECH DELIVERY AND I BECAME A DEVOTED FOLLOWER. MY OBSERVATIONS ON GITA IS A BEAUTIFULLY NARRATED COMMENTARY ABOUT THE CHARIOT RIDER SANJAYA TO KING DHRITHRASHTRA ON KURUSHETRA WAR WHICH LASTED FOR 18 DAYS BETWEEN KAURAVAS AND PANDAVAS.
THE CONTENT OF THE GITA IS THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN LORD KRISHNA (WHO HAPPENS TO BE ARJUNA'S FRIEND,BROTHER-IN-LAW AND MENTOR) AND ARJUNA TAKING PLACE ON THE BATTLEFIELD BEFORE THE START OF THE KURUKSHETRA WAR. RESPONDING TO ARJUNA'S CONFUSION AND MORAL DILEMMA, LORD KRISHNA EXPLAINS TO ARJUNA HIS DUTIES AS A WARRIOR AND ELABORATE ON VEDANTIC PHILOSOPHIES WITH LOT OF ANALOGIES.HE BECOMES A TEACHER AND MAKE ARJUNA A STUDENT AND ERASES ALL HIS DOUBTS AND WITH CLARITY OF MIND TO FIGHT FOR DHARMA (JUSTICE) IN THE UNIVERSE AND ADHARMA (INJUSTICE) TO BE BROUGHT DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF GOOD ENVIRONMENT.
I STRONGLY FEEL THAT DISILLUSIONED PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO DECIDE WHICH PATH TO TAKE, ARE BOUND TO GET THE CLARITY OF MIND AND IF THEY READ AND PRACTICE THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND BHAGAWAD GITA LEADING TO FULFILMENT AND THEN HAPPINESS.
I CAN TALK BASED ON MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT READING IT AND MEDITATING THE PRINCIPLES HELPED ME ERASE SO MANY DOUBTS AND HAS GIVEN LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND CONFIDENCE TO ME TO OVERCOME ALL PROBLEMS TO LEAD AN LOVELY, PEACEFUL,PURPOSEFUL LIVING.
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