Introduction to this Blog and Bhagavad Gita

Dear Reader I am Dayanand Menashi. I am a Software Engineer, the Logical part of me was always curious in trying to understand the Logic behind each verse of this great Text Book Bhagavad Gita and co-relate with our lives. Based on my reading , I have found that Bhagavad Gita can provide answers to many of our basic questions of life like 1.Why are we in this World? 2.What is our Duty in this World? Through this Blog I want to connect the verses to the basic life questions that it tries to answer. What is Bhagavd Gita? It is a Holy Text Book of Hindus (Just like Bible is for Christians and Quran is for Muslims). It has 18 chapters and 700 verses. It is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Lord Krishna. Facing the duty as a warrior to fight the Dharma Yudhha or righteous war between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is counselled by Lord Krishna to "fulfill his Kshatriya (warrior) duty as a warrior and establish Dharma. In this appeal to kshatriya dharma (chivalry) "a dialogue between diverging attitudes concerning methods toward the attainment of liberation (moksha). The Bhagavad Gita's call for selfless action inspired many leaders of the Indian independence movement including Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi referred to the Gita as his "spiritual dictionary". Who wrote Bhagavsd Gita and When? The Verses were originally written by the Sage Vyasa. Theories on the date of composition of the Gita vary considerably. Scholars accept dates from the fifth century to the second century BCE as the probable range. Professor Jeaneane Fowler, in her commentary on the Gita, considers second century BCE to be the likely date of composition. Kashi Nath Upadhyaya, a Gita scholar, on the basis of the estimated dates of Mahabharata, Brahma sutras, and other independent sources, concludes that the Bhagavad Gita was composed in the fifth or fourth century BCE. Each Blog Post will be dedicated to a Chapter where we would analyze its verses and understand what questions it answers. Hope you find this Blog Useful. If you have any questions then please email me at d_menashi at yahoo dot com.