The Philosophy of the Karma Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita - 6 : Swami Krishnananda
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27/10/2019.
(Spoken on July 15, 1979.)
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The systems of karma yoga, bhakti yoga, etc., are only internal arts of self-adaptation to the conditions that are demanded of us by the existing rules prevailing in the cosmos. Neither excess on one side nor excess on the other side is permitted.
"Yuktaharaviharasya yuktaceshtasya karmasu,
yuktasvapnavabodhasya yogo bhavati duhkhaha." (B.G. CH-6, SLO-17).
An excessive emphasis on the side of austerity or an excessive emphasis on the side of indulgence, both are equally disadvantageous because truth is in the middle. “’Everything is’ is one extreme, ‘Everything is not’ is another extreme,” said Buddha, “but the truth is in the middle. It neither is, nor is it not.”
So is this path a subtle razor’s edge, sharp like the edge of a sword which is invisible to the naked eye. Many a time it is compared to the track of fish in water or of birds in the sky, a track which cannot be seen with the eyes. It is subtle because it is not either a subject or an object. The path of the spirit is laid between the subject and the object. It is between you and myself. It is in the middle as a connecting link, not as a person or an individual looking at the object or as an object that is perceived by an independent subject. It is neither yourself nor myself. It is not anything whatsoever. It is, therefore, most difficult for the mind to conceive of because of its habit to think in terms of externalities such as I, mine, etc.
The path of the spirit is the way of God, or it is the way in which God visualises things, and our adaptation to this way of thinking is the step we take in sadhana. God has no subjects; He has no objects. He is neither me nor you. He is a link between the two. The placement of oneself in this harmonious linkage between the seer and the seen is what is actually called the golden mean or the via media in the practice.
You should not take excessive interest either in your own personality or in the personalities of others. To discard others in the interest of one’s own personality is an internal form of egoism, and to emphasise the externalities to the neglect of the welfare of one’s own self is another form of egoism, which manifests itself or masquerades itself as altruism outwardly in nature. Any kind of emphasis is a mistake, a kind of suicide that you perform. Even in the interest of a so-called sociable nature, it would be an excess of behaviour.
You are as important as others, and others are as important as yourself. You cannot destroy yourself; you cannot destroy others either. To kill yourself in the love of others would be on par with killing others in the love of yourself. Any kind of martyrdom deliberately courted would be an error of approach. This is the samatva which the Bhagavadgita has been teaching throughout its chapters – a balance of emphasis on both sides of the matter.
To be continued ...
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NOTE : Recent media reports
1.Anna University to Teach Upanishadas and Gita to Engineering Students
Several political parties, academicians and students’ organisations have condemned the move by the university.
2.DMK chief MK Stalin slams 'mandatory' teaching of Hindu scriptures in Anna University, varsity denies move
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) staged a protest against the alleged imposition of Sanskrit in Anna University and other issues.
3.Earlier, DMK President MK Stalin had condemned Anna University over its decision to include Bhagwad Gita in the curriculum. Seeking governor's intervention, Stalin had tweeted, "It is condemnable to attempt imposition of Sanskrit by making philosophy compulsory in the syllabus of Anna University's CEG campus."
3. People can’t dictate religion: Kamal Haasan slams inclusion of Gita in Anna University syllabus
After Stalin, now Kamal Haasan has raised concerns about the inclusion of Bhagavad Gita in the Anna varsity curriculum saying that one can't dictate religion.
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OPINION :
1.THIS UNIVERSE RESPECTS OUR BHARATIYA HOLY SCRIPTURES THAN ANY THING;
2. NATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD INTRODUCED LEARNING OF SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA AND SANSKRIT;
3. WONDER ARE THESE TAMIL PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THIS UNIVERSAL TRUTH?
4. ARE THESE TAMIL POLITICS SEPARATE FROM THIS HOLY NATION?
5. WHY TAMILNADU PEOPLE NOT PREPARED REJECT THIS RUBBISH ANTI NATIONAL POLITICS OF SEPARATISTS?
6. EVR ATROCITIES AGAINST TAMILNADU BRAHMINS AND HIS ACCUSAL THEORY OF ANTI RAMAYANAM BY WAY OF HIS DRAMA KEEMAYANAM; NO ONE PROTESTED THEN; WHY? ARE THE PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THE HOLINESS OF GREAT EPIC RAMAYANAM. THEN?
7. THE FUNNIEST PART OF THIS STORY THAT WHEN AP NAGARAJAN PRODUCED SAMPURNA RAMAYANAM WITH THEN SUPER STARS TAMIL PEOPLE MADE A HEAVY RUSH TO THEATRES? WHY THIS ATTITUDE? CINEMA IS DIVINE NOT RAMAYANAM IS IT SO?
8. PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE DECISION MAKERS AND FREEDOM CHOOSE THE SPIRITUAL SUBJECTS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS;
9. IF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THIS, IT IS A FACT THAT THE PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM REQUESTED PM MODIJI THROUGH MAN KI BAAT AND OTHER CHANNELS BY WAY PEOPLE CONTACTS WITH PM AND TEAM INDIA.
10. TAMIL POLITICS HAS NO ROLE HERE, WHERE THE PEOPLE IS IN THE CENTRE-POINT, DIRECT WITH PM MODI JI LEAD TEAM INDIA, SO KEEP AWAY IT IS BHARATHAM.
11. DMK LIKE TAMIL POLITICAL PARTIES, PLAY ANTI HINDUS, ANTI NATIONAL POLITICS AND SPREAD VENOM OF HATRED TO GET MINORIOTY VOTE BANK, A FUTILE IDEA, WILL BE BROKEN SOON, FOOLS;
12. THIS FUNNY TRICK AIADMK WHO IS THE PARTNER TO BJP IN TAMILNADU POLITICS, DID NOT RAISED VOICE AGAINST THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE SPIRITUAL LEARNING WITH SANSKRIT, BEWARE THESE TYPES OF WOLVES.
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SUM : TO TAMIL NADU PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND & FOLLOW THE DIVINE, HOLY BHARATHAM AND BE IN THE MAINSTRAM :
"THE CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AMONG MAJOR GROUP OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND MYSRICAL TEXTS CONSTITUTING OF THE THREEFOLD FOUNDATION OF BHARATHAM'S SPIRITUAL LORE, THE TRIPOD OF BHARATHA SAMASKARAM, BEING CONSTITUTED OF THE 1.UPANISHADS, 2. BRAHMASUTRAS AND 3. THE SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA."
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27/10/2019.
(Spoken on July 15, 1979.)
6.
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The systems of karma yoga, bhakti yoga, etc., are only internal arts of self-adaptation to the conditions that are demanded of us by the existing rules prevailing in the cosmos. Neither excess on one side nor excess on the other side is permitted.
"Yuktaharaviharasya yuktaceshtasya karmasu,
yuktasvapnavabodhasya yogo bhavati duhkhaha." (B.G. CH-6, SLO-17).
An excessive emphasis on the side of austerity or an excessive emphasis on the side of indulgence, both are equally disadvantageous because truth is in the middle. “’Everything is’ is one extreme, ‘Everything is not’ is another extreme,” said Buddha, “but the truth is in the middle. It neither is, nor is it not.”
So is this path a subtle razor’s edge, sharp like the edge of a sword which is invisible to the naked eye. Many a time it is compared to the track of fish in water or of birds in the sky, a track which cannot be seen with the eyes. It is subtle because it is not either a subject or an object. The path of the spirit is laid between the subject and the object. It is between you and myself. It is in the middle as a connecting link, not as a person or an individual looking at the object or as an object that is perceived by an independent subject. It is neither yourself nor myself. It is not anything whatsoever. It is, therefore, most difficult for the mind to conceive of because of its habit to think in terms of externalities such as I, mine, etc.
The path of the spirit is the way of God, or it is the way in which God visualises things, and our adaptation to this way of thinking is the step we take in sadhana. God has no subjects; He has no objects. He is neither me nor you. He is a link between the two. The placement of oneself in this harmonious linkage between the seer and the seen is what is actually called the golden mean or the via media in the practice.
You should not take excessive interest either in your own personality or in the personalities of others. To discard others in the interest of one’s own personality is an internal form of egoism, and to emphasise the externalities to the neglect of the welfare of one’s own self is another form of egoism, which manifests itself or masquerades itself as altruism outwardly in nature. Any kind of emphasis is a mistake, a kind of suicide that you perform. Even in the interest of a so-called sociable nature, it would be an excess of behaviour.
You are as important as others, and others are as important as yourself. You cannot destroy yourself; you cannot destroy others either. To kill yourself in the love of others would be on par with killing others in the love of yourself. Any kind of martyrdom deliberately courted would be an error of approach. This is the samatva which the Bhagavadgita has been teaching throughout its chapters – a balance of emphasis on both sides of the matter.
To be continued ...
NOTE : Recent media reports
1.Anna University to Teach Upanishadas and Gita to Engineering Students
Several political parties, academicians and students’ organisations have condemned the move by the university.
2.DMK chief MK Stalin slams 'mandatory' teaching of Hindu scriptures in Anna University, varsity denies move
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) staged a protest against the alleged imposition of Sanskrit in Anna University and other issues.
3.Earlier, DMK President MK Stalin had condemned Anna University over its decision to include Bhagwad Gita in the curriculum. Seeking governor's intervention, Stalin had tweeted, "It is condemnable to attempt imposition of Sanskrit by making philosophy compulsory in the syllabus of Anna University's CEG campus."
3. People can’t dictate religion: Kamal Haasan slams inclusion of Gita in Anna University syllabus
After Stalin, now Kamal Haasan has raised concerns about the inclusion of Bhagavad Gita in the Anna varsity curriculum saying that one can't dictate religion.
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OPINION :
1.THIS UNIVERSE RESPECTS OUR BHARATIYA HOLY SCRIPTURES THAN ANY THING;
2. NATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD INTRODUCED LEARNING OF SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA AND SANSKRIT;
3. WONDER ARE THESE TAMIL PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THIS UNIVERSAL TRUTH?
4. ARE THESE TAMIL POLITICS SEPARATE FROM THIS HOLY NATION?
5. WHY TAMILNADU PEOPLE NOT PREPARED REJECT THIS RUBBISH ANTI NATIONAL POLITICS OF SEPARATISTS?
6. EVR ATROCITIES AGAINST TAMILNADU BRAHMINS AND HIS ACCUSAL THEORY OF ANTI RAMAYANAM BY WAY OF HIS DRAMA KEEMAYANAM; NO ONE PROTESTED THEN; WHY? ARE THE PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THE HOLINESS OF GREAT EPIC RAMAYANAM. THEN?
7. THE FUNNIEST PART OF THIS STORY THAT WHEN AP NAGARAJAN PRODUCED SAMPURNA RAMAYANAM WITH THEN SUPER STARS TAMIL PEOPLE MADE A HEAVY RUSH TO THEATRES? WHY THIS ATTITUDE? CINEMA IS DIVINE NOT RAMAYANAM IS IT SO?
8. PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE DECISION MAKERS AND FREEDOM CHOOSE THE SPIRITUAL SUBJECTS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS;
9. IF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THIS, IT IS A FACT THAT THE PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM REQUESTED PM MODIJI THROUGH MAN KI BAAT AND OTHER CHANNELS BY WAY PEOPLE CONTACTS WITH PM AND TEAM INDIA.
10. TAMIL POLITICS HAS NO ROLE HERE, WHERE THE PEOPLE IS IN THE CENTRE-POINT, DIRECT WITH PM MODI JI LEAD TEAM INDIA, SO KEEP AWAY IT IS BHARATHAM.
11. DMK LIKE TAMIL POLITICAL PARTIES, PLAY ANTI HINDUS, ANTI NATIONAL POLITICS AND SPREAD VENOM OF HATRED TO GET MINORIOTY VOTE BANK, A FUTILE IDEA, WILL BE BROKEN SOON, FOOLS;
12. THIS FUNNY TRICK AIADMK WHO IS THE PARTNER TO BJP IN TAMILNADU POLITICS, DID NOT RAISED VOICE AGAINST THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE SPIRITUAL LEARNING WITH SANSKRIT, BEWARE THESE TYPES OF WOLVES.
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SUM : TO TAMIL NADU PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND & FOLLOW THE DIVINE, HOLY BHARATHAM AND BE IN THE MAINSTRAM :
"THE CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AMONG MAJOR GROUP OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND MYSRICAL TEXTS CONSTITUTING OF THE THREEFOLD FOUNDATION OF BHARATHAM'S SPIRITUAL LORE, THE TRIPOD OF BHARATHA SAMASKARAM, BEING CONSTITUTED OF THE 1.UPANISHADS, 2. BRAHMASUTRAS AND 3. THE SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA."
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