Guest guest Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda If one reads this one Shloka - (Yield not to unmanliness, O son of Pritha! Ill doth it become thee. Cast off this mean faint-heartedness and arise, O scorcher of thy enemies!) - he gets all the merits of reading the entire Gita; for in this one Shloka lies embedded the whole message of the Gita. (IV. 110) Many are of opinion that the Gita was not written at the time of the Mahabharata, but was subsequently added to it. This is not correct. The special teachings of the Gita are to be found in every part of the Mahabharata; and if the Gita is to be expunged, as forming no part of it, every other portion of it which embodies the same teachings should be similarly treated. (V. 247) The teachings of Krishna as taught by the Gita are the grandest the world has ever known. He who wrote that wonderful poem was one of those rare souls whose lives send a wave of regeneration through the world. The human race will never again see such a brain as his who wrote the Gita. (VII. 22) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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