The Most basic Scripture...

The all illustrious Pandavas are assembled for battle on the field of Kurukshethra facing their cousins, the Kauravas who after a series of abhorrent acts of humiliation and violence to their moral and loving cousins the Pandavas stand with greed, envy and anger filled in their eyes ready to annihilate the good. Arjuna orders his charioteer to drive him to the centre of the battlefield so that he can get a good look at the surrounding army. Here he sees his guru, Sri Dronacharya, the master of weapons who taught him everything, his elder Bhishma who was like a father to him, his uncle Salya and his cousins. Here emotion hits him hard, “What is the use of a kingdom when all you love is dead and gone?” He drops his bow, the legendary Ghandheeva and kneels in front of his charioteer heart stricken with sympathy and throat tight with melancholy. The charioteer rises and thus begins the Bhagavad Gita.     

Bhagavad Gita Literally the divine song of god, is a sacred Hindu scripture which comprises roughly of 700 verses and 18 chapters. The authorship of this masterpiece is attributed to Sri-Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa also known as Veda Vyasa. Today it is considered as one of the most important texts in history of literature and theology as it provides concise guide to Hinduism and a practical self-contained guide to life. During the discourse Sri-Krishna bestows the legendary Vishwaroopa (Vishwa – All, Roopa – form) Dharshana to Arjuna, Lord Hanuman (perched atop Bhima’s Chariot) Sanjaya (using Divya Dhrishti, or divine vision bestowed by vyasa) and Barbarika the son of Ghatotghaja as a boon from Sri-Krishna to prove his divinity. The GITA uses war as an allegory, the world is one HUGE battlefield, the Kurukshethra; the 5 senses are the 5 horses and you are the Jeeva the soul. Let Sri Krishna be your charioteer by leaving the fruits of action to him and fight against greed, lust, anger and ignorance like Dhanajaya (Dhanus – Bow, Jaya – Victor, IE victor of the bow, Arjuna). Below are some of the most famous quotes from the Gita.

• Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable. ”
• “People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death.”
• The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.”
•  The senses have been conditioned by attraction to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant: a man should not be ruled by them;
• When the senses contact sense objects, a person experiences cold or heat, pleasure or pain. These experiences are fleeting they come and go. Bear them patiently
•  “Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.”