Does Bhagavad Gita teaches,
"How to achieve excellence in work?"
"How to achieve excellence in work?"
YES!
Take the example of Arjuna:
He was well Excelled ,highly qualified ,greatly powerful and very successful warrior.
Still on the battlefield of kurukshetra just before the war he lost all his composure, forgot excellency, power and lost confidence, and it is explained in the holy book Bhagavad Gita 1:46
saïjaya uväca
evam uktvärjunaù saìkhye
rathopastha upäviçat
visåjya sa-çaraà cäpaà
çoka-saàvigna-mänasaù
Translation:
Saïjaya said: Arjuna, having thus spoken on the battlefield, cast aside his bow and arrows and sat down on the chariot, his mind overwhelmed with grief.
Such a great and powerful warrior gave up, sat down and decided not to fight.
Similarly in our lives also we may many times come across many situations, and circumstances where we do not know what to do? and what not to do? or we may even give up.
Now the question is ," how to come out of such conditions of our lives and excel"?
How arjuna regained his confidence and strength?
It is described in the Holy book of Bhagavad Gita:2:7
Arjuna spoke to Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
kärpaëya-doñopahata-svabh
påcchämi tväà dharma-sammüòha-cetäù
yac chreyaù syän niçcitaà brühi tan me
çiñyas te 'haà çädhi mäà tväà prapannam
Translation:
Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.
So Arjuna surrendered to Lord Krishna as a disciple and prepared himself to receive the transcendental knowledge from Him.
This is the first qualification that one must have "surrender to Krishna".
Then Lord Sri Krishna took charge of His devotee and disciple arjuna and gave him transcendental knowledge of Bhagavad Gita.
And after completely hearing Bhagavad Gita Arjuna finally decided:
Bhagavad Gita 18:73
arjuna uväca
nañöo mohaù småtir labdhä
tvat-prasädän mayäcyuta
sthito 'smi gata-sandehaù
kariñye vacanaà tava
Translation:
Arjuna said: My dear Kåñëa, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy. I am now firm and free from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions.
To act according to the direction and knowledge given by lord sri Krishna and ultimately with great efficiency he was able to fight the battle and could defeat all great opponent warriors like Bhishma , drona , karna, etc etc.
So this is the formula for achieving excellency in our work.
surrender unto lord sri krishna, learn Bhagavad Gita from Him , and always keep Him with you in your heart, then you will see that ,by the Grace of Lord
you will overcome all the obstacles , perform very effectively and excel with all successes in all the sphere's of your life.
Now the question is "where is lord KRISHNA?"
Arjuna was fortunate to have Him with him,but what about us?
Therefore lord sri krishna has mercifully agreed to be with us 24 hr a day,simply if we chant His holy names :
hare krishna hare krishna
krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare
Just by chanting above mantra,which is non different from absolute and transcendental personality of lord sri krishna himself, we can keep Him all along with us and fight the battles and merge out victorious from any sphere of our lives .
Therefore please chant this mantra everyday at least 108 times and try to read Bhagavad Gita to receive knowledge from lord sri Krishna, then all our works will be performed efficiently and such excellence in life will bring all success and happiness in life.
Of course we can also depend on our modern skills and talents to perform efficiently and excel, but they are not complete or sufficient to strengthen our soul permanently, maybe we can get some temporary benefit by using and utilizing them , but if we follow in the footsteps of Arjuna then our soul will be permanently strong and stout .
This is the difference between "quick fixes" and "permanent solutions".
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Disclaimer: The Author makes an attempts to answer the questions based on ancient Vedic texts. He do not have any personal intention of criticizing, blaming, insulting, any individual,organization,s
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