MP Govt Introduces Bhagavad Gita in Colleges

MP Govt Introduces Bhagavad Gita in Colleges

The Madhya Pradesh government plans to launch the Bhagwad Gita as a preferred course for second-year students in 1,360 colleges from the following academic year, officials said.

National Minister of Higher Education, Mohan Yadav said the move was aimed at improving the quality of life and the moral fabric of students. “The purpose ... is to help students understand the values of life. According to the new education policy, students should have access to modern education and know the rich history of India.

Gita and Ramayana are not just religious books, they teach us the values of life. Yadav said that as part of the Bhagavad Gita nomination course, students will be taught "the values of health, health management and how to live a life without fear".

Other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruling provinces such as Gujarat and Karnataka have already announced plans to launch the Bhagwad Gita as part of the study. According to the syllabus committee of the Department of Higher Education in Madhya Pradesh, the study will also include examples of prominent people like Annie Besant who follow the teachings of the Gita and cultivate it in their lives.

He added that the story does not contain verses and their versions alone. "This course is designed to enable students to develop mentally." The government is also planning to present the writings of the philosopher Chanakya as a preferred course for third-year college students.

In 2021, it introduced Sri Ramacharithamanas, a 16th-century devotional poet, a historical poem describing the story of God and the Sanskrit Karmakand Vidhan (methods of making mantras and pujas) as optional lessons for first-year students.

According to official sources, in 1,360 colleges, only 97 students chose Sri Ramacharitmanas and five chose the Sanskrit method. "The students chose Ramacharitmanas because they read the book and chose only the best points," said a college teacher, who asked not to be named. Bhoj Open University, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, and Vikram University in the province also offer courses in Jainism, Veda, Ramayana, and Mahabharata.

At Bhoj Open University in Bhopal, only 100 students have registered for a one-year diploma in Ramayana. Scholar Lokesh Multi Prakash argues that the inclusion of religious literature contributes to deep thinking. "A book cannot be read from a single point of view ... Religious books can only be considered well. Criticism is difficult and therefore lessons that bring limitations to critical thinking can be problematic.

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the oldest sacred Hindu texts and philosophies related to knowledge. Written over 2,000 years ago, it has been translated into more than 100 languages and has fascinated Western philosophers since the 18th century. The 700-verse poem is part of the great history of the Mahabharata, describing the events of the ancient war at Kurukshetra near modern-day Delhi, India.

The text of the Bhagavad Gita relates to a conversation that took place between the Hindu god Lord Krishna and a prince named Arjuna. If there are close friends or family members on the opposing side, they will discuss whether the soldier should go to war for the sake of justice and work (or "beauty").

This text played a vital role in laying the foundations of Hinduism. Among other things, the philosophy of karma (the spiritual principle of cause and effect) began here. Scholars also regard the Bhagavad Gita as a book on psychology, administration, leadership, and conflict resolution.

In addition, the model showed how the overall polarity of emotions changes (from bad to good) during a conversation between Arjuna and Lord Krishna. Arjuna was initially pessimistic and hoped that King Krishna would give him knowledge of Hindu philosophy.

The sentiments expressed by Krishna show that with the help of philosophical excellence and direction, the anxious mind can find clarity to make the right decisions in times of conflict. Another limitation of our model is that it is trained with data from Twitter, so it sees "joking" as a normal feeling.

This misuses this label in certain parts of the Bhagavad Gita. The jokes are complex and culturally forced and it takes a lot of understanding to ask our model at this stage.

Due to the nature of the Sanskrit language, the Bhagavad Gita is a rhythmic song with different days of translation, different translators use different words to describe the same ideas.