where we come from, where we are going

[Guest guest]

What Gita says about how this earth created, where we come from and

where we are going?

[Guest guest]

Namaste Zulfiqarji:

 

The questions that you have raised are quite general and answers to

such questions have no bound. Ideally, it would be beneficial if the

enquirer provides some background information so that the answers can

be prepared appropriately. When a patient goes to a doctor, the

doctor can help if and only if the patient describes about the

problem. May I request you to provide as much background information

about you. That information will enable the members of this list to

answer your questions. Most of the information on Hinduism including

Gita are publically available. I strongly recommend you to read some

background information and conduct your enquiry with specific

questions.

 

Here are some key points about life that one can gather from Gita:

 

1. " Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all

these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the

embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to

youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at

death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. " (Lord

Krishna Bg. 2.12-13)

 

2. In scientific terms, energy cannot be destroyed, but it can change

forms. Similarly the soul cannot be destroyed. Our body is the form

and we (the soul) are the energy. We (the soul) cannot be destroyed.

But the body is destroyed after some time (death) At death, we

change our form (the body).

 

3. " As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul

similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless

ones. The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned

by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. This

individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither

burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere,

unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same. (Lord Krishna Bg.

2.22-24)

 

As you may see, what I have quoted are few verses from chapter 2 of

Gita. Gita contains 18 chapters and 700 verses and those who can

comprehend all these 700 verses may be able to get some clues to your

question.

 

Gita also implicitly states that the purpose of human life is to

enquire:

 

Who am I?

 

Where have I come from?

 

What will happen to me at death?

 

Why do I suffer?

 

Why do others suffer?

 

Who is God?

 

How can I serve God?

 

Why is there variety of living beings?

 

How can I get out this cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death?

 

How can I live eternally?

 

 

Finally Gita also advises that:

 

Human birth is rare, we have to make the best use of it by not

engaging in sinful activities. The sinful activities are being

greedy, lusty, angry, and violence against other living beings

(animals and humans).

 

We are the soul and not this body. The body is temporary but the soul

is eternal and immortal. Our aim in life should be to escape from

fangs of material life (birth, old age, disease, and death). This can

only be done by humans, who have the higher consciousness.

 

We can attain an immortal spiritual body full of bliss, knowledge,

eternal, and without a trace of calamity if we follow the Bhagavad-

Gita with seriousness.

 

I am looking forward to hear more about you so that our discussions

become fruitful,

 

With my warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

 

 

advaitin , " Zulfiqar Ahmed Shaikh "

<zulfiqarshaikh1973 wrote:

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> What Gita says about how this earth created, where we come from and

> where we are going?

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[Guest guest]

PranAms

If you read the Gita methodically, and over time, you will find the

fundamental truths it asserts are very similar to the Islamic (sufi)

concept of wahdat-al-wajud.

" God is the ground of all Being and there is nothing except Him. The

sole purpose of a human birth is to seek to be absorbed in Him. God

remains supremely transcendent, as even as He is immanent. The

perfect human (al-insan al-kamil) is the one who knows oneness with

God "

 

Hari OM

Shyam

 

advaitin , " Zulfiqar Ahmed Shaikh "

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