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The Bhagvad Gita Famous Reflections from Famous World Personalities


Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and director of the Manhattan Project, learned Sanskrit in 1933 and read the Bhagavad Gita in the original form, citing it later as one of the most influential books to shape his philosophy of life.

Mahatma Gandhi put into practice teachings from the Gita in his own moral and political actions. Gandhi often thought about the nature of moral and political action through his reading of the Bhagavad-Gita.

Albert Einstein read Gita and praised it, but he didn't practice devotional service.

"The reader is nowhere raised into and sustained in a bigger, purer or rarer region of thought than in the Bhagavad Gita" - Henry David Thoreau

"I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Geeta. 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." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"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 Geeta 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." - Mahatma Gandhi

"The marvel of the Bhagavad Geeta is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion." - Herman Hesse

"The Bhagavad Geeta 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." - Aldous Huxley

"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 Geeta." - Carl Jung

"The Bhagavad Geeta has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions." - Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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

"The religion and philosophy of the Hebrews are those of a wilder and ruder tribe, wanting the civility and intellectual refinements and subtlety of Vedic culture." - Henry David Thoreau

"In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life -- it will be the solace of my death." -- Arthur Schopenhauer

"The most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue ... perhaps the deepest and loftiest thing the world has to show." --Wilhelm von Humboldt

"The writers of the Indian philosophies will survive, when the British dominion in India shall long have ceased to exist, and when the sources which it yielded of wealth and power are lost to remembrances." --Lord Warren Hastings


"So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.

"Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legend, great grandmother of tradition. The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even by a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined." --Mark Twain


Bhagavad Gita was Swami Vivekananda's lifelong companion. In 1888, Vivekananda began his journey as a wandering monk. Between 1888 to 1893, he travelled to many Indian states and went to almost all parts of the country.


1915: Srimad Bhagavad Gita Rahasya, popularly also known as Gita Rahasya or Karmayog Shashtra, is authored by Indian social reformer and independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1915.

During India's freedom movement, Vinoba was imprisoned in Dhule jail (18th Jan to 14th July 1932) in Maharashtra, the fellow prisoners in the jail requested Vinoba to give talks on Bhagavad-Gita. Vinoba delivered the talks in Marathi language on every Sunday (21st Feb 1932 to 19th June 1932). Even the prison officials attended the discourses. Sane Guruji, a freedom fighter and renowned Marathi writer in the prison took down the discourses word by word, which were later published as "Geeta Pravachane" in Marathi and later translated in many languages.
If Bhagat Singh was an atheist, why was he reading the Bhagavad Gita during his final days?



Following people are necessarily should read bhagawat gita.
1.The young- How to live life
2.The old- To know how to die
3.The ignorant- For wisdom
4.The learned- For humility
5. The rich- For compassion
6. The dreamer- For enchanment
7. The practical- For counsel
8.The weak- For strength
9.The strength- For direction
10.The humble- For exaltation
11.The weary- For rest
12.The troubled- For peace
13.The doubting- For assurance
14. The sinner- For salvation
15.The seeker- For moksha
16.The human- For guidance

The Bhagavad Gita with Commentaries of Ramanuja, Madhva, Shankara and Others.
Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita
Albert Einstein: 
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe
everything else seems so superfluous.


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.

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.
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.



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.



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.



Herman Hesse: 
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom
which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.



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.


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.



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.



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.
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 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.



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.

Oppen Heimer :
As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. It is, perhaps, the most well-known line from the Bhagavad-Gita, but also the most misunderstood.
 कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धोलोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः ।
ऋतेऽपि त्वांनभविष्यन्तिसर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषुयोधाः ॥(३२)
Chapter 11.



तिलक ने गीतारहस्य लिखी ही इसलिए थी कि वह मान नहीं पा रहे थे कि गीता जैसा ग्रन्थ केवल मोक्ष की ओर ले जाता है। उसमें केवल संसार छोड़ देने की अपील है। वह तो कर्म को केंद्र में लाना चाहते थे। वही शायद उस समय की मांग थी। जब देश गुलाम हो, तब आप अपने लोगों से मोक्ष की बात नहीं कर सकते। उन्हें तो कर्म में लगाना होता है। वही तिलक ने किया।


Annie Besant :
Hints on the Study of the Bhagavad Gita
by Annie Besant


Gyaneshvar :
इस ग्रंथमें महाराष्ट्रके प्रसिद्ध संत ज्ञानेश्वरके द्वारा प्रणीत गीताकी टीकाके साथ उसकी श्रीगुलाबरावकृत विशद व्याख्या दी गई है।


 सर्वोपनिषदो गावो दोग्धा गोपालनन्दनः। पार्थो वत्सः सुधीर्भोक्ता दुग्धं गीतामृतं महत।।”

માગસર સુદ એકાદશી. મોક્ષદા એકાદશી

1.       1500 CE : > Sikhism : Guru Granth Saheb : Guru Nanak : > Helping & Sharing

2.       800   CE :> Islam : Quran : After the death of Profet Mohammad : To Read : To Recite

3.       600   CE :> Jainism : Agam Sutra : Mahavir jain. : >

4.       500   CE : > Buddhism : Tipitaka :  Gautam Buddha :

5.       1000 BC : > Christianity : Bible : Oral tales & Poetry

6.       1500 BC :> Taoism : Tao Te Ching : How to rule with morals, & meta Physics

7.       3000 BC : > Hinduism : Oldest Religion :  Bhagvad Gita : 

 

175 language translated :

Gita Jayanti. Only book that has birth date.

18 અધ્યાય  :  18 દિવસ  : 18 अक्षौहिणी :  18 sarviver

ગીત અનુષ્ટુપ છંદ.

1st 6.   કર્મ યોગ

2nd 6.  ભક્તિ યોગ

3rd 6.   જ્ઞાન યોગ

ગીતા પર હાથ રાખીને કસમ ખાઉં છું.

श्री गुरुग्रंथ साहब अंग 1082 में श्री कृष्ण जी की स्तुति का श्रवण व रसपान करें।

 

 

There is a Hollywood movie about a golfer and his mysterious caddy which is inspired by the Bhagavad Gita. Starring Matt Damon as R. Junuh (Arjuna) and Will Smith as Bagger Vance (Bhagavan).

 

Facts about Bhagavad Gita

 

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and director of the Manhattan Project, learned Sanskrit in 1933 and read the Bhagavad Gita in the original form, citing it later as one of the most influential books to shape his philosophy of life.

 

 

 

 

The University of Cambridge has added the Bhagavad Gita in its course curriculum to benefit the students at large.

 

 

1. Henry David Thoreau

 

The noted American poet, author, and philosopher, was deeply influenced by Indian philosophy and spiritual thought. In his noted book titled Walden, he referenced the Bhagvad Gita in many instances. In the very first chapter of the book he writes:

 

 “How much more admirable the Bhagvad Gita than all the ruins of the East.”

 

 

2. J. Robert Oppenheimer

 

The American theoretical physicist, Oppenheimer is known as the father of the atomic bomb and was involved in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan, during the second World War. He had read the Bhagvad Gita in Sanskrit and remarked that while witnessing the first atomic bombing, he was reminded of the words from the Bhagavad Gita, where Krishna persuades Arjuna to do his duty. He said:

 

 “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

 

 

3. T. S Eliot

 

Indian philosophy had a huge influence on this American poet, who had studied Indian philosophy and Sanskrit during his days in Harvard, from 1911 to 1914. In his poem titled The Dry Salvages, Eliot mentions the conversation between Krishna-Arjuna, from the Bhagvad Gita, to depict a connection between the past and the future, and to emphasize that one needs to follow divine will, rather than seek personal gains. As the famous lines from his poem reads:

 

You who came to port, and you whose bodiesWill suffer the trial and judgement of the sea,Or whatever event, this is your real destination.”So Krishna, as when he admonished ArjunaOn the field of battle.Not fare well, But fare forward, voyagers.

 

4. Sunita Williams

 

The American astronaut, with Indian roots, holds the record for longest spacewalk time for a woman. When she was heading out on her expedition as a member of the International Space Station (ISS), she carried a Ganesha idol and a copy of the Bhagvad Gita with her in the space. In her words: 

 

“Those are spiritual things to reflect upon yourself, life, the world around you and see things the other way. I thought it was quite appropriate.” 

 

5. Philip Glass

 

The American composer who’s often referred to as one of the most influential musicians of the late 20th century cited the Bhagvad Gita in one of his works. He composed an Opera, titled Satyagrah, which is loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi and contains text from the Bhagvad Gita that is sung in Sanskrit during the performance.

 

6. Annie Besant

 

The Irish socialist, Theosophist, and women’s rights activist, who supported Indian home-rule during the struggle for independence was also interested in reading about Indian philosophy. Her translated work of the Bhagavad Gita is titled The Lord’s Song. The text from her book reads:

 

“That the spiritual man need not be a recluse, that union with the divine life may be achieved and maintained in the midst of worldly affairs, that the obstacles to that union lie not outside us but within us—such is the central lesson of the Bhagvad Gita.”

 

7. Warren Hastings

 

The first governor of Bengal and the first Governor-General of India strongly supported Charles Wilkins, the English typographer and orientalist who translated the Bhagvad Gita in English. It is said that Warren Hastings handed over a copy of the Bhagvad Gita, translated by Wilkins, to the chairman of the East India Company, and said that: 

 

“A performance of great originality, of a sublimity of conception, reasoning and diction almost unequalled, and single exception among all the known religions of mankind.” 

 

8. Ralph Waldo Emerson  

 

The popular American essayist, lecturer, and poet of the mid-19th century was introduced to Indian philosophy while reading the works of French philosopher Victor Cousin. His words about the scripture are:

 

 

Adi Shankaracharya

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."

 

Ramanujacharya

 

Acharya Ramanuja (1017-1137) was like Adi Shankaracharya, a great exponent of Vishistadvaita Vedanta.

 

"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."[4]

 

Swami Vivekananda

 

Swami Vivekananda evinced much interest in Bhagavad Gita. It is said, Bhagavad Gita was one of his two most favourite books (another one was The Imitation of Christ). In 1888-1893 when Vivekananda was travelling all over India as a wandering monk, he kept only two books with him — Gita and Imitation of Christ.[6]

 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

 

The Bhagavad Gita's emphasis on selfless service was a prime source of inspiration for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi told-"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".[7]

 

Sri Aurobindo

 

According to 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."[7]

 

 

Aldous Huxley

 

Aldous Huxley, the English writer found Gita "the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind.", He also felt, Gita 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."[7]

 

Jawaharlal Nehru

 

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India found that "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

 

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India, despite being a Muslim, used to read Bhagavad Gita and recite mantras.[28][29]

 

Narendra D Modi

 

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has strongly pitched the Bhagavad Gita as "India's biggest gift to the world".[30] Shri Modi gifted the Bhagavad Gita according to Gandhi to the then President of the United States Barack Obama in 2014 during his US visit.[31][32]

 

Will Smith

 

Hollywood actor Will smith said "I am 90% through the Bhagavad Gita... My inner Arjuna is being channelled.[33]

 

 

 

Sri Ramanuja Gita Bhasya

 

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita Rahasya, popularly also known as Gita Rahasya or Karmayog Shastra, is a 1915 Marathi language book authored by Indian social reformer and independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak while he was in prison at Mandalay, Burma.

 

Bhagavad Gita and Its Message by Sri Aurobindo

 

3. The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

 

Talks on the Gita is the book authored by Vinoba Bhave during his stay in jail in 1932.

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Geeta-Pravachan - Vinoba Bhave

 

श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता: Gita with Purushartha Bodhini Commentary of Satwalekar (Set of 4 Volumes) | ...

 

 

Saint Eknath

 

SANT EKNATH is one of the great rishis of Maharshtra. Starting from the life of Jnaneshwar (1275-1298), whose treatise on the Bhagavad Gita sprang new life into the religious life of the land, Maharashtra was blessed with a stream of great religious figures, who sustained the faith of the people in the religion of the land through many hardships. The religious renaissance eventually transformed the society completely, culminating in Independence from Islamic rule for most of India.

 

 

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કર્યા માં

1. ગીતા વકતૃત્વ સ્પર્ધામાં

2. ગીતા નિબંધ લેખન

3. ગીતા પાઠશાળા

4. Gitamrutam

5.