The Awakening of Krishna Consciousness

The Awakening of Krishna Consciousness

Author Name : Dr. Ritu Yadav

The Bhagavad Gita is based on sermons of Lord Krishna to Arjun on the battlefield when Arjun is reluctant to fight the Kauravas. Lord Krishna by means of spiritual teachings is able to persuade Arjun to fight. He informs Arjun who was unwilling to kill his cousins on the battlefield that as a person discards his old garments for new ones in the same way the Soul discards the old body for a new body and the Soul uses the body only as a vehicle. There is no harm in killing as only the material body dies, the soul, which is eternal, reincarnates in a new body. He says that by nature, the duty of all human beings is to be happy so that he attains liberation from the cycle of birth and death and attains salvation. He further told Arjun that every person is born to experience pain, suffering and misery during his life time and after death, he is again born and this vicious cycle continues till he is finally able to Awaken or becomes realized and thereby attains stillness and peace of mind, and finally accepts his true self and becomes happy and joyful which ultimately leads to Moksha. This final stage is very difficult to realise and this final stage is achieved by undertaking infinite cycle of birth and death and thereby undergoing misery, suffering and pain.