I cannot Teach Anybody
Anything. I can make them think – Socrates
I have visited dozens of Spiritual Ashrams and read
hundreds of Spiritual books to get answers for the below Questions :
Why me?
Who am I?
What is the Soul?
Why there are sufferings in this World?
How to live a happy life forever?
How to get Liberated from the repeated cycle of Birth and Death?
Even though, I got answers for most of my burning questions
during my spiritual journey, I was not convinced a hundred percent.
Recently, I have read the book “Bhagavad Gita - As It Is”
written by Srila Prabhupad ( Founder of ISKCON ). This single book has answered all the above questions
clearly, which my logical brain can agree without any doubt.
There are multiple Spiritual schools of thoughts all over the
World. In most of the Spiritual School of Thought, a Spiritual Master will get
enlightened and explain the Secrets and Mysteries of Life-based on his Own Self-realization.
However, What makes this book [ Bhagavad Gita – As It Is ] unique when compared
to the other Self-realisation books is that Bhagavad Gita is Spoken by GOD
HIMSELF.
Bhagavad means God, Gita means Song. It is the Song of God. In
the Bhagavad Gita, God explains the most confidential Knowledge to Arjuna,
who is in a state of confusion and anxiety. After hearing the Bhagavad GITA Arjuna will be in peace and
harmony, ready to face the challenges.
Bhagavad Gita 9.1
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ
pravakṣyāmy anasūyave
jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ
yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt
Translation :
The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjuna because you are never
envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most secret wisdom, knowing which you
shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.
You are Blessed Soul :
If you are reading this blog, please be informed that you
are one of the blessed souls in this materialistic world. What you assume as suffering
currently is not at all a Suffering. If you count your blessings, it will be a very
big list when compared to your sufferings. If you have food on your plate, beautiful
clothes on your wardrobe and roof on your top, you are truly blessed. A statistical report says that almost 19
crores of the Indian population goes to bed hungry. A person who doesn’t know
whether he gets the next meal is the person, who is in real suffering. You can
also add those persons who are suffering due to pain of Chronic illness.
I hope now you will be convinced that you are one of the
blessed souls in this materialistic world, who have a little suffering. However,
all the souls that have been descended to this materialistic world need to
suffer. However, the degree of suffering depends on one’s KARMA. Lord
Krishna explains that this Materialistic World is Dukhalayam, which means it is
a place of Suffering. Birth, Death, Old Age, and Disease are the major attributes of this materialistic world and no one can escape from it until liberation.
Otto Bismarck once beautifully quoted as "Fools learn
from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of Others". A Wise
person will learn from other experiences or sufferings. If you are a Wise
person, you should ask the Question like Buddha “Why there is suffering in this
materialistic world ?” “How to get rid
of sufferings in this materialistic world ?”
We need to get the answers for these questions from the Supreme
Personality, who has created this materialistic World. Bhagavad Gita is the
User Manual to the Human Beings to get out of the repeated cycle of Birth and
Death in this Materialistic world and reach the Spiritual World.
Bhagavad Gita 9.7
sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya
prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām
kalpa-kṣaye punas tāni
kalpādau visṛjāmy aham
TRANSLATION
O son of Kuntī, at the end of the millennium every material
manifestation enters into My nature, and at the beginning of another
millennium, by My potency I again create.
When to read?
Buy the book “Bhagavad Gita – As It Is” and keep in your Home.
Read the book when you are feeling that you are at the edge of the World when
you ask the question “why am I Suffering ?” “Why Me ?”. You will understand the contents of the books crystal
clearly. If you are a wise person like me, start reading the book as soon as
you buy it [ I am one of the Many thousands among Men J ]
Bhagavd Gita Chapter7 Verse-3
manusyanam sahasresu
kascid yatati siddhaye
yatatam api siddhanam
kascin mam vetti tattvatah
Translation
Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for
perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in
truth.
Sri Ramana Maharishi once beautifully Quoted that “It is by God’s grace that you think of God”
Gift a Book :
If you know someone is suffering in this materialistic world,
please gift “Bhagavad Gita – As It Is”. It will help them to get answers for
their current sufferings.
I have gifted this book to my friend, who is in the Ocean of
Suffering. After reading this book, he got clarity like Arjuna and lives a
peaceful and blissful life.
You can also gift it to your Parents/relatives who have
crossed the age of Fifty. I have read somewhere that in ancient India, the
parents who cross above 50 will go inside Forest to live a simple life and seek
Self Realisation. You are also welcome to gift it to your Family / Friends as a
Birthday Gift to help them to unravel the mysteries of life in the Young age
and to seek the Spiritual Truth.
Final Words :
I strongly BELIEVE and ACCEPT the contents of Bhagavad GITA
and try to follow it as much as possible. Based on my fourteen Years search, I personally feel that BHATI
YOGA is the simplest and easiest way to attain Liberation or Moksha or Mukthi
in this Kali Yuga.
However, I give FREEWILL and FREEDOM to you to follow any
Spiritual School of Thought that your consciousness BELIEVES it as RIGHT.
