Bhagavad Gita

The essence of the Bhagavad Gita: Understanding the significance of sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna Published on 22nd August, 2020, in Economic Times. The Bhagavad Gita informs us that the world is made of two intertwined entities: the material (prakriti) and the spiritual (purusha). The latter is technically not an entity as it cannot be measured. It is what makes us alive. Matter has three qualities (guna): the lucid (sattva), the passionate (rajas) and the sluggish (tamas). Everything in nature displays these three qualities in different proportions. The human mind has decided that the lucid state (sattva-guna) takes us towards spirituality. Unfortunately, the human mind is ..

Published on 27th July, 2018, in The Economic Times. In corporate circles, it’s common to think of the Bhagavad Gita as a motivational speech given by Krishna to Arjun, after which he fights a tough battle and wins the war. This is a half-truth and certainly not the intention of the Bhagavad Gita. Any attempt to use the Bhagavad Gita as a motivational speech for corporate success is flawed as it mis-frames the sacred narrative that exists in a very different context. Krishna is certainly not a cheerleader, motivator or trainer. In the narrative, he is God who is on Earth to establish dharma and ..