Gita is the Most Misunderstood! || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Gita does not say that! || Acharya Prashant, with NIT, Trichy (2021)

Transcript

00:00See, the Gita is probably the most misunderstood scripture among the popular ones.

00:07The Gita does not say at all that you must do whatever you do without caring for the result.

00:15Such a thing is not only not said, it is also impossible to execute.

00:22First thing it says is, do not do anything for your personal pleasure or gratification.

00:28And when you do not do something just for your personal pleasure or gratification,

00:34then and only then will you be able to execute it without bothering for the results.

00:42As long as you are doing something for your own benefit, in your own self-interest,

00:49it will be impossible for you to not care for the results.