Bhagavad Gita is the solution to the major problems in our lives.

It marks the biggest elephant in the room, which is that everyone who takes birth dies. It’s not that Bhagavad has a magic spell that makes you immortal, it has knowledge that explains you are already immortal and various processes to realize this.

It also provides essential knowledge about the material world. Suffering is caused by ignorance. Hardly one in ten million people can tell us why we suffer. It is taken for granted that it’s a part of life, so don’t worry, tough out the hard times, and enjoy the good moments when the pressure is off. That’s a very mediocre solution. It may work for the not so inquisitive, or the not so adventurous, or the not so intelligent people, but it’s hardly ideal. It’s basically the level that animals function on.

Those extra few chromosomes that make the distinction between a human body and an animal body are what allows a human being to inquire beyond what is right in front of our faces and contemplate where the universe came from and what lies beyond it. It’s understood that no one knows this when they are born, but that’s not a reason to not know it when we die. Human life is an opportunity to find out. The quickest and simplest way to find out is to study what the creator of the universe Himself says. If anyone knows, He does, and in Bhagavad Gita, The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna supplies all the answers a person needs.

He explains what the origin of everything is. This is called the Absolute Truth or the First Cause - that from which everything and everyone is manifest.(1)

He explains who we are, since we are not our ever-changing body. (2)

He explains the nature of the material world and how it works. (3)

He explains our relationship with the Absolute Truth and how to interact with Him. (4)

If we know these things we have practical knowledge upon which we can act which will bring us peace, and from that peacefulness real happiness will arise. It’s what the human form of life is meant for. Acting like an animal is all right for animals, they have no conscience and no laws, no morals or ethics, they live simply by the dictates of material nature. But a human being can go far above that. He can raise himself up from the control of material nature and taste something better than sexual attraction and mundane love.

The Simple Truth is Krishna, we are spiritual sparks, part and parcel of Him, connected with Him as His eternal servants in a mood of loving devotion. We don’t belong in the material world, we associate with Krishna in His spiritual world. Bhakti yoga is the best way to realize this.