What makes Bhagavad Gita Special

[@vanithaaechoor675]

Thank you archu. Your series will be a great help in understanding in my pursuit of learning Bhagwat Gita

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you chikka. So glad that you have started learning Gita.

[@Vedicmusic1953]

Sri Osho's talks on Ashtavakra Githa. It's surely the next level to Srimadbhagavadgita

[@prathapss7906]

Superb initiative. . Looking forward to learning Bhagavat Geetha

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you bavs

[@vaidehisubramani6302]

Nice 👍 Introduction is superb. Looking forward to the series. God bless you

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you very much ma'am.

[@kashichakraborty295]

Pleased to hear the special characteristics of srimat vagabat GITA from your graceful voice. Kashinath Chakraborty Sr citizen 👏

[@chitranjankumarkushwaha4259]

🙏 नमस्ते प्रणाम ।your voice very sweet .feel very enlightened after knowing about Gita .

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you 🙏

[@Vedicmusic1953]

Recently I am going through Osho's talks on Ashtavakra Gita.. Very very clear and bold explanation of the subject. The ultimate joy is only observing everything. Then there is nothing like good or bad. Be always a Saakshi

[@Vedicmusic1953]

What gives ultimate joy doing or surrendering? What is Lord Krishna's advice? What are choices when it comes to surrender?

[@naveenyamani6958]

Eager the hear the stories from U Archana garu that help us in our daily life

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you Naveen garu😊

[@SomethingSpecialToday]

I have been listening to some of your posts and I understand, the realistic awareness on Bhagavat Gita and vedanta makes us to realise who we are and this leads to an understanding the fact of a very immaterial life. In such a case, we get so detached to our life and life partners like parents, spouse, children, friends/relatives and even our businesses or career. What is the charm of such a life with a detached attitude to everyone and everything? How we manage this?

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

1) Although the ultimate goal of human life is to understand the nature of reality our scriptures acknowledge that this is not meant for everyone. So, Vedanta was only addressed to sanyasis. These are people who have developed detachment for family and wealth and are seeking a higher purpose. Take Budha for example. He was surrounded by family and wealth. A few encounters with the sorrows of the world made him give it all up. 2) Vedas also acknowledge the importance and the need for other pursuits. The pursuit of wealth and pleasure is very much valid and accepted in our scriptures. There is emphasis on dharma or moral way of pursuing these things. The first part of the vedas address most of us who believe that it is family and work that can satisfy us. 3) Until Bhagavad Gita, these were distinct domains meant for distinct set of people depending on what their aspirations were. Bhagavad Gita presented this knowledge in a manner that is useful to all of us. While it does talk about athma gnyanam, even if you are not interested in it, there are so many other things that is very helpful for people like us. There is no need for everyone to pursue the path which Vedanta talks about. Our scriptures have so many other aspects which when practiced can make us more happy, content and successful. 4) The short answer to your question is this. If you believe family and career is what gives you happiness, there is no need to give up on these. Our scriptures have good pointers on how to cope with the turbulence of leading a life filled with attachments. Please let me know if this answers your question.

[@SomethingSpecialToday]

@@templesbooksandscience8697 Thank you.

[@sumitrachar4242]

Thanks Archana...I needed this ..

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

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[@venkataramansekharan3073]

fantastic madam

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you

[@saniyagamer-xd2oq]

दिदि consciousness and soul एक ही है या अलग-अलग है ?

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

It depends on the context. When you say I am Brahman, aham brahmasmi, then they are one and the same. I am that consciousness that pervades the universe. When you say athma moves from one body to another then it means different things. Here athma means consciousness reflected in sookshma shariram

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Hope this answers. Let me know.

[@saniyagamer-xd2oq]

@@templesbooksandscience8697 मेने कहीं लोगों से पूछा उनका कहना है कि soul and condescension अलग अलग है

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

In common usage it is different. Jeevathma is generally translated to soul. It is the jeevathma which travels from one body to another with each birth.

[@saniyagamer-xd2oq]

@@templesbooksandscience8697 thank you sister 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@vyjayanthina8269]

Whether your arthanusanthana of Geetha belongs to ADWAITAVEDA NTA pl specify

[@ReallyRealReality]

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[@surangadas]

Nice initiative Archana. However, the statement you made saying "you are Bhraman" is incorrect. Aham Brahmasmi doesn't mean we are are God. We are tiny part and parcel of God, Krishna and hence, as souls we share the same qualities of being eternal, etc.

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thank you for the insight vinu. What you have articulated is the view of vishishtadvaitham. That's is not the view of Advaiths. You are Brahman, not part of Brahman. There is only one undisvided consciousness that shines through every being. Just as in a dream, every person and everything in your dream is you. You have not divided yourself into multiple things to make your dream. It depends on which school of thought you come from

[@surangadas]

@@templesbooksandscience8697 In Bhagavad-gītā, Krishna says, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate: Kṛṣṇa is the origin of everything. Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti: Kṛṣṇa is everything. Mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ: everything rests in the body of the Lord, yet the Lord is not everywhere. Māyāvādī philosophers think that since the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, has become everything, He has no separate existence. Their philosophy is called advaita-vāda. Actually, however, their philosophy is not correct... there is dvaita-vāda; there are always two entities - the seer and the seen. The seer is a part of the whole, but he is not equal to the whole. The part of the whole, the seer, is also one with the whole, but since he is but a part, he cannot be the complete whole at any time. This acintya-bhedābheda - simultaneous oneness and difference - is the perfect philosophy propounded by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu source: Srimad Bhagavatham vedabase.io/en/library/sb/8/20/22/?query=advaita+philosophy#bb51961

[@templesbooksandscience8697]

Thanks for the insights Vinu

[@jsreenithya7713]

Datta

[@Vedicmusic1953]

Ashtavakra Gita is more realistic than Vyasa Gita. Bhagavadgita has somany shades While Ashtavakra Gita has one and only light

[@vish2553]

With due respect, I request you to avoid using Gandhi’s name in the context of Gita. One should do a thorough purva paksha of Gandhi to know the truth about him. His personal life, his views on blacks, his brhmachariya experiments, his adarmic advice to face death happily at the hands of fanatical Muslims, etc would make him a leader of Adharma. He never understood ahimsa and made Indians, especially Hindus eunuchs. Adharma needs to be addressed by all means, with physical force if need be was never understood by him. Bottom line: Gandhi didn’t have a clue about Gita and its message. Thanks 🙏