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From the Gita
Bhagvad Gita 'Brahma' misconstrued		Very few people read the Gita. Some even treat it like a play from Shakespeare or a bestseller novel. 'Oh I read it in the month of July in 1999'. And how so often have you heard people say that Lord Krishna is full of self-conceit asking people to make obeisance to him, to worship him, to surrender to him ... " Oh! so vain ...what an egotist... how unholy!" It must be made clear that in the Gita whenever Lord Krishna speaks in the first person, he is identifying himself with Brahma. "Then why should we worship Krishna at all, why not the four headed Brahma, the Creator in the Trinity ? "ask some. Now, a lot of confusion has arisen on account of this word 'Brahma'. We have made an attempt to clarify the various usage and meaning of this word in the context of the Bhagavad Gita, and rather audaciously called it Brahma-Bhram ! Read on
Bhagvad Gita Chapter 2 Shloka 47		कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ।।				This is the most popular and one of the most misunderstood shloka of the Bhagvad Gita. If it were the be all and end all of the Gita then why did Lord Krishna not stop at it? Why the additional sixteen chapters? Read on
Bhagvad Gita Chapter 3 Shloka 8		नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः । शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ।।				The Hindu religion gives much latitude to its followers to transform even ordinary actions into worship. But, there are some rules there too. Some activities do not give a 'waiver' towards puja and worship, however hard one may try to justify that it is "my kind of puja, my kind of worship." Read on
Bhagvad Gita Chapter 6 Shloka 1		अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति य: । स सन्न्यासि च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रिय: ।।				Why is it that the Hindus are the first to abandon their religion? The modern pseudo-intellectual Hindu has happily created a class of worshippers. Read on
Bhagvad Gita Chapter 2 Shloka 69		या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी । यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने: ।।				Good news for the people who have are 'late to bed and late to rise'? Well, it is the wrong idea that one can extract from its literal translation. To enjoy the depth of the shloka, read on
Bhagvad Gita Chapter 7 Shloka 16		चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जना: सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन । आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ।।				"Four kinds of people worship Me", said the Lord. Till date there is no fifth category. The Bhagavad Gita is indeed very comprehensive and all encompassing. Read on
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