1. EVERY ONE, CHILDREN OF GOD: “The immortal soul in the body is a part of mine and it is HE who draws the five senses and the sixth the mind that dwell in nature.” All human beings are children of God.15/7
2. PURPOSE OF THE HUMAN BODY: ‘It hardly needs saying that since pious Brahmin and royal sages (rajarshi) attain to salvation, you should also renounce this miserable, ephemeral, mortal body and always engage in my worship.”
“Although devoid of money and comforts, yet rare to gain, while you are in the human body worship me. The right for such worship is granted to all those in a human body.”9/33
3. ONLY TWO CASTES IN HUMAN BEINGS: “There are in the world, O’ Parth, two kinds of beings, the pious, on whom I have already dwelt at length, and the devilish of whom you will now hear from me. There are only two types of human beings, the ’Deva’ (divine) of whom the heart is dominated by the noble traits, and the ’Asura’ (devil) whose evil traits dominate the hearts. In this entire creation, there are no other types of human beings.16/6
4. FULFILMENTS OF EVERY DESIRETHROUGH GOD: “Men who do pious deeds enjoined by the three Vedas, who have tasted nectar and freed themselves from sin, and who wish for heavenly existence through worshipping me by Yagya, go to heaven (Indralok), and enjoy godly pleasures as a reward for their virtuous acts.” 9/20
‘Through worshipping me, people aspire to reach the heaven and I grant it to them’. Therefore, everything can be easily attained through the grace of Supreme Being.’
5. ELIMINATION OF EVERY SIN BY TAKINGREFUGE IN THE SUPREME BEING: “Even if you are the most heinous sinner, the ark of knowledge will carry you safely across all evils.” Even the worst of all sinners can undoubtedly gain access to the Supreme Being by using the boat of wisdom. 4/36
6. KNOWLEDGE: “Constantly resting is the awareness that is called adhyatmya and perception of the Supreme spirit who is the end of realization of truth are all knowledge and whatever is contrary to them is ignorance. Dedication to the wisdom of the supreme soul, and the direct perception of Eternal Wisdom, which is the manifestation of the Supreme Soul, constitute the components of the real wisdom. Any thing, other than these is ignorance. Thus direct perception of God is wisdom." 13/11
7. EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO WORSHIP: “Even if a man of the most depraved conduct worships me incessantly, he is worthy of being regarded as a saint because he is a man of true resolve. Thus he shortly becomes pious and achieves eternal peace, and so, O Son of Kunti, you should know beyond any doubt that my worshipper is never destroyed.”
‘A great sinner even, if worships ME with one pointedness and single mindedness shall be transformed into a noble soul and shall attain the everlasting peace within’. Therefore, a noble soul is the one who has dedicated himself to the Supreme Being. 9/30-31
8. EVERLASTING SEED IN DIVINE PATH: “Since selfless action neither wears out the seed from which it sprang nor has any adverse consequence, even a partial observance of this dharm liberates (one) from the dire terror (of repeated birth and death).”
Even a small amount of action performed with a goal of self realization shall elevate the seeker from the terrible fear of birth and death cycles.
9. THE ABODE OFTHE SUPREME BEING: “Propelling all living things that best ride a body which is but a contrivance by his maya, O Arjun, God abides in the hearts of all beings. Seek refuge with all your heart, O Bharat, in that God by whose grace you will attain to repose and the everlasting, ultimate bliss.”
God resides within the heart of every living being. Therefore, one must surrender himself totally to this Supreme Being with complete detachment. Through His compassion, one shall attain the ultimate bliss.2/40
10. YAGYA: “Yet other Yogis offer the functions of their senses and operations of their life breaths to the fire of Yog (self control) kindled by knowledge. As some offer their exhalation to inhalation, others offer their inhaled breath to the exhaled breath, while yet others practise serenity of breath by regulating their incoming and outgoing breath.” 18/61-62
The entire activities of the sense organs and mental turmoils are offered as oblations to the soul that is illuminated by wisdom, into the fire of yog. Meditators, on the self, sacrifice the vital air to apan and similarly apan to pran. Going even higher than this, a Yogi restrain all life forces and take refuge in the regulation of breath (pranayam). The procedure of such practices is Yagya. To perform this action is “ORDAINED ACTION” i.e. Karm. 4/27, 29
11. PERFORMER OF YAGYA: “O the best of Kuru, the yog is who have tasted the nectar flowing from Yagya attain to the eternal Supreme God, but how can the next life of men bereft of Yagya be happy, when even their life in this world is miserable?”
For the men, who do not possess the attitude of yagya, it is very difficult to obtain human form in the transmigratory existence. Therefore, everyone, in a human body is entitled to perform Worshipful Meditation (Yagya).
12. GOD CAN BE SEEN: "O Arjun. mighty armed one, a worshipper can know this form of mine directly, acquire its essence, and even become one with it by a total and unswearing dedication."It is easy to see Him face to face, know Him and even gain entry into Him through intense devotion.
"Only a seer, views the soul as a marvel, another one describes him as a marvel, and yet another hears him as a marvel, while there are some who hear him and yet know Him not.
An enlightened sage could see this SOUL as a rare wonder. This is direct perception.4/31
13. SOUL IS ETERNAL AND TRUE: "The self, which cannot be pierced or burnt or made wet or faded, is uninterrupted, all pervasive, constant, immovable and eternal"
Soul alone is true. Soul alone is eternal.11/54
14. CREATOR AND HIS CREATIONS ARE MORTAL: "All the worlds from Brahmlok downwards are, O Arjun, of are current character, but, O son of Kunti, the soul which realizes me is not born again." 2/29
Brahma (the creator) and his creations, dev and demons are full of grief, momentary and mortal.2/24
15. WORSHIP OF OTHER GODS: Driven by the properties of their nature, they who fall from knowledge desire worldly pleasures and in imitation of the prevailing customs, worship other gods instead of one single God."
Those whose intellect has been robbed through enjoyment of worldly comforts, such foolish persons tend to worship other gods than the Supreme Being."8/16
"Although even covetous devotees indeed worship me in worshipping other gods, their worship is against the ordained provisions and therefore enveloped by ignorance. "Those who worship other gods, are worshipping Supreme Being under influence of ignorance and their efforts go in vain.
"Mark you that they who undergo terrible self mortification without spiritual sanction and are afflicted with hypocrisy and arrogance besides lust, attachment, and vanity of power and who wear out not only the elements that constitute their bodies but also me who dwells in their souls are ignorant men with evil disposition."Even people with virtuousness tend to worship other gods. However, you must know that such persons too are devilish in nature.7/20
16. THE IGNOBLE: Those who, after forsaking the prescribed way of performing Yagya, but adopt ways without scriptual sanction, are cruel, sinful and ignoble among the human being.
17. ORDAINED PROCEDURES: "He who departs from the body intoning OM, which is GOD in word, and remembering me, attains to salvation."The intoning of OM, which is the synonym for eternal Brahm, remembering only the sole Supreme Being and worshipful meditation is guidance of enlightened sage.17/5-6
18. SCRIPTURE: "I have thus instructed you, the sinless, in the most subtle of all knowledge because, Bharat, by knowing its essence a man gains wisdom and accomplishes all his tasks."
GEETA IS SCRIPTURE - "So scripture is the authority on what ought and ought not to be done, and having learnt that you have the ability to act according to the provisions laid down by the scripture."
Scripture is only a base to take perfect decision in case of performance or avoidance of DUTY. Hence one should act as per prescribed task elaborated in GEETA.8/13
19. DHARM: "Grieve not, for I shall free you from all sins if you abandon all other obligations (dharm) and seek refuge in me alone."15/20
After giving up all the confusing ups and downs, and interpretations (he who shall take refuge in ME, means who shall completely surrender to the sole Supreme Being), the ordained action to achieve ultimate bliss is the real conduct of DHARMA (2/40) and even if man of the most depraved conduct if performs, is worthy of being regarded as a Saint (9/30).(16/24)
20. PLACE OF ATTAINMENT: "For I am the one in whom the eternal GOD, immortal life, the imperishable Dharm, and the ultimate bliss all abide."
'He is the dwelling of immortal GOD, of everlasting life, of eternal DHARM and of the unblemished pure joy of attaining the Supreme goal'. In other words, a GOD-oriented saint, an enlightened GURU is this bliss, personified.18/66
(THE TRUE ESSENCE OF ALL THE RELIGIONS IN WORLD ARE ECHOS OF GEETA)