निरामय - श्रीमद् भगवद् गीता

\ CLARIFICATIONS (The questions were posed during the Gita Yatra) DOUBT: The Gita is a spiritual text.  Is it not okay to read this in older age?  Why should students be taught this? CLARIFICATION: Why should not the younger ones be introduced to The Gita?  What is the fear?  Arjuna heard the Gita straight from Shree Krishna.  What did he do after hearing the Gita?  He fought to the best of his abilities, won the war, helped elder brother Yudhishthira in establishing a righteous rule and enjoyed all the palatial comforts.  In other words, he fulfilled all his worldly commitments.  He did not give up the worldly life to pursue a life of a Sanyasi. Spiritual texts ought to be taught during studenthood.  These texts mean to guide us in leading a better life, doing things more efficiently and with a better mindset.  Texts like The Gita teach one to elevate self and lead a nobler life towards elevation of lives around....

\ अर्जुन उवाच - स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव । स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत ब्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥ Arjuna said:  What, Oh Keshava! is the description of the man of steady wisdom, merged in Samadhi?  How does the man of steady wisdom speak, sit and walk? (II - 54) The questions asked by Arjuna here are significant.  These depict the change blossoming in his mind.  He has raised many questions before too.  But, those questions were not indicative of an urge to know.  Those questions were more out of an urge to seek and gain approval of Shri Krishna for his own arguements rather than an urge to know from Him.  Those were efforts to justify own ideas.  Now, he seems to be out of the urgency to convince Shri Krishna and reflect his obvious sincerity to know.  “Show me, Oh Krishna, the man described by you.  I want to know him”, asks Arjuna.   It shows that the gates to his thought world have...