2006-11-28 22:31:55 · 6 answers · asked by anuragmaken 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
bhagavat gita is means "song of god". that is the literal translation of the the word bhagavat gita. gita is many things to different people. it depends on how you view, understand gita.
what i felt about gita is -
it is the coversation between bhagvan krishna and his friend pandava prince arjuna. before the battle, arjuna was horrified to see his friends, relatives, near & dear ones lined up to fight him on the enemy's side. he thought it is better to take sannyas (renounce world) than kill these friends, relative and dear ones. krishna was arjuna's charioteer in the battle of kurukshetra. and also his guide.
seeing arjunas plight, an indecisive one krishna helped him with his insights why he should go to battle. he reminded arjuna about his swadharma, one own nature, that he is a kshatriya. and the swadharma of a kshatriya is to fight irrespective of the results or outcome in the battle. only then he is acceptable to god.
he also taught about the nature of things, livingbeings. he said nobody dies, nobody is killed. the killer cannot kill anyone, nor the killed person is really killed.
he showed arjuna what the reality of god is. god is a perfect symphony of all contradictions in life. i have not come across in any other religion such an explanation as it is given in Gita about god. i know very well that it will contradict with all scriptures on what god is all about. that is the beauty of Gita.
gita teaches (it does not preach) that one should do ones karma (deeds, action) and should not expect rewards for each deed. because each good deed is a reward in itself. and every bad deed in itself is the punishment. there is no rewards or punishment in a distant future or judement day when you ar egoing to be judged as believed in Messianic religions. Gita teaches one not to betray ones swadharma, one's own true nature. this is a rare teaching in hinduism itself. there is no parallel to gita in any other religion.
different people see different things, meanings in gita. whatever it is, choose what is right for you. strive to achieve it without expecting any rewards.
if i write anything more you start feeling bored. so i suggest you to find out your own meanings and understading of gita. that is for your own good.
Aum, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
2006-11-28 23:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by Raja Krsnan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bhagavat Gita is poetry for life. It is not only for Hindus, it is for all who want to live a happy life. It is not for old age, it is for all ages. Earlier you read and apply it, better it is for you. Gita is for students, businessmen, serving people, housewives, industrialists, professionals, and all. Everyone will find direction for life, at every stage in life.
2013-11-16 22:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by Prabhu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Krishna is a Great Soul who actually incarnated as a real person to set an example of how to live. People born into the culture of Hinduism are in need of the particular life lessons offered by that culture. In all of recorded history Krishna (I believe) is one of the 7 Greatest Souls to have graced this planet of which Christ is and will forever be The Greatest..
The Bhagavadgita is one of the finest pieces of lit. ever written.
2006-11-29 06:55:04 · answer #3 · answered by punk bitch piece of shit 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Albert Einstein was hundred percent right. More on einstein and bhagavad gita-
We all Human Beings are the result of a creation of God, the Almighty Creator.
It is but true that the Cosmos is also beginning less. Both the statements cannot be true ... yet, it is the truth. If we say the glass is half full ... we are right and if we say the glass is half empty ... we are still right! Why do we say that the cosmic system is without a beginning ... it is because when we try to visualize the boundary of the Cosmos it does not seem to exist ... and if we say it does exist then what beyond. If we say that God exists ... then also it is wrong because there must be someone who created God. We need to understand the total concept of Cosmos in its entirety.
First of all we need to understand that the form of God is Nirakaar (without a form) ... it is never Sakaar (having a form). God, the omnipotent Creator is a form of energy ... and energy that is beyond the comprehension of a normal human being. Only when one realizes God can one visualize the power we know as God.
Literally speaking ... the definition of God is thus, "the combined power of all the Atmans souls in the Cosmos in their purified state is what we know as God". At the time of Big Bang and also at the time of pralaya as we call it in Hinduism ... the period when the dissolution of the Cosmos occurs ... in both the stages of the Cosmos ... the beginning and also the end of the Cosmos ... the size of God is but half the size of a thumb ... this means that all the Atmans souls in their purified state combine together to form the size of only half a thumb ... this has been the stated in the Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna. This is an irrefutable fact ... none can deny the efficacy of this. It is absolute truth.
So much power contained in so less a size ... the energy cannot contain itself even for a fraction ... the moment the complete dissolution of the Cosmos occurs ... it again explodes with a Big Bang ... and starts another Cosmos ... a new Cosmos. All Atmans which are initially in the purified state get scattered all over the Cosmos ... this journey continues for millions and billions of years ... comes a stage when the Cosmos ... the cosmic gases cool down to form galaxies and stars and subsequently solar systems and the planets. It is only when earth type of planets gets created which is conducive for an Atman the soul within to manifest ... does life form starts developing. In the real meaning a live Cosmos now the starts to live and breathe. Until the first life form manifests ... it was a dead Cosmos without life.
For an Atman soul to manifest ... it needs a body ... the body can be of an insect, a plant, animal and human being. But, the complete cosmic system is governed by the theory of evolution ... it is not that an Atman can manifest the body of a plant in its first manifestation ... it initially starts as an amoeba (single cell formation) subsequently it evolves into a two cell formation ... a Jiva (living being) and then a multi-cell formation. Subsequently as cosmic life progresses it evolutes into a plant. This plant evolves into an animal and the animal finally evolves into a human being.
This whole process of the evolution ... the complete cosmic cycle in the life of an Atman the soul within takes a total of 8.4 million manifestations (the cosmic travel of about 96.4 million years) ... it is only when the 8.4 millionth manifestation is achieved does a body gain Moksha Salvation. Moksha Salvation announces the completion of the cosmic journey undertaken by the Atman the soul within. Moksha Salvation having achieved ... the Atman the soul within gets liberated forever from the cycle of Birth and Death (the cycle of 8.4 million manifestations).
It is quite clear that it is the Atman the soul within which needs a body to purify itself ... and it is not the body which has taken the Atman. The physical manifested life of a Jiva (living being) is but to live ... we cannot do without ... we come unto this world not of our own making ... we leave not of our own will! How much we shall live in the present physical life is purely dependent upon the residual Karma of the past lives. and how long we really live depends upon the resulting residual Karma ... the residual Karma of the past lives and the Karma of the present life.
The left-hand of a person signifies the complex structure of the complete lives we have lived till now ... whereas the right-hand reflects only the Karma of the present life. If we observe the lines in our right-hand changing fast ... yes, it is because we are evolving at a faster pace. The palmists are never able to study our left-hand ... they can only read the right hand ... it is only seeing the right-hand they are able to predict our feature or the present ... only then we come to know what God has in store for us (;-)
When we leave the body ... whatever be the stage of residual Karma ... be it papa Karma or Punya Karma will be the deciding factor what our next manifestation would be. Nothing is left to chance ... nothing is disordered in the system of God. Stephen Hawking in his famous book "a brief history of time" has indicated that the system of God is disordered at some stage. It is a wishful thinking ... it is a thinking of the ignorant one (:-( ... it is the thinking of a scientist and a physicist ... Spirituality start where science ends. It is not but within the grasp of the scientist or the physicist to understand the cosmic system.
If we need to see the whole of New York we need to climb up the Empire State building. Standing on the fourth floor we cannot expect to see the whole of New York. Science has its limitations ... it was meant to assist the physical manifested form (the form of a human being) ... not within. It was never to be used as a yardstick by the scientific community for venturing into the domain of God ... the domain of Atmans souls. Albert Einstein is stated to be the only person in the whole of the scientific community who used his head four per cent ... meaning that only 4% of his brain was activated and the 96% had yet to be evolved.
Even Albert Einstein regretted the fact that for the whole of his life he wanted to understand Spirituality from the point of view of science. He was at fault ... he admitted his fault ... but it was too late ... it was the fag end of his life. By the time he switched over to Spirituality seeing it from an unbiased point of view (not how as a scientist or a physicist looks at it) ... it was but not possible for him to learn the intricacies of Bhagavad Gita. He tried his best but failed. Albert Einstein wanted to understand the crux of Bhagavad Gita in this very life ... maybe he gets time in its next manifestation (;-)
It is only after one realizes God that ... we can use hundred percent of our brain ... the moment the kundalini is fully awakened after having practiced Celibacy for a continuous period of 12 years minimum ... it is no looking back. We have finally crossed the threshold of humanity ... we have stepped into the domain of God. There is no returning back ... it is not permitted. Once the flower has bloomed it cannot be turned back to its original form, a bud. The moment one reaches the Mount Everest of his cosmic life ... it is all over with him. More on einstein here- http://www.vijaykumar.com/is_there_a_god.html and http://www.vijaykumar.com/what_is_karma.html
2006-11-29 06:41:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Einstein was a mathematician. He had the mind of a scientist and not that of a theologian.
2006-11-29 06:34:41 · answer #5 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It inspires people to ask repetitive questions.
2006-11-29 06:36:00 · answer #6 · answered by The Man Comes Around 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋