Wednesday, March 26, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 68
68 Priests Hinder the Universal Vision
Lord is ‘claiming’ that He is the game of dice among gambling and the whipping among punishments to indicate that He is everything, noble and the ignoble. There is no end to His vast and omniscient glory. The whole world is but a small part of Him and He shows Arjuna His Universal form. That vision is as bright as if a thousand suns had risen at once in the sky. Arjuna sees many things that he had never seen before. As this vision is impossible to perceive with the ordinary human eyes, Lord Krishna gave him the divine eyes to behold the Universal Vision.
Innumerable faces; eyes; wonderful scenes; divine ornaments and weapons adorn that form. The whole world is in it along with its many divisions, forms and colors. It encompasses the first cause of the universe, divine beings; movables, immovables and the nature itself. The Lord is giving an indication to us that we also should be able to ‘see’ the universal vision when we see others. The viswaroopa (universal vision) episode should not be taken as a story about someone in history getting a divine gigantic vision. No Calendar can portray it. No lines in a drawing can depict it. Each one will get his vision in his own unique way. If we are able to get the vision of unity in diversity, that is, no doubt the universal vision. One cannot see it with the ordinary eyes- it takes the inner eyes of wisdom to behold it.
Once we get the universal vision, there will be no more religions. All priests will end up removing their robes and retire. Priests insist that these are ‘old stories’ and ordinary people cannot see the vision. They also discourage all kinds of enquiries. At present, our vision is limited as if seeing a palace through a key hole- seeing bits and pieces of the magnificent building. What we should do is to open the doors widely to get a complete vision.
Lord is ‘claiming’ that He is the game of dice among gambling and the whipping among punishments to indicate that He is everything, noble and the ignoble. There is no end to His vast and omniscient glory. The whole world is but a small part of Him and He shows Arjuna His Universal form. That vision is as bright as if a thousand suns had risen at once in the sky. Arjuna sees many things that he had never seen before. As this vision is impossible to perceive with the ordinary human eyes, Lord Krishna gave him the divine eyes to behold the Universal Vision.
Innumerable faces; eyes; wonderful scenes; divine ornaments and weapons adorn that form. The whole world is in it along with its many divisions, forms and colors. It encompasses the first cause of the universe, divine beings; movables, immovables and the nature itself. The Lord is giving an indication to us that we also should be able to ‘see’ the universal vision when we see others. The viswaroopa (universal vision) episode should not be taken as a story about someone in history getting a divine gigantic vision. No Calendar can portray it. No lines in a drawing can depict it. Each one will get his vision in his own unique way. If we are able to get the vision of unity in diversity, that is, no doubt the universal vision. One cannot see it with the ordinary eyes- it takes the inner eyes of wisdom to behold it.
Once we get the universal vision, there will be no more religions. All priests will end up removing their robes and retire. Priests insist that these are ‘old stories’ and ordinary people cannot see the vision. They also discourage all kinds of enquiries. At present, our vision is limited as if seeing a palace through a key hole- seeing bits and pieces of the magnificent building. What we should do is to open the doors widely to get a complete vision.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 6:53 PM 
