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Who Heard the Bhagavad Gita Before Arjuna?

Ask anyone who first heard the Bhagavad Gita, and most people will immediately answer: Arjuna. After all, the famous conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra is known throughout the world. But there is a surprising detail hidden within the Gita itself. According to Lord Krishna,…

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Bhagavad Gita for Students: 3 Powerful Lessons by Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna’s words in Bhagavad Gita contain truths about all kinds of human struggles. Indeed, for thousands of years people have been realising the fundamental truths about existence and about their own Self through the wisdom contained in this sacred text. As a matter of fact, students can develop a…

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3 Bhagavad Gita Lessons for Success, Self-Mastery & Moksha

Bhagavad Gita is the sacred text that can offer solace to anyone who is suffering or is feeling stuck in life. In fact, Lord Krishna’s words helped Arjuna attain profound inner stillness and harmony while he was fighting the Mahabharata war. In this article, we will explore 3 life-changing lessons…

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Why Most People Lose Peace Over Unfairness And What Gita Reveals Instead

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥ Life is full of surprises, but not all of them feel good. Someone takes credit for your hard work, unfair words are spoken, or your intentions are misunderstood. These moments sting deeply, and our minds replay them endlessly.…

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The Wisdom of the Gita Through the Eyes of Women: Lessons of Strength and Duty

Although the Bhagavad Gita is frequently interpreted through the eyes of warriors and rulers, its timeless wisdom subtly addresses women. Beyond the battlefield, the Gita tackles interior issues that women are familiar with: striking a balance between selfhood and sacrifice, strength and compassion, and duty and desire. The Gita offers…

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Bhagavad Gita’s Most Powerful Verse for Discipline & Focus

Bhagavad Gita is a sacred text that can gift solace to any struggling soul in this world. For thousands of years, people have been reading Gita to create balance and harmony in their lives, thereby opening the doorway towards Moksha. In fact, Arjuna himself fulfilled his purpose in life by…

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‘Good girl and true hero’: Dog saves injured owner by alerting police and leading them to cabin

The officer knew something was wrong when Gita the 13-year-old rescue dog refused to get in his vehicle

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‘Good girl and true hero’: dog saves owner by leading US officer to her home

Gita, 13, sat down in middle of road in Washington state after owner hurt his leg, fell and couldn’t get up

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Dog Declared a Hero After Leading Police to Her Injured Elderly Owner: 'We Credit Gita for Saving His Life That Day'

Washington dog went out of its way to lead a rescuer to owner who was injured in a remote cabin.

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How a school principal’s ‘speak in English’ directive led to an FIR in MP’s Guna

Most wouldn’t call it a crime to ask a student at an English-medium school to speak in English.

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TV tonight: a rollicking return for the all-female Muslim punk band comedy

Lady Parts head for the recording studio – but new rivals are waiting in the wings. Plus: haunting memories resurface in The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Here’s what to watch this evening

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TV tonight: Sue Perkins hosts a fun new money-challenge show

Double the Money is a bit like The Apprentice, but with more likeable people. Plus: how digital nomads go overseas. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Trinamool takes out protests against Bengal BJP chief for ‘insulting’ Swami Vivekananda

Trinamool Congress youth wing president Sayoni Ghosh led a march in Kolkata where protesters participated with photos of Swami Vivekananda.

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'Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds' – the Bhagavad Gita explained

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Paparoa Track: the challenging road to New Zealand’s 10th great walk

After eight years, two cyclones, a landslide and a pandemic, international hikers are at last lacing up for this remote and spectacular trail

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When Einstein had something to do with Barbie

You can imagine the scene. Robert Oppenheimer, friend of Einstein and father of the atomic bomb expresses his anguish as the test proves successful and the mushroom cloud rises into the air. While he quotes from the Gita, “I have become death, destroyer of worlds”, the audience at the Chattisgarh…

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Oppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses, and the Bhagavad Gita was special for him − but not in the way Christopher Nolan's film depicts it

A scene in the film “Oppenheimer,” in which the physicist is quoting a Bhagavad Gita verse while making love, has upset some Hindus. The information commissioner of the Indian government, Uday Mahurkar, said in an open letter the scene was a “direct assault on religious beliefs of a billion tolerant…

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Gita Press a living faith, no less than a temple, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 7 while attending the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of the Gita Press in Gorakhpur described the publishing house as “not less than any temple” adding the publisher is “guiding humanity” through its work.

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Naresh Kumar, mentor of Paes and many others, passes away at 93

KOLKATA: Indian tennis lost its most loving 'sir' as Naresh Kumar passed away at the age of 93 in the city on Wednesday. He is survived by wife Sunita, son Arjun and two daughters - Gita and Preah.

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Karnataka: Will introduce Gita lessons from next year, says minister BC Nagesh

MYSURU: BC Nagesh, primary and secondary education minister said moral science will be introduced in schools from the next academic year which begins in May, and lessons from Bhagavad Gita and Panchatantra stories will be part of the syllabus.

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Broad alliance of Left, secular, democratic parties must to unseat BJP govt: Yechury

‘Hindu Rashtra’ ideology is the biggest challenge the country is facing, he says

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