WRONG PERCEPTIONS ABOUT BHAGAVAD GITA! 7 EXAMPLES!

 WRONG PERCEPTION - 1: BHAGAVAD GITA CAN'T CURE OUR PAINS

Vedas & Upanishads (Part of vedas) offer re-birth, because they recommend fruitive rituals. Fruitive activities do give rebirth.

Whereas, the devotees who followed Gita and left the body as Krishna devotee, will reach Goloka Vrindhavan and thus reaches the Kingdom of Krishna, Goloka! He then eternally serves Krishna as a servant, as a mother, as a father, as a friend, as a disciple, or as a lover!

Once once reaches Krishna's Kingdom, there will be no rebirths and hence no pains of material worlds.

Thus, Bhagavad Gita  permanently relieves our pains.

WRONG PERCEPTION - 2 : BHAGAVAD GITA ENCOURAGES CASTE SYSTEM

Krishna classified the society in 4 classes, Brahmana, Kshatria, Vaishya & Sudra.

Brahmana will guide the king, so, the king will rule as per sastras! Kshatriyas should protect country & people! If Kshatrias do that properly, all the other 3 varnas will live peacefully!

If the Vaishyas do farming & trading properly, all the other 3 varnas will get food & milk!

If Sudras work and support all the above 3 varnas, all the assignments of the 3 varnas are implemented without break!

This is the plan of Krishna! All 4 varnas should co-operate with each other, so that the world order is maintained!

What happens now? Everyone of us like to be a Professional/ owner, whether we like it or not! In western countries, as most of the people had become the owners, there are shortage of people to work! Therefore, they import manpower from developing countries! Even in India, as most of the people (vaishyas) quit farming & go to cities for working as sudras, shortage of manpower for farming!

Children of farmers do not prefer farming as profession! They go to cities & work as professionals! farm lands are converted as buildings & factories! If this trend continues, there will soon be a shortage of farmers & farmland that leads to shortage of grains & vegetables! Therefore, the four classifications of society by Krishna is perfect for maintaining the world order.

WRONG PERCEPTION - 3: BHAGAVAD GITA IS NOT FOR MATERIAL LIFE

Krishna explains how to live on earth, what to eat, how to sleep, how to die, and how to go back to Godhead! Thus, Bhagavad Gita is the perfect guide for our blissful MATERIAL LIFE AND BEYOND THAT AFTER DEATH.

Actually, Krishna has not preached the Bhagavad Gita to give you money, wife, husband, status, etc! He has given it to purify you to connect with Him through 4 yogas!

If you follow Bhagavad Gita, you will do your business with a BALANCED mind that helps you act with care & responsibility! So, you will get more profit & no debts! Thus, Bhagavad Gita gives money!

If  you follow Bhagavad Gita, you will analyse a boy/ girl with a BALANCED mind! You will not be attracted by his/ her beautiful body and mannerisms alone! You will see deeper inside his/ her heart! You will analyse his/ her background! You will review whether this girl/ boy will be suitable for assisting in devotional way of life, or, not! Therefore,  you will get a good and pious wife/ husband!  Thus, Bhagavad Gita gives a Good wife/ husband!

If you follow Bhagavad Gita, you will associate only with a devotee or good charactered persons which is risk-free and you will get an eternal fame as a true devotee of Krishna! So, Bhagavad Gita gives eternal fame!

Thus, we can apply Bhagavad Gita Both to Go back to Krishna as well as in our day to day life! 

WRONG PERCEPTION - 4: BHAGAVAD GITA MAKES ONE A SANYASI

This is totally baseless! Bhagavad Gita is to be taught from the age of sixteen itself!

Teen is the period of oscillation and setting the character of a person! If a person associates with a thief in his teens, he will definitely become a thief one day! If a teen associates with a highly materialistic person, he also will become a materialistic person! If a teen  associates with a girl/ boy with the unhealthy character in sense gratifications, he/ she also may dare to involve in uncontrolled sense gratifications!

IF A TEEN ASSOCIATES WITH BHAGAVAD GITA, HE/ SHE WILL BECOME A PERSON LIKE ARJUNA! Because, Arjuna was the beloved friend of Krishna! He got the opportunity to hear Bhagavad Gita from Krishna. Krishna didn't advise Arjuna to quit the war and go to the forest. Krishna preached Arjuna to do his assigned duty of fighting the war for Krishna keeping Krishna in mind! 

Thus, Bhagavad Gita makes one to perform his assigned duties!

WRONG PERCEPTION - 5 BHAGAVAD GITA IS ONLY FOR ELDERLY PERSONS

Arjuna was not an old person to hear Gita! Krishna taught Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna who is so young!  Therefore, I tell you that Bhagavad Gita is for all ages right from the teen age!

If a person reads & understands Bhagavad Gita in his/ her teen age, there is no doubt that he/she will lead a responsible, meaningful and peaeful life till the end and  will be happier than others!

He will use his profit from businesss/ job responsibly!

He/ she will love his wife/ husband treating as part of Krishna!

WRONG PERCEPTION - 6: ONE WILL NOT MARRY IF HE READS BHAGAVAD GITA

Krishna has never said not to marry a girl/ boy in Gita! He speaks about sanyasa, but not by skipping the people and things!

In Krishna’s words, ‘sanyasa’ means, NOT SKIPPING THE OPPOSITE SEX! It is SKIPPING THE ATTACHMENT WITH EVERY MATERIAL THING!

How? Live with husband/ wife, but don’t think that it is eternal! At any stage ,any one  has to leave this body first and separate! No eternal material relations!

By sanyasa, Krishna means detachment of mind, not the detachment of the person himself! Sanyasa can be followed, living with family but not developing excessive attachments in the family! After creating the number of males & females equally in this world, how Krishna will advise us to skip them?

If you are unable to fully divert your mind in Bhakti because of sexual inducements, enter into family in Grahastha Ashram! It is not a crime! A brahmachari or sanyasi must ensure himself that he can be pure both physically & mentally! Otherwise, he should not take sanyasa!

Remember, most of  the characters including Arjuna in Mahabharatha are grahasthas!  Only such grahasthas need Bhagavad Gita!

Therefore, Bhagavad Gita is not against family life!  It bothers about consciousness!

WRONG PERCEPTION - 7: BHAGAVAD GITA SHOULD NOT BE READ AT HOME

Some people may tell if we read Bhagavad Gita, our home will also become like Kurukshetra with misunderstandings, fights, etc.   The effect is the reverse. If we read Bhagavad Gita, we will remain steady in all favourable and unfavourable situations. Because, Bhagavad Gita will be very helpful for life management and career management also because it speaks about how to remain steady in ups and downs, positives and negatives of our life.

So, Bhagavad Gita Must be kept and read at home.

Hope this article has cleared all your doubts about the wrong perceptions about Bhagavad Gita