Delivering a strong remark on spirituality, national identity, and Indian civilisation, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said, “One should read the Gita in its original form and understand it deeply—then everything becomes clear. A special quality of the Gita is that every time you reflect on it, you discover something new, something relevant to your current situation,”
“Those days of glory are gone, and the days of invasion are also over. We have to fight to protect the religion. Peace in the world can only be established through Bhagavad Gita,” he said.
Highlighting the texts of the scriptures, he said that God Krishna teaches a person not to run away from problems but to stand firmly in front of it and face it, and the society is struggling with “a lack of morality, peace, and contentment,”
“Bharat’s life traditions once brought peace and harmony to the world,” he added.
Talking about the history of India, the RSS chief claimed that the nation in the past had been a “vishwaguru” but invasions expanding to centuries have vandalised temples, forced conversions, and moved the country into subjugation.
“If we live the Gita, our lives will change, society will change and India will move towards becoming a ‘Vishwaguru’ again,” he said.
“Our country was the Vishwaguru (world leader). However, India faced invasions and conversions later. We must not worry about ourselves now but about religion. We must leave aside concerns about profit, loss, fame, or infamy, and continue to perform our duties for the country and religion,” he added.
“Those days of invasion are gone. Now we’ve hoisted the flag over the Ram Temple,” he said.”
“Today the world is lost, exhausted and directionless despite material progress. There is wealth and comfort, but no peace,” the RSS chief said.
He further urged citizens to embrace dharma, service, and sacrifice. “The essence of all traditions and knowledge of the world has been given by Bhagwan Vyas in 700 shlokas of the Gita,” he said while calling India a , “Hindu society and a Hindu Rashtra,”
“The kind of wars fought 1,000 years ago are happening even today. Crimes and greed remain the same,” he added.
Tributing the freedom fighters , he said that heroes like the martyrs of 1857 and Chandrashekhar Azad’s sacrifices linger to inspire generations.
“They did not see victory in their lifetime, but their lives light our path even today,” he added.
“The kinds of wars fought a thousand years ago are still happening today. Crimes and greed remain the same,” he said.
