Influence of the Bhagavad Gita to the West, Schopenhauer
The teachings of the Bhagavad Gita has more and more influence influence to the West: Wagner, Einstein...
Realization of the Gita Course
Influence of the Bhagavad Gita to the West
- The globalization of yoga
- From Arthur Schopenhauer to TS Elliot
- Influence on Wagner
- Western personalities converted to Hinduism
Influence of the Bhagavad Gita to the West
Influencia Bhagavad Gita in Occidente 
Influência Bagavadeguitá no Ocidente.
This part will focus on assessing the influence of the Bhagavad Gita in the West. The global expansion of yoga will be studied, the influence of the Bhagavad Gita on important figures such as Arthur Schopenhauer, Henry David Thoreau, Albert Einstein, TS Elliot, Richard Wagner or Carl Jung.
The teachings of the Bhagavad Gita are increasingly influential to the West. Since the 19th century, the West began to take an interest in the East, particularly in Indian and Chinese culture.
Perhaps the most prominent figure to the West influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism was the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who reflected on the importance of the Upanishads in Western culture, equating it with the Greek legacy.
«The Upanishads are the product of the highest human wisdom.. I presume that the influence of Sanskrit literature will have no less impact than the renaissance of Greek literature in the 15th century.» Arthur Schopenhauer.
The current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a giant inauguration of the Bhagavad Gita (670 pages and weighing 800 kg) at the temple of the International Society for Sri Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Delhi cited precisely these reflections by Arthur Schopenhauer.
In Tristan and Isolde (“the most beautiful love poem ever written”, according to Thomas Mann) and in Richard Wagner's Parsifal, the influences of Schopenhauer, Buddhism and Hinduism can be observed through the Bhagavad Gita.
«How it shines with increasing light, how it rises surrounded by stars! Am I the only one who hears that voice? In the fluctuating torrent, in the harmonious resonance, in the infinite breath of the Universal Soul, in the Great Everything.. Lose yourself, immerse yourself, without consciousness. Supreme Delight!.» Isolde Liebestod, Tristan and Isolde, Richard Wagner.
«This is the state, O Arjuna, the man who rests in Brahman; having attained it, he is not deceived. He who remains in this state, even at the hour of death, unites with Brahman» Bhagavad Gita 2-72 (Yoga Knowledge).
Influence of the Bhagavad Gita on Wagner:
«All religions are branches of a big tree.. Sri Krishna was actually in the person's body.. The complicated thing is, if he is God, what is he doing in the fight on a battlefield? It took me years to realize that, and again it was Yogananda's spiritual interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita that made me realize what it was about.» George Harrison.
If today the world knows the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta and Yoga, it is largely thanks to Swami Vivekananda, disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
To conclude this chapter, some Western personalities who converted to Hinduism are presented, such as the Beatle George Harrison.
The rest of this summary on “Influence of the Bhagavad Gita to the West” is only available to students of the Gita Institute
Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, Sri Sarada Devi, M. Gupta, Swami Sarvapriyananda
Childhood-death of Ramakrishna, Cape Comorin, Chicago Parliament of Religions, London, Back to India, Belur Math, Mahasamadhi
Book II: Hinduism and Gita. Influence on Humanity.
Advanced Course: Jnana Yoga (Knowledge)
Bhagavad Gita Online Training.
Instagram