WDT#12: What life lessons do you get from Bhagavad Gita?

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As the title suggests, the topic of this week is:

What's the importance of reading Bhagavad Gita in your daily life?

As you all know, the Bhagavad Gita which is a 700-verse Hindu scripture nestled within the grand epic Mahabharata, is believed to have originated in the latter half of the first millennium BCE. Despite the diverse denominations within Hinduism, the Gita stands as a unifying force, exerting unparalleled influence as a sacred text. It's often remarked that among the rich tapestry of Hindu philosophy, the Bhagavad Gita emerges as a singular embodiment, encapsulating the essence of Hindu thought.

A few popular shlokas from Gita along with their meanings are presented below:

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

You're entitled to fulfill your duties, but not to cling to the outcomes. Don't see yourself as the sole reason for results, and don't become attached to inaction either.

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ||

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, at that time I manifest myself on earth. For the protection of the virtuous, the destruction of the wicked, and the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।

अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच||

Abandon all varieties of religion and surrender unto Me alone. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः॥

Weapons cannot cut the soul, nor can fire burn it. Water cannot wet it, nor can wind dry it.

And there are many such shlokas in our Bhagavad Gita. But do you follow these life teaching lessons offered by Bhagavad Gita in your real life too? If so, don't forget to share with us what benefits do you get from them and how it helped you to lead your life.

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Sima, you always come up with such beautiful topics! You wash our brains off the jadedness due to everyday chores/workload. And this time, you really hit a jackpot in your thought process.

I shall revert back soon with my experiences.

I should start reading bhagwad gita , then i can answer this question

I have heard from the elders in my family that Bhagwad Gita offers us the answers / solutions if every problem in our daily lives

I haven't read it.

Just remember one topic of Krishna advising Arjuna that we should do our work and not worry about the results. Not sure if it's from Bhagwad Geeta.

This thread is really worth long discussions.

I remember watching Ramanand Sagar's old serial Sri Krishna. They had showed Bhagawad Geeta gyaan in detail. I was a little kid then so I don't remember what all I understood but I really used to enjoy watching those Bhagawad Geeta episodes as they used to explain everything in simple words by giving examples. I remember there was one scene where a very wealthy and hungry man was waiting for food to arrive. His servant brought different varieties of food to eat. He was just about to start eating but that's when his servant who was holding a big jug of water slipped and the water fell on the entire plate spoiling the whole food. The jug from her hand fell on the man's face and his mouth started bleeding. That man was so hungry, there was food in front of him, he could afford all that food but still he couldn't eat anything. That was his fate, his prarabdh. It was not in his prarabdh at all to eat that food. That scene is stuck in my mind even now. Jiske bhagya mein jo hota hai wohi usse milta hai no matter what. If it is not there in his/her prarabdh, woh usse kabhi nahi milega.

At the same time Lord Krishna also said, don't leave everything on your destiny. You have to do your Karma. You can't blame your destiny without doing karma. "Karm kar phal ki chinta mat kar". What I understood from this line is we should do our karma, fulfill our duties and responsibilities and leave everything else on God. We should put more focus on the hard work than the results of it.This has affected me to a lot extent that I always tell my son, just work hard for your exams, do your best. Don't care what the result would be, don't think whether you'll get 80% or 90%. Just focus on studying hard, understanding the concepts and doing your best in exam.

Another Geeta gyaan that I always remember is yeh shareer nashwar hai, aatma amar hai. Just like we change clothes everyday, our soul too changes the body and moves to another body which we call it as Cycle of Birth and Death. This cycle will go on and on until we attain moksha by doing sachhe hriday se Bhagwan ki Bhakti.

Wooahh what a topic. Bhagwat Gita se related now makes me wonder now r u a kid or grown up as us who has seen duniya and duniyadari 😂😂😂

Ok let me think properly

Will come bk later

उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।। श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता 6.5।।

A human being should make efforts to elevate oneself, and not walk the path of degradation. For, the mind can be both a friend and an enemy of your self.

क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोह: सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रम: |स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ||

Anger leads to the clouding of judgement, which results in the bewilderment of memory; by that the intelligence is destroyed, the destruction of which makes a man perish.

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुण: परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् |स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेय: परधर्मो भयावह: ||

Svadharma, one’s preordained duty, though tinged with faults, is better than indulging in someone else's prescribed duty, however good you're at it. It is preferable to die in the Svadharma, than to follow an alien law blindly which is perilous.

Beautiful thread ❤️. One of the best written work that guides life so well and is recognised globally so :). Gita is universal for a peaceful coexistence and way of life.

So powerful .. Life is a roller coaster. And best part - while you are not motivate by fruits of action- and if they don’t happen / don’t switch to inaction. As actions is what moves one forward. Karma :).




And this one … in the end only thing that matters. The soul :).

Please delete my ID as requested. Vijay and Paresh. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Bhagavad Gita is a vast ocean! A philosophical discourse on human life and divine spirit!

Gita suggests that we cannot lead our lives effectively unless we know our own selves. The understanding of the self is not only about understanding our physical and psychological states. This understanding goes further down to our deepest levels of consciousness.

There is so much to share, I will be here once again.

If u read any where whether lord Vishnu or lorrx saying be it in Geeta or during samudra Mannthan or lord Krishna giving gyaan to udhhav before departure from earth every where one common thing is written that is control our desire and control our sense organs control our mind

So I have learnt from bhagwad Geeta if we don't have on our control on our desire and out mind it leads to destruction

Waise to Geeta bahut khuch likha like bhagwaan ki vibhuti kr baare mein satvilk rajsik tamsik ke bare mein

Jo bhooton ki pooja karte hain woh bhoot lok mein jaate hain Jo Devta,ki Pooja karte hain woh dev lok mein jaate hai

Shukla paksh uttrayan mei jinke death hoti Hai woh kahan jaate hain

Bhraman shatriya vaisya shudra ke dharm kya hai

Aur bhi bahut khuch likha hai

But main thing I learnt control our desire