Sunday, May 25, 2008

 

GITA 108 DAYS - Day 108 - Final

This is the last page of the 'Gita 108 days' book. Thanks for your kind suggestions and encouragements. Special Pranams to Swamiji. SOBG will be publishing this.

108. Integration of action and spirituality is essential

Sri Krishana is the Lord of all yogas (yogeswara) and He personifies spirituality. Arjuna, (Parthan) the warrior with the bow and arrows exemplifies the action. When these two are in harmony, prosperity, victory, affluence and appropriate justice will result. When the action is not well connected with spirituality, world will be chaotic. It appears that United States has Parthan and no yogeswara while India has spirituality and no Parthan. What we need is the harmonious integration of the worlds. Take out all the possibilities in us to better the life of human race. When we work together, there will be no room for atom bombs or wars.

Arjuna declares that his inner self has got awaken by the wisdom of discrimination. He already had that light in him; the Lord facilitated the process, that’s all. Arjuna assures the Lord that he will follow His advice; that is to live life in accordance with nature. Once we decide to act in harmony with the nature, how can those actions create a dissonance?

Bhagavad Gita takes us to the inner meanings of the great statement (mahavakya) – tat tvam asi – (that thou art). Out of the eighteen chapters of the GIta, the first six chapters analyse and expound on ‘tvam’ (i.e., you- thou). Six chapters in the middle of the book deal with ‘tat’ (i.e., that – the supreme self). Final six chapters describe how the two (tat and tvam) are integrally connected (asi) to each other. Through scriptural erudition, we must develop the conviction: ‘that is you’ and from there evolve to realize: ‘I am Brahman’ (aham brahma asmi). All our activities must be aimed at realizing this ultimate wisdom.

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