[Xplune13]

No. As with everything else in life, context is important. One can easily just read it and then proceed to justify their doings using it if they either don't know or choose to ignore the context of it.

Whole of Bhagvad Gita was spoken during the Mahabharata War. It contains some overall guidance i.e. it can be applicable to normal day life as well as situational guidance on the context of the going war.

[wolfretcrap]

In mahabharata war countless men died.

It was all justified by someone who goes by name Krishna in ancient text. Krishna origin is questionable as he's not one person throughout his history but fusion of multiple personalities which existed in past.

Krishna could as well be a master manipulator who convinced other's that God and him are actually just one. Many Kings of that time actually did try to become God the prime example was Pondrak who believed he's the real Vasudev. His version couldn't survive because he lost the battle against Krishna.

Mahabharata is not useful to for an average person, reading it will not enlighten you or anything. It's not a guide on how to live your life, it has many flaws, questionable ethics and morality defined in the text, bringing God into it to make beyond contest.

If it had anything of use, India where this religious text is most popular would be epicenter of good behavior, technological advancements, ethics and morality. Is it? No it's far away from it.

Before anyone questions my religion, I am Hindu from north India (Uttarakhand Purohit clan to be specific)

[cscurmudgeon]

1. In the first sentence you talk about the Mahabharata war as it was real.

2. Then you discount Krishna being not real.

Do you see the obvious logical contradiction? Btw, unlike Christianity, Hinduism doesn't rely on Mahabharta being real. So this angle is a common attack from Christians.

Your previous comment:

> 666 is number of the beast. I wonder how many thiest scientists would have refused to work on it if they were to use 666

Why would a non-Christian believe that?

You are probably new to the site and don't know that people can see your past comments.

Your language perfectly mirrors the one used by missionaries in India (studied at one such school but didn't get baptized).

[Xplune13]

India always had one of the biggest economies in the world before Industrial Revolution in the Europe.

Expecting anything to be "epicentre of good behavior" is wrong to begin with because every person is different no matter what any text/information/knowledge the person has access to and ancient India (as that is what we're talking about here) did have stable economies as well as kingdoms. Was it perfect? No, because nothing is.

India had pretty significant technological advancements and all you have to do is Google Search for it.

You have absurd definition of "anything of use". If you want everything to be perfect, then bad luck, there isn't such place to go for you.

[random314]

AFAIK, Krishna was a charioteer in the original mahabharata from 1000BC. Later additions to the story around 400-200BC turned him into a God. The Gita is also a later introduction. How does this gel with Krishna being an amalgamation of multiple personalities, as opposed to a later invention (by Brahmins?) to justify varna vyavastha or other objectives? I have read that Gita was created as a response to Buddhist texts as well.

[kbsspl]

> It's not a guide on how to live your life, it has many flaws, questionable ethics and morality defined in the text, bringing God into it to make beyond contest.

Can you please elaborate.

>Before anyone questions my religion, I am Hindu from north India (Uttarakhand Purohit clan to be specific)

What Vedanta school of interpretation are you talking about.

[la6471]

That’s the greatness of Bhargava’s Gita and Hinduism. You are absolutely entitled to your own opinion and questions. As did Arjuna who pestered Krishna with continuous questions in Bhargava’s Gita. Hinduism , more specifically Santayana Dharma is not based on commandments , it is based on questions and answers.