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Section: vasudeva sutam devam kamsa cānūra mardanam | devakī paramānandam krṣṇam vande jagad gurum ||

Content: vasudeva sutam devam kamsa cānūra mardanam | devakī paramānandam krṣṇam vande jagad gurum ||

Content: Srimad Bhagavad Gītā is the ultimate sacred scripture of yoga, Yogaśastra and the pristine glory of the Vedic culture, the eternal living tradition called sanātana-dharma. It belongs to the whole Universe for it is delivered to the Universe by the source and embodiment of the Universe. We salute and bow down to Bhagavān Śrī Krṣṇa, who spoke the Bhagavad Gītā out of His infinite love and compassion for all beings.

Section: dharma samsthaapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge

Content: Whenever unrighteousness, adharma becomes predominant and dharma, righteous living declines and the Yoga of Enlightenment is lost, Parabrahma Krṣṇa, the Supreme Consciousness appears again and again to revive this sacred yoga, to protect and to enrich the devoted beings; and destroys adharma to re-establish the pure and everlasting dharma —the Science of Enlightenment.

Section: dharma samsthaapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge

Content: dharma samsthaapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge

Content: This is Śrī Krṣṇa's promise and the essence and spirit of the Gītā. Gītā is also called Brahmavidyā —the Knowledge of Brahman, the supreme absolute truth; it is Jīvan Mukti Vijñāna—the Science of Living Enlightenment. As with all scriptures, it is the knowledge and experience that is transmitted verbally as Śrī Krṣṇārjuna Samvād, an intimate dialogue between Master of the world, Jagadguru Lord Śrī Krṣṇa and His dear devotee and disciple, Arjuna. It is called śruti in Samskṛit, meaning something that is heard.

Content: Gītā, as Bhagavad Gītā is generally called, translates literally from Samskrit as 'Sacred Song of God'. Unlike the Vedas and Upaniṣads, which are stand alone expressions of Truth, the Gītā is written into the greatest Hindu epic, the Mahābhārat, called a purāṇa, an ancient historical happening. It is part of the recorded history of the greatest tradition, the paramount civilization in all its Divine grandeur and its human complexity, so to speak.

Content: As a scripture, Gītā is Gītāsastra, the essence and the most important part of the ancient knowledge base of the Vedic tradition, which is the expression of the experiences of great sages. Vedas and Upaniṣads, the foundation of śruti literature, arose from the insight, vision and the consciousness of completion of these great sages when They were raised into a no-mind state of Advaita (non-duality). These are as old as humanity, as eternal as truth, and the first and truest expressions in the journey of man's search for truth.

Content: Unlike the Vedas, which were revealed to the great Sages or the Upaniṣads, which were the teachings of these great Enlightened Eagles, Gītā is part of the great Bhārata's (India's) history narrated by Śrī Veda Vyāsa or Śrī Krṣṇa Dvāipāyana Vyāsa, one of the great Enlightened Sages and the compiler of all scriptures and hymns.

Section: Gītā is scribed by Śrī Ganeṣa, the elephant God who embodies pure wisdom and joyful spontaneity. It is narrated as the direct expression of the Divine Himself. It is because of Bhagavān Śrī Krṣna's direct presence that the Mahābhārat and jewelled in it, the Bhagavad Gītā is the indisputable authority of the greatest revelation of Truth. The Gītā is the sacred text incarnation of the Absolute Divine.

Content: Gītā is scribed by Śrī Ganeṣa, the elephant God who embodies pure wisdom and joyful spontaneity. It is narrated as the direct expression of the Divine Himself. It is because of Bhagavān Śrī Krṣna's direct presence that the Mahābhārat and jewelled in it, the Bhagavad Gītā is the indisputable authority of the greatest revelation of Truth. The Gītā is the sacred text incarnation of the Absolute Divine.

Section: No other epic or part of an epic has the special status and space of the Gītā. No other book but the Gītā gives a scientific, systematic, applied science of living joyfully in completion, while empowering the human action-field with authenticity to evolve into a responsible Divine play-field. Called the royal supreme knowledge and the royal secret of secrets —rājavidyā rājaguhyam (9.2), this one sacred book conveys the essence of knowledge contained in all written and oral vedic truths to enrich the simplest to complex humans at all planes. It holds within itself the direct key to every possible human inquiry, the solution to every dilemma of emotions, and the sublime righteous path and goal of every quest of rising or falling civilizations for every age, time or geography. As a consequence of the presence of the Gītā, the Mahābhārat epic itself is considered a sacred Hindu scripture.

Content: No other epic or part of an epic has the special status and space of the Gītā. No other book but the Gītā gives a scientific, systematic, applied science of living joyfully in completion, while empowering the human action-field with authenticity to evolve into a responsible Divine play-field. Called the royal supreme knowledge and the royal secret of secrets —rājavidyā rājaguhyam (9.2), this one sacred book conveys the essence of knowledge contained in all written and oral vedic truths to enrich the simplest to complex humans at all planes. It holds within itself the direct key to every possible human inquiry, the solution to every dilemma of emotions, and the sublime righteous path and goal of every quest of rising or falling civilizations for every age, time or geography. As a consequence of the presence of the Gītā, the Mahābhārat epic itself is considered a sacred Hindu scripture.

Section: Gītā arose from the super consciousness of Śrī Krṣna, the Supreme God, the complete Incarnation Purnāvatār, and is therefore considered Gītāśastra —the essential scripture, knowing which, one is liberated from all incompletions, yaj jñātvā mokṣyase asubhāt (9.1) and Gītopanisad— the essence of all Upaniṣads, the purest and highest knowledge to be ever known and cognized because it gives the direct experience of the Self

Content: Gītā arose from the super consciousness of Śrī Krṣna, the Supreme God, the complete Incarnation Purnāvatār, and is therefore considered Gītāśastra —the essential scripture, knowing which, one is liberated from all incompletions, yaj jñātvā mokṣyase asubhāt (9.1) and Gītopanisad— the essence of all Upaniṣads, the purest and highest knowledge to be ever known and cognized because it gives the direct experience of the Self

Section: — pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣāvagam dharmyam (9.2).

Content: — pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣāvagam dharmyam (9.2).

Section: Scientific Research On Bhagavad Gita

Content: Scientific Research On Bhagavad Gita

Content: Several institutions have conducted experiments using scientific and statistically supported techniques to verify the truth behind Bhagavad Gītā. Notable amongst them is the work carried out by Maharṣi Mahesh yogi, whose findings are published through Maharṣi ved vijñāna viśva vidyāpiṭam.

Content: Studies conducted using meditation techniques related to truths expressed in the verses of Bhagavad Gītā have shown that the quality of life is significantly improved through meditation. These studies have found that meditators experience a greater sense of peace resulting in a reduced tendency towards conflict.

Content: Meditators gain greater respect for and appreciation of others. Their own inner fulfilment increases resulting in improved self-respect and self-reliance, leading to Self Realisation. One's ability to focus along with brain function integration is enhanced. These have resulted in greater comprehension, creativity, faster response time in decision-making and superior psychomotor coordination.Stress levels have been shown to decrease with enhanced sensory perception and overall health. The tendency towards depression has been clearly shown to decrease.

Content: There is enough evidence to show that as a result of meditation, individuals gain a better ethical lifestyle that in turn improves their interaction with others in the community, resulting in less conflict and crime. Group meditation of 7000 people (square root of 1% of world population at the time of the study) was significantly correlated to a reduction in conflict worldwide.

Section: Meditation leads to higher levels of consciousness. Through the research tools of Applied Kinesiology, Dr. David Hawkins (author of the book Power vs. Force) and others have shown that human consciousness has risen in the last few decades, crossing a critical milestone for the first time in human history. Dr. Hawkins' research also documents that Bhagavad Gītā is at the very highest level of Truth conveyed to humanity.

Content: Meditation leads to higher levels of consciousness. Through the research tools of Applied Kinesiology, Dr. David Hawkins (author of the book Power vs. Force) and others have shown that human consciousness has risen in the last few decades, crossing a critical milestone for the first time in human history. Dr. Hawkins' research also documents that Bhagavad Gītā is at the very highest level of Truth conveyed to humanity.

Section: We acknowledge with gratitude the work done by the Maharṣi Mahesha yogi institutions and Dr. David Hawkins in establishing the truth of this great scripture.

Content: We acknowledge with gratitude the work done by the Maharṣi Mahesha yogi institutions and Dr. David Hawkins in establishing the truth of this great scripture.

Section: Beyond Scriptures

Content: Beyond Scriptures

Section: There are millions of scriptures and books on planet Earth. From time immemorial, human beings have created scriptures and still continue to create spiritual books. But Bhagavad Gītā is incomparable. Unlike any other, this book has penetrated human consciousness so deeply. No other book has contributed to the preparation of so many Enlightened Beings on planet Earth. Bhagavad Gītā is the unabridged dictionary and encyclopaedia of spirituality.

Content: There are millions of scriptures and books on planet Earth. From time immemorial, human beings have created scriptures and still continue to create spiritual books. But Bhagavad Gītā is incomparable. Unlike any other, this book has penetrated human consciousness so deeply. No other book has contributed to the preparation of so many Enlightened Beings on planet Earth. Bhagavad Gītā is the unabridged dictionary and encyclopaedia of spirituality.

Section: Gītā is śāstra; it gives a clear intellectual understanding about life, death, soul, about the 'great why of life' as well as the 'what of life,' the do's and don'ts, rules and regulations. Very few books give reasons why we should or should not do something. Gītā is the only book I know that gives

Content: Gītā is śāstra; it gives a clear intellectual understanding about life, death, soul, about the 'great why of life' as well as the 'what of life,' the do's and don'ts, rules and regulations. Very few books give reasons why we should or should not do something. Gītā is the only book I know that gives

Section: a strong intellectual base, intellectual clarity, a complete cognition about why and what we should do.

Content: a strong intellectual base, intellectual clarity, a complete cognition about why and what we should do.

Section: No other religion has as many scriptures as Hinduism. Within the Vedic literature, our Masters have chosen three books called prasthāntrya that are the ultimate authorities in spirituality. They are Brahma Sūtra, Upaniṣads and Bhagavad Gītā. Veda Vyāsa, the lord of Enlightened Masters, is the compiler of all the Vedas, who wrote the Brahma Sutra and also authored the Mahābhārat. He is responsible for all the methods and expressions of enlightenment science or jīvan mukti vijñāna. Many enlightened Masters taught what is known as Upaniṣad. However, Gītāis directly from Bhagavān, God Himself, from a Pūrṇāvatār—a perfect, complete Incarnation, Śrī Krṣṇa.

Content: No other religion has as many scriptures as Hinduism. Within the Vedic literature, our Masters have chosen three books called prasthāntrya that are the ultimate authorities in spirituality. They are Brahma Sūtra, Upaniṣads and Bhagavad Gītā. Veda Vyāsa, the lord of Enlightened Masters, is the compiler of all the Vedas, who wrote the Brahma Sutra and also authored the Mahābhārat. He is responsible for all the methods and expressions of enlightenment science or jīvan mukti vijñāna. Many enlightened Masters taught what is known as Upaniṣad. However, Gītāis directly from Bhagavān, God Himself, from a Pūrṇāvatār—a perfect, complete Incarnation, Śrī Krṣṇa.

Section: KRṢNa, the PūrNāvatār

Content: KRṢNa, the PūrNāvatār

Section: Among the Incarnations, Bhagavān Śrī Krṣṇa is considered pūrṇa, complete, a full Incarnation. Why is Śrī Krṣṇa considered the only perfect, complete Incarnation, a pūrṇāvatār? Why can't He be just one more Incarnation? Still He is the one being ruling the whole Hindu consciousness and the largest worshipped being! The most worshipped Incarnation on planet Earth is Śrī Krṣṇa. Only Krṣṇa can be called the most worshipped being.

Content: Among the Incarnations, Bhagavān Śrī Krṣṇa is considered pūrṇa, complete, a full Incarnation. Why is Śrī Krṣṇa considered the only perfect, complete Incarnation, a pūrṇāvatār? Why can't He be just one more Incarnation? Still He is the one being ruling the whole Hindu consciousness and the largest worshipped being! The most worshipped Incarnation on planet Earth is Śrī Krṣṇa. Only Krṣṇa can be called the most worshipped being.

Section: First, let us understand why Incarnations come to planet Earth. Śrī Rāmakrṣṇa Paramahamsa recounts beautifully:

Content: First, let us understand why Incarnations come to planet Earth. Śrī Rāmakrṣṇa Paramahamsa recounts beautifully:

Section: There was a beautiful paradise with many trees and varieties of flowers and fruits. Three friends were walking near this paradise that had a big wall around it. One of them climbed the wall and peeped inside.

Content: There was a beautiful paradise with many trees and varieties of flowers and fruits. Three friends were walking near this paradise that had a big wall around it. One of them climbed the wall and peeped inside.

Section: He cried out, 'Oh, my God! Such a beautiful place!' He jumped into the garden and started enjoying the fruits. The second man climbed the wall and saw the garden. He too felt it was beautiful, but he had a little bit of courtesy.

Content: He cried out, 'Oh, my God! Such a beautiful place!' He jumped into the garden and started enjoying the fruits. The second man climbed the wall and saw the garden. He too felt it was beautiful, but he had a little bit of courtesy.

Section: He turned and said to the third man who was below, 'Dear friend, there is a beautiful paradise below. Come, I am going in' Saying this, he jumped over the wall and started enjoying the fruits.

Content: He turned and said to the third man who was below, 'Dear friend, there is a beautiful paradise below. Come, I am going in' Saying this, he jumped over the wall and started enjoying the fruits.

Section: The third man climbed the wall and saw paradise. He saw his two friends and understood the level of joy and bliss that they were enjoying. Then he said to himself, 'Let me go down and tell all the people about this beautiful paradise. I will bring them all to enjoy this garden.'

Content: The third man climbed the wall and saw paradise. He saw his two friends and understood the level of joy and bliss that they were enjoying. Then he said to himself, 'Let me go down and tell all the people about this beautiful paradise. I will bring them all to enjoy this garden.'

Section: An Incarnation is someone who descends to enrich the world about the blissful place that He experienced. The man who descends from Divine to express the bliss of that Divinity is an Incarnation. The person who returns to planet Earth to tell you and enrich you about Divinity and to also make you realise what He has experienced, is an Incarnation.

Content: An Incarnation is someone who descends to enrich the world about the blissful place that He experienced. The man who descends from Divine to express the bliss of that Divinity is an Incarnation. The person who returns to planet Earth to tell you and enrich you about Divinity and to also make you realise what He has experienced, is an Incarnation.

Section: An enlightened spiritual Master is a person who creates a formula to reproduce his inner world experiences. Scientists create formulae for the outer world, whereas a Master creates a formula to recreate the experience of the inner world. Meditation techniques are these formulae.

Content: An enlightened spiritual Master is a person who creates a formula to reproduce his inner world experiences. Scientists create formulae for the outer world, whereas a Master creates a formula to recreate the experience of the inner world. Meditation techniques are these formulae.

Section: An Incarnation is a person who can directly give the experience without even using the formula! All these great Incarnations come down to planet Earth to make people realise that—they too are Divine, that they too are God; to tell and enrich people that the other side is beautiful.

Content: An Incarnation is a person who can directly give the experience without even using the formula! All these great Incarnations come down to planet Earth to make people realise that—they too are Divine, that they too are God; to tell and enrich people that the other side is beautiful.

Section: 'There's a very big paradise. Come, let us go and enjoy. Come, join me,' they say.

Content: 'There's a very big paradise. Come, let us go and enjoy. Come, join me,' they say.

Section: Why is Kṛṣṇa a perfect Incarnation? He has all the qualities needed to push human beings to divinity, to the space of completion. It is Śrī Kṛṣṇa who is responsible for all the good things we have in our lives. Please understand, it is Kṛṣṇa who is responsible for anything good, anything joyful, and anything auspicious in our lives. The science of living life out of completion and joy—living life out of completion will lead to

Content: Why is Kṛṣṇa a perfect Incarnation? He has all the qualities needed to push human beings to divinity, to the space of completion. It is Śrī Kṛṣṇa who is responsible for all the good things we have in our lives. Please understand, it is Kṛṣṇa who is responsible for anything good, anything joyful, and anything auspicious in our lives. The science of living life out of completion and joy—living life out of completion will lead to

Content: enlightenment in whatever we are doing without renouncing—this science is introduced to the world for the first time by Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Understand, till Śrī Kṛṣṇa all Incarnations were teaching only the science of leaving, renouncing the world if one wanted Enlightenment. But it is Śrī Kṛṣṇa who gave this science of living in the space of completion, pūrṇatva; that you don't need to renounce anything; wherever you are, you will be radiating life and enjoying life. The person who can push human beings to divinity, to the space completion is called Jagadguru—the Guru who awakens. He is the teacher, the Master of the whole Universe.

Content: Jagadguru is a person who can enrich the whole world, all types of human beings at all levels. The Universe is a place with all types of human beings who are at all levels of experience and maturity. Kṛṣṇa can enrich and help people from all levels to experience divinity, to reach the ultimate, to realise the truth, to be complete.

Content: The life of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, pūrṇāvatār is an example of living in the space of completion, pūrṇatva. He has not done anything out of incompletion. He has done everything out of completion and He has done everything, which we think will be done only out of incompletion! This science of completion is the most sacred secret revealed by Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad Gītā, which is the most powerful rājavidyā rājaguhyam, royal sacred knowledge and royal sacred secret. This royal sacred science of completion keeps us eternally in love with life, eternally experiencing life.

Content: Śrī Kṛṣṇa can relate to people at all three levels. The way that He is born, the way He expresses all powers and completion from His birth, and the way He expresses such beautiful, sweet romance! If you are intellectual, He gives you the Gītā, He is Gītā Kṛṣṇa. If you are emotional, have Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of Rādhā! He can sing and dance; He can play; He can give you the ultimate emotional fulfilment. Making each one feel that he belongs to them is the basic need for the romance to happen. Kṛṣṇa was able to do that! And He has the ability to handle all the anger and jealousy of people who were not able to raise themselves to His level. At the being level, you straightaway want the technology of enlightenment. Again, He offers the truth, Dhyāna Yoga, the path of meditation, in the Gītā.

Content: When you see the way He radiates knowledge, love, romance, intelligence and strategy planning; only He can be called as pūrṇāvatār. The word pūrṇāvatār can be given only for Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the unimaginable expression of ultimate Consciousness. Kṛṣṇa is complete fulfilment. He is such an embodiment of completion. The very life of Kṛṣṇa is a technique that leads you to enlightenment. The body language of an enlightened person is a sūtra, a technique. Kṛṣṇa is the being whose body language straightaway leads you to enlightenment. Understand that Śrī Rāma will lead you to dharma, righteousness. If you follow what Śrī Rāma did, you will have dharma, but with Kṛṣṇa, you will straightaway have mokṣa, liberation!

Content: The power of Kṛṣṇa's presence and the amount of opposition that He has to go through due to His pure love, His pure energy, His pure intelligence. Even after creating His own kingdom at Dvārikapuri, the sacrifice that He does to establish dharma, the way He lives dharma and protects dharma! And He is such a powerful strategy planner that when needed He even escapes from the war field as Raṇachoda. The space of completion that Kṛṣṇa holds and the space from which He operates!

Content: Please understand that when you operate from the space of completion, whatever you do is Līlā—a divine play. It is not a boring life! Kṛṣṇa is the first Incarnation who demonstrates the concept of Līlā on planet Earth; the first Incarnation who demonstrates that life can be lived from the space of completion; life can be lived from the space of joy. Kṛṣṇa is the embodiment of joy, embodiment of bliss, embodiment of life!

Content: When we experience the being of Kṛṣṇa, when we understand Kṛṣṇa, His very being is a technique; His very life is a technique! That is why there is a beautiful word in the Bhāgavatam (Hindu epic glorifying devotion) called Līlā Dhyāna. Just remembering the Līlā, the playful pranks of Kṛṣṇa, is dhyāna, meditation. No other Incarnation is given the word, Līlā Dhyāna. No other Incarnation is praised like this. Just remembering His acts is meditation! Just remembering His Līlā, divine acts, we are led to completion and liberation!

Content: An Incarnation's Līlā or pastimes always leads you to completion. Your past always leads you to incompletion. If you constantly remember what you did when you were a child, you will be in more and more incompletion. If you constantly remember what Śrī Kṛṣṇa did when He was

Content: a child, you will be more and more in the space of completion. Remembering the Incarnation's pastimes, Līlā Dhyāna creates more and more completion and the higher space.

Content: Krṣṇa is the Jagadguru. Krṣṇa appeals to every being. He has created keys to open all the locks. He has created methods to give the spiritual experience to the whole of humanity, to people who have come, people who are here, and those yet to come. He has created the technology even for the future generations. He is nitya-ānanda, eternal bliss. Gītā is the ultimate scripture—śāstra, stotra and sūtra.

Content: Krṣṇa is beyond scriptures. We can't speak about any dimension of Krṣṇa. He is the Whole! I can say that whenever we try to describe any of His dimensions, the words look so futile. His is endowed with ananta-kalyān-guṇa, His innumerable spiritual energies and infinite auspicious qualities.

Content: When Krṣṇa says,

Content: nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ | na cainaṁ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati marutaḥ || 2.23

Content: When He talks about the basic truths of life and spirituality, it is śāstra. He is giving intellectual knowledge of completion.

Content: When Arjuna says,

Content: namaḥ puruṣtād atha prṣṭhatas te namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva | ananta-viryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoti tato 'si sarvaḥ || 11.40

Content: Krṣṇa says,

Content: yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram |

Section: tam tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitah II 8.6

Content: tam tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitah II 8.6

Content: 'Whatever your state of thought is when you leave this body, absorbed in that thought, that alone you attain, without fail, O Arjuna!'

Content: Here Krṣṇa provides Arjuna the technique, the most powerful sūtra that helps anyone attain and create his reality as what he wants to. Bhagavad Gītā is the only complete scripture that combines the wisdom of śāstras, the depth of feeling connection of stotras and the practical reality of sūtras. It is a means to enlightenment for all, delivered by the Master of masters, by the Incarnation of incarnations, BhagavānŚrī Krṣṇa.

Section: Introduction To Bhagavad Gītā Decoded

Content: Introduction To Bhagavad Gītā Decoded

Content: Bhagavad Gītā Decoded book is not a commentary or a modern interpretation on the Bhagavad Gītā. It is the re-speaking, the revival of the supreme secret of the Gītā from the consciousness of the rare living incarnation, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, who embodies the very science and experience of the Gītā. A pure, absolute revelation of the happening of Gītā presented in its original spirit and body language that only an Enlightened being can radiate through the inexplicable energy veiled within His expressed words. To read this book is to obtain an insight that is rare. It is not mere reading; it is an experience; it is meditation.

Content: He takes the reader through an inner world tour while talking on each verse. It is believed that each verse of Gītā has seven levels of meaning. What is commonly rendered is the first-level meaning. Here, an Enlightened Master, an Incarnation takes us beyond the common into the uncommon, with equal ease and simplicity.

Section: The power of the Living Master's words

Content: The power of the Living Master's words, the confidence and energy of Enlightenment, the space of Advaita that He radiates, can directly become the experience in us, when we authentically study this book. The absolute truths of life are to be listened and internalised from the direct source, the living presence of those truths, who can also transmit the experience unto us.

Section: His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda explains

Content: His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda explains the inner metaphorical meaning and the deep spiritual insights of the Mahābhārat and the Bhagavad Gītā:

Section: Understand, this whole history

Content: Understand, this whole history is such a beautiful happening. Mahābhārat is actually your life!

Section: Every character in the Mahābhārat

Content: Every character in the Mahābhārat teaches so much! We don't need to go anywhere for our life success or fulfilment or for anything else that we may desire. We don't need to study any other book to learn the human psychology or the science of living and leaving. Whether we seek righteous living—dharma; or we want to learn business or administration, economy of abundance—artha; or we want to create the best rich lifestyle—kāma; or we want to be a leader and want the enriching life of being enlightened—moksa, for all these purposes, we don't need anything other than the Mahābharāt!

Section: Study each character

Content: Study each character. We will not find any more characters in our life than the characters described in the Mahābharāt! Any character we see in our life is mapped to Mahābharāt's one character. They are either half or full representation of some character. To know how to handle them and even handle yourself, just see how Śrī Krṣṇa handles them and handle them the same way.

Section: The Mahābharāt war

Content: The Mahābharāt war is a representation of life as it was lived in that age. Vyāsa, its author is an unbiased historian who recorded the whole history as it happened without trying to apply any makeup. People ask whether the Mahābhārat war happened at all!

Section: Let me tell you this

Content: Let me tell you this: If the Mahābharāt was a story and not history, Vyāsa should receive multiple Pulitzer prizes for his highly creative work!

Section: The Mahābharāt is the longest literary work

Content: The Mahābharāt is the longest literary work in the whole world with

Content: hundred thousand Samskrit verses—the longest poem ever written with such delicate harmony of unmatched poetic perfection. It is larger than the Greek epics. Vyāsa had no computer, no tape recorder with speech-to-text capabilities. He dictated and Lord Ganeṣa wrote it down!

Content: The Mahābharāt is like an ocean. It has at least 10,000 stories woven into it. All of these are seamlessly woven into the main text even though each is an independent event. Just imagine the effort required to create hundreds of thousands of characters and maintain the integrity of these characters throughout the epic without the help of editors. Do you think anyone could do it today?

Content: Because it is impossible to create such a work of fiction, one needs to accept this as a compilation of true incidents that reflect the lifestyle in what is referred to as Tretā yuga, third quarter of Time, in our scriptures.

Content: This is how people behaved then and how people behave now. What happened then repeats itself now, again and again!

Content: The Great War of Mahābhārat is the fight between the positive and negative thought patterns of the mind called the saṃskāras or the root thought patterns—meaning the deep identity or the earliest memory you carry and create about you and others. Please understand, don't think you carry only the identity about you, you also carry an identity of the world inside you and look at the world only through that. That is what I call the root thought pattern—the identity through which you see yourself and the world.

Content: The positive thought patterns are the Pāṇḍava princes and the negative thought patterns are the Kaurava princes. Kurukṣetra or the battlefield is the body. Arjuna is the individual consciousness and Śrī Krṣṇa is the enlightened Master, the supreme consciousness driving and guiding the individual consciousness.

Content: The various commanders who led the Kaurava army represent the major incompletions of root patterns and conflicting patterns that the individual consciousness faces in its journey to Enlightenment or liberation, mokṣa. Bhīṣma, the grand patriarch of the Kuru clan who embodies dharma, represents the pattern of parental and societal conditioning.

Section: Drona, the teacher of both the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, represents the conditioning from teachers who provide knowledge including spiritual guidance.

Content: Drona, the teacher of both the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, represents the conditioning from teachers who provide knowledge including spiritual guidance.

Section: Śakuni, the maternal uncle of Duryodhana embodies the pattern of self-hatred, which is cunningness personified. Karṇa represents the restrictive influence of good deeds such as charity and compassion done out of incompletion from the pattern of feeling deprived. Finally Duryodhana represents the ego or the self-denial pattern, which is root of the root patterns and is the last to fall.

Content: Śakuni, the maternal uncle of Duryodhana embodies the pattern of self-hatred, which is cunningness personified. Karṇa represents the restrictive influence of good deeds such as charity and compassion done out of incompletion from the pattern of feeling deprived. Finally Duryodhana represents the ego or the self-denial pattern, which is root of the root patterns and is the last to fall.

Section: Parental and societal conditioning has to be overcome by rebelling against conventions. This is why, traditionally, those seeking the path of enlightenment are required to renounce the world as Sannyāsi and move away from civilization. This conditioning does not die as long as the body lives, but its influence drops.

Content: Parental and societal conditioning has to be overcome by rebelling against conventions. This is why, traditionally, those seeking the path of enlightenment are required to renounce the world as Sannyāsi and move away from civilization. This conditioning does not die as long as the body lives, but its influence drops.

Section: Droṇa represents all the best knowledge one imbibes and the teachers one encounters, who guide us but are unable to take us through to the ultimate flowering of enlightenment. It is difficult to give them up since one feels grateful to them. This is where the Enlightened Master, the incarnation steps in and guides us.

Content: Droṇa represents all the best knowledge one imbibes and the teachers one encounters, who guide us but are unable to take us through to the ultimate flowering of enlightenment. It is difficult to give them up since one feels grateful to them. This is where the Enlightened Master, the incarnation steps in and guides us.

Section: Karṇa is the repository of all good deeds and it is his good deeds that stand in the way of his own Enlightenment. Śrī Kṛṣṇa has to take the load of Karṇa's punya, his meritorious deeds, before he could be liberated. The Enlightened Master guides one to drop one's attachment to good deeds arising out of what are perceived to be charitable and compassionate intentions. He also shows us that the quest for and the experience of enlightenment is the ultimate act of compassion that one can offer to the world.

Content: Karṇa is the repository of all good deeds and it is his good deeds that stand in the way of his own Enlightenment. Śrī Kṛṣṇa has to take the load of Karṇa's punya, his meritorious deeds, before he could be liberated. The Enlightened Master guides one to drop one's attachment to good deeds arising out of what are perceived to be charitable and compassionate intentions. He also shows us that the quest for and the experience of enlightenment is the ultimate act of compassion that one can offer to the world.

Section: Finally one reaches Duryodhana, one's ego or root-pattern, the most difficult to conquer as it leads one to self-destruction. One needs the full help from the Master here. It is subtle work and even the Master's help may not be obvious, since at this point, sometimes the ego makes us deny and disconnect from the Master as well.

Content: Finally one reaches Duryodhana, one's ego or root-pattern, the most difficult to conquer as it leads one to self-destruction. One needs the full help from the Master here. It is subtle work and even the Master's help may not be obvious, since at this point, sometimes the ego makes us deny and disconnect from the Master as well.

Section: The Great War was between 180 million (18 crore) people—110 million on the Kaurava side representing our negative root patterns and conflicting patterns (saṁskāras) and 70 million on the Pāṇḍava side representing our positive patterns. The War lasted 18 days and nights.

Content: The Great War was between 180 million (18 crore) people—110 million on the Kaurava side representing our negative root patterns and conflicting patterns (saṁskāras) and 70 million on the Pāṇḍava side representing our positive patterns. The War lasted 18 days and nights.

Content: The number eighteen (18) has a great mystical significance. It essentially signifies our ten (10) senses that are made up of five jñānendriya—the senses of perception like taste, sight, smell, hearing and touch, and five karmendriya—the senses initiating action like speech, bodily movements, etc., added to our eight (8) kinds of thoughts like lust, greed, etc. All eighteen need to be dropped for self-realisation, completion or liberation, mokṣa!

Content: Mahābhārat is not just an epic history. It is not merely the fight between good and evil. It is the dissolution of both positive and negative saṁskāras (root patterns) that reside in our bio-memory or body-mind system, which must happen for the ultimate liberation. It is a tale of the path of living advaita, the process of powerfully living, radiating enlightenment and causing enlightenment for humanity.

Section: Gītā Belongs To The Whole Universe

Content: Mahābhārat is the living legend. Bhagavad Gītā is the manual for Enlightenment. The Gītā is not just for the people who worship Kṛṣṇa or who worship Śiva or who worship Arjuna or who worship Buddha or Mahāvira. Gītā is spoken by the Cosmos through Kṛṣṇa. That is why Vyāsa is using the word Bhagavān for Śrī Kṛṣṇa throughout the Gītā. So, it is universal. Nobody can claim it or own it as it is given by the Universe to human society, to the whole civilization. It is not a personal property of anybody; not even the personal property of Hindus. Once it is delivered, it belongs to the whole world!

Content: The essence of the whole Bhagavad Gītā is the Master awakening responsibility in the disciple. That is why everywhere the Gītā talks only about responsibility!

Section: Through

Content: 'karman'y ev''ādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kad''ācana (2.47) — you have the right to work, but never to the outcome of the work';

Section: Through

Content: 'tvakvottiṣṭha parantapa (2.3) — Giving up your powerlessness, arise, O Parantapa'

Section: and through

Content: 'uddhared ātmana''tmānaṁ (6.5) —raise yourself by yourself';

Content: Śrī Kṛṣṇa is awakening the responsibility in Arjuna—Guru is awakening the responsibility in all of us through the awakening of Arjuna, the hero of Gītā.

Content: When you study the Gītā, you will find that Arjuna's logic seems to be very intelligent. He does not want to fight. But Kṛṣṇa emphasizes the intelligent ones need to enter into the fight from the space of advaita (non-duality), with the power and joy of feeling responsibility.

Content: Only to a close friend with whom you can open your heart can your struggles be opened. Only when you are able to respect somebody more and more by knowing his struggles and conflicts, by knowing the success he achieved, you became a friend to him. But, by knowing somebody's struggles and conflicts, if you start judging him, there is no friendliness. It is an envious relationship waiting to vomit enmity. It is a seed sown with poison.

Content: Here, Kṛṣṇa shares Gītā to His own closest dearmost friend, Arjuna, who is beyond any envy or incompletion, to whom He can really show viśvarūpa (cosmic form) and reveal all His dimensions, with whom He has a freedom to just say, 'Do not yield to this degrading impotence of powerlessness,' 'Do it,' 'nānuśocitum arhasi (2.25)—Do not grieve for the body,' and 'mat-karma-kṛn mat-paramo mad-bhakaḥ (11.55)—Do My work! Be My devotee! Always undividedly think of Me, you shall enter into Me.'

Content: Finally Kṛṣṇa goes to the extreme of saying, 'sarva dharmān parityaja māṁ ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (18.66)—Give up all your concepts and ideas

Content: about dharma, about right and wrong. Just surrender to Me. I will liberate you.'

Content: To say these words of surrender what an intimate understanding, what a feeling connection, what a space of completion between Master-disciple, beloved-friend should have been there between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. Kṛṣṇa summarises His Gītā saying drop your life at My feet. I will not cheat you, I will see to it you achieve the ultimate—mokṣayisyāmi mā śucah—I will liberate you, do not fear or worry!

Content: Like Arjuna many thousand years ago, you are here on the warfield of your life in a dialogue with the living Enlightened Master, the rare living Incarnation in this book. This is a tremendous opportunity to resolve all life questions, to complete with root thought patterns and to clear all self-doubts by listening into the Master's words and allowing His energy to rewrite your future! This is an extraordinary possibility to awaken your true nature, to arise with your inner powers, and to cause your highest reality—with the Master driving yourself into the absolute victory of life—Living Enlightenment, Living Advaita.

Content: yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharah | tatra śrīvijayā bhūtir dhrūvā nītir matir mama || 18.78

Content: 'Wherever there is Yogeśvara Kṛṣṇa, the Master of all mystics, and wherever there is Pārtha (Arjuna), the supreme carrier of bow and arrow, there will certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary powers, and morality. That is my opinion.'

Section: The Great ‘Why’

Content: The Great ‘Why’

Section: The Bhagavad Gītā opens with the great 'WHY', reflecting the personal crisis that we all face at some point of our lives.

Content: The Bhagavad Gītā opens with the great 'WHY', reflecting the personal crisis that we all face at some point of our lives. We are drawn into the protagonist Arjuna's life at a crucial moment, when the renowned young prince is getting ready for a bloody battle against a huge army consisting of his own family, cousin and teachers. Struggling with fears, a misconstrued sense of duty and an awakening consciousness, the young prince is caught in the dilemma of his life. Even after five thousand years, Arjuna's dilemma is still alive in humanity's experience of life. Our questions are hardly different from Arjuna's... Why are we here? Why do we do what we do in our lives? Why don't we find fulfilment, even after years of working for success in the world? Why do more and more challenges await us, even after we solve and overcome numerous challenges? How can we become spiritually mature and integrated individuals? Why is this path even required?

Section: This 'Why?' can be answered in a very simple way—You are here to manifest your ultimate Possibility!

Content: This 'Why?' can be answered in a very simple way—You are here to manifest your ultimate Possibility! But each one of you has to discover your own answer to this 'Why'. Any other answer can only be an inspiration for you to discover your own answer. We can only move when we have the ability to handle this great 'Why'. Whether you know it or not, only your deepest conviction about your 'Why', only your deepest clarity about your purpose, can give you the inspiration, energy and courage to face life.

Section: This great 'Why' is the seed of God himself! This seed is put inside you when you are sent to planet Earth, so that you do not rest until you become a tree and bear fruit. Please understand, every seed has an energy called vīrya, which does not rest till it produces more seeds. Even if you eat the seed, you cannot destroy it, because that vīrya still goes into your body and does its job in some other way! The question 'Why' is the vīrya put into your very DNA structure to help you realise yourself. This is the journey that Arjuna undertakes through the Gītā. Under the compassionate guidance of the enlightened master Krṣṇa, Arjuna faces and realises the meaning of the great 'Why', to become a realised soul.

Content: This great 'Why' is the seed of God himself! This seed is put inside you when you are sent to planet Earth, so that you do not rest until you become a tree and bear fruit. Please understand, every seed has an energy called vīrya, which does not rest till it produces more seeds. Even if you eat the seed, you cannot destroy it, because that vīrya still goes into your body and does its job in some other way! The question 'Why' is the vīrya put into your very DNA structure to help you realise yourself. This is the journey that Arjuna undertakes through the Gītā. Under the compassionate guidance of the enlightened master Krṣṇa, Arjuna faces and realises the meaning of the great 'Why', to become a realised soul.

Section: Just like Arjuna, you too will not be able to rest until you realise the meaning of the great 'Why' for you. Just as Krṣṇa addresses Arjuna's questions, Paramahamsa Nithyananda addresses the readers' questions and doubts, guiding us on the path of transformation, refusing to give up on us until we discover our full potential and live like Gods on earth. As you read this book, you will find the presence of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Bhaganan Nithyananda Paramashivam guiding you to discover your own unique yet universal path to realisation just as he has guided: 19 million Arjunas though distribution of physical copies 80 million through soft copies And 950+ discourses

Content: Just like Arjuna, you too will not be able to rest until you realise the meaning of the great 'Why' for you. Just as Krṣṇa addresses Arjuna's questions, Paramahamsa Nithyananda addresses the readers' questions and doubts, guiding us on the path of transformation, refusing to give up on us until we discover our full potential and live like Gods on earth. As you read this book, you will find the presence of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Bhaganan Nithyananda Paramashivam guiding you to discover your own unique yet universal path to realisation just as he has guided: 19 million Arjunas though distribution of physical copies 80 million through soft copies And 950+ discourses

Section: Ebook ISBN : 979-8-88572-938-3

Content: Ebook ISBN : 979-8-88572-938-3