The Hindu scripture is 5,151 years old but is still relevant in today’s time, says Swami Gyananandji Maharaj

Srimad Bhagavad Gita is a divine song sung by lord Krishna. It is 5,151 years old yet it is still absolutely new and relevant in today’s time. That explains why it is a universal source of inspiration, equally for everyone. Even after ages neither is there a single revised version of Gita nor enlarged one. It stands the test of time and situation. It is quite pragmatic and the thought process in it is quite scientific.

Nobody wants tension, pressure, restiveness, sorrow, grief and mourning, but no one is spared either. All these have veritable presence in our life. So go through Gita and try to live the way it guides. The Gita gives you the unique way of life that eases off your tension and you enjoy a happy life. Gita, apart from being a religious scripture, is a scripture of life as well. It is a way of life based on faith and devotion. Reading Gita is good enough but it has a lot more to it. It is there for you to live it. live like Gita. “Jiyo Gita ke sang, seekho jeene ka dhang.” (live with the Gita, learn the righteous way of life.)

There are three basic yogas of Gita that enlighten us about wholeness of life. The life that doesn’t look beyond body is materialistic ie hedonism. It’s hollowness of life. And this materialistic life and hedonism invite tension, fear, sorrow that we face. The question is how this life can be full without divine light in itIJ lord Krishna in Gita says: ‘Mamanusmar’. That is always keep him in mind while doing all you do. The intention is to make life full of energy by connecting yourself with the Almighty.  Inaction is a life of hesitation. So Gita calls for a life awakened. It preaches inner awakening. Jnan Yoga of Gita is proper use of intellectual faculty. If there is wisdom only then life can be good. The moment we lose wisdom the life takes the fallen path. And your fall is inevitable. That’s why Gita holds: “Budhinashat pranashyati” (loss of wisdom is loss of life force.)

It’s time we go upright mentally so that our thoughts don’t breed tension and be a cause for our fall, rather they be our vital energy. It’s very much possible. And Bhakti Yoga of Gita is there to make it so. Come to think of tension, pressure, flip-flop in decision-making and the likes that we try to brave in our thought and you would say: how is this a good lifeIJ Again Gita comes to rescue, in fact, as a remedy for indecision and a fragile mental state. So it is no exaggeration to declare Gita as a remedy not just a preaching. Of Karma Yoga Gita’s inspiration is crystal clear: don’t make a tyag of karma rather do your karma with a sense of tyag. It means: stay true to duty; focus on duty, not on rights. In fact, Gita is a very useful and apt inspiration of a healthy, enlightened and positive thought. Come, in the fold of Gita. Come, take the right path. Gita be the geet of life. Be the song of peace and love.

On the completion of 5,151 years of Bhagavad Gita, Swami Shri Gyananandji Maharaj — who founded GIEO Gita — is organising a huge congregation of world leaders, politicians and spiritual leaders at Red Fort today with a host of activities