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What is the message of the Gita for the young? First of all, it exhorts us to action. It derides inaction and encourages us to perform our duties with no hankering for the results. This is something which the modern youth may find difficult to swallow. If there is no interest in results, why should we perform actions at all? Gita answers by saying that action is inevitable and cannot be avoided. Therefore, why should we not make the best out of an unavoidable situation? Is this not what management schools also teach, that an effective manager is one who is able to get the best out of existing situations without waiting for the ideal conditions?
Success in any venture is not due to one's efforts alone. It involves the mutual cooperation of a vast number of people. Unless these people are prepared to pull along together, the venture is not likely to succeed. This is taught in our schools and colleges as part of the syllabus or as an ethical practice. This is precisely what Sri Krishna says in the third chapter when he introduces the concept of yajna (sacrifice). He goes on to elaborate this theme by raising issues about ecology and environment and draws our attention to the social and global responsibi- lities of human beings. These are ideas and concepts which are age-old, but are still important for society. The youth should be made aware of them, so that they may appreciate that scriptures talk about these issues also.
Nothing brings home the evils of modern society like the chapter of the Gita on the divine and the demoniacal qualities of human beings. Some of the statements of Sri Krishna about demoniacal qualities sound as if he had the modern era in his mind. The greed and arrogance of human beings, which may benefit certain individuals in the short run, but may destroy society in the long run, have been described in an idiom which goes straight to one's heart.
Most of the problems the modern youth suffers from are due to lack of discrimination. They simply cannot distinguish between what is pleasurable and what is beneficial. This is the point made by Yama in the Kathopanishad, while praising Nachiketa for choosing the beneficial over the pleasurable. It was Swami Vivekananda's wish that our youth show the same courage and wisdom as Nachiketa, in choosing what is good for them instead of being glamorised by those things that satisfy one for a brief period while leaving behind a greater thirst. This is a lesson for all in a consumerist society, in which wisdom takes the back seat and indiscretion comes to the fore.
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Read the full article at:
http://chennaimath.org <link updated to site home>
From India, Madras
20Below are some excerpts from the article:
Very intrersting and educational
Quote:
What is the message of the Gita for the young? First of all, it exhorts us to action. It derides inaction and encourages us to perform our duties with no hankering for the results. This is something which the modern youth may find difficult to swallow. If there is no interest in results, why should we perform actions at all? Gita answers by saying that action is inevitable and cannot be avoided. Therefore, why should we not make the best out of an unavoidable situation? Is this not what management schools also teach, that an effective manager is one who is able to get the best out of existing situations without waiting for the ideal conditions?
Success in any venture is not due to one's efforts alone. It involves the mutual cooperation of a vast number of people. Unless these people are prepared to pull along together, the venture is not likely to succeed. This is taught in our schools and colleges as part of the syllabus or as an ethical practice. This is precisely what Sri Krishna says in the third chapter when he introduces the concept of yajna (sacrifice). He goes on to elaborate this theme by raising issues about ecology and environment and draws our attention to the social and global responsibi- lities of human beings. These are ideas and concepts which are age-old, but are still important for society. The youth should be made aware of them, so that they may appreciate that scriptures talk about these issues also.
Nothing brings home the evils of modern society like the chapter of the Gita on the divine and the demoniacal qualities of human beings. Some of the statements of Sri Krishna about demoniacal qualities sound as if he had the modern era in his mind. The greed and arrogance of human beings, which may benefit certain individuals in the short run, but may destroy society in the long run, have been described in an idiom which goes straight to one's heart.
Most of the problems the modern youth suffers from are due to lack of discrimination. They simply cannot distinguish between what is pleasurable and what is beneficial. This is the point made by Yama in the Kathopanishad, while praising Nachiketa for choosing the beneficial over the pleasurable. It was Swami Vivekananda's wish that our youth show the same courage and wisdom as Nachiketa, in choosing what is good for them instead of being glamorised by those things that satisfy one for a brief period while leaving behind a greater thirst. This is a lesson for all in a consumerist society, in which wisdom takes the back seat and indiscretion comes to the fore.
Unquote:
Read the full article at:
http://chennaimath.org <link updated to site home>
From India, Madras
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