It’s been more than a week now we have started learning process and many of my well wishers asked me one Question.Why Gita? why now ? It reminded me to go back and search past for the reasons and I did find at least one reason.

INHERITANCE – Grandfather’s wish

In India (and also in rest of the world), GenNext (next generation) gets precious and earned assets in inheritance from their parents and/or grand parents. Inheritance in the form of assets and balanced wealth, comes with a will, where generally it is advised to use wealth for noble cause in society.

I received nothing but a book from my granddad as an inheritance few years back and was told that this is the only thing I required in life, rest can be earned effortlessly if I learn from this book. I was also advised to read it as early as possible and as many times possible throughout the life and convey the message to world.

A book with no more than 200 pocket size pages. What do you think, how much time it takes to complete such book? 10 days..? oh..If you are avid reader..2 days and 2 nights are max! Imagine how much time I took to just start first chapter of this book? Only 15 years. 10 years old in me could not understand importance of the book and the book went into secured permanent place in temple. Despite visiting temple everyday, I did not even look at that book for last 15 years of my life. I will call these 15 years as fatal miss for not understanding value of precious inheritance I possessed and responsibility attached with it. Book is not only family heritage to me but is cultural heritage passed on by many generations with sole purpose – understand and celebrate synergy between matter and spirit. It is not only for my personal transformation but for the entire mankind’s enhancement. Finally, having this understanding developed in 2008, I felt selfish this summer for not understanding simple but profound message given as a book by my grandpa and started taking care of my most precious asset on planet earth since last three months by enchanting and learning one shlok a day from the book and a work undone so far has been started and will go on forever.

Vedic Learnings (http://vediclearnings.wordpress.com/) is all about crossing the mind limits and reach new horizons by learning truths about everything in precise yet poetic manner with the help of greatest guide “The Bhagwad Gita”.

If you love to live life based on thoughts integrated with highest bliss & love, you will fall in love with this book. I do.

PS: Tell you one thing, don’t consider this book as religious book or this web place (http://vediclearnings.wordpress.com/) a religious platform. Religion has limitations and this book is not about limitations, it is about exploring unlimited human will.

Synonyms:

raja��mode of passion; r�ga-�tmakam�born of desire or lust; viddhi�know; t����hankering; sa�ga�association; samudbhavam�produced of; tat�that; nibadhn�ti�is bound; kaunteya�O son of Kunt�; karma-sa�gena�association with fruitive activity; dehinam�of the embodied.

Translation:

The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunt�, and because of this one is bound to material fruitive activities.

Synonyms:

tatra–thereafter; sattvam–mode of goodness; nirmalatvat–being purest in the material world; prakasakam–illuminating; anamayam–without any sinful reaction; sukha–happiness; sangena–association; badhnati–conditions; jnana–knowledge; sangena–association; ca–also; anagha–O sinless one.

Translation:

O sinless one, the mode of goodness being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode develop knowledge, but they become conditioned by the concept of happiness.

Synonyms:

sattvam�mode of goodness; raja��mode of passion; tama��mode of ignorance; iti�thus; gu����qualities; prak�ti�material nature; sambhav���produced of; nibadhnanti�does condition; mah�-b�ho�O mighty-armed one; dehe�in this body; dehinam�the living entity; avyayam�eternal.

Material nature consists of the three modes�goodness, passion and ignorance. When the living entity comes in contact with nature, he becomes conditioned by these modes.

Synonyms:

sarva-yonisu–in all species of life; kaunteya–O son of Kunti; murtayah–forms; sambhavanti–as they appear; yah–which; tasam–all ofthem; brahma–supreme; mahat yonih–the source of birth in the materialsubstance; aham–Myself; bija-pradah–seed-giving; pita–father.

Translation:

O son of Kunti, It should be understood that all species of life are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seedgiving father.

Synonyms:

mama–My; yonih–source of birth; mahat–the total material existence; brahma–supreme; tasmin–in that; garbham–pregnancy; dadhami–create; aham–I; sambhavah–possibility; sarva-bhutanam–of all living entities; tatah–thereafter; bhavati–becomes; bharata–O son of Bharata.

Translation:

The total material substance, called Brahma, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahma that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata.

Synonyms:

idam�this; j��nam�knowledge; up��ritya�taking shelter of; mama�My; s�dharmyam�nature; �gat���attain; sarge api�even in the creation; na�never; upaj�yante�comes in; pralaye�in the annihilation; na�nor; vyathanti�disturbed; ca�also.

Translation:

Those who, by practicing this wisdom, have entered into My being are not born again at the cosmic dawn nor feel disturbed even during the cosmic night.