Oppenheimer and the Gita (2014)

Bhagavad Gita is a deep scripture about yogic teachings.

The premise of the story is a war between a family fighting for dominance.

Arjuna is one of the greatest archer at the time and he was fighting against one side of his family.

Both side sought out Lord Krishna for help for their cause. Lord Krishna gave each a choice - His army or Him as a guide.

Arjuna chose Him as a guide and majority of the book is about the dialog between them.

The scripture is deeply allegorical and metaphorical. Bayasa, the author, wrote it as a guide to live one's life (Self-Realization).

The war is actually talking about the "war" every human being is fighting inside themselves. The "good" versus the "bad" or virtues versus vices. That's the whole reason why we suffer. It's all an inner journey :)

I'd highly recommend reading The Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda as his Master and other great saints explain more about it than I can.

I've been fascinated by Sanskrit because some of the words sound so much like old english/germanic. There need to be more study done on indian languages because there have just soo many of them and every region has their own dialects. It's as if the tower of babel incident happened over there.

Hinduism and ancient vedas is more of like a open source religion. So called guru's have created various meditation techniques using its knowledge and now selling it to the world. Damn i wish someone can decode it using AI and create an AI meditation guru.

Yes. Lord Krishna said that to Arjuna that you might fight because it's your "duty". The death blow Arjuna deals to one of his enemy is that that enemy's "karma". Arjuna is merely an instrument/tool of God/Lord Krishna. That enemy is already "dead" whether by Arjuna's hands or another's.

That's why Lord Krishna said to Arjuna "Whatever you do, do unto Me." You're not the "doer", the "Doer" is Creation/God/shaki/energy/consciousness that's flowing within your body powering it through power of will.

I wouldn't say "society" has assigned to you but more like what Life is has placed.

"Why were you were at that exact time and place?"

"Why did you encounter every single moment at that time and/or place?"

"Why have you met the people you have throughout your life?"

Cause-Effect (Karma)

Even non-action is action which has its effect. That's why Lord Krishna chastised Arjuna for not fighting(non-action) because his ego didn't want to fight.

The Gita is a triumph of Indian literature. Intriguingly, Gandhi held the Gita in great esteem and interpreted the warfare it depicts as fundamentally spiritual.