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enduring value, not only for Indians, but for all mankind.”
Perhaps people in the West actually need this wisdom even
more. People in the West seem to hold even more
tenaciously to their agendas, their expectations, their
desires. The message in much of the West is “if you work
hard, you will succeed, you will become prosperous.” So,
people don’t work for the sake of being God’s hands. They
work to reap the benefits, and when the benefits don’t
come or don’t come quickly enough, they are frustrated.
9) Do you compare these works?
No. Every book gives an important message, and — in fact
— the messages are the same, although the language is
different. Each work teaches the message of, “love all,
hate none; heal all, hurt none.”
If you don’t fully understand something (like another
religion) you should never criticize it. Instead of criticizing
the principles of others, our energies should be spent on
following the guiding principles of our own religion. That
is what will lead to health and happiness, peace and
prosperity.
Hence, it seems people in the West need both the message
and the comfort of the Gita a great deal. Mahatma
Gandhiji said, “When disappointment stares me in the face
and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the
Bhagavad-Gita...I immediately begin to smile in the midst
10) How can the Bhagavad Gita be useful in achieving
of overwhelming tragedies and my life has been full of
salvation and self-realization?
external tragedies. If they have left no visible, no indelible
The Gita provides the guiding principles for both peace in
scar on me, I owe it all to the teachings of Bhagavad-Gita.”
this life as well as for ultimate salvation. When I was in
The lives of people today seem colored by indelible scars.
Japan, I saw a sign that said, “Follow the rules, and enjoy
I hope they will all turn to the Gita as the remover of pain
your stay.” While it is simple and trite, it is also true. The
and the bestower of light. I hope we can all sit together in
rules for our lives are laid out in the scriptures: do divine,
the lap of the Mother.
be divine, serve without expectation, love all, surrender to
God, etc. When we follow these rules our lives become
8) All the time you are moving from city to city, from
infused with joy and love and peace. It is when we ignore
country to country. You are so busy with all of your
these commandments or amend them to suit our own
spiritual and charitable activities. Do you find time
agendas that we bring pain and turmoil into our lives. The
to read the scriptures of other religions as well?
Gita is a complete yet concise listing of all the teachings
Definitely. I have read the major scriptures of most
necessary to achieve self-realization in this life as well as
religions. I feel that the truth is one, although the paths
are many. Therefore, each path, each religion has great
eternal salvation and liberation.
value for me. I have read Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy
11) Does the Bhagavad Gita answer the youth as well?
book of Sikhism, the Koran, and the Bible, as well as
Of course. The trials and tribulations of youth are not so
numerous other religious works from other religions.
different from those of adults: Who am I? What do I believe?
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