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TIMELESS WISDOM
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|November 29, 2025
Ritesh Aswaney
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We pride ourselves on the progress that we've made in the last millennium! Life, as humans knew it, has completely changed. It’s almost ironic, however, that the problems plaguing the human mind have remained the same! Small wonder then that we still resonate with the wisdom that has been encoded in our ancient classics, and the Bhagavad Gita is probably the most complete work available to us today. It deals with everything from the modes of action to the importance of duty to achieving the state of stitha-pragnya. Whilst it was set on the battle of Kurukshetra, modern life is nothing short of a battlefield, with us being pulled in multiple directions with competing priorities. Next week, we celebrate Gita Jayanti, and here are some lessons that we can apply to modern life.
This story is from the November 29, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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