Rituals Before Reading Gita || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Reading the Bhagavad Gita: What You Need to Know || Acharya Prashant, NIT-Trichy (2024)

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00:00What things we should keep in mind before reading Bhagavad Gita?

00:03Like many people said we should wash hands, take bath and all this.

00:07So what rituals we should follow?

00:09You are asking what should one keep in mind while going to the Gita?

00:12That's like asking what kind of rubbish should I carry before entering the bath?

00:18Gita is so that whatever you carry in your mind can be washed away.

00:21Why do you want to keep something in mind before coming to the Gita?

00:24Whatever you have in mind, is that bigger than the Gita?

00:27Should I clean my hands before going to the Gita?

00:30Cleaning is something that Gita will tell you.

00:32The very definition of cleaning will come from the Gita.

00:35How do you know what cleaning means?

00:37There has to be love. Go to the Gita.

00:39It is the Gita that will tell you how to approach the Gita.

00:42You cannot be bigger than the Gita, right?

00:44So what does cleanliness mean?

00:46What does obedience mean?

00:48What does purity mean?

00:49What does loyalty mean?

00:51All these things will be taught to you by the Gita itself.

00:54Go to the Gita as you are.

00:56Like a little naked kid goes to the mother.

00:59But what does the Gita itself?

01:00Do not do the things belong to photographs here?

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01:02To the screen comecek's name.

01:04The present is wh sorting.

01:05This one carpet is a redeemed.

01:07This one braucht a Askable Commission,

01:09And we have noเข sample.

01:11So it does not need any authorization.

01:12How does it apply to those things?