Gita ka Mahatva (Importance of Gita in our life) - Part - 1

Gita means Atam ka geet. Aatma geet is Gita.

Gita has a chinmay roop. Chinmay meaning - one of pure thoughts! Gita literally is the supreme one. It’s not just a religious book. Many mahatma have seen Gita as a light. Gita is “Jyoti Roop”. Where Gita is read and prayed upon, god shows itself, God is said to stay at such places. God visits places where pure bhakts of Gita are there. When you are covered with the veil of Maya, he won’t show himself. He’ll also face difficulty in reaching the place. Impure thoughts and Maya are two obstructions for The Supreme to reach that place.

Different paths of Yoga!

There are four paths of Yoga; Gyana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga. They together form the whole aspect of what we call as Yoga. Yoga helps in realization of the union between the individual consciousness and the universal consciousness. Many feel it is just the union of mind with body. That it does not have connection what so ever with the spiritual path. This thought dodges the true meaning of Yoga. Yoga is union of Aatman with the Brahman; it’s the union of Jivatma with the Parmatma, or whatever way you may view it.

To focus exclusively on one path does not really help. Blending of all the four paths is the most appropriate path and a true Yogi follows that. What exactly are these four paths?

Real Meaning behind Raas Leela.

According to Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Krishna was loved immensely by gopis. The love gopis felt for Lord was not carnal it was Divine love. The love for Sri Krishna was so strong that gopis forgot all about their worldly chores. The gopis were totally merged in the love of god through the practice of constant remembrance.

The dance symbolises the soul's unceasing struggle to break clear of the constraints of the body, to make contact with the supra-reality it sees out there.