Understanding Geetha... Reverential approach is necessary... (Geetha Vahini - The Divine Gospel - as told by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

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"GEETHA VAHINI"

(The Divine Gospel)

 

- as told by Bhagawan

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

INTRO

 

To

understand the meaning of the Geetha, the reverential approach is necessary.

You must take up its study in an attitude

of submission and expectancy.

 

For the Geetha is the “milk” of the

Upanishads, “drawn” by the Cowherd Krishna with the help of Arjuna, “the calf,” for all

the “dull-witted” to drink and draw sustenance from.

 

There are some who argue that the Geetha as

a sacred poem was a creation later than the Mahabharatha, of which it is a

part; but whatever may be said of the composition of the Geetha, there is no

doubt that the principles and teachings of the Geetha are ancient, nay, dateless.

 

In the first three slokas of the fourth

chapter, reference is made to the Lord instructing the Geetha to Surya (Sun) first

and later to Manu; and to the fact that from Manu it reached Ikshvaku and

thence to others in succession!

 

So the Geetha is beyond the category of

time and it cannot be assigned to a particular point of time, past or present.

 

source: Intro, "GEETHA VAHINI"