BHAGWAD GITA
A timeless guide
Mokshada Ekadashi marks the day Krishn imparted the Bhagwad Gita's wisdom to Arjun on the Kurukshetra battlefield. Arjun faced a moral dilemma. Krishn's teachings addressed duty, action, and liberation. The Gita offers timeless wisdom for life's complexities. It helps people handle stress and build better relationships. The Gita promotes self-awareness and mindfulness. It inspires people to face challenges calmly.
Cosmic meditation
Being in outer space allows one to witness the delicate dance of the Earth suspended in blackness, a fragile oasis of life. It fosters a profound appreciation for the universe's interconnectedness. The ever-changing light show of sunrise and sunset across the Earth's horizon can be a form of moving meditation.
Matter of freedom
True freedom prevails when love predominates hate, equality triumphs over discrimination, and kindness replaces cruelty.
Robert Oppenheimer’s deep association with the Bhagwad Gita is compelling, and telling
The very fact that the Gita verse resonated so deeply in Oppenheimer's consciousness reveals that he was, in his heart, a pacifist, a compassionate man who wished no one harm. At the same time, his dharma as a physicist - fervently engaged in putting together a deadly bomb - did not leave him any other option than to see the four-year Manhattan project to fruition.
ChatGPT and spirituality
Prerequisite to understanding these facets is to decipher the basic difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is the information gathered by listening to discourses and studying scriptures; wisdom is our ability to live by the acquired knowledge.
Why be a fish out of water?
When people lack spiritual knowledge, they naturally live for worldly goals. Their sense of identity and self-worth comes from the pursuit and achievement of materialistic aims such as wealth, sensual pleasure, possessions and position.
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Being in the state of flow
Hungarian-American positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls it a state of 'flow', or being in 'zone', a state wherein an individual is fully focused, absorbed and engrossed in an activity like an artist who pursues his task relentlessly. In Vedantic terminology, it is known to be in the state of 'Anandmaya Kosh'.
Love and Mischief
The birth in which knowledge, love and mischief all come together is considered as the birth or incarnation of Krishn. So, on Krishn's birthday, all of you must take a Sankalpa, pledge or promise, to read the Bhagwad Gita.
Karnataka government to discuss with experts before introducing Bhagwad Gita in school syllabus
Even Mahatma Gandhi used to give credit to the Hindu epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata- for his upbringing, which his mother used to narrate to him. When he grew up, the play Raja Harishchandra had a big impact on his life, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister explained.
Deep meditation
Very often, there is a tendency to mix meditation with yog, though there is a slight difference. In today's context, yog often connotes physical fitness, whereas etymologically, it means 'to join', or act as a bridge between our lower self, in which we get entangled in our mundane matters.
The art of questioning
The art of questioning has resonance in our mundane lives also as we pose questions, inside and outside the classroom, in different forms.
3000 students in Mumbai take part in ISKCON's Gita contest
In Mumbai recently, 23 toppers from various schools were given trophies and certificates comprising Rs 5000 first Rs 3000 second and Rs 2000 third prize.
MP seeks NCERT nod for Gita lessons in schools
The MP government said that the main objective of including lessons from Gita was to inculcate moral values among youth.
BJP MPs want Bhagwad Gita to be declared 'National Book'
BJP members in the Lok Sabha today made a strong plea for declaring Bhagwad Gita as 'National book".
UP to felicitate Muslim girl for topping Gita contest
Siddiqui, a sixth-grade student of Mumbai-based school, won the "Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League" yesterday organised by ISKCON.
UP to felicitate Muslim girl for topping Gita contest
Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a sixth-grade student, won the "Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League", organized by ISKCON International Society.
Muslim girl wins Gita contest
Mariyam Asif Siddiqui received the first prize in an inter-school competition for explaining the teachings of the holy book.
Muslim girl wins Gita contest
Mariyam Asif Siddiqui who studies in Class 6 in a school at Mira Road near Mumbai won the contest from among 4,500 students who appeared for the competition.
No plan to teach Gita in BMC schools, says Maha Govt, BMC
Maharashtra government denied any plans to teach Bhagwad Gita in the state's municipal schools.
BJP government in Haryana to introduce Gita in curriculum
Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said the "thought" was getting support from various quarters, including from Islamic seminary Darul Uloom.
Bhagwad Gita is world literature, says Sadananad More
President of the forthcoming 88th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Sadananad More, said that the Bhagwad Gita is a global scripture and its range should not be restricted to the country alone.
Sushma Swaraj draws flak over demand to make Gita national scripture
Sushma Swaraj today came under opposition attack in Rajya Sabha for demanding that the Bhagwad Gita be declared national scripture.
PMK opposes Gita as 'Rashtriya Granth'
PMK founder S Ramadoss said, "Sushma Swaraj's act of pushing the opinion of one section of the people on the entire country is condemnable.."
Constitution is the 'Holy Book' in democracy: Mamata Banerjee
"Our Constitution says India is a secular country. The Constitution is the Holy Book in a democracy," Banerjee said reacting to Swaraj's remark.
Sushma Swaraj pushes for declaring Gita as national scripture
She also said that the respect of a "national scripture" was accorded to Gita when Prime Minister Modi gifted it to US President Barack Obama.
If I were dictator, I would introduce Bhagwad Gita in standard 1: Supreme Court judge A R Dave
Chief justice of the Bombay HC, Justice Mohit Shah, said 'development for all' should be the core value behind the idea of globalisation.
Bhagwad Gita row: Russians kick up an unholy row over holy book
The Bhagwad Gita's first Russian translation came out in 1788. Soon, another important Indian work, Kalidasa's Shakuntala, was translated to Russian in 1792
Government monitoring Gita case: Krishna
S M Krishna on Tuesday described as "absurd" the plea in a Russian court for a ban on the Bhagwad Gita, addressing MPs who rose in protest for second consecutive day.
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