Here is a book – You Are God – The Bhagavad Gita as never
before – that helps us understand the words of God in a new
light. The true message of the Bhagavad Gita in the modern world
will surely give you a new lease of life.
The philosophy contained in the pages of the Bhagavad Gita is today considered relevant and essential to our understanding of ourselves even in the western world. Leading business schools in the USA such as Kellogg have included the Bhagavad Gita as an elective subject in their curriculum. Terms such as ‘Karma Capitalism’, ‘Exit Plan’ and the likes are being explained on the basis of the teachings of Lord Krishna and the message of the Bhagavad Gita.
The theologies based on the Bhagavad Gita as propagated in the world do not, however, portray the true essence of the words of Lord Krishna. For example, ‘Karma Capitalism’, a term derived from Karma Yog, is understood to mean that when one does one’s work with sincerity, good results follow. But Krishna never meant this by Karma Yog. Instead, He said it time and again that we, the beings, are not the doers of action but all actions are performed by nature. The being who mentally renounces all actions to God, while performing those actions, is said to be truly engaged in Karma Yog that unites him to God. These verses of the Gita elucidate this:
This world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of Yagya [sacrifice]. O Kauntey, perform actions for that [Yagya] free from attachment. Chapter 3:9
In the beginning the Creator, having created beings by Yagya [sacrifice], said, “By this [Yagya] shall you propagate, let this be the Kamdhuk [divine cow that fulfils all desires] of your desired objects.” Chapter 3:10
All actions are performed by the attributes of nature; he who is deluded by the ego thinks, “I am the doer.” Chapter 3:27
He who is united and knows the truth thus thinks, “I do nothing at all” and in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, walking, sleeping, breathing, speaking, releasing, seizing, opening and closing the eyes, believes that only the senses are moving among the objects of senses. Chapter 5:8-9
For a sage who wishes to attain Yog, action is said to be the means; for the one who is established in Yog, even his quietude is said to be the means. Chapter 6:3
Having crossed over these three attributes arising from the body, the dweller in the body is completely freed from birth, death, old age and sorrow and attains immortality. Chapter 14:20
The message of Bhagavad Gita is that either you can perform your actions with attachment thinking that you are the doer or you can perform the same without attachment by thinking that God/ Nature is performing the actions. This unattached performance of actions has been called Yagya or Karma Yog in the Gita. Those who perform their actions for the sake of Yagya or by way of Karma Yog will be freed from the bonds of actions. They will be freed from the attributes of Sattav, Rajas and Tamas or purity, passion and delusion and attain the supreme Bhava of God, which will make them imperishable beings. They will be freed from sorrow, old age and death and will attain immortality. This unattached performance of actions is the true Karma Capitalism, called Karma Yog in the Gita, which will not only fulfill all desires but will also transform us and make us one with God. The message of You Are God – The Bhagavad Gita as never before in the modern world has become more relevant than that at any time in the past.
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