Bhagawad Gita
The Bhagawad Gita is a science handbook that takes you from spiritual infancy to the height of perfection. It resonates with everyone, because of its mind-stretching quality. If you think that to be assertive is the way to go, the Gita speaks of softness. If non-action seems to be the option, the Gita prescribes action. If grasping will help you acquire more of the world, it counsels you to let go-lose it, to gain it.
Gita’s First Lesson
The Gita’s first lesson is on the importance of the intellect. You have two gifts – choice of action and intellect. Choice is a given. Intellect has to be developed. Nobody understands the importance of the intellect and the need to strengthen it. Hence people are making choices with weak intellect. The mind is the seed of emotion, impulse, like and dislike. Intellect discriminates, judges, discerns, weighs the pros and cons and arrives at a decision. Mind is irrational, the intellect is rational.
The Purpose of Life
The purpose of life is to make the mind work for you and not against you. A mind not governed by the intellect is dangerous. It distracts, tricks and misleads you. The Gita helps you use your existing intellect and gives knowledge to fortify it.
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