Guest guest Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 What is the signficance of Gita Jayanti?When is it celebrated?Is Gita Jayanti celebrated on the day Gita came in to existance as narrated by the Lord to Arjuna?May I request the scholars to elucidate. Regards, Jabalimuni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Namaste Sri Jabalimuni: Gita Jayanthi day is the anniversary day commemorating the day that Srimad Bhagavad Gita was spoken by Lord Sri Krishna to His dear & most devotee Arjuna at the place now known as Jyotisar Tirtha amid the warring families of the Kurus and the Pandavas at Kurukshetra. Traditionally devotees come to Kurukshetra (Dharmakshetra) and recite Bhagavad Gita from early morning until the next morning, perform Arati (Puja of Light Ceremony) to Bhagavad Gita and to Krishna and Arjuna upon the chariot, offer lamps 'deep daan' at Brahma Sarovar, shloka recitals, shobha yatras and seminars on the significance of the Gita today. Devotees who cannot get to Jyotisar Tirtha remember the blessed event by reciting Bhagavad Gita, performing and discussing the subject matter of Bhagavad Gita in the association of devotees. Distribution of Bhagavad Gitas' on this day is also a very auspicious activity to perform. Sometimes people refer to this holiday as the " Birthday of the Bhagavad Gita; " however, divine wisdom cannot be said to take birth! One cannot really say that the Divine Song has a birthday. Actually, Gita Jayanti is the anniversary of the day, nearly 6000 years ago, when Sanjaya recited the words which Bhagwan Shri Krishna spoke to Arjuna, on the battlefield in Kurukshetra, for the blind King Dhritarashtra. Along with the epic of the Mahabharata, this Divine Song was transcribed into words by Veda Vyasji for the benefit of humanity. During the last Gita Jayanthi day (December 10,2009) we had several posts and please refer to the following links: advaitin/message/42455 advaitin/message/42466 Whenever you had doubts on subjects/concepts, go to the list archives advaitin/messages/ and use the key word search, for example <Gita Jayanthi>. You will get the posts on that subject matter for a quick answer. If you do not find any postings on the key word, then you ask for explanations. I am providing this information not only for your benefits and but also for benefit of other members. With my warm regards, Ram Chandran advaitin , " jabalimuni " <jabalimuni wrote: > > What is the signficance of Gita Jayanti?When is it celebrated?Is Gita > Jayanti celebrated on the day Gita came in to existance as narrated by > the Lord to Arjuna?May I request the scholars to elucidate. > > Regards, > Jabalimuni > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Pranams to Ram Chandranji for having given a well explained answer to make my notion clear. Regards, Jabali Muni. SarvE bhavanthu sukhinah sarvE santhu niraamayaahSarve bhadrANi pasyanthu maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt. --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Ram Chandran <ramvchandran wrote: Ram Chandran <ramvchandran Re: Gita Jayanthiadvaitin Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 5:34 AM Namaste Sri Jabalimuni:Gita Jayanthi day is the anniversary day commemorating the day that Srimad Bhagavad Gita was spoken by Lord Sri Krishna to His dear & most devotee Arjuna at the place now known as Jyotisar Tirtha amid the warring families of the Kurus and the Pandavas at Kurukshetra. Traditionally devotees come to Kurukshetra (Dharmakshetra) and recite Bhagavad Gita from early morning until the next morning, perform Arati (Puja of Light Ceremony) to Bhagavad Gita and to Krishna and Arjuna upon the chariot, offer lamps 'deep daan' at Brahma Sarovar, shloka recitals, shobha yatras and seminars on the significance of the Gita today. Devotees who cannot get to Jyotisar Tirtha remember the blessed event by reciting Bhagavad Gita, performing and discussing the subject matter of Bhagavad Gita in the association of devotees. Distribution of Bhagavad Gitas' on this day is also a very auspicious activity to perform. Sometimes people refer to this holiday as the "Birthday of the Bhagavad Gita;" however, divine wisdom cannot be said to take birth! One cannot really say that the Divine Song has a birthday. Actually, Gita Jayanti is the anniversary of the day, nearly 6000 years ago, when Sanjaya recited the words which Bhagwan Shri Krishna spoke to Arjuna, on the battlefield in Kurukshetra, for the blind King Dhritarashtra. Along with the epic of the Mahabharata, this Divine Song was transcribed into words by Veda Vyasji for the benefit of humanity. During the last Gita Jayanthi day (December 10,2009) we had several posts and please refer to the following links:http://groups. / group/advaitin/ message/42455http://groups. / group/advaitin/ message/42466Whenever you had doubts on subjects/concepts, go to the list archiveshttp://groups. / group/advaitin/ messages/and use the key word search, for example <Gita Jayanthi>. You will get the posts on that subject matter for a quick answer. If you do not find any postings on the key word, then you ask for explanations. I am providing this information not only for your benefits and but also for benefit of other members.With my warm regards,Ram Chandranadvaitin@ s.com, "jabalimuni" <jabalimuni@ ...> wrote:>> What is the signficance of Gita Jayanti?When is it celebrated?Is Gita > Jayanti celebrated on the day Gita came in to existance as narrated by > the Lord to Arjuna?May I request the scholars to elucidate.> > Regards,> Jabalimuni> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 advaitin , Jabali Muni <jabalimuni wrote: Hari Om! Pranaams! The shuklapakSha ekAdashI of margashIrSha (Nov-Dec) is traditionally celebrated as Gita Jayanti day. This year it falls on 28th November - Saturday as per Gita Press, Gorakhpur. On 27th November as per festival calender of Chinmaya Mission. As per kerala almanac it coincides with Guruvayur Ekadasi and falls on 24th November. In Shri Guru Smriti Br. Pranipata Chaitanya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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