Ten lessons that Bhagwad Gita teaches us

Ten lessons   that  Bhagwad Gita   teaches us

By

P.R.Ramachander

(I read this in Malayalam  in a Whatsapp  message.The person who saw these  great and relevant teachings in Gita  is indeed a  great person.My thanks to him.)

1.Never get scared  of anything

Every one is scared  of death ,

But in Gita  the God teaches Arjuna ,

Not to be ever  scared of death,

AS    every death  is only a  change of form,

Even relationship   and wealth die,

And a life without   fear is indeed pretty.

2.Never  suspect  anything

Unnecessary suspicion is the chief  cause,

Which takes away  peace   and joy  from life,

For a person who  suspects   everything ,

Cannot live with peace  in this or  his future lives,

But the curiosity  to know  oneself   should never,

Be  considered as  suspicion .

3.Get freedom  from  attachments

Our mind   would be peaceful  only ,

If we  get  freedom from  innumerable ,

Attachments  like  possession , passion,

Ambition , pride   and   egoism,

And only a  peaceful mind  can,

Get wisdom   and  freedom from worries.

4.Get freedom from worry about the result

When we  plan carefully to do anything,

Never  start  worrying   weather  ,

WE will meet   with  failure  or victory,

But do the entrusted job  with truth  and honesty.

5,Never swerve   away  from the  path of duty

Running away and hiding    ourselves  ,

From  the job  entrusted   to us  does not take  us forward,

Getting away   from attachment  to the family and friends ,

Is not path  to spiritual knowledge or permanent  peace,

Running away   from  our responsibilities  when  we lead a  normal life,

Is not at all easy  and would lead  to  utter failure and great sorrow

6.Understand   the  ultimate  Godhead

If we are able to bid farewell  to all attachments,

Then it would be easy   for us    to submit to that  Ultimate God,

Understand   that  each individual  is the work of  art of God,

And  blaming  the  past and fearing the future is a useless  exercise ,

Which would take us away  from  understanding ultimate  Godhead .

7.If  you are egoistic, wisdom is of no use

If  a mirror is fogged ,  we will not be  able to,

See  our  reflection  on that  mirror   clearly  ,

Similarly   the  mind  of an egoistic person ,

Is fogged and it cannot reflect  wisdom ,

And his  day today life    would be  full of problems.

8.Observe  tolerance  of   view  on everything

The person who cannot   do proper  meditation,

Would not  be able to observe control  over his actions.

Taking lot of  food or  no food at all  does not take you,

Nearer   to God  but proper meditation can win always.

9.Anger is   the path to errors so practice  peace

Uncontrolled   anger  makes  you incapable of  finding out,

The good or bad  in every   thing   we do or attempt,

And anger is the reason for failure  of  every thing in life,

And it is the  main gate   to  the disaster  in life and hell.

10.Understand that body is temporary but soul is   for ever

Lord Krishna   compares  our life  to a piece  of dress ,

And says that the soul changes  its   dress (the body) often,

And he also tells Death is to the  body and not to soul.