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” Bhagavad-gita is the widely read theistic science summarized in the Gita-mahatmya Glorification of the Gita There it says that one should read Bhagavad-gita very scrutinizingly with the help of a person who is a devotee of Sri Krishna and try to understand it without personally motivated interpretations. The example of clear understanding is there in the Bhagavad-gita itself, in the way the teaching is understood by Arjuna, who heard the Gita directly from the Lord. If someone is fortunate enough to understand Bhagavad-gita in that line of disciplic succession, without motivated interpretation, then he surpasses all studies of Vedic wisdom, and all scriptures of the world. One will find in the Bhagavad-gita all that is contained in other scriptures, but the reader will also find thing's which are riot to be found elsewhere. That is the specific standard of the Gita. It is the perfect theistic science because it is directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.

Discussing and analysing bhagavad Gita

People are interested in Bhagavad Gita. They want to read the entire book and find some solace in it. Actually it has been introduced as a part of the famous Indian epic known as maha bharatha. Even then it is being considered as separate book by eminent scholars. I think if we want to read the entire book on the rate of one verse per day it will take more than two years to complete that task.

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So many commentaries were already written for Bagavad Gita by notable commentators includes:

1. Shankaracharya
2. Ramanuja
3. Madhvacharya
4. Abhinavagupta 
5. Anandagiri
6. Shridhara Swami
7. Nimbarka
8. Vallabha
9. Dyaneshwar
10. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
11. Mahatma Gandhi,
12. Sri Aurobindo
13. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
14. Swami Vivekananda
15. Swami Sivananda
16. Paramahamsa Yogananda
17. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
18. Swami Chinmayananda
19. Swami Sukabodhananda

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Swami Vivekananda, the follower of Sri Ramakrishna, was known for his commentaries on the four Yogas - Bhakti, Jnana, Karma and Raja Yoga. He drew from his knowledge of the Gita to expound on these Yogas.

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Before we get involved with the Bhagavad gita , we better go through the back ground of the works as the reason of it's development.

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We simply know that it has been told to Arjuna by Krishna in the battle field. Who is this Arjuna and why it has been told to him in such a situation?

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Great epic ‘Mahabharata' was fully centered on the Maha Bharatha war which continued for days. Currently we too hate the war. We shout for peace in this world and not to wage war. Similarly Arjuna too hated war at the time it was ready to be started. He realised that it is a sin to kill his own relations in the name of war. His chariot driver happened to be lord Krishna who insisted on the war to be carried on.

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Arjuna refused at this juncture, saying it is not proper to kill his own kith and kin. Krishna explained that this war is being waged to maintain Dharma forever. His explanation went for hours and it was the birth of Bhagavad Gita in the battle field insisting to continue the war.

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 Maha Bharatha was written by Great sage Vyasa, who is the grand father of our Arjuna. Original name of Vyasa also Krishna. He was born on an island in the middle of the river Ganges. His mother from the fishing community. His father was a renowned sage famous for his astrological and astronomical knowledge. When the father sage found a holy time gathering because of the planets position, he got the idea of having a child born at that time that will become more famous and serve the world spiritually.

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Sage parasara converted the boat woman instantly into a beautiful woman and named her as ‘Parimala ganthy' (fine aroma) from her original name ‘Machcha ganthy' (fishy smelling), who gave birth to a black coloured child. Hence his name ‘Krishna dvypayana' (black, born on an island.)

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Here you can see the identical name of Krishna had been used to identical children of black colour. They are the1. Lord Krishna, 2. Sage Vyasa 3. Draupathy, who became the wife of Arjuna and all other five pandavas.

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Vyasa's mother became the queen with the boon granted by the sage parasara. Her children born to the king had no children. She got her eldest son Vyasa to provide children on behalf of them. They are the children named Paandu and Dritharashtraa born to the queens. A further child was given to a lady attendant named vithura.

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Now we have a bit of the back ground for the Maha bharatha and the Bhagavad Gita, for the full details better go through the entire Maha Bharatha is the good way.

In short Bhagavad Gita shows the way to live a full life in this world and finally achieve wisdom. It insists on doing one's own duties without attachment. You just remain as a witness only. There are several paths to achieve wisdom as shown in Bhagavd gita but many people prefer the devotional as the easiest. This devotional part had been introduced in only one book before Bhagavad Gita but in Bhagavad Gita it is fully described for the first time.

We will discuss all these from here onwards.

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Dharma kshetre Kuru shetre samaveta yuyutsavah

mamakah Paandavaas caiva kim akurvata Sanjaya

Here is the transliteration of the first verse of the first chapter of the great Bhagavad Geetha.
it is not possible to give the sanskrit characters here.

Here the King Dhrutha Rashtra inquires his assistant about the war situation at the Kurukshetra. the king is blind.

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dhrutharashtra - same

uvacha - said

sanjaya - same

akurvata kim - what did

mamakah - my sons

yuyutsavah - desirous of battle

cha - and

pandavah - sons of pandu

eva - do after

samavetah - assembling

dharma kshetre - holy land of righteousness

kurukshetre - same

names have been described as same

these are the meanings of the sanskrit  words

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Dhrutharashtra said: O! Sanjaya, what did my sons desirous of battle and the sons of paandu do after assembling at the holy land of righteousness, which is kurukshetra?

Here is the english version of the sanskrit verse

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The word dharma-ksetra (a place where religious rituals are performed) is significant because, on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was present on the side, of Arjuna. Dhrtarastra, the father of the Kurus, was highly doubtful about the possibility of his sons' ultimate victory. In his doubt, he inquired from his secretary Sanjaya, “What did my sons and the sons of Pandu do?” He was confident that both his sons and the sons of his younger brother Pandu were assembled in that Field of Kuruksetra for a determined engagement of the war. Still, his inquiry is significant. He did not want a compromise between the cousins and brothers, and he wanted to be sure of the fate of his sons on the battlefield. Because the battle was arranged to be fought at Kuruksetra, which is mentioned elsewhere in the Vedas as a place of worship-even for the denizens of heaven-Dhrtarastra became very fearful about the influence of the holy place on the outcome of the battle. He knew very well that this would influence Arjuna and the sons of Pandu favorably, because by nature they were all virtuous. Sanjaya was a student of Vyasa, and therefore, by the mercy of Vyasa, Sanjaya was able to envision the Battlefield of Kuruksetra even while he was in the room of Dhrtarastra and so, Dhrtarastra asked him about the situation on the battlefield.

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” Bhagavad-gita is the widely read theistic science summarized in the Gita-mahatmya Glorification of the Gita There it says that one should read Bhagavad-gita very scrutinizingly with the help of a person who is a devotee of Sri Krishna and try to understand it without personally motivated interpretations. The example of clear understanding is there in the Bhagavad-gita itself, in the way the teaching is understood by Arjuna, who heard the Gita directly from the Lord. If someone is fortunate enough to understand Bhagavad-gita in that line of disciplic succession, without motivated interpretation, then he surpasses all studies of Vedic wisdom, and all scriptures of the world. One will find in the Bhagavad-gita all that is contained in other scriptures, but the reader will also find thing's which are riot to be found elsewhere. That is the specific standard of the Gita. It is the perfect theistic science because it is directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.

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“try to understand it without personally motivated interpretations”

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I agree with that Dave-
quite a “divien” comment1
Although I find it interesting -I am
looking for the applications in the now.

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Both the Pandavas and the sons of Dhrtarastra belong to the same family, but Dhrtarastra's mind is disclosed herein. He deliberately claimed only his sons as Kurus, and he separated the sons of Pandu from the family heritage. One can thus understand the specific position of Dhrtarastra in his relationship with his nephews, the sons of Pandu. As in the paddy field the unnecessary plants are taken out, so it is expected from the very beginning of these topics that in the religious field of Kuruksetra where the father of religion, Sri Krishna was present, the unwanted plants like Dhrtarastra's son Duryodhana and others would be wiped out and the thoroughly religious persons, headed by Yudhisthira, would be established by the Lord. This is the significance of the words dharma-ksetre and Kuruksetre, apart from their historical and Vedic importance. ”

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The topics discussed by Dhrtarastra and Sanjaya, as described in the Mahabharata, form the basic principle for this great philosophy. It is understood that this philosophy evolved on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, which is a sacred place of pilgrimage from the immemorial time of the Vedic age. It was spoken by the Lord when He was present personally on this planet for the guidance of mankind.

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Among purifying forces I am the wind; among warriors, Rama. Of water creatures I am the crocodile, and of rivers I am the Ganges.

I am the beginning, middle, and end of creation. Of all the sciences I am the science of Self-knowledge, and I am logic in those who debate.

-Bhagavad Gita 10:31-32

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Sri Krishna: With your mind intent on me, Arjuna, discipline yourself with the practice of yoga. Depend on me completely. Listen, and I will dispel all your doubts; you will come to know me fully and be united with me.

I will give you both jnana and vijnana. When both these are realized, there is nothing more you need to know.

-Bhaghavad Gita 7:1-2

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That devotee who looks upon friend and foe with equal regard, who is not buoyed up by praise nor cast down by blame, alike in heat and cold, pleasure and pain, free from selfish attachments, the same in honor and dishonor, quiet, ever full, in harmony everywhere, firm in faith–such a one is dear to me.

-Bhagavad Gita 12:18-19

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As for those who seek the transcendental Reality, without name, without form, contemplating the Unmanifested, beyond the reach of thought and of feeling, with their senses subdued and mind serene and striving for the good of all beings, they too will verily come unto me.

-Bhagavad Gita

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As a man abandons worn-out clothes and acquires new ones, so when the body is worn out a new one is acquired by the Self, who lives within.

-Bhagavad Gita 2: 22

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Considering your dharma, you should not vacillate. For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna, for it comes as an open gate to heaven. But if you do not participate in this battle against evil, you will incur sin, violating your dharma and your honor.

-Bhagavad Gita 2:31-33

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Death means the attainment of heaven; victory means the enjoyment of the earth. Therefore, rise up…resolved to fight! Having made yourself alike in pain and pleasure, profit and loss, victory and defeat, engage in this great battle and you will be freed from sin.

-Bhagavad Gita 2:37-38

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Both renunciation of action and the selfless performance of action lead to the supreme goal. But the path of action is better than renunciation.

-Bhagavad Gita 5:2

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After many births the wise seek refuge in me, seeing me everywhere and in everything. Such great souls are very rare.

-Bhagavad Gita 7:19

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Behold, Arjuna, a million divine forms, with an infinite variety of color and shape. Behold the gods of the natural world, and many more wonders never revealed before. Behold the entire cosmos turning within my body, and the other things you desire to see.

But these things cannot be seen with your physical eyes; therefore I give you spiritual vision to perceive my majestic power.

-Bhagavad Gita 11:5-8

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As for those who seek the transcendental Reality, without name, without form, contemplating the Unmanifested, beyond the reach of thought and of feeling, with their senses subdued and mind serene and striving for the good of all beings, they too will verily come unto me.

-Bhagavad Gita 12:3-4

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As long as one has a body, one cannot renounce action altogether. True renunciation is giving up all desire for personal reward. Those who are attached to personal reward will reap the consequences of their actions: some pleasant, some mixed. But those who renounce every desire for personal reward go beyond the reach of karma.

-Bhagavad Gita 18:11-12

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Neither gods nor sages know my origin, for I am the source from which all the gods and sages come. Whoever knows me as the Lord of all creation, without birth or beginning, knows the truth and frees himself from all evil.

-Bhagavad Gita 10:2-3

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Pleasures conceived in the world of the senses have a beginning and an end and give birth to misery, Arjuna. The wise do not look for happiness in them. But those who overcome the impulses of lust and anger which arise in the body are made whole and live in joy. They find their joy, their rest, and their light completely within themselves. United with the Lord, they attain nirvana in Brahman.

-Bhagavad Gita 5:22-24

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Sometimes, because we were friends, I rashly said, “Oh, Krishna!” “Say, friend!”, casual, careless remarks. Whatever I may have said lightly, whether we were playing or resting, alone or in company, sitting together or eating, if it was disrespectful, forgive me for it, O Krishna. I did not know the greatness of your nature, unchanging and imperishable.

-Bhagavad-Gita 11:41-42

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In Bhagavad Gita (4.38), Lord Krishna says,

na hi jnanena sadrisham
pavitram iha vidyate
tat svayam yoga-samsiddhah
kalenatmani vindati

“In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all mysticism. And one who has become accomplished in the practice of devotional service enjoys this knowledge within himself in due course of time.”

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Those who know this truth, whose consciousness is unified, think always, “I am not the doer.” While seeing or hearing, touching or smelling; eating, moving about, or sleeping; breathing or speaking, letting go or holding on, even opening or closing the eyes, they understand that these are only the movements of the senses among sense objects.

-Bhagavad Gita 5:8-9

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When a person is devoted to something with complete faith, I unify his faith in that. Then, when his faith is completely unified, he gains the object of his devotion. In this way, every desire is fulfilled by me. Those whose understanding is small attain only transient satisfaction: those who worship the gods go to the gods. But my devotees come to me.

-Bhagavad Gita 7: 21-23

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Through lack of understanding, people believe that I, the Unmanifest, have entered into some form. They fail to realize my true nature, which transcends birth and death. Few see through the veil of maya. The world, deluded, does not know that I am without birth and changeless. I know everything about the past, the present, and the future, Arjuna; but there is no one who knows me completely.

-Bhagavad Gita 7:24-26

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But truly great souls seek my divine nature. They worship me with a one-pointed mind, having realized that I am the eternal source of all. Constantly striving, they make firm their resolve and worship me without wavering. Full of devotion, they sing my divine glory.

-Bhagavad Gita 9:13-14
 

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He who knows me as his own divine Self breaks through the belief that he is the body and is not reborn as a separate creature. Such a one is united with me. Delivered from selfish attachment, fear, and anger, filled with me, surrendering them selves to me, purified in the fire of my being, many have reached the state of unity in me.

-Bhagavad-Gita Gita 4:9-10

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He who shirks action does not attain freedom; no one can gain perfection by abstaining from work. Indeed, there is no one who rests for even an instant; every creature is driven to action by his own nature.

-Bhagavad Gita 3:4-5

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 This is a fine advice to be adopted during the time of death for anyone.

“Remembering me at the time of death, close down the doors of the senses and place the mind in the heart. Then, while absorbed in meditation, focus all energy upwards to the head. Repeating in this state the divine Name, the syllable Om that represents the changeless Brahman, you will go forth from the body and attain the supreme goal.”

-Bhagavad Gita 8:12-13

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Nirvana of Brahman, self realization and establishing  forever in the supreme state are all the same but stated in different terms.
“Healed of their sins and conflicts, working for the good of all beings, the holy sages attain nirvana in Brahman. Free from anger and selfish desire, unified in mind, those who follow the path of yoga realize the Self and are established forever in that supreme state.”

-Bhagavad Gita 5:25-26

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  Attending to their duties without any involvement

” The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results; all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge. The wise, ever satisfied, have abandoned all external supports. Their security is unaffected by the results of their action; even while acting, they really do nothing at all. Free from expectations and from all sense of possession, with mind and body firmly controlled by the Self, they do not incur sin by the performance of physical action. ”

-Bhagavad Gita 4:19-21

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Realize the supreme Lord

(At the time of death)

“The Lord is the supreme poet, the first cause, the sovereign ruler, subtler than the tiniest particle, the support of all, inconceivable, bright as the sun, beyond darkness. Remembering him in this way at the time of death, through devotion and the power of meditation, with your mind completely stilled and your concentration fixed in the center of the spiritual awareness between the eyebrows, you will realize the supreme Lord.”

-Bhagavad Gita 8:9-10

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“The six months of the northern path of the sun, the path of light, of fire, of day, of the bright fortnight, leads knowers of Brahman to the supreme goal. The six months of the southern path of the sun, the path of smoke, of night, of the dark fortnight, leads other souls to the light of the moon and rebirth.”

-Bhagavad Gita 8:24-25

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Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.

-Bhagavad Gita 12:12
 

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“The Supreme Reality stands revealed in the consciousness of those who have conquered themselves. They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame.'

-Bhagavad Gita 6:7

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The cold and the heat
The praise and the balme
But not the pleasure or pain ,
for me anyway ,yet.
Because although I can do the
peace within the pain thing ,
I confess to feelings of lonliness and
sometimes a longing for human contact.

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A poem by a poet, make lonliness into solitude, thereby achieve the spreme.

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The wisdom they have acquired in previous lives will be reawakened, Arjuna, and they will strive even harder for Self-realization. Indeed, they will be driven on by the strength of their past disciplines. Even one who inquires after the practice of meditation rises above those who simply perform rituals.
-Bhagavad Gita 6:43-44

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As the sun lights up the world, the Self dwelling in the field is the source of all light in the field. Those who, with the eye of wisdom, distinguish the field from its Knower and the way to freedom from the bondage of prakriti, attain the supreme goal.

-Bhagavad Gita 13:33-34

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Those who are deluded by the operation of the gunas become attached to the results of their action. Those who understand these truths should not unsettle the ignorant. Performing all actions for my sake completely absorbed in the Self, and without expectations, fight! - But stay free from the fever of the ego.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:29-30

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it is easy to be free of such fever ,
though i have not heard it called that before ,
i have observed it raging amongst too many others.

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There are medicines available for almost all kinds of fevers but not for this so far.

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no treatment except for a good hard dose of reality

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I was especially inspired and educated by the “Essays on the Gita” written by Sri Aurobindo in 1922. I read them first in 1986 and continue to be inspired and instructed by these great insights of founder of Integral Yoga who started as political revolutionary.

Thanks!

Albert

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Lot of thanks for the guidance.

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“Those who live in accordance with these divine laws without complaining, firmly established in faith, are released from karma. Those who violate these laws, criticizing and complaining, are utterly deluded, and are the cause of their own suffering.”
-Bhagavad Gita 3:31-32

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  remember me at the time of death

Those who remember me at the time of death will come to me. Do not doubt this. Whatever occupies the mind at the time of death determines the destination of the dying; always they will tend toward the state of being. Therefore, remember me at all times and fight on. With your heart and mind intent on me, you will surely come to me. When you make your mind one pointed through regular practice of meditation, you will find the supreme glory of the Lord.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:5-8

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lets things come and go as they

He is dear to me who runs not after the pleasant or away from the painful, grieves not, lusts not, but lets things come and go as they happen.

-Bhagavad Gita 12:17

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The Bhagavad Gita is universally regarded as the single most influential philosophical text shaping spiritual thought and life. Spoken by Lord Krishna to his devotee Arjuna, the Gita's seven hundred verses provide an ultimate guide to self-realization. It reveals the essential nature of man, his environment and his relationship with the Almighty, like no other work. The teaching of the Bhagavad Gita is said to free you from all sense of limitation.

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I (God) am easily attained by the person who always remembers me and is attached to nothing else.

-Bhagavad Gita 8:14

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Yet hazardous and slow is the path to the Unrevealed, difficult for physical man to tread. But they for whom I am the supreme goal, who do all work renouncing self for me and meditate on me with single-hearted devotion, these I will swiftly rescue from the fragment's cycle of birth and death, for their consciousness has entered into me.

-Bhagavad Gita 12:5-7

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Bhagavad-Gita As It Is

Of all editions of this immortal classic, this one by Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON, conveys Lord Krishna's profound message as it is, with the original Sanskrit text, Roman transliteration, English equivalents, translation and elaborate purports. A good introduction and a glossary make it even handier!

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Under my watchful eye the laws of nature take their course. Thus is the world set in motion; thus the animate and inanimate are created.

-Bhagavad Gita 9:10

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VERSE IN SANSKRIT

Yada yada hi dharmasya
Glanir bhavati bharata
Abhyutthanam adharmasya
Tadatmanam srjamy aham
~ Bhagavad Gita (Chapter IV-7)

TRANSLATION

Whenever and wherever there is decay
of righteousness, O Bharata,
and a rise of unrighteousness
then I manifest myself!

or
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion at that time I descend myself.

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Bhagavad-Gita: Swami Prabhavananda

This is regarded as one of the best English translations of the Gita. Aldous Huxley provides a brilliant introduction to the 'Perennial Philosophy' that lies at the base of all major religions. Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood translate the themes with élan.

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After many births the wise seek refuge in me, seeing me everywhere and in everything. Such great souls are very rare. There are others whose discrimination is misled by many desires. Following their own nature, they worship lower gods, practicing various rites.

-Bhagavad Gita 7:19-20
 

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The Teaching of the Bhagavad Gita: by Swami Dayananda

Without getting lost in a rigid verse-by-verse translation, Swami Dayananda plunges with great verve and energy into the central theme of the Gita, picking and choosing key verses to highlight its message. Sure to appeal to every modern mind.

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When you make your mind one-pointed through regular practice of meditation, you will find the supreme glory of the Lord.

-Bhagavad Gita 8:8

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The Gospel of Selfless Action:

The Gita According to Gandhi

In this translation and commentary on Arjuna's battlefield conversation with Krishna, presented to his followers at prayer meetings over a nine-month period in 1926, Gandhi addresses the concerns that most directly affect the spiritual lives of common people.

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As rivers flow into the ocean but cannot make the vast ocean overflow, so flow the streams of the sense-world into the sea of peace that is the sage. But this is not so with the desirer of desires.

-Bhagavad Gita 2:70

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Bhagavad Gita and Its Message:
by Aurobindo
Rishi Aurobindo is a master of Vedic philosophy and he wrote extensively on the Gita. In this commentary and exposition, he analyzes the causes of human problems, and how to achieve peace. His interpretation of the Gita is unmatched!

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Well -I think I am doing pretty good for a chick-
though I don't understand the WORD Gita????

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It is actually 'Geetha' in Sanskrit pronunciation, which means 'song'. So it actually means 'song of the God'. There are several other 'Geethas' but this one got more prominence.

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Those who abstain from action while allowing the mind to dwell on sensual pleasure can not be called sincere spiritual aspirants. But they excel who control their senses through the mind, using them for selfless service.

-Bhagavad Gita 3:6-7

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita

Maharishi's translation and commentary on the first six chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita is meant to be “a complete guide to practical life that is needed to raise the consciousness of man to the highest possible level.” A useful pocket edition!

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He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature, who sees the Deathless in the hearts of all that die. Seeing the same Lord everywhere, he does not harm himself or others. Thus he attains the supreme goal.

-Bhagavad Gita 13: 27-28