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BHAGAVAD GITA- The Ultimate Life Guide

The second lesson is how to achieve
balance in life? Our world these days is filled with
There are some days in our lives when we distractions. The phone which we used for studying
can’t solve our problems and we feel stuck and during lockdown is the same phone filled with multiple
we are clueless. Then comes the life guide, the distractions now how to get rid of phone addiction?
saviour of our lives which has answers to all our The Geeta has an answer to this as well. Lord Krishna
questions. - THE BHAGAVAD GITA. The book said, “We think that we are one individual. We are
itself is thousands of years old but still, it is relevant. one consistent personality at all times. But within us,
The question is that what can youngsters learn from we have three distinct qualities Satvik, Rajasik and
it? Tamasik.” Tamasik means those qualities which give
The three ultimate lessons that students us short-term pleasure but this pleasure gets stale very
learn from Gita are really simple to implement in our quickly. Many times we know from within that these
lives. qualities are not good for us in the long time.
The first lesson is how to become
Arjuna in real life. Even in Kurukshetra what happened The second type of quality is rajasik,
with Arjuna was out of his capability because he was these are things that we do for our entertainment.
facing Bhishma and Guru Dronacharya. The third quality is satvik, these are the things
that are difficult for us to do. Waking up very early
The same goes for students who are every morning is difficult, focusing during a boring
preparing for competitive exams like JEE, NEET, lecture is difficult, and completing studies when
CUET, CLAT, UPSC etc. While explaining the an interesting match is going on is
importance of studies, teachers keep drilling the difficult but because we take up
thought that “passing is not that simple” and this these shortterm pains, we get
thought sets very deeply in the student’s mind. Arjun awards in the long term. The
had this crippling feeling as well. Geeta tells us that we need
to divide our habits into
That’s when lord Krishna explained to these three qualities.
him no individual is above knowledge. Knowledge is The first step is
the world’s biggest strength. Dronacharya was Arjun’s identifying yourself.
Guru, he trained Arjun well and gave him knowledge
but Arjuna did not become the world’s best Archer.
Only because of Guru Dronacharya’s teachings
he devoted his life to knowledge. He considered
knowledge to be a journey where people spend their
lives running behind materialistic pleasures. This
pursuit of knowledge made him very capable and for
students, studies are a training ground and knowledge
prepares students for the war called an exam where
we have to not only face the questions on paper but
also fight against all irrational questions. Our mind
has the weapon to fight both these is the same and
that is knowledge of the subject and knowledge of
oneself. The combination of these two will help you
become Arjun.

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