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15/08/2018 Chapter 1: The Universal Scope of the Bhagavadgita-7. 7. As we noticed earlier, the characters of the Mahabharata are present perpetually in the features of the human being, and so are the characters—Krishna and Arjuna. They are eternal relatives, and not merely persons who might have lived historically some time, many years back. It is not a temporal history that is recounted to us in the epic, it is the story of the eternal drama that is played in the cosmos and is meaningful, therefore, for all times under every circumstance, to every person. As the message is imparted to the eternal individual by the eternal Reality, the teaching is also eternal. There is some essence in us which is perpetual in its nature, and that permanent essential something is the individuality of ours, which has a permanent relationship with the Supreme Being. The Gita is, therefore, not a message conveyed in mere temporal language to suit a tentative occasion or a given moment of time, bu...

02/08/2018 Chapter 1: The Universal Scope of the Bhagavadgita-6. 6. The Bhagavadgita is also considered as an essence of all the scriptures—Sarva-Shastramayi Gita. It is said many a time that all the Shastras, all the lessons that we can have anywhere can be found here in some form. It is an esoteric, secret teaching concerning the reality behind things and it does not cater merely to a sentiment that is attached to appearances. It is intended to do us good in the ultimate sense of the term and not merely to satisfy our imagination by temporarily stimulating an emotion. It is also not an academic or theoretical message or gospel concerning the nature of the Absolute, for, it is, at the same time—and this is a special character, again—a practical guideline for the purpose of treading the path to the realisation of this ultimate reality. It is, therefore, a ‘Yoga-Shastra’, not only a Brahmavidya. We will find very few texts which combine these two aspects of teaching. It is no...