The Abiding Universal Appeal Of The Gita’s Teachings

The Abiding Universal Appeal Of The Gita’s Teachings :

The central teaching of the Bhagwad Gita advises action without desiring the fruits of such action. The Gita’s wisdom is universal; it goes beyond religion and provides deep insights into the working of the human mind. It addresses both the strife outside between two individuals or groups as it does the unceasing struggle that goes on within a person’s mind. The Gita is also unique in that it is neither doctrinaire nor rigid. It can be interpretated in many different ways without risk of trivialisation, so long as the integrity of all its messages is maintained, the central theme being desireless action. Today we live in a world that is being pulled in different directions by material riches, expanding scientific and technological innovations, access to information, multiple risks, and daunting challenges, all seen at a scale unprecedented in human history. Unless one intends to renounce the physical world, it is naïve to think that one can escape the complexities of modern society and the intensifying pressures they generate on the human mind and spirit. Interestingly, all these have further enhanced the abiding universal appeal of the Gita’s teachings.

Om Namah Shivay.