It can all be found in the superb words of the Bhagavad Gita, the fountainhead of eternal wisdom. In it, invaluable secrets of life are revealed. The wisdom of all ages has entered mortal ears. Human eyes have seen the deepest mysteries of existence. What more does one need in one’s search for fulfillment in life?
What worth does a kingdom have after having learned the
truth about life? How much value can one place in the possession of any thing once
one has experienced the magnificent beauty of all of existence?
The Gita tells it all. It is all there. Nothing else needs
to be known once the treasure chest of the Gita has been opened and its eternal
wisdom shared so freely. How fortunate we all are to have the incomparable
beings such as Vyasa as well as other sages and saints going back to ancient
antiquity who opened their enlightened minds and shared their highest
realization with us. The truth is one. The truth is that which we all share.
The truth is the existence of all as conscious entity. There is no other. There
is only the conscious one. Arjuna, that is the truth.
It is an inner truth as well as an outer truth. We are all
one in spirit, and we are all one in body.
There is a stillness within you, oh Arjuna, which is the
natural state beyond the active mind. Rest in this stillness. Make this
stillness your home. Have the surrounding noises of the world fade away and reside
in the inner stillness.
All necessary truths are all contained in the healing waters
of the eternally invigorating words of the Bhagavad Gita. The supreme holiness
of the individual soul is its main theme. Duty is a secondary feature. Fidelity
to the master’s teachings is another.
Devotion to god through the guru is the way to liberation in
stillness. That is what the B. G. clearly states. The vision of god comes
through the form of the guru. The magnificence of life is shown through the
magnificence of the guru. God and guru are revealed as one.
The individual soul and the universal soul are not now, nor
have they ever been separated from each other. The part of the eternal
universal soul that lives within various bodies is as much eternal as is the
universal soul itself. Any piece of eternity is itself eternal.
Why the strange setting of the Bhagavad Gita at the
beginning of a war, with the discussion taking place on a battlefield?
Spiritual discussions most commonly take place in more placid settings. One possible
answer is that the warrior who has faith in Krishna and not faith in the strength
of his army will prevail in the contest. He will be victorious, not the one
with the most warriors. Krishna gave both sides the choice of either him as a
non-fighting charioteer or his whole army. The winning side picked the
non-fighting Krishna. Numerical strength does not guarantee a successful
campaign. God needs to be on your side for you to truly succeed, even if god
lets you do most of the work.
