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</td> <td valign="top"> Albert Einstein

When I read the Bhagavad-gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Ralph Waldo Emerson

I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Adi Shankara

From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Henry David Thoreau

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Mahatma Gandhi

When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Jawaharlal Nehru

The Bhagavad-gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Sri Aurobindo

The Bhagavad-gita is a true scripture of the human race, a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Dr. Albert Schweitzer

The Bhagavad-gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Ramanuja

The Bhagavad-gita was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge. The Supreme Lord Krishna's primary purpose for descending and incarnating is to relieve the world of any demoniac and negative, undesirable influences that are opposed to spiritual development, yet simultaneously it is His incomparable intention to be perpetually within reach of all humanity.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Carl Jung

The idea that man is like unto an inverted tree seems to have been current in by gone ages. The link with Vedic conceptions is provided by Plato in his Timaeus in which it states..." behold we are not an earthly but a heavenly plant." This correlation can be discerned by what Krishna expresses in chapter 15 of Bhagavad-gita.

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</td> <td valign="top">Herman Hesse

The marvel of the Bhagavad-gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">madhva.jpg</td> <td valign="top" width="10">

</td> <td valign="top"> Madhvacarya

The Mahabharata has all the essential ingredients necessary to evolve and protect humanity and that within it the Bhagavad-gita is the epitome of the Mahabharata just as ghee is the essence of milk and pollen is the essence of flowers.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Rudolph Steiner

In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Aldous Huxley

The Bhagavad-gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.

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</td> <td valign="top"> Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

The Bhagavad-gita is not separate from the Vaishnava philosophy and the Srimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine which is transmigration of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of Bhagavad-gita one may think that they are advised to engage in warfare. When the second chapter has been read it can be clearly understood that knowledge of the soul is the ultimate goal to be attained. On studying the third chapter it is apparent that acts of righteousness are also of high priority. If we continue and patiently take the time to complete the Bhagavad-gita and try to ascertain the truth of its closing chapter we can see that the ultimate conclusion is to relinquish all the conceptualized ideas of religion which we possess and fully surrender directly unto the Supreme Lord.

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That first one said by Albert Einstein is fake. People have searched all over the web for a reference for that quote, and they can't find it.

 

Not to mention that Lord Krishna doesn't talk about the universe in the Bhagavad Gita. I don't see how Einstein can reflect on the universe, unless maybe when he describes this universe as an upside down tree.

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That first one said by Albert Einstein is fake. People have searched all over the web for a reference for that quote, and they can't find it.

 

Not to mention that Lord Krishna doesn't talk about the universe in the Bhagavad Gita. I don't see how Einstein can reflect on the universe, unless maybe when he describes this universe as an upside down tree.

He did.

He saw, that's why he is Einstein.

But it was his quest to know that was more in focus.

I guess, the answer to his question was given by one the Lord's greatest devotee, Sri Sukadeva Goswami in his Srimad Bhagwatam.

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He did.

He saw, that's why he is Einstein.

But it was his quest to know that was more in focus.

I guess, the answer to his question was given by one the Lord's greatest devotee, Sri Sukadeva Goswami in his Srimad Bhagwatam.

Lord Krishna never remotely talks about how he created the universe in the Gita, which is what Einstein's alleged quote is implying. That's in the Srimad Bhagavatam and other Vedic literature.

 

Regardless, that Einstein quote is not authentic. It's best not to bring up that quote or scholars who know Einstein would call that out and it'll just bring us more discredit.

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