Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita-1.4 : Swami Krishnananda
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24/11/2019.
Chapter-1: The Colophon of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita-4.
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But, as I mentioned, theoretical physics has to lead to applied physics. What is the use of merely knowing things?
This knowledge has to be applied in practical life. In a similar manner, this Brahma-vidya, which is the knowledge of the integrality of things, has to be put into daily implementation in our teacups, in our fountain pens, in our angry gestures, in our prejudices, in our desires, in our attractions, in our repulsions. In every situation, this Brahma-vidya has to be there. We have to be total and whole persons always. We cannot be whole only at some time, and a fraction at some other time.
Will we be whole persons in our offices, and only a percentage in our houses?
We are whole everywhere, but if we behave in different ways at different times, and convert ourselves into fractions of human personality, as it were, we are not living a wholesome life. It is not a holistic approach to things.
Brahma-vidya is to be applied in the Yoga Shastra, which is the daily application of our consciousness, our mind, our attitude, to anything in the world in terms of the lesson that we have learnt through Brahma-vidya.
What is the purpose of this practice of yoga in terms of the wisdom that we gain through Brahma-vidya?
It is krishna arjuna samvada : the conversation of the soul with God.
Krishna arjuna samvada is the conversation of the soul with the Absolute. The soul speaks to the Absolute. Arjuna’s envisaging the mighty Krishna is symbolic of the soul envisaging the Cosmic Being in its daily life.
Who can encounter the Absolute?
Who can talk with God, unless we are flaming and blazing forth in the purity of our spirit as God Himself is?
Unless we have transcended the limitations of flesh and bone and the limitations of the psyche which are conditioned socially, politically, etc., unless we are able to lift our consciousness above these limitations, how will we converse with God?
Who can dare approach God, when there is no communicating medium between ourselves and God?
The wavelength of our individuality and the wavelength of God are in such contrast that there is no mingling of these two factors. The radio station of God is sending messages. We are unable to receive any message from God because our receiving sets here have a very feeble wavelength and, therefore, no message is received. The Yoga Shastra, or the practice of yoga, is nothing but the tuning of the wavelength of our receiving sets to the wavelength of the message that comes from God’s broadcasting station.
To be continued ....
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24/11/2019.
Chapter-1: The Colophon of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita-4.
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But, as I mentioned, theoretical physics has to lead to applied physics. What is the use of merely knowing things?
This knowledge has to be applied in practical life. In a similar manner, this Brahma-vidya, which is the knowledge of the integrality of things, has to be put into daily implementation in our teacups, in our fountain pens, in our angry gestures, in our prejudices, in our desires, in our attractions, in our repulsions. In every situation, this Brahma-vidya has to be there. We have to be total and whole persons always. We cannot be whole only at some time, and a fraction at some other time.
Will we be whole persons in our offices, and only a percentage in our houses?
We are whole everywhere, but if we behave in different ways at different times, and convert ourselves into fractions of human personality, as it were, we are not living a wholesome life. It is not a holistic approach to things.
Brahma-vidya is to be applied in the Yoga Shastra, which is the daily application of our consciousness, our mind, our attitude, to anything in the world in terms of the lesson that we have learnt through Brahma-vidya.
What is the purpose of this practice of yoga in terms of the wisdom that we gain through Brahma-vidya?
It is krishna arjuna samvada : the conversation of the soul with God.
Krishna arjuna samvada is the conversation of the soul with the Absolute. The soul speaks to the Absolute. Arjuna’s envisaging the mighty Krishna is symbolic of the soul envisaging the Cosmic Being in its daily life.
Who can encounter the Absolute?
Who can talk with God, unless we are flaming and blazing forth in the purity of our spirit as God Himself is?
Unless we have transcended the limitations of flesh and bone and the limitations of the psyche which are conditioned socially, politically, etc., unless we are able to lift our consciousness above these limitations, how will we converse with God?
Who can dare approach God, when there is no communicating medium between ourselves and God?
The wavelength of our individuality and the wavelength of God are in such contrast that there is no mingling of these two factors. The radio station of God is sending messages. We are unable to receive any message from God because our receiving sets here have a very feeble wavelength and, therefore, no message is received. The Yoga Shastra, or the practice of yoga, is nothing but the tuning of the wavelength of our receiving sets to the wavelength of the message that comes from God’s broadcasting station.
To be continued ....
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