K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

(K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan).

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

Almost every individual knows about life insurance policies, but often they don’t understand its importance in life.

Once, a group of friends were travelling and they had to cross a wide river. They made a boat and crossed the river.

Term life insurance is a popular form of life insurance policy offering a substantial amount as a death benefit to the policy nominee upon the untimely demise of the policyholder.

K Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K. Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

K. Siva Prasad is an IAS officer and these writings can be accessed at anchor.fm /GitaAcharan and medium.com /@GitaAcharan

The writer is a senior IAS officer in the Punjab Government. This column on spirituality appears every Sunday

The writer is a senior IAS officer in the Punjab Government. This column on spirituality appears every Sunday

Krishna explains about Swa-dharmam (own nature) (2.31-2.37) and advises Arjun that as a Kshatriya he should not hesitate to fight(2.31) as it is his Swa-dharmam.

The writer is a senior IAS officer in the Punjab Government. This column on spirituality appears every Sunday

Krishna says (2:19, 2:20) that Atma neither kills nor is killed and only the ignorant think otherwise. It is unborn, eternal, changeless and ancient.

Krishna tells Arjun (2:25) that this (atma/soul) is said to be unmanifested, inconceivable and unchangeable, once you are aware of this, there is no need to grieve for the physical body.

The positively-oriented describes ‘that’ which is indestructible, eternal, stable and pervades all as ‘complete’ and to which nothing can be added. ‘Creativity’ is a metaphor for it.

Krishna tells Arjun, “There is no time, past, present or future, when you, I and these rulers on the battlefield are not present.”

Dwelling further on Sat (real/permanence) and Asat (unreal/impermanence), Krishna asks us to contemplate on ‘that’ which is indestructible and which pervades all.

Krishna says Sat (reality/permanence) never ceases to be and Asat (unreal/impermanence) has no existence. A Gyani is one who can distinguish between the two.

Krishna says that there is no kartha for any karma . Karma is in fact the result of the interaction among the three Gunas viz. Satva , Rajo and Tama which are a part of Prakriti (nature).

Samatva (equanimity) is a common thread that runs across the Gita. Lord Krishna highlights Samatva bhav, Samatva drishti and Samatva buddhi at various places. Samatva is easy to understand but difficult to internalize.

Prakriti creates three Gunas namely Satva, Rajo and Tamo and these three bind the soul to physical body. Interaction of these three Gunas creates Karma, whereas we think that we are the karta.

If one word could describe the entire Gita it would be ‘ Drishta ‘ (a witness), which appears in many contexts. An understanding of this is important as most of us think ‘we’ do things and control situations.

Arjuna compares the mind to the wind and wants to know as to how to control it, so that it maintains balance. Krishna says that it’s certainly difficult, but it can be achieved through the practice of Vairagya.

The Gita asks us to transcend beyond polarities - Dwandwa-atheeth.

The Gita contains many master keys which have the capacity to open up many doors and bypass hurdles we face in the path of self realisation.

The writer is a senior IAS officer in the Punjab Government. This column on spirituality appears every Sunday

A small change in the trim tab attached to the rudder changes the course of a large ship. Similarly, a nudge to study the Gita can reorient our course in life. Time available due to the current COVID-19 lockdown can be utilised to dive into the Gita.

Term life insurance is the simplest form of insurance that offers financial coverage against a fixed premium for a designated period of time.

The Gita was born in the battlefield  and  the current COVID-19 days are similar to the Kurukshetra battle.  One phrase in the Gita neatly sums it up : nimitta maatra -just being an instrument (in the hands of the Almighty).

The Gita is about what we are. It is like being truthful apart from knowing the truth and that happens when we are centered (space) in the present moment (time).

Just as it is said,”All roads lead to Rome”, all paths given in the Gita lead us to the Inner Self. Some of the paths appear to be in contrast with each other.

The Gita is about what we are. It is like being truthful apart from knowing the truth and that happens when we are centered (space) in the present moment (time).

Bhagavad Gita is a 700 verse conversation between Lord Krishna and Warrior Arjun in the battle field of Kurukshetra.