Wednesday, June 14, 2006
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 4
4. Kaurava- Pandava war is the conflict between the noble and ignoble qualities within us.
Kauravas symbolize all the innumerable bad qualities within the individual’s mind whereas Pandavas represent the good qualities which are few in numbers. Conflict that happens within the mind between these qualities is the war of Kurukshetra.
King Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya: “in the Kurushetra battle field known as the land of righteousness (dharma bhumi), what did my people and Pandawas do?” Each individual must ask this question within his mind. "Within me, in the land of righteousness, did my good qualities do anything against the bad ones in me"? That is the relevant question.
‘Dhuryodhana’ represents any one who wastes his wealth in useless pursuits and ‘Dussasana’ is some one who doles out wrong commands. One should question himself - "what did my Pandawa qualities, interested in spiritual pursuits, do against these kinds of innumerable bad qualities within me"?
Through Dhritarashtra’s question, Sage Vyasa is expounding the complete version of Darwin’s theory of evolution. WhileDarwin’s theory propounded the evolution of ‘monkey to man’ (vanara to Nara). Sage Vyasa’s philosophy deals with the evolution of ‘man to god’ (Nara to Narayana). This is indeed the metamorphosis of ‘man to man-perfect’ - ‘manava to madhava’.
In the evolution cycle of man, Dritarashtra is in the 'pupa' stage. Evolved through the Sanjaya and Arjuna stages, man finally reaches the butterfly state– i.e., Sri Krishna. In order to realize this, one should ask Dritarashtra's questions continuously within oneself.
Kauravas symbolize all the innumerable bad qualities within the individual’s mind whereas Pandavas represent the good qualities which are few in numbers. Conflict that happens within the mind between these qualities is the war of Kurukshetra.
King Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya: “in the Kurushetra battle field known as the land of righteousness (dharma bhumi), what did my people and Pandawas do?” Each individual must ask this question within his mind. "Within me, in the land of righteousness, did my good qualities do anything against the bad ones in me"? That is the relevant question.
‘Dhuryodhana’ represents any one who wastes his wealth in useless pursuits and ‘Dussasana’ is some one who doles out wrong commands. One should question himself - "what did my Pandawa qualities, interested in spiritual pursuits, do against these kinds of innumerable bad qualities within me"?
Through Dhritarashtra’s question, Sage Vyasa is expounding the complete version of Darwin’s theory of evolution. WhileDarwin’s theory propounded the evolution of ‘monkey to man’ (vanara to Nara). Sage Vyasa’s philosophy deals with the evolution of ‘man to god’ (Nara to Narayana). This is indeed the metamorphosis of ‘man to man-perfect’ - ‘manava to madhava’.
In the evolution cycle of man, Dritarashtra is in the 'pupa' stage. Evolved through the Sanjaya and Arjuna stages, man finally reaches the butterfly state– i.e., Sri Krishna. In order to realize this, one should ask Dritarashtra's questions continuously within oneself.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 8:14 PM 
