Monday, May 05, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 88
88. Let the Scriptural Science be the Authority
In all our activities, let the scripture be our authority. Those who act as they please, ignoring scriptures and science will not attain the supreme goal or happiness. Scriptures and culture of India are capable of giving us clear guidance and sense of direction in whatever path we choose. In the Indian scriptures you can see in detail everything needed to be undertaken by man starting before the birth and until after the death. It is from penance (thapass) that everything originates according to Indian culture. A woman accepts her suitable mate through thapass. It is through thapass that a child is procreated. When to get married, how should we behave in married life, how to spend the pregnancy period, naming of the child, what and how to feed him/her, how to educate him/her, how to see the death, what to do after the death, how to build a house and how to behave with others are all available in these scriptures. Only when the nature is a willing participant should we undertake anything, otherwise it will result in unnatural results.
A scripture raise our level through appropriate advices. If we don’t have any books to refer, try to look inside in a meditative mood. Right answer will emerge. Actions emanating from introspection will not create agitation in others. One should try to get god realization by penalizing own mind and body or by disturbing others. Immature and ignorant people undertake strange and self paining thapass that are not scripturally ordained. They harass the elements in the body, the self and the surroundings. No scripture ask you to inflict injury by piercing spear through the mouth or hacking the head with a sword. No scripture asks us to sacrifice chicken or other animals. Our faith and nature (sraddha) are very much correlated and they are developed as per our cultural background. Sattvic faith leads to rituals and yajnas to enhance the god-energy. Forestation and cleaning of rivers are part of this yajna.
People of rajoguna propitiate the aggressive and diabolic nature and the people of thamoguna, the entities of the netherworlds. Whatever we put our faith into, we attain that.
In all our activities, let the scripture be our authority. Those who act as they please, ignoring scriptures and science will not attain the supreme goal or happiness. Scriptures and culture of India are capable of giving us clear guidance and sense of direction in whatever path we choose. In the Indian scriptures you can see in detail everything needed to be undertaken by man starting before the birth and until after the death. It is from penance (thapass) that everything originates according to Indian culture. A woman accepts her suitable mate through thapass. It is through thapass that a child is procreated. When to get married, how should we behave in married life, how to spend the pregnancy period, naming of the child, what and how to feed him/her, how to educate him/her, how to see the death, what to do after the death, how to build a house and how to behave with others are all available in these scriptures. Only when the nature is a willing participant should we undertake anything, otherwise it will result in unnatural results.
A scripture raise our level through appropriate advices. If we don’t have any books to refer, try to look inside in a meditative mood. Right answer will emerge. Actions emanating from introspection will not create agitation in others. One should try to get god realization by penalizing own mind and body or by disturbing others. Immature and ignorant people undertake strange and self paining thapass that are not scripturally ordained. They harass the elements in the body, the self and the surroundings. No scripture ask you to inflict injury by piercing spear through the mouth or hacking the head with a sword. No scripture asks us to sacrifice chicken or other animals. Our faith and nature (sraddha) are very much correlated and they are developed as per our cultural background. Sattvic faith leads to rituals and yajnas to enhance the god-energy. Forestation and cleaning of rivers are part of this yajna.
People of rajoguna propitiate the aggressive and diabolic nature and the people of thamoguna, the entities of the netherworlds. Whatever we put our faith into, we attain that.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 9:02 PM 
