I have read a number of books during my career as a student. None has influenced me so much as the Gita. I feel enamoured of it. It has changed the very course of my life. It has proved a turning point in my life. It is a mine of diamonds. The more I read it, the more I like it. I read it daily without fail. It has become a part and parcel of my life. It is my friend, philosopher and guide. When I am in difficulty or distress, I seek refuge and solace in her bosom.
The immortal message of the Gita was given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna, on the battle field of Kurukshetra. Arjuna was torn by doubts. He refused to fight and kill his own kith and kin. Lord Krishna gave him the inspiring message of the Gita, the message of do and die.
The fundamental teaching of the Gita is selfless action. He who renounces the fruit of action, reaps a thousand-fold. He who is ever thinking over the result loses nerve in the performance of duty.
The Gita is the gospel of action. Work, work, ever work, without any idea of the fruit, is a panacea. He who gives up action falls; he who gives up the fruit rises. The teaching of the Gita is: To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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“Honour and shame from no condition arise,
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.”
The best way to serve God is to serve humanity.
According to the Gita, the soul is imperishable. Only the body perishes. The soul is immortal. It is eternal. It is birthless and deathless. The soul changes the body as a man changes his old clothes for new ones.
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The Gita is the pride of India. It is the respository of spiritualism. It is the essence of the Vedas and the Upanishds. It enables the world to discover its soul. India’s culture is mirrored in it. It is a light-house. It is a fountainhead of light and learning.