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Earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind and intellect
Ego is my different nature in eight parts ||
(Chapter 7 Verse 4)
Earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intellect and ego - these eight together make up my different physical energies.
The above verse sheds light on mass and energy relationships. Almost the same principle was proclaimed by Dr. A.S. It was Albert Einstein.
The same principle was used by Robert Oppenheimer to make 'Little Boy' an atomic bomb with tremendous destructive potential.
After a successful experiment, he quoted the following verse:
I am time, enlarged by the destruction of the world
He is here to take away the worlds |
Not everyone will be except you
The warriors who are stationed in the opposing armies:
(Chapter 11, verse 32)
I am powerful time, the source of destruction that comes forward to destroy the world. Even without your participation, warriors joining the opposing army will cease to exist.
What Worlds Greatest Mind says about Bhagavad Gita.
Adi Shankaracharya
"By the clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all goals of human existence are fulfilled. The Bhagavad-gita is the revealed essence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures."
Ramanujacharya
Acharya Ramanuja (1017-1137) was a great interpreter of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta like Adi Shankaracharya.
"Bhagavad-Gita was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge." The primary purpose of the incarnation and incarnation of the Supreme Lord Krishna is to rid the world of any demonic and negative, undesirable influences that oppose spiritual development, and it is also His infallible intention that He should always be within the reach of all humanity.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (author of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is)
Our sole purpose is to present this Bhagavad-gita in its true form so as to guide the conditioned student towards the same purpose for which Krishna incarnates on this planet in the form of Brahma once a day, or every 8,600,000,000 years. This purpose is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, and we have to accept it as it is; Otherwise there is no point in trying to understand the Bhagavad Gita and its speaker Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna first spoke the Bhagavad Gita to the Sun God about hundreds of millions of years ago. We have to accept this fact and thus understand the historical significance of the Bhagavad Gita, without misinterpreting it, on the authority of Krishna. Interpreting the Bhagavad Gita without reference to Krishna's will is the greatest crime. To save oneself from this crime, one has to understand God as the Complete Personality, as was directly understood by Arjuna, the first disciple of Lord Krishna. Such understanding of Bhagavad-Gita is truly beneficial and authoritative for the welfare of human society in fulfilling the purpose of life.
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda showed great interest in Bhagavad Gita. It is said that the Bhagavad Gita was one of his two favorite books (the other being The Imitation of Christ). When Vivekananda was traveling across India as a wandering monk in 1888–1893, he carried only two books with him – Gita and Imitation of Christ.
Sri Aurobindo
According to Sri Aurobindo, "The Bhagavad-Gita, rather than a book, is a true scripture of mankind, a living creation, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization."
Mahatma Gandhi
The Bhagavad Gita's emphasis on selfless service was a major source of inspiration for Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi said: “When doubts torment me, when despair strikes my face, and I do not see a single ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to console me. And I immediately begin to smile in the midst of extreme sadness. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive from it fresh joy and new meaning every day.”
Aldous Huxley
English author Aldous Huxley found the Gita to be "the most systematic statement of spiritual development that has been of value to mankind", he also felt, the Gita is "one of the clearest and most comprehensive summaries of the perennial philosophy ever put forward; Therefore it has enduring value "not only for India but for the entire humanity."
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, observed that "The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundations of human existence. It is a call to action to fulfill the obligations and duties of life; yet the spiritual nature and broader purpose of Keeping in view of the universe.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer :
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, was deeply influenced by the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture that he read in Sanskrit. He quoted verses from the Bhagavad Gita after witnessing the first nuclear test in 1945, expressing his awe and horror at the destructive power of the bomb. He later repeated these quotes in a documentary and in an interview, revealing his philosophical and moral dilemmas about his role in creating the weapon. His words became famous as a reflection of the ethical and spiritual implications of nuclear warfare.
The Manhattan Project's Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, prompting Oppenheimer to recall verses from the Bhagavad Gita, specifically: "Now I have become death, the destroyer of worlds".
American physicist and Manhattan Project director J. Robert Oppenheimer learned Sanskrit and read the Bhagavad Gita in the original in 1933, later citing it as one of the most influential books that shaped his philosophy of life. Oppenheimer later recalled that, following the explosion of the Trinity nuclear test, While watching, he thought of the verses from the Bhagavad Gita (XI,12):
Divya Surya Sahasrasya Bhavedyugapadutthita. Agar bhaḥ sadrishi sa syadbhasastasya mahatmanah. If the brightness of a thousand suns burst into the sky simultaneously, it would be like the brightness of that mighty sun.
Oppenheimer said these words in the television documentary The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965). Like "I have become death, the destroyer of worlds". In literature, the quote usually appears as World Shattering, as this is the form in which it first appeared in Time magazine on November 8, 1948. It later appeared in Robert Jungk's Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists (1958), which was based on an interview with Oppenheimer.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau wrote, "In the morning I bathe my intellect with the wonderful and cosmic philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita, compared with which our modern world and its literature seem paltry and insignificant."
Herman Graf Keyserling
German philosopher Hermann Graf Keyserling considered the Bhagavad-Gita to be "perhaps the most beautiful work of world literature".
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse felt that "the miracle of the Bhagavad-Gita is actually the beautiful revelation of the wisdom of life which enables philosophy to develop into religion."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson said this about the Bhagavad Gita: "I am grateful one glorious day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, calm, consistent , the voice of an older wisdom which was considered in another age and climate and thus resolved the same questions which concern us."
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt pronounced the Gita thus: "The most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song that exists in any known language...perhaps the deepest and loftiest thing that the world has to offer."
Bullent Acevit
Former Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit was asked what gave him the courage to send Turkish troops to Cyprus. His response was, "He was strengthened by the Bhagavad Gita, which taught that if one is morally right, one should not hesitate to fight injustice".
Lord warren hastings
Lord Warren Hastings, the first Governor General of British India, wrote: "I do not hesitate to declare the Gita an almost unequaled display of great originality, excellence of conception, logic and diction, and an exception among all the known religions of mankind." "
Sunita Williams
American astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the record for the longest solo space flight by a woman, took a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads with her to space, saying, "Those are spiritual things that you have to focus on yourself, life But, one must reflect on the world around one and see things as they are." Otherwise, I thought it was quite appropriate when talking about my time in space.
Annie Besant
“The spiritual man need not be a recluse, union with the divine life can be achieved and maintained even amidst worldly affairs, that the obstacles to that union are not outside us but within us – that is its central lesson This is Bhagavad Gita. -Annie Besant
Rudolf Steiner
“If we wish to see with full understanding such a sublime creation as the Bhagavad-Gita, it is necessary for us to unite our soul with it.” - Rudolf Steiner
E. Sreedharan
“You see, spirituality has no religious meaning. The essence of spirituality is to make a person pure in his mind and his thoughts. When I started reading our old scriptures like “Baghavad Gita”, I found that this day- Useful for everyday. In today's life, so I started practicing it. I consider it an administrative gospel, which will help you do things like running an organization. - E. Sreedharan
A P J Abdul Kalam
11th President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, despite being a Muslim, read the Bhagavad Gita and chanted mantras. Kalam believed in the teachings of the Gita, especially its emphasis on duty, selfless work and the pursuit of knowledge. He found guidance and strength in the knowledge given by the Gita and often referred to it in his speeches and writings.
Barak Obama :
Former US President Barack Obama has told how India holds a special place in his life. In his book A Promised Land, Obama writes about how he spent his childhood years in Indonesia listening to the epic Hindu stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. During his first visit to the US, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gifted a copy of the Gita to Obama during a dinner hosted by the White House in 2014.
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has described the Bhagavad Gita as "India's greatest gift to the world".Srimad Bhagavadgita teaches us how to serve the world and the people.from Mahabharata to the freedom struggle ,Gita has guided our nation at every point.whenever we talk of our rights ,we should also remember our democratic duties.
Will Smith
Hollywood actor Will Smith said, "I am 90% through the Bhagavad Gita,the Arjuna within me is finding direction”.
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