Guest guest Report post Posted January 2, 2009 Thus Spake The Lord The Geetha is a text for spiritual practitioners, for it emphasizes Sadhana, and spiritual attitudes, more than anything else. Every chapter lays down means and methods of reaching the goal of Peace and Harmony. Now, Sadhana is the product of keen and steady yearning for progress. The aspirant must aspire, not despair. He must persevere, not clamor for quick success. The Geetha is as a boat, which takes man across from the self-imposed state of bondage to the freedom which is his nature. He is taken from darkness to Light, from lusterless to Splendor. The Geetha ordains for man disciplines and duites which are free from the taints of Vasanas (tendencies and impulses) that tie him to the relentless wheel of birth and death. Really speaking, man has come into this Karmakshetra (Field of Activity) only to engage himself in Activity, not in order to earn the fruit of such activity. That is the teaching of the Geetha, its fundamental lesson. The Geetha is the quintessence of the meaning of all the Vedas. Yajnas and Yagas, the outward directed activities are mentioned in the preliminary portions of the Vedas; activities of the mind, like the Upasanas, which are directed inward are mentioned later; and Jnana Yoga too is expounded to minds thus clarified and purified. Source: Geetha Vahini, Chapter 1. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
