To interpret Bhagavad-gītā without any reference to the will of Kṛṣṇa is the greatest offense. We have to accept this fact and thus understand the historical significance of Bhagavad-gītā, without misinterpretation, on the authority of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa first spoke Bhagavad-gītā to the sun-god some hundreds of millions of years ago. This purpose is stated in Bhagavad-gītā, and we have to accept it as it is otherwise there is no point in trying to understand the Bhagavad-gītā and its speaker, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Our only purpose is to present this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in order to guide the conditioned student to the same purpose for which Kṛṣṇa descends to this planet once in a day of Brahmā, or every 8,600,000,000 years. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (author of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is) 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." A. "The Bhagavad-Gita was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge." Bhagavad-Gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures." RamanujacharyaĪcharya Ramanuja (1017-1137) was like Adi Shankaracharya, a great exponent of Vishistadvaita Vedanta. "From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. This is what he thought of the Bhagavad Gita: The main source of the doctrine of Karma Yoga in its present form is Bhagavad Gita.įamous reflections Adi Shankaracharya Robert Oppenheimer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Carl Jung, Bulent Ecevit, Hermann Hesse, Heinrich Himmler, George Harrison, Nikola Tesla among others. This article is on the influence of Bhagavad Gita, see main article Bhagavad GitaĪlongside its importance in the Hindu faith, the Bhagavad Gita has influenced many thinkers, musicians including Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Aldous Huxley, Henry David Thoreau, J.
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