Kaleidoscopic life

In this chapter, Arjuna asks Krishna which is better, renunciation of action or performance of action?. Krishna responds both lead to higher bliss. But performing action is better. Krishna explains the qualities that a human should attain to reach god. -> Controlling his own senses and Renunciation This is the most difficult part in any one’s life. We struggle everyday to control our taste buds and tongue. Why do we love to eat in restaurants, though we know it is not good for our health? Why do we love eating a masala dosa in a restaurant more than what we make at home, in spite of knowing that it is loaded with butter/oil/ghee? Why are we standing in a queue in front of a pani puri stall on the road side, despite having doubts about its cleanliness. Why are we overeating, though we suffer from bloating by end of the day ? Why is dieting so difficult? [P.S : Everyday morning I tell myself that I won’t overeat today. I watch all cooking videos, start cooking and finally end up over...

This chapter is about Fusion of knowledge and Action. And our most frequently heard poem. “ Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata
Abhythanamadharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham Paritranaya sadhunang vinashay cha dushkritam
Dharmasangsthapanarthay sambhabami yuge yuge “ Krishna himself will come in different avatars when there is a need to reestablish principles of dharma or even to protect his devotees. He explains the antiquity and science of knowledge and how knowledge flows down through generations. -> We need to teach our kids what ever we have learned while growing up. It is not enough to force kids to study math and science. We need to teach them what makes them ultimately happy. This is possible only by practicing. -> Pray and believe in God. Worship/sacrifice has many paths, including the paths of meditation, self-denial(fasting, donations), and study of scriptures. However, these paths are subsets of the main path: right action. We see numerous examples and hear so m...

The more I am trying to understand, the more I am loving to do so. Its a beautiful experience, I recommend everyone to go through this. Bhavad gita is a great motivational book. Motivation is like fuel, and we need it almost everyday. This chapter also emphasizes the importance of performing your own duties. -> Always do the right action with right attitude. Action is superior to everything. Be it washing dishes, cooking or performing monotonous spread sheet update at work, focus and be involved with the action. -> Work is worship. -> Lead by example. Krishna, the supreme lord himself, takes avatars and perform duties, though he is above all the regulations and has nothing to achieve. So-called renunciation for the purpose of maintenance is never approved by the Lord. If you want your team or kids to work hard, stop complaining and get your hands dirty. You can’t expect your kids to study when you are busy watching Netflix. -...

Bhagavadgita introduces us to “Sthita Prajna”, which is perfect personality with stabilized consciousness . There are many things which I couldn’t understand or relate to my everyday life. A few things I could relate to are: -> Its okay to get anxious as we are normal human beings who live in this world, but we shouldn’t get influenced by anxiety. -> Perform your duties. Be it cooking, cleaning, or writing a document. -> Do not expect anything for doing your duties. Just prepare a meal because it is your duty but don’t expect someone else to praise the food. Understand that you are working in your office because it is your duty. Not all the work you are doing is for your promotion. -> Its’ okay to have a chocolate on your own (Bodily pleasure) and feel happy about it. But understand that emotional pleasure is higher than bodily pleasure. Ex. When you save this chocolate and gives this to your kid and when you see him enjoying the choc...

I have been thinking about reading and understanding the meaning of Bhagavad-gita for a long time. I have this odd habit of preparing a schedule before doing something and most of the time, I will work on re-arranging the schedule. With Quarantine WFH, I have decided to spend some of quality time praying to God. Yes, God is the only one who can show the light in the darkness. I planned to read Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavatam, Sai Satcharithra and many other books and collected some of them. I originally planned to read many other supporting books and watch Youtube videos about Bhagavad-gita from different prominent personalities, try to understand it from their perspective and then write/narrate essence from my a.k.a software engineer/women/daughter/wife/mother perspective, but could not. I had a conversation with a friend who read Bhagavad-gita everyday . She is reading every day, while I am simply discussing plans. Yet, I never had a chance to do any of these activities, as I...