Friday, June 16, 2006
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 6
6. Gita advises us to be friends with the universe
Everyone should become Viswamitra, a friend of the whole universe. Gita advises us to develop non-enmity towards everybody by seeing the self in all. Gita does not tell us to shoot an arrow into some one's bosom, but it teaches us to see ourselves in others .
‘Maharatha’ is a warrior who is capable of fighting with ten thousand soldiers at the same time. All can be ‘maharathas’ as everyone can potentially fight and win over thousands of emotions and thoughts as it is not vice to be under their spell. ‘Dasaratha’ is the one who has won over the desires as well as senses (ten indriyas) and his kingdom becomes ‘Ayodhya’- the land of peace. Ayodhya is the land where ‘ayodhana’ (war fare) has ceased where the pure consciousness –Sri Rama- takes birth.
Sita is the mind. The golden deer steers the mind into the clutches of senses. Rama’s sorrow is the agony of the mind being separated from the consciousness. The Upanishads declare that the face of truth is concealed with a golden lid. Attracted by the names and forms, people forget the truth beyond them. It is due to the uninterrupted remembrance of Sri Rama (the pure consciousness) that Sita was able to stay at the ‘asoka vani’ – the place of no sorrow.
Dharma is eternal and the field of actions (kshetra) is perishable. The union of perishable and imperishable is the dhrama kshetram- the field of righteous actions.
The Indian philosophical vision (Bharathiya darsanam) has no founder. The sages were able to ‘see’ the mantras; they didn’t create them. All those are ‘born’ will die and all that are created will eventually be destroyed. But you cannot destroy anything that was not created.
No one can pollute scriptures (sastras) and everyone deserves to learn them at anytime. No one is unqualified for this study. However, if one approaches sastras with preconceived notions, he will not be able to internalize the truth or enjoy the beauty expounded so profoundly in them.
Everyone should become Viswamitra, a friend of the whole universe. Gita advises us to develop non-enmity towards everybody by seeing the self in all. Gita does not tell us to shoot an arrow into some one's bosom, but it teaches us to see ourselves in others .
‘Maharatha’ is a warrior who is capable of fighting with ten thousand soldiers at the same time. All can be ‘maharathas’ as everyone can potentially fight and win over thousands of emotions and thoughts as it is not vice to be under their spell. ‘Dasaratha’ is the one who has won over the desires as well as senses (ten indriyas) and his kingdom becomes ‘Ayodhya’- the land of peace. Ayodhya is the land where ‘ayodhana’ (war fare) has ceased where the pure consciousness –Sri Rama- takes birth.
Sita is the mind. The golden deer steers the mind into the clutches of senses. Rama’s sorrow is the agony of the mind being separated from the consciousness. The Upanishads declare that the face of truth is concealed with a golden lid. Attracted by the names and forms, people forget the truth beyond them. It is due to the uninterrupted remembrance of Sri Rama (the pure consciousness) that Sita was able to stay at the ‘asoka vani’ – the place of no sorrow.
Dharma is eternal and the field of actions (kshetra) is perishable. The union of perishable and imperishable is the dhrama kshetram- the field of righteous actions.
The Indian philosophical vision (Bharathiya darsanam) has no founder. The sages were able to ‘see’ the mantras; they didn’t create them. All those are ‘born’ will die and all that are created will eventually be destroyed. But you cannot destroy anything that was not created.
No one can pollute scriptures (sastras) and everyone deserves to learn them at anytime. No one is unqualified for this study. However, if one approaches sastras with preconceived notions, he will not be able to internalize the truth or enjoy the beauty expounded so profoundly in them.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 7:36 PM 
