Īśvara (the Supreme Lord), jīva (the living entity), prakṛti (nature), kāla (eternal time) and karma (activity) are all explained in the Bhagavad-gītā. Out of these five, the Lord, the living entities, material nature and time are eternal.

The Gita refers to dharma, which is the right ordering that supports the cosmos. Dharma is equivalent to natural law and conscience. In the Gita, a Pandava brother Arjuna loses his will to fight and has a discussion with his charioteer Krishna , about duty, action, and renunciation.

Krishna Dharma is “the author of the world’s most popular editions of India’s great epics”: the Ramayana: India’s Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love, and Wisdom (1998) and the Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time (1999). He is also a contributor to the press and a regular radio broadcaster.

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.

GEETA SAAR. Geeta Saar (Essence of the Geeta) (English) WHATEVER HAPPENED WAS GOOD. WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IS GOOD.

Vyasa

What belongs to you today belonged to someone yesterday and will be someone else’s tomorrow. Change is the Law of the Universe.” – Bhagavad Gita.

What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, And will belong to someone else in the day after tomorrow. You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours. It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrows.

The Bhagavad Gita says: “Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.” This applies so accurately to this friendship that you’ve described so articulately.

Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali. (2).

The story – relevance and symbolism Like many other writings of this period such as the Upanishads and the Dhammapada, the Bhagavad Gita or ‘Song of The Lord’ seems somewhat timeless in the fact that it’s relevant whether we lived a thousand years ago, or we’re living in the modern age.

Human Life Is Full Of Battles: Never Shirk In fear – Fight To The Last, Stand Your Ground. The Supreme Power has created an even human being in a separate way – or will we say, Everyone is a MASTERPIECE. When every action you do turns negative against your goal, do not shirk in fear. Do not expect results.

This is one of the many insights which make Gita a book about self-actualization. Gita is about self-actualization. It answers all the questions about self-actualization. Thus, Gita contains all the answers that one ‘needs’ as it deals with topmost need of self-actualization.

The ‘best’ site to read would be the Gita Super Site built and maintained by IIT, Kanpur. They have digitized an impressive number of translations and commentaries and made it available for reading, chapter-by-chapter, verse-by-verse, properly indexed.