Introduction to BG (Part I)
Who is Srila Prabhupada? More than 15 crore copies have been distributed till date.
Spirit in which Gita must be approached (B5)
Bhagavan
* This word is used more than 27 times. Who is Bhagavan? Why not use Krishna?
* Markendeya rishi told the Pandavs. Do not take Krishna as an ordinary person. He narrates his own experience
* Similarly, when Bhishma was lying on a bed of arrows. He says the same thing.
* Ishvara param Krishna …
* Krishna showed the complete universe to mother Yashoda, Vishwaroopa Darshana was shown to Arjuna. To Yashoda, he showed sweetness and to arjuna, he showed greatness.
* Parashar muni definition: God should have all the opulence. He is Lakshmipati.
* All acharyas accepted Krishna as Supreme. Ete cham Kala pumsam. Arjuna also confirms this in BG itself. All acharyas worship the deity of Krishna.
* God is also personal (PM) and impersonal (His Government)
Bhakta Arjuna
* Arjuna is free from envy
* Arjuna is a friend and devotee that's why he was eligible to hear Gita
* There are many intelligent people like gyanis. Many gyanis become bhakta, Sukhdev Goswami.
Bhakti Yoga
* Bhaj dhatu means voluntary lovingly offering devotion to someone.
* Krishna washed the feet of Sudama.
* SB says that 12 Mahajanas have confirmed the authority of Krishna and his supremacy. They know the essence of shastras.
* We should follow the footsteps of these Mahajan.
* Deliver of his devotee: Gajendra
Bhagavad Gita
* Great scientist, acharyas appreciated Gita
* More than 800 commentaries
* Even today it is very relevant, Used by management people
* Full stops for suffering
* Story of Brahman who was unable to read Gita: He appreciates how the supreme person has become master by * becoming a charioteer. The goal of reading Gita is to have such devotion. Mahaprabhu said.
* Envious people are like licking honey from outside of water.
* Gita as it is the most bonafide and widely read across the world.
Bhumi - Kurukshetra
* This was a holy war and Krishna is related to it that's why we worship.
* It is not symbolic. Kurukshetra is still there. Some people give allegorical meaning. They cook such speculated interpretation.
* Even Ramayan Maharabharata is proven by a scientific point of view.
* Don't miss the goal of Gita.
- Lecture summary compiled by: Jivnesh Sandham
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