In plain words
But the eyes are unable to see the eyes. It is this Bhagavad Gītā that roots out such blindness, bestows divinity and, by grace, makes us experience Ānanda.
‘To stand as oneself is the essence of the Bhagavad Gītā’
Today the propagation and preaching of the Bhagavad Gītā have grown widely. Jñāna-yajñas of many kinds, and saptāhas of the Bhagavad Gītā too, are being held widely. But little by little these are throwing man, already full of delusions, into still more delusions, and bringing people to ruin. The reason is this: they do not teach the reality that lies in the sacred essence of the Gītā. Learning ślokas by heart, carrying on recitations, chanting: they are going through all this merely like a gramophone record. This is not the right way. We must clearly recognise the sacred saying that is in the Gītā. Kṛṣṇa Himself said that He taught keeping Arjuna as a mere instrument. ‘Nimitta mātraṃ bhava savyasāci’, He said. “O Savyasāci! I have taken you as a mere instrument. This Bhagavad Gītā is not for you alone; it belongs to the whole world. I am present in all beings as the Ātma. You are not one thing and I another. Because you are bound up with attachment and hatred, you cannot see the real svarūpa. Just because the sun, covered by clouds, is not visible to us, we must not think there is no sun. Just because you cannot recognise Satya, it is not at all right for you to argue that Satya does not exist,” He taught. If a man recognises himself, he himself becomes Brahman. To stand as oneself: that is the essence of the Bhagavad Gītā. We must not make the division, 'I am a jīva, Kṛṣṇa is God'. Fears and delusions come upon us in this very separateness. We must understand the principle by which we make this into oneness. It is simply a charter of Dharma.