The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

Future generations pay this homage to one who, in his own generation, has been extraordinarily religious in his conduct.

one who has performed some extraordinary service of mankind

The idea of a perfect incarnation is an after growth.

Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified; but the picture is imaginary

No knowledge is to be found without seeking, no tranquility without travail, no happiness except through tribulation. Every seeker has, at one time or another, to pass through a conflict of duties, a heart-churning.

Mere knowledge of right and wrong will not make one fit for salvation.

In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place. Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire. Therefore, says the Gita, “Have devotion, and knowledge will follow.”

The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.

Man is not at peace with himself till he has become like unto God. The endeavour to reach this state is the supreme, the only ambition worth having. And this is self-realization. This self-realization is the subject of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.

In Hinduism, incarnation is ascribed to one who has performed some extraordinary service of mankind. All embodied life is in reality an incarnation of God, but it is not usual to consider every living being an incarnation. Future generations pay this homage to one who, in his own generation, has been extraordinarily religious in his conduct.