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{{hatnote|This article is on influence of Bhagavad Gita, see main article [[Bhagavad Gita]]}} |
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'''Influence of [[Bhagavad Gita]]''' has not been limited to a single period in history or a single country in the world.<ref name="Influence of the Bhagavad-Gita">{{cite web|url=http://newbhagavadgita.blogspot.in/2009/12/influence-of-bhagavad-gita.html|title=Influence of the Bhagavad-Gita|publisher=http://newbhagavadgita.blogspot.in/2009/12/influence-of-bhagavad-gita.html|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> The book has been highly praised numerous times not only by [[India]]ns but also people like [[Aldous Huxley]], [[Henry David Thoreau]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[Carl Jung]], and [[Herman Hesse]] etc.<ref>[http://www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/Hijiya.pdf] "The |
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Gita of J. Robert Oppenheimer" by JAMES A. HIJIYA, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (PDF file)</ref><ref name="bansi">{{Citation|last=Pandit|first=Bansi |title=Explore Hinduism|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hume|first=Robert Ernest |title=The world's living religions|year=1959|page=29}}</ref> The main source of the doctrine of Karma Yoga is obviously Bhagavad Gita. Dr. Albert Schweitzer found in Gita "a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions."<ref name="A Book Referred to by the Greatest Minds">{{cite web|title=A Book Referred to by the Greatest Minds|url=http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/75083-a-book-referred-to-by-the-greatest-minds|publisher=http://www.goodreads.com/|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref> |
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==Famous reflections== |
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===Indian=== |
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;Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
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The Bhagavad Gita's emphasis on selfless service was a prime source of inspiration for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi told-"When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day".<ref name="Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita US">{{cite web|title=Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita|url=http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/articles/662/1/Famous-Reflections-on-the-Bhagavad-Gita/Page1.html|publisher=http://www.bhagavad-gita.us|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref> |
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;Sri Aurobindo |
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According to [[Sri Aurobindo]], the "Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization."<ref name="Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita US" /> |
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;Swami Vivekananda |
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Swami Vivekananda evinced much interest in Bhagavad Gita. It is said, Bhagavad Gita was one of his two most favourite books (another one was "[[The Imitation of Christ]]"). In 1888-1893 when Vivekananda was travelling all over India as a wandering monk, he kept only two books with him - Gita and Imitation of Christ.<ref name="Self-Control, the Key to Self-Realisation">{{cite web|title=Self-Control, the Key to Self-Realisation|url=http://www.eng.vedanta.ru/library/gokulananda/self-control_the_key_to_self_realization.php|publisher=http://www.eng.vedanta.ru/|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref> |
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===Non-Indian=== |
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;Aldous Huxley |
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[[Aldous Huxley]], the English writer found Gita "the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind.", He also felt, Gita is "one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity."<ref name="Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita US"/> |
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;J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], American physicist and director of the [[Manhattan Project]], learned [[Sanskrit]] in 1933 and read the Bhagavad Gita in the original, citing it later as one of the most influential books to shape his philosophy of life. Upon witnessing the world's [[Trinity (nuclear test)|first nuclear test]] in 1945, he later said he had thought of the quotation "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds", verse 32 from Chapter 11 of the Bhagavad Gita.<ref>James A. Hijiya, "The ''Gita'' of Robert Oppenheimer" ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'', 144, no. 2 (Retrieved on 27 February 2011). [http://www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/Hijiya.pdf]</ref><ref>See [[Robert_Oppenheimer#Trinity]] for other refs</ref> |
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;Herman Hesse |
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[[Herman Hesse]] felt, "the marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion."<ref name="Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita US"/> |
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==Reference== |
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[[Category:Krishna]] |
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