The Essence of the Gospel of the Bhagavad Gita : 6. Swami Krishnananda
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18/11/2019
(Spoken at a conference in Delhi on December 27, 1973.)
Post - 6.
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Duryodhana chose the active fierce army rather than Krishna who would do nothing, who would only be a liability in the palace of Duryodhana.
Why do you want a man who will do nothing? You have only to feed him for nothing. “Well,” said Krishna, “Duryodhana, you want the army? It is here. It is yours.”
Jubilantly Duryodhana walked out with the pride of gaining victory then and there. “Arjuna is a fool,” thought Duryodhana. “I have got the butter, and he has only got the chaff out of it.”
After Duryodhana left, Krishna turned to Arjuna. “What do you want now?”
Arjuna replied, “I want nothing but yourself.”
“What is the matter with you? Have you not been fooled? He has taken away whatever is useful, and you are choosing Me, who will be of no use to you.”
Sri Krishna’s reaction was very interesting. Arjuna was being tested, and this choice is before us also. Do we want Krishna, the Being that will not act, or do we want the forces of the world which will vigorously act? What do we want?
We can choose between the two. But we are all Duryodhanas mostly, choosing only the active forces which will bring immediate results even if we are going to be doomed later on. This is what happens to us when we ask for the wealth of the world, when we ask for long life, when we ask for wife and children, position and status in society, promotion and whatnot—all the glory of this transient earth. This was Duryodhana’s choice and it is, unfortunately, the choice of many a man in this world.
But the wise and humble Arjuna chose that Being, the kutastha-nitya, that which will not move but which will make everything else move. The sun does not move; the planets move. But who makes the planets move? The immovable sun exerts such a pull and pressure upon the planets that they are kept in their position.
#Bhayod asya agnis tapati, bhayat tapati suryah (Kathopanishad : Chapter-2; Section-6; Mantram-3) : “The sun shines and fire burns on account of the fear of this inimitable Being,” says the Upanishad.
Its mere existence is a command. The very existence of the sun is an urge to action. We are alive here because of the sun shining above. The sun does not speak to us, he does not move his finger, he does not tell anything, he does not proclaim himself; he never speaks of his glory, but everything moves and acts and its life is maintained and sustained by the energy that emanates from the body of the sun. Sri Krishna’s mere presence in the chariot of Arjuna was enough to control and direct the destiny of all the forces on either side.
And the knowledge of this stupendous background behind all the activities of the world is the sankhya that Bhagavan Sri Krishna refers to in the Second Chapter of the Bhagavadgita.
The implementation of this knowledge in practical life is the yoga that he speaks of.
#Samkhya yogau prithag balah pravadanti na panditah (B.G. 5.4): “Sankhya and yoga are one and the same thing,” says the Lord.
From the point of view of the Bhagavadgita, knowledge and action mean one and the same thing. Knowledge set in motion is called action, and action becoming self-conscious is called knowledge. The expression of philosophy in practical life is called religion; religion becoming self-conscious is called philosophy. Such is the quintessential teaching of Bhagavan Sri Krishna to Arjuna, to man, to every one of us.
Are we going to choose knowledge or are we going to choose the material glamour of this transitory world?
To be continued ...
#Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-5; Slokam-4.
#"Sankhya-yogau prithag balah pravadanti na panditah
ekamapyasthitah samyag ubhayor vindate phalam."
"Only the ignorant speak of Sankhya ( Renunciation of actions, or karma sanyasam ) and karm yogam (work in devotion) as different. Those who are truly learned say that by applying ourselves to any one of these paths, we can achieve the results of both.
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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 UPANISHADS, SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA AND SANSKRIT; THESE SCRIPTURES ARE TRANSLATED INTO ALMOST ALL WORLD LANGUAGES; OUR SCRIPTURES ARE ACCEPTED, AND ACCEPTED BY THE UNIVERSE;
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 MINORITY 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, TO UNDERSTAND :
"THE CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AMONG MAJOR GROUP OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND MYSTICAL 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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FINAL WORDS : WHAT THE GREAT ACHARYA SAID :
#The interesting phenomenon of the delivery of the Bhagavadgita is that the most sacred thing that it is – a holy teaching connected with God and creation, something which you would like to hear in a sanctified spot such as a #temple or an #ashram, a #university or an #academy, a #school or a #college – is given in the worst of human conditions, #called battle.
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#WARNING
#Request Tamil nadu people :
Breaking India Forces, are very active in Tamil nadu, wake up, be cautious, Christian missionaries and Islamic Jihadis the two communal forces are patronized by all demonic political parties, the Aiadmk government and media is silent on this. both these communal groups misuse our Democracy, and Freedom, under the cover of minority status, hour has come to eliminate this combined evil, before the state become self destroyed; do not allow this, SAVE TAMILNADU.
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THE RECENT ITCHING TO URBAN NAXALS AND TAMIL POLITICS CLEVERLY SUPPORTED BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AND EVANGELISTS WITH FOREIGN FUNDS AND ISLAMIC RADICALISM :
IS PM MODI JI + THIRUKURAL,
OUR BELOVED PM A TRUE NATION LOVING SON OF BHARATHAM, IN HIS SPEECHES, ALWAYS MENTION 130 CRORES OF MY PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM, THIS INCLUDES ALL,;
NOW PM MENTIONED THIRUKURAL ON SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PLATFORMS, THIS TEXT BELONGS TO THE NATION, NOT TAMILS ALONE;
TAMIL POLITICAL ASYLUM TALKS NONSENSE, THIS DEMONIC BEHAVIOUR WITH THE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC VOTE BANK POLITICS SOON DESTROY TAMIL NADU SOON;
STOP ABUSING SANATANA DHARMAM, BEWARE AND AWARE OF PRAKASHRAJ, KAMAL HASSAN AND VISHAL LIKE FOOLS WHO LOST THEIR IDENTITY AND PERISH SOON.
STOP THE NON SENSE VIDEOS FLOATED BY SEVERAL SELF APPOINTED FOOLS IN YOU TUBE SPREADING VENOM.
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18/11/2019
(Spoken at a conference in Delhi on December 27, 1973.)
Post - 6.
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Duryodhana chose the active fierce army rather than Krishna who would do nothing, who would only be a liability in the palace of Duryodhana.
Why do you want a man who will do nothing? You have only to feed him for nothing. “Well,” said Krishna, “Duryodhana, you want the army? It is here. It is yours.”
Jubilantly Duryodhana walked out with the pride of gaining victory then and there. “Arjuna is a fool,” thought Duryodhana. “I have got the butter, and he has only got the chaff out of it.”
After Duryodhana left, Krishna turned to Arjuna. “What do you want now?”
Arjuna replied, “I want nothing but yourself.”
“What is the matter with you? Have you not been fooled? He has taken away whatever is useful, and you are choosing Me, who will be of no use to you.”
Sri Krishna’s reaction was very interesting. Arjuna was being tested, and this choice is before us also. Do we want Krishna, the Being that will not act, or do we want the forces of the world which will vigorously act? What do we want?
We can choose between the two. But we are all Duryodhanas mostly, choosing only the active forces which will bring immediate results even if we are going to be doomed later on. This is what happens to us when we ask for the wealth of the world, when we ask for long life, when we ask for wife and children, position and status in society, promotion and whatnot—all the glory of this transient earth. This was Duryodhana’s choice and it is, unfortunately, the choice of many a man in this world.
But the wise and humble Arjuna chose that Being, the kutastha-nitya, that which will not move but which will make everything else move. The sun does not move; the planets move. But who makes the planets move? The immovable sun exerts such a pull and pressure upon the planets that they are kept in their position.
#Bhayod asya agnis tapati, bhayat tapati suryah (Kathopanishad : Chapter-2; Section-6; Mantram-3) : “The sun shines and fire burns on account of the fear of this inimitable Being,” says the Upanishad.
Its mere existence is a command. The very existence of the sun is an urge to action. We are alive here because of the sun shining above. The sun does not speak to us, he does not move his finger, he does not tell anything, he does not proclaim himself; he never speaks of his glory, but everything moves and acts and its life is maintained and sustained by the energy that emanates from the body of the sun. Sri Krishna’s mere presence in the chariot of Arjuna was enough to control and direct the destiny of all the forces on either side.
And the knowledge of this stupendous background behind all the activities of the world is the sankhya that Bhagavan Sri Krishna refers to in the Second Chapter of the Bhagavadgita.
The implementation of this knowledge in practical life is the yoga that he speaks of.
#Samkhya yogau prithag balah pravadanti na panditah (B.G. 5.4): “Sankhya and yoga are one and the same thing,” says the Lord.
From the point of view of the Bhagavadgita, knowledge and action mean one and the same thing. Knowledge set in motion is called action, and action becoming self-conscious is called knowledge. The expression of philosophy in practical life is called religion; religion becoming self-conscious is called philosophy. Such is the quintessential teaching of Bhagavan Sri Krishna to Arjuna, to man, to every one of us.
Are we going to choose knowledge or are we going to choose the material glamour of this transitory world?
To be continued ...
#Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-5; Slokam-4.
#"Sankhya-yogau prithag balah pravadanti na panditah
ekamapyasthitah samyag ubhayor vindate phalam."
"Only the ignorant speak of Sankhya ( Renunciation of actions, or karma sanyasam ) and karm yogam (work in devotion) as different. Those who are truly learned say that by applying ourselves to any one of these paths, we can achieve the results of both.
========================================================================
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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPINION :
1.THIS UNIVERSE RESPECTS OUR BHARATIYA HOLY SCRIPTURES THAN ANY THING;
2. NATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD INTRODUCED LEARNING OF UPANISHADS, SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA AND SANSKRIT; THESE SCRIPTURES ARE TRANSLATED INTO ALMOST ALL WORLD LANGUAGES; OUR SCRIPTURES ARE ACCEPTED, AND ACCEPTED BY THE UNIVERSE;
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 MINORITY 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.
========================================================================
SUM : TO TAMIL NADU PEOPLE, TO UNDERSTAND :
"THE CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AMONG MAJOR GROUP OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND MYSTICAL 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."
========================================================================
FINAL WORDS : WHAT THE GREAT ACHARYA SAID :
#The interesting phenomenon of the delivery of the Bhagavadgita is that the most sacred thing that it is – a holy teaching connected with God and creation, something which you would like to hear in a sanctified spot such as a #temple or an #ashram, a #university or an #academy, a #school or a #college – is given in the worst of human conditions, #called battle.
========================================================================
#WARNING
#Request Tamil nadu people :
Breaking India Forces, are very active in Tamil nadu, wake up, be cautious, Christian missionaries and Islamic Jihadis the two communal forces are patronized by all demonic political parties, the Aiadmk government and media is silent on this. both these communal groups misuse our Democracy, and Freedom, under the cover of minority status, hour has come to eliminate this combined evil, before the state become self destroyed; do not allow this, SAVE TAMILNADU.
========================================================================
THE RECENT ITCHING TO URBAN NAXALS AND TAMIL POLITICS CLEVERLY SUPPORTED BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AND EVANGELISTS WITH FOREIGN FUNDS AND ISLAMIC RADICALISM :
IS PM MODI JI + THIRUKURAL,
OUR BELOVED PM A TRUE NATION LOVING SON OF BHARATHAM, IN HIS SPEECHES, ALWAYS MENTION 130 CRORES OF MY PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM, THIS INCLUDES ALL,;
NOW PM MENTIONED THIRUKURAL ON SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PLATFORMS, THIS TEXT BELONGS TO THE NATION, NOT TAMILS ALONE;
TAMIL POLITICAL ASYLUM TALKS NONSENSE, THIS DEMONIC BEHAVIOUR WITH THE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC VOTE BANK POLITICS SOON DESTROY TAMIL NADU SOON;
STOP ABUSING SANATANA DHARMAM, BEWARE AND AWARE OF PRAKASHRAJ, KAMAL HASSAN AND VISHAL LIKE FOOLS WHO LOST THEIR IDENTITY AND PERISH SOON.
STOP THE NON SENSE VIDEOS FLOATED BY SEVERAL SELF APPOINTED FOOLS IN YOU TUBE SPREADING VENOM.
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