‘Bhagavad Gita is a way of life’

The Bhagavad Gita can be a source of inspiration for GenX, who feel stress and stain in day to day life, says scholar and ‘sahasravadhani’ Garikapati Narasimha Rao.

Recently, he was in the city to address a meeting organised to commemorate Kavisamrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana.

Speaking to

The Hindu , Mr. Narasimha Rao said that the Bhagavad Gita was not a Vedanta but a way of life. “The Gita tells us not to mortgage the present commitment to an uncertain future. But, the youth was more concerned about their future. Neither they should spend time on thinking on past. The Gita asks to discharge duties assigned to you. Unless you stop pondering over future, success will not come to you.”

Under the pretext of secularism, the system has been taken to task. The present education system is also needs to be revamped totally. The system drives the children to be topper. But cultural, moral and leadership values were thrown to wind.

“What will a child learn from life of a cricketer who hasn’t paid tax for his car? Mere being a star batsman doesn’t suffice,” he asserts.

The child should take inspiration from lives of Arjuna, Krishna and Bhagat Singh or Alluri Sitararamaraju.

One can learn simplicity from life of Potana. Read biographical sketch of great poet penned by Vanamamali Varadachari. “Where is the need to gift a motorcycle to a 10 standard student?” he asks.

The Gita also teaches on management of time. It was a systematic way of doing all activities in any field of human effort.

The management has become a part and parcel in everyday life, be it at home or at office. “Lot of preparation and planning goes on previous day before I address a meeting even today. Every half-an-hour is divided and planned”, he says.

‘Bhagavad Gita is a way of life’

Garikapati Narasimha Rao says moral, cultural and leadership values are thrown to winds in the present education system