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Bhagavad Gita - A Brief Introduction
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HARE KRISHNA
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
sarvopanishado gAvodogdhA gopAla-nandanaha
pArtho vatsah su-dhIr bhoktAdugdham gitAmrtam mahat
All the Upanishads are like a cow, and the milker of the cow is Sri Krishna, the son of Nanda. Arjuna is the calf, the beautiful nectar of the Gita is the milk,
And the fortunate devotees of fine devotional intelligence are
the drinkers and enjoyers of that milk
GITA MAHATMYAOF
THE PADMA PURANA
THE CONCEPT OF SCRIPTURE IN
VEDIC CULTURE
sarvasya CA’ham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir jnAnam apohanam ca
vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedAnta-krd veda-vid eva CA’ham
I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance,
knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas I am to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I
am the knower of the Vedas.
BG 15.15
tene brahma hrdaya Adi kavaye
Srimad Bhagavatam1.1.1
Lord Krishna imparts Vedic knowledgeto Lord Brahma
from the consciousness of his heart
Vyasiti iti VyAsaha
Krishna DvaipAyana
A literary incarnation of Krishna
Expanded / Divided Veda
MAHABHARATAA BRIEF SUMMARY
MahArAja Shantanu &
Ganga devi
MAhArAja Shantanu &
Satyavati
Bhishmadeva’s Vow of
Brahmacharya
ChitrAngada&
VichitravIrya
DhrtarAshtraPanduVidura
GAndhAriKuntiMAdri
Kauravas PAndavas
VS
Treachery, Deceit &
Suffering
Gambling Game
DraupadiInsulted
Exile
Peace Negotiations
WarInevitable
War at Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra – A Place of Pilgrimage
VyAsa’s benediction to
Sanjaya
Is Bhagavad Gita a book promoting war & violence?
HISTORY OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA
MahAbhArata ShAnti Parva 348.51-52
sri-bhagavAn uvAca imam vivasvate yogam
proktavAn aham avyayam vivasvAn manave prAha manur iksvAkave 'bravit
The Blessed Lord said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga
to the sun-god, VivasvAn, and VivasvAn instructed it to Manu,
the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to IkshvAku.
BG 4.1
Completed about 5000 years of Kali-yuga
Kali-yuga total duration432, 000 years
DvApara-yuga total duration800, 000 years
Treta-yuga total duration1,200,000 years
Manu spoke to IshvAkusome 2,005,000 years ago
Age of Current Manu to last some 305,000,000 years
120,400,000 Manu years have passed
Gita spoken at least 120,400,000 years ago to VivasvAn
2 MILLION YEARS IN HUMAN SOCIETY
imam rAjarshayoh viduhu
Spoken to Rajarishis(pashyati iti rishihi)
BG 4.1
sa kAleneha mahatA yOgo nashtah parantapa
Teachings scattered / lostBG 4.2
bhakto ’si me sakha cetirahasyam hy etad uttamam
Because you are My devotee...
BG 4.3
WHY ‘AS IT IS’?
Whose Gita?Krishna’s Central Importance
“Don’t Adulterate”Arjuna’s Mood - sishya
CONTENTS
5 Subject MatterIshvara – God
Jiva – Living EntitiesPrakrti – Nature
KAla – TimeKarma – Action
-----------------------SambandhaRelationship
AbhideyaProcess
PrayojanaResult
•2: Contents of the Gita Summarized •3: Karma-yoga •4: Transcendental Knowledge •5: Karma-yoga--Action in Krishna Consciousness •6: Sankhya-yoga •7: Knowledge of the Absolute •8: Attaining the Supreme •9: The Most Confidential Knowledge •10: The Opulence of the Absolute •11: The Universal Form •12: Devotional Service •13: Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness •14: The Three Modes Of Material Nature •15: The Yoga of the Supreme Person •16: The Divine And Demoniac Natures •17: The Divisions of Faith •18: Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
•1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra
CHAPTER TITLES
yatra yogesvarah krsno yatra partho dhanur-dharah
tatra srir vijayo bhutir dhruva nitir matir mama
Wherever there is Krishna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the
supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence,
victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my
opinion.
BG 18.78
Bhagavath Gita Kinchita TheerthaGanga Jalalapi Kanika Peetha
Sakruthapi Yena Murari Samaracha Kriyathe Thasyaya Menana Charcha!
To one who has studied the Bhagavad Gita even a little, who
has sipped at least a drop of Ganges-water, who has
worshipped at least one Lord Muraari, to him there is no
quarrel with Yama, the Lord of Death.
Sri Adi SankarAcharyaIn Bhaja Govindam