The Importance of the Bhagavadgita : 9. Swami Krishnananda
======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/10/2019. (Gita Jayanti Message spoken on December 26, 1982.) 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The culture of Bharatavarsha does not recognise any object being purely material, and more so is the case with divine embodiments such as the scriptures. The Veda, the Upanishad, the Bhagavadgita are sacred. The Veda mantras are not some printed characters on pieces of paper, though when we lift the Veda and carry it from one place to another we seem to be carrying only paper and ink. The Veda is not paper and ink. It is something more than what we can touch with our hand or feel as a weight thereof. It is a power, it is a force, it is a vibration, it is an energy, it is a solution, it is a succo...