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The Bhagavad Gita

Finished reading The Bhagavad Git (Hindu's Holy Book) with commentary writtedn by Swami Sivananda. It was a long awaited wish. Finally, could accomplish.

Today, I had to wait for more than an hour for the bus. I went to the church which was barely filled with people, took out my Bhagavad Gita and started reading the last chapter (18th). I was hesitent to do that at the begining. Later on didn't worry about anything. If anyone asks me I thought of asking them to read the same lines where I was reading it was about renunciation. It was good to have that freedom to read what I wished even being in Church. Very soon, I'm going to understand the Church more better than ever as the book I'm going to read is nothing but the Bible.

There was conflict of beliefs while reading the Gita rather I should say I couldn't understand more than what I've understood. Surely, I'll come back to it one day. Swami Sivananda was seen in his commentary all along.

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  1. Anonymous20 August 2012 at 22:04

    May I know those conflicting believes you had while reading BG?

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    1. Guru22 August 2012 at 00:21

      Certainly,
      In my understanding, God will never ask people to take his name all the time. And also when I read that
      1. "You read BG so and so times and you will be rewarded with so and so".
      2. Uttering "Gita" at the time of death, you attain the goal of life.
      3. About caste system. Only people from such and such castes are to do certain things.
      4. Trigunas are subjective to the castes.

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