The Bhagavd Gita's Message of Harmony in an Interdependent World

The great scriptures of the world religions have been
consistently speaking of a spiritual power that binds everything 
together in an evolutionary process. Rta, Dharma, Yajna, Tao
and Reign of God are some of the symbols which point to this 
unifying reality. In the light of that religious sages look at the
world as a gift from the divine source and as a responsibility as
well. It is a grace to realise that everything is bound with every­
thing else in a divine ambience and it is a responsibility to pro­
mote this inter-relationality in a harmonious process. Global
spirituality is a matter of mystical experience and ethical de­-
mand.
In this study the author explores how the Bhagavad Gita looks
at the world as a reality of inter-connectedness with the mysti­-
cal insights and ethical demands that it involves. The author
concludes that the contribution of the Bhagavad Gita to the shap­-
ing of our life and structuring of our relationships in & globalised
world that is becoming increasingly conscious of the inter-de­-
pendence of things and persons as follows: (i) the realisation
that we live and grow in a divine ambience; (ii) the deep bond­
ing between humans and the things of nature within the divine
process; (iii) the understanding of human creativity as partici­-
pation in the divine work of yajna, of dharma (iv) the responsi­-
bility to preserve the integrity of the environment and promote
harmony in social life; (v) compassion as the characteristic of a
person who lives in inner freedom.