Gita for Social Workers.ppt
- 1. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 1 Bhagwat Gita • "Wherever there is a combination of Yogeshwar Sri Krishna and Dhanur- dhari Shri Arjuna, there verily shall be victory, prosperity, abundance of valuables in life and correct political policy."
- 2. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 2 Bhagwat Gita • Bhagwat Gita is in – in Mahabharat – in Bheeshma Parva – at Kurukshetra Battle field 5100 Years before – war between Kauravas and Pandavas – 18 days war – 18 Akshohinis of soldiers (11 on Kauravas side and 7 on Pandavas side)
- 3. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 3 Bhagwat Gita • 745 Total Couplets (Shlokas) in Gita • 620 Spoken by Lord Krishna • 57 Shlokas by Arjuna • 67 Shlokas by Sanjaya • 1 Shloka by Dhritarashtra
- 4. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 4 Bhagwat Gita • Other Gitas • Uddhava Gita (advise to Uddhava) • Parashara Gita in Shanti Parva • Vibhishana Gita (in Ramayana - advise by Rama to Vibhishana) • Ram Gita (in Ramayana - Advise by Rama to Lakshmana)
- 5. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 5 Bhagwat Gita • In the small booklet of 765 couplet verses, called Geeta by Hindus and "The Song Celestial" by Sir Edwin Arnold, we know the very serious and deeply thoughtful and spiritual dialogue between Yogeshwar Sri Krishna and Dhanurdhari Shri Arjuna. Finally, Arjuna declared: "Now my doubts are dispelled; I shall fight."
- 6. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 6 Bhagwat Gita • Was the heroic warrior Prithviraj Chauhan right in allowing Mehmood of Ghori to go back safely when he was defeated repeatedly after making aggressive attacks? • Finally the same Mehmood of Ghori at last defeated Prithviraj Chauhan, took him to Ghazni as a prisoner and brought about the end of Chauhan & the Hindu empire. • Do we not learn a lesson from this history?
- 7. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 7 Bhagwat Gita • Sri Krishna understood the limitations and restrictions implied in the Hindu code of conduct on the battlefield. • If we Hindus ignore those implied restrictions, as we Hindus have often done, we come to great grief in the long run; then it is too late to rectify the situation of our own making.
- 8. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 8 Bhagwat Gita • Buddhism and Modern Science • “I have often said, and I shall say again and again, that between Buddhism and modern Science there exists a close intellectual bond.” • Sir Edwin Arnold
- 9. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 9 Gita’s for Social Workers • Any Activist must never lose heart, however challenging the situation is. Faint heartedness should be avoided at all costs. • Robert Bruce and Spider • Tanaji Malusare
- 10. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 10 Gita’s for Social Workers • An Activist should know that he should raise himself by his own efforts. Others can only lend their helping hand but the efforts must be his own. •
- 11. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 11 Gita’s for Social Workers • An Activist should never abandon the work and leave the field even temporarily. He must continue to work despite all obstacles and then the period of depression will go away. Escapism is no solution. •
- 12. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 12 Gita’s for Social Workers Action must be done in the spirit of Yajna. • Yajna means selfless and collective action, offering the fruit at the altar of the cause. Mutuality and cooperation among workers alone will yield the highest good of one and all.
- 13. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 13 Gita’s for Social Workers • It is not self-interest or personal ambition that should be the motivation of a worker. • It should be Loka Samgraha - holding people together in their collective march to the ultimate goal. In an organisation, Loka Samgraha means, keeping all the workers harmoniously as part of the organisation, never deviating from the correct path or forgetting even for a moment the ultimate goal.
- 14. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 14 Gita’s for Social Workers • Social Worker • Levels • Sthita Prajna • (Total self-control) • Bhakta • (attitude towards others) • Gunatita • (to rise above the influx of changing moods)
- 15. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 15 Gita’s for Social Workers • Sattvik Karyakarta • Ideal Social Worker • Avoid Extremes and follow the Middle Path.
- 16. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 16 Gita’s for Social Workers • It is not self-interest or personal ambition that should be the motivation of a worker. • It should be Loka Samgraha - holding people together in their collective march to the ultimate goal. In an organisation, Loka Samgraha means, keeping all the workers harmoniously as part of the organisation, never deviating from the correct path or forgetting even for a moment the ultimate goal.
- 17. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 17 Bhagwat Gita • Buddhism and Modern Science • “I have often said, and I shall say again and again, that between Buddhism and modern Science there exists a close intellectual bond.” • Sir Edwin Arnold
- 18. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 18 Bhagwat Gita in English • English orientalists like Charles Wilkins, Sir William Jones and others did research work on Gita at the end of the 18th century. • Prose translation of the Gita by Charles Wilkins, published in London in 1785 under the aegis of the British East India Company, best conveyed this spirit.
- 19. March 2003 Vishva Hindu Parishad 19 Influence of Bhagwat Gita • Great Romantic Poets like Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats had not only read Wilkins Gita, but imbibed its spirit, which found creative expression in their great poems. • The concept of rebirth, 'karma', universal soul, immortality and incarnation make the fascination of romantic poets with the Gita quite apparent.