{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Drishtikone","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone","author_name":"Desh Kapoor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/author\/drishtikone\/","title":"How Bhagwad Gita inspired the greatest minds","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"X9l3bkDs09\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/07\/how-bhagwad-gita-inspired-greatest-minds\/\">How Bhagwad Gita inspired the greatest minds<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/07\/how-bhagwad-gita-inspired-greatest-minds\/embed\/#?secret=X9l3bkDs09\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How Bhagwad Gita inspired the greatest minds&#8221; &#8212; Drishtikone\" data-secret=\"X9l3bkDs09\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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I am sure these quotes have been shared by many about Bhagwad Gita. In my view, the commendations from these people, learned and great as they are, does nothing to take away or add to the value of Gita.. so high is it in Spiritual and the profound. Its greatest strength is NOT in its ideas - for they were known to the Vedic Rishis long back, as is evident from many Upanishads... its strength was to sythesize the many profound statements and philosophy to dovetail that into an actionable statement. For the first and ONLY time, here was a orator who called the bluff of Moralistic action and put the entire nonsense of what people go about preaching in the name of Morals. Morals are contextual and prisoners of time and space. There is no such thing as an absolute Moral. For example, if what the Great Teachers like Buddha and Jesus was \"good\" then how does one understand the many that have died due the ego that was created out of faith in those very teachings? Hence, I would like to state something that Vivekananda said and corerctly - that Krishna did not make Gita great. The message of Gita made Krishna great. The underlying components of Gita's message were already great.. they did not need a champion. What was required was a person to synthesize all that into ONE organic whole. Which is what Krishna did. Now, enjoy how Gita inspired these great minds. ============================== When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day. - Mahatma Gandhi The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.  - Mahatma Gandhi When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.  - Albert Einstein We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.  - Robert Oppenheimer The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.  - Dr. Albert Schweitzer"}