~🧔🏻‍♂️ Want to meet Acharya Prashant? Be a part of the Live Sessions: https://acharyaprashant.org/hi/enquiry-gita?cmId=m00051 📚 Want to read Acharya Prashant's Books? Get Free Delivery: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/books?cmId=m00051 📝 Read 3 handpicked wisdom articles, just for you: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles?cmId=m00051 ~~~~~ Video Information: 25.03.2023, Greater Noida Title: Why Did Shri Krishna Speak the Bhagavad Gita? || Acharya Prashant, Janmashtami Special Description: In this video, Acharya Ji discusses the first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita and explores Arjun’s mental state, dilemmas, fears, attachments, and deeply rooted prejudices. Acharya Ji explains that the real purpose of the Gita is to liberate the ego from ignorance and guide it towards truth, self-knowledge, and freedom. Through Arjun’s arguments, the video examines regressive traditions, casteism, superstition, blind rituals, social conditioning, and discrimination against women. This video is especially important to watch in the context of Janmashtami because it helps us understand the deeper purpose of Shri Krishna’s message in the Bhagavad Gita - not merely as a religious story, but as a teaching that challenges ignorance and leads us towards truth and self-knowledge. Context: ~ Why did Shri Krishna have to speak the Bhagavad Gita? ~ What should one learn from Arjun? ~ What was Shri Krishna trying to change in Arjun? ~ Why did Shri Krishna challenge Arjun’s beliefs? ~What does Shri Krishna teach us about truth and ignorance? ~Why does Shri Krishna want Arjun to fight? ~What does Shri Krishna’s message mean for us even today? Music Credits: Milind Date ~~~~~