By Jack Hawley
The Gita is a common love music sung by means of God to His pal guy. It cannot be constrained through any creed. it's a assertion of the truths on the center of what all of us already think, in simple terms it makes these truths clearer, so that they turn into instantly invaluable in our day-by-day lives. those truths are for our hearts, not only our heads.
The Gita is greater than only a ebook, greater than mere phrases or thoughts. there's an gathered efficiency in it. To learn the Gita is to be encouraged within the actual experience of the time period: to be “inspirited,” to inhale the traditional and ever-new breath of religious energy.
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