A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in Bharatham - Ch - 7 : The Bhagavadgita - Swami Krishnananda
02/04/2020. THE SPIRIT OF THE BHAGAVADGITA 1. The Gospel which Krishna bequeaths to humanity is not a cult, religion, or secret creed of any particular faith or community. It concerns not merely some remote otherworldly life, unconnected with practical activity here, but the whole range of experience, and lays down rules for systematic discipline. No aspect or phase of existence is excluded from the scope of the teaching of the Gita. Life is a process which is mysteriously connected with the Universe in all its planes of manifestation. The greatness of the Gita is in the integrality of its approach, the universality of its teaching and the all-comprehensiveness of its theme. The perfect person gives the perfect science of the perfect life. In this conversation between man and God, the hidden relations between them get unravelled and the glorious destiny of man revealed before his eyes. 2. The Gita discloses the fact that the primary cause of the troubles in which man finds himself is t...