Guest guest Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Friends,It has been stated that the Gita is one of the most authoratitive sources of Hindu doctorine and ethics, and is accepted as such by Hindus of all denominations. A study of even selected verses from the Gita, accompanied by earnest thinking or churning of the mind about those selected verses, will enable us to understand the religion of our forefathers, which is the background of all the noble philosophy, art,literature and civilization that we have inherited. To take the battle of Kurukshetra literally and to interpret all that is said in the Gita in the light of the developments and utterances leading to the war, would not lead one to understand the Gita correctly; rather it would lead him to an erronous understanding. It is true that the teachings in the Gita are of universal validity and would also be applicable to the Mahabharata scene and must help to solve Arjuna`s delusion and doubts. We fail to understand the teachings in the right perspective when we are obsessed with the particular scene in Mahabharata and thereby we seek to interpret the general by the particular. We should forget the battle- scene when we study the Gita as a scripture of Sanatana Dharma. (to be continued)G.Balasubramanian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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