Legendary Non-Indian People from Around the World Who were Inspired by Bhagavad Gita

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Famous people inspired by Bhagavad Gita
No work of Indian literature has ever been revered as much as the sacred Bhagavada Gita; which not only continues to inspire Indians even today, but also remains admirable even to this day in the western countries.

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Famous people inspired by Bhagavad Gita
Over the years, these words of wisdom from within Bhagavada Gita has offered humans some respite
from restlessness, complications and unhappiness; helping them sail into the light of calmness.

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Famous people inspired by Bhagavad Gita
The practical teachings mentioned in Bhagavada Gita has a message for every human; in fact it is believed that an individual can seek answers to almost every question about Universe, his/her Past, Present and Future, in this holy book.

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Famous people inspired by Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavada Gita is not just an old, religious, teaching manuscript specifically focusing on Hindu religion, but something that goes beyond defining the boundaries of religion and race; promising to share the divine wisdom with all who seek.

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Famous people inspired by Bhagavad Gita
The sacred book addresses humans for all times, to help humans face and solve the problems of birth and death, of pain, suffering, fear, bondage, love and hate; liberating them to break all limiting factors and achieving inner peace.

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Famous people inspired by Bhagavad Gita
Legendary people from India including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, have imbibed the wisdom-rich nectar from Bhagvada Gita, but you will be surprised to know about these 8 Non-Indians who were deeply inspired by it…

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Sunita Williams
“Those are spiritual things to reflect upon yourself, life, world around you and see things other way, I thought it was quite appropriate." – On taking Bhagavada Gita into space.

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Albert Einstein
“When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.” - Though it has been not proved with written facts that Mr. Einstein ever commented about Bhagvada Gita.

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Annie Besant
"That the spiritual man need not be a recluse, that union with the divine Life may be achieved and maintained in the midst of worldly affairs, that the obstacles to that union lie not outside us but within us- such is the central lesson of the Bhagavad-Gītā.”

Hermann Hesse 10/19
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Hermann Hesse
“The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life’s wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.”

Dr. Albert Schweitzer 11/19
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Dr. Albert Schweitzer
“The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.”

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Carl Jung
“The idea that man is like unto an inverted tree seems to have been current in by gone ages. The link with Vedic conceptions is provided by Plato in his Timaeus in which it states…” behold we are not an earthly but a heavenly plant.” This correlation can be discerned by what Krishna expresses in chapter 15 of Bhagavad-Gita.”

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Aldous Huxley
“The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.”

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Rudolph Steiner
“In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.”

Henry David Thoreau 16/19
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Henry David Thoreau
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial.”

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Famous Indians quote Bhagavada Gita
Read ahead to know how deeply the following Indians were inspired by this sacred book of Hinduism and how they took in its teaching in their lives..

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Mahatama Gandhi
"When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day."

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Jawaharlal Nehru
“The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.”