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    The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita
    The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita
    The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita
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    The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita

    By Ramesh S. Balsekar

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    RAMESH BALSEKAR was one of the most profound spiritual Masters of this Age. He was both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He was therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gentle humour infused the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as being uniquely Ramesh.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRamesh S. Balsekar
    Release dateJun 24, 2013
    ISBN9789382788492
    The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita
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    Ramesh S. Balsekar

    Ramesh Balsekar, a teacher of pure Advaita, or non-duality, is an unearthly blend of the utterly human and utterly divine manifesting as a brilliant spiritual Master. His crystal-clear and profound teachings are backed by his complete understanding that “Nobody does anything” coupled with his life experience as a top executive of a major Indian bank, as a huband, father and grandfather – all lived knowing that it is all happening as God’s Will.For much of his full life Ramesh, whose Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj, has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi, in whose spirit Ramesh welcomes seekers and asks “Who is seeking? Leave the seeking to Him who started the seeking.”

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      The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita - Ramesh S. Balsekar

      THE ESSENCE OF

      THE BHAGAVAD GITA

      RAMESH S. BALSEKAR

      The Essence Of The Bhagavad Gita

      Ramesh S. Balsekar

      Copyright © Ramesh S. Balsekar 1999

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      C O N T E N T S

      THE CONCEPT OF FREE WILL AND

      PERSONAL DOERSHIP IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA

      ADVAITA IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA

      WHAT DID LORD KRISHNA TELL ARJUNA?

      THE CONCEPT OF

      FREE WILL AND PERSONAL DOERSHIP

      IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA

      Chapter II / 14

      Feelings of heat and cold, pleasure and pain, are the result of the contact of the senses with their respective objects. They are ephemeral, they come and they go. All you should do is to accept them as such without getting involved in them.

      It is clear that external objects bring about a reaction in a body-mind organism only when they come in contact with the respective senses. It is also clear that the same object can bring about different reactions in different human organisms. What seems attractive at one time may also seem oppressive at another time. The point is that reactions of the senses to their respective objects are different and they keep changing; also, they come and go. When they are seen in this perspective, they lose their influence to cause undue pleasure or pain. One can accept the changes as they occur with equanimity.

      Chapter II / 47

      All you can do is to work for the sake of the work. You have no right to the fruits of the work (The consequences of your actions are not in your control). But do not let this fact make you lean towards inaction.

      THIS is one of the most quoted of the verses in the Bhagavad Gita, and it is at the same time, perhaps the most difficult to accept whole-heartedly: how can the human being act without motivation? And yet this is precisely what he is asked to do!

      The whole dilemma is based on the misconception that if a man is asked to work without expecting the fruit of his action, he would be inclined not to work. The misunderstanding is based on the belief that a human being has the free will to act or not to act.

      Nobody likes being told that he has no free will. And yet look at the state of the world at the present time. The world is on the brink of

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