Thursday, July 20, 2006
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 25
25. Inquire within about the seeker himself
Just as the sea is unperturbed by the waters from several rivers gathering in it, a wise man is un-wavered by any amount of desires. Inquiry must be done within the seeker himself. Truth will not be realized by searching for it in the temples, gurudwaras, monasteries or churches. You will not find it in all the books of the world. It is present within us.
A pilgrimage is a journey seeking our own origin. One should visit forests, oceans and mountains – not just temples. Don’t waste a life time after booking for a pooja (special worship that are booked years in advance) at a temple – see and enjoy the worship of the nature by the various movables and immovables present in nature. Now we have placed God in stones, photographs and in the space below the staircase in our home. Go down to nature and see God there.
Whenever man tried to teach about God through temples, all those were futile attempts. When the scriptures were evolved, temples were not there. It is a pity that a man who does not worry when a river gets polluted would lead a procession in protest if they hear that some one threw a stone at a temple.
A devotee of Lord will never even disturb the nature and the environment in any way. Worshipping a river doesn’t mean that we should disperse many things in to it, in the name of a pooja. Worship means to know the entity well and to be harmless to it in any way. Through the lifting of Mount Govardhana and by killing the poisonous snake Kalia (Kaliya mardhana), Sri Krishna demonstrated to us how worship is to be done.
Gita says that when one acts in the world selflessly, with no attachment and desires, he will attain peace by getting in sync with the nature. Christ also tried to teach people to achieve this internal evolution. External changes are futile and don’t call people with negative names to inculcate change in them. Just by calling some one a ‘sinner’, all the possibilities in a man can potentially be crushed. No one has the right to call any one like that. Gita calls every one as Oh! Immaculate one! (anagha, meaning sinless one). Gita advises that running away from duty is ignoble. Even the smallest particle – an atom- in the universe is continuously acting (or vibrating). He who gives up his worldly duties in the name of renunciation, but enjoys the thoughts of sensory pleasures is indeed a fraud.
Just as the sea is unperturbed by the waters from several rivers gathering in it, a wise man is un-wavered by any amount of desires. Inquiry must be done within the seeker himself. Truth will not be realized by searching for it in the temples, gurudwaras, monasteries or churches. You will not find it in all the books of the world. It is present within us.
A pilgrimage is a journey seeking our own origin. One should visit forests, oceans and mountains – not just temples. Don’t waste a life time after booking for a pooja (special worship that are booked years in advance) at a temple – see and enjoy the worship of the nature by the various movables and immovables present in nature. Now we have placed God in stones, photographs and in the space below the staircase in our home. Go down to nature and see God there.
Whenever man tried to teach about God through temples, all those were futile attempts. When the scriptures were evolved, temples were not there. It is a pity that a man who does not worry when a river gets polluted would lead a procession in protest if they hear that some one threw a stone at a temple.
A devotee of Lord will never even disturb the nature and the environment in any way. Worshipping a river doesn’t mean that we should disperse many things in to it, in the name of a pooja. Worship means to know the entity well and to be harmless to it in any way. Through the lifting of Mount Govardhana and by killing the poisonous snake Kalia (Kaliya mardhana), Sri Krishna demonstrated to us how worship is to be done.
Gita says that when one acts in the world selflessly, with no attachment and desires, he will attain peace by getting in sync with the nature. Christ also tried to teach people to achieve this internal evolution. External changes are futile and don’t call people with negative names to inculcate change in them. Just by calling some one a ‘sinner’, all the possibilities in a man can potentially be crushed. No one has the right to call any one like that. Gita calls every one as Oh! Immaculate one! (anagha, meaning sinless one). Gita advises that running away from duty is ignoble. Even the smallest particle – an atom- in the universe is continuously acting (or vibrating). He who gives up his worldly duties in the name of renunciation, but enjoys the thoughts of sensory pleasures is indeed a fraud.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 5:36 PM 
