Milan Parmar's Key Ideas from Bhagaved-Gita As It Is
by A.C. Bhaktivedanta

General understanding of the masses is that Bhagavad-gita is a holy book of Hindu religion, an armchair book for the retirement years or an ancient scripture full of philosophical intricacies. All these opinions make the Gita more or less outdated in the modern context. But by learning from the authorized sources, one understands that Bhagavad-gita is much more than this: it is a guide book to lead an enjoyable and blissful life. In other words, it is a user’s manual to lead a meaningful human life.

Lord Krishna imparted this knowledge to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, when the latter was in a distressful condition. Upon receiving this knowledge returned to his happy and stable position. All of us undergo difficult situations in life, and often become overwhelmed by those situations not knowing where to find a solution. Bhagavad-gita guides us out of such delusions and reestablishes us in our origin position of eternity, knowledge and bliss. If we follow the instructions as given by Lord Krishna, then we can attain the same blissful state as Arjuna did.