5 Best Life Lessons From Bhagavad Geeta
The impending war between Pandavas and Kauravas is breathtaking for everyone, but the warrior Arjuna is filled with doubt as the enemy is his own brothers. At that moment lord, Krishna comes to the rescue and recites the Bhagavad Geeta to Arjun to dissolve his misgivings about the war and get on with his tasks. Many of us have read Geeta but hardly have tried to reckon with its stirring philosophy. I am putting out the best life lessons that can be learned through lord Krishna’s pearl-like words.
1. “You have the right to work, but for the work’s sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. The desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive for working. Never give way to laziness, either.”
2. “When meditation is mastered,
The mind is unwavering like the
Flame of a lamp in a windless place.
In the still mind,
In the depths of meditation,
The Self reveals itself.
Beholding the Self
By means of the Self,
An aspirant knows the
Joy and peace of complete fulfillment.
Having attained that
Abiding joy beyond the senses,
Revealed in the stilled mind,
He never swerves from the eternal truth.”
3. “Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. The one who is motivated only by the desire for the fruits of their action, and anxious about the results, is miserable indeed.”
4. “My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value of life. They lead not to higher planets, but to infamy. O son of Prtha, do not yield to this degrading impotence, that it does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy.”
5. “They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart. Neither agitated by grief nor hankering after pleasure, they live free from lust and fear, and anger. Established in meditation, they are truly wise. Fettered no more by selfish attachments, they are neither elated by good fortune nor depressed by bad. Such are the seers.”
Final Thought
I think these teachings by lord Krishna instill a sense of duty and calmness in us. If we can implement an iota of philosophy in our daily life, life would be better.
