Saturday, May 24, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 99
99. Kara-nyasa (Treasure to be held in hand)
Some of the stanzas of the Gita have been classified as ‘kara-nyasa’, treasure that is always to be held in ones own hand. We should become Gita by invoking kara-nyasa to express as kara-chalanam (work by own hands).
We meditate and invoke the blessings of the sage Vyasa as the one who imparted this knowledge. We seek the blessings of sages to attain the intellectual prowess to comprehend this knowledge. Let Gita be the words we speak. Let our speech be guided by the scriptures and let Goddess Saraswathi revel on our tongue. Meditate upon Sri Krishna, the supreme self, imagining Him as seated in the heart, at the centre of everything.
Gita originates with the lines that say about our state of being. “talking like learned men, but keep lamenting about that which is not worthy of concern” This is the root cause of all our problems. Men of wisdom do not mourn. Real strength is in discarding dharma as well as adharma, surrendering unto ‘that’ ultimate reality. This doesn’t mean that we should discard work, family and the house to pursue the higher truth. We should not take the momentary things to be real and eternal. Gita has given us the foundation peg, the assurance that the Lord will rescue us from all transgressions. Let us tie down ourselves to this peg of assurance.
Science does not interfere with the ultimate truth. Fire does not burn it. Water cannot wet it. Wind does not dry it up. Self is eternal, omniscient and unfaltering. Everything in the universe is the Lord’s various forms. Stanzas (shloka) 23 and 24 in chapter2; 5th shloka of the chapter-11 are to be chanted with meditation directing our attention towards the fingers and the heart. Our words, mind and actions must be guided by this knowledge. Shlokas from the Gita must become protective armours and weapons in our quest.
Ashtotthara-namavali (108 holy names) includes all the various aspects of the Holy Gita. Once we evolve ourselves to become the Gita itself, the compilation of the Lord’s name is verily ours and it is there for the purpose of worshipping the Self.
Some of the stanzas of the Gita have been classified as ‘kara-nyasa’, treasure that is always to be held in ones own hand. We should become Gita by invoking kara-nyasa to express as kara-chalanam (work by own hands).
We meditate and invoke the blessings of the sage Vyasa as the one who imparted this knowledge. We seek the blessings of sages to attain the intellectual prowess to comprehend this knowledge. Let Gita be the words we speak. Let our speech be guided by the scriptures and let Goddess Saraswathi revel on our tongue. Meditate upon Sri Krishna, the supreme self, imagining Him as seated in the heart, at the centre of everything.
Gita originates with the lines that say about our state of being. “talking like learned men, but keep lamenting about that which is not worthy of concern” This is the root cause of all our problems. Men of wisdom do not mourn. Real strength is in discarding dharma as well as adharma, surrendering unto ‘that’ ultimate reality. This doesn’t mean that we should discard work, family and the house to pursue the higher truth. We should not take the momentary things to be real and eternal. Gita has given us the foundation peg, the assurance that the Lord will rescue us from all transgressions. Let us tie down ourselves to this peg of assurance.
Science does not interfere with the ultimate truth. Fire does not burn it. Water cannot wet it. Wind does not dry it up. Self is eternal, omniscient and unfaltering. Everything in the universe is the Lord’s various forms. Stanzas (shloka) 23 and 24 in chapter2; 5th shloka of the chapter-11 are to be chanted with meditation directing our attention towards the fingers and the heart. Our words, mind and actions must be guided by this knowledge. Shlokas from the Gita must become protective armours and weapons in our quest.
Ashtotthara-namavali (108 holy names) includes all the various aspects of the Holy Gita. Once we evolve ourselves to become the Gita itself, the compilation of the Lord’s name is verily ours and it is there for the purpose of worshipping the Self.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 10:32 AM 
