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 Description: Bhagavad G+ta, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. A core sacred text of Hindu religion and philosophy, the Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a summation of Hindu thought, of the Vedic, Yogic, Vedantic and Tantric philosophies. The Bhagavad Gita, meaning "song of the Lord", refers to itself as a 'Yoga Upanishad' and is sometimes called G+topani_ad. It is believed to be the only known religious text to have been spoken by God or an incarnation/ avatar of God directly. During the message of Gita Lord Krishna proclaims that he is God Himself and in order to make Arjuna believe what he was saying he shows Arjuna his divine form which is described as timeless and leaves Arjuna shaking with awe and fear after seeing the divine form.
Starting in the middle of the Mahabharata immediately before the epic's major battle at the field of Kurukshetra, the Bhagavad Gita recounts the exchange between the warrior-prince Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna, a king who is actually the reincarnation of the God Vishnu. Arjuna hears the conch shells signaling the start of fighting as he and Krishna ride out. As he looks at the opposing armies and sees his relatives, teachers, and friends fighting on either side, he is heartsick at the thought of killing these beloved persons. He turns to Krishna for advice.
Krishna counsels Arjuna, beginning with the tenet that since souls are immortal, their deaths on the battlefield are just the shedding of the body, which is not the soul. Krishna goes on to expound on the yogic paths of devotion, action, meditation and knowledge. Fundamentally, the Bhagavad Gita proposes that true enlightenment comes from growing beyond identification with the ego, the little self, and that one must identify with the truth of the immortal Self, the soul or Atman, the ultimate divine consciousness. Through dispassion the yogi, or follower of a particular path of yoga, is able to transcend his mortality and attachment for the material world and see the infinite.
Krishna & Arjun in their ChariotTo demonstrate the infinity of the unknowable Brahman, Krishna temporarily gives Arjuna the cosmic eye and allows him to see Him in all his divine glory. He reveals that He is fundamentally both the ultimate essence of being in the universe; he is also its material body as well as an incarnation for the personified Lord Vishnu.
Among the great sages and philosophers who have drawn inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita are Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who first sang the "Hare Krishna" mantra. Mahatma Gandhi, who interpreted the war of the Mahabharata as a metaphor for the conflicts that trouble all people at one time or another. The culminating message of the Gita was the inspiration for his struggle against British colonial rule.
The dynamic Swami Vivekananda, the follower of Shri Ramakrishna known for his seminal commentaries on the four yogas, Bhakti, Jnana, Karma and Raja Yoga. also drew from his knowledge of the Gita to expound on them. Swami Sivananda advises the aspiring yogi to read verses from the Bhagavad Gita every day. Paramahamsa Yogananda, writer of the famous "Autobiography of a Yogi," viewed the Bhagavad Gita as one of the world's most divine scriptures, along with the Four Gospels of Jesus.
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| Resource Specification | | CustomTeaserText: | Bhagavad G+ta, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. A core sacred text of Hindu religion and philosophy, the Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a summation of Hindu thought, of the Vedic, Yogic, Vedantic and Tantric philosophies. The Bhagavad Gita, meaning "song of the Lord", refers to itself as a 'Yoga Upanishad' and is sometimes called G+topani_ad. It is believed to be the only known religious text to have been spoken by God or an incarnation/ avatar of God directly. During the message of Gita Lord Krishna proclaims that he is God Himself and in order to make Arjuna believe what he was saying he shows Arjuna his divine form which is described as timeless and leaves Arjuna shaking with awe and fear after seeing the divine form.
| | Date Added: | 16pm28UTC_f2005Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:13:28 +000002pm28 |
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