Geeta Thoughts - Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda's thoughts on the Gita, RK mission.

 

To Arjuna who is overwhelmed by self-pity and fear,

Krishna says,

 

If there is anything in the world which can be called

sin ,it is this--- "fear".

 

Yield not to unmanliness, O son of Pritha.

There is in this world,

neither sin nor misery,

neither disease nor grief;

If there is anything in the world which can be called

sin ,it is this--- "fear".

 

Know that any work which brings out the latent power

in thee, is Punya(virtue); and that which makes thy

body and mind weak is, verily, sin.

 

Shake off this faintheartedness !

 

Thou art a hero, a Vira; "this is unbecoming of

thee".If you can proclaim this message to the

world-then all this disease, grief, sin, and sorrow

will vanish off from the face of the earth in three

days. All these ideas of weakness will be nowhere.

 

Turn the gaze inward, where resides the

Paramatman(Spureme Self). Proclaim to the whole world

with trumpet voice,

 

"There is no sin in thee,

there is no misery in thee;

thou art the resorvoir of omnipotent power.

 

Arise, awake, and manifest the Divinity within !"

 

 

Gita 2.3 "O Partha, yield not to unmanliness. This

does not befit you. O scorcher of foes, arise, giving

up the petty weakness of the heart."

If one reads this one Shloka 2:3, one gets all the

merits of reading the entire Gita; for in this one

Shloka lies embedded the whole Message of the Gita.

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Gita 13:27. He sees who sees the supreme Lord as

existing equally in all beings, and as the

Imperishable among the perishable.

 

Gita 13:28. Since by seeing equally God who is present

alike everywhere he does not injure the Self by the

Self, therefore he attains the supreme Goal.

 

Swami Vivekananda says, "if there is anything in the

Gita that I like, it is these two verses, coming out

strong as the very gist, the very essence of Krishna's

teaching -- "(s)he who sees the Supreme Lord dwelling

alike in all beings, the Imperishable in things that

perish, (s)he sees indeed. For seeing the Lord as the

same, everywhere present, (s)he does not destroy the

Self by the self, and thus (s)he goes to the highest

goal.

 

With Love,

Raghava

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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> The story of the Bhagavad Gita is a good metaphor of Ascension by

> Descending.

>

> It's about a profoundly good man (Arjuna), called to do, in his mind, evil

> by going to battle. But, as Krishna pointed out, it's actually a call to

> Divinity or Ascension--to see beyond all forms of duality.

>

> I think it's a metaphor for the sacrifice we all made to incarnate in this

> planet, in this day and age--pure spirits having a human and flawed

> experience.

>

> We were all called to come back DOWN from the Mountain Top and participate

> in the travails of life. A call out of Eden, out of Sanctuary and into the

> knowledge of good and evil. In the end, this paradox is what will make our

> effort, our so-called "original sin," in my opinion, a profound service to

> God. It's a call to understand that Good and Evil are the same equidistant

> to God, both binded by only one thing: love. And that is why we are here,

> you and I, to experience that which binds.

>

> My hunch: once you Ascend you will realize that you never left home in the

> first place. And with this realization, you will descend again and...here

> you are.

>

> And in this respect true Ascension, in my opinion, is immune from clever

> plots. The more attempts to get out of here, more God will put you right

> back in. Remember, the last one off the sinking ship is the noblest of the

> bunch

> and the true hero.

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Namaste /\

 

Swami Vivekananda's thoughts on the Gita, RK mission.

 

The two special characteristics of Gita :

 

(1) The reconciliation of the different paths of

Dharma.

(2) 'Nishkama Karma' or Work without desire or

attachment.

 

1) Reconciliation of various paths :

If we study Upanishads, we notice in wandering through

the mazes of many subjects, the sudden introduction of

the discussion of a great truth, just as in the midst

of a huge wilderness a traveller unexpectdely comes

across here and there an exquisitely beautiful rose,

with its leaves, thorns, roots, all entangled.

Compared with that, the Gita is like these truths

beautifully arranged together in their proper places--

like a fine garland or a bouquet of the choicest

flowers. The Upanishads deal elaborately with

Shraddha(faith) in many places, but hardly mention

Bhakti. In the Gita, on the other hand, the subject of

Bhakti is not only again and again dealt with, but in

it, the innate spirit of Bhakti has attained its

culmination.

Now let us see some of the main points discussed in

the Gita. Wherein lies the originality of the Gita,

which distinguishes it from all preceding Scriptures ?

It is this :

The reconciliation of Yoga, Bhakti, Jnana, etc.

 

2) Nishkama Karma or Work without desire or

attachment, Swami Vivekananda :

 

The true Nishkama Karmi(performer of work without

desire) is neither heartless, nor is inert, nor is

violent. He is not Tamasika(ignorance, inertness,

inactivity) but of pure Sattva(Enlightenment,

calmness).

....Work! Be unattached! That is the whole secret. If

you get attached, you become miserable...

When we come to that non-attachment, then we can

understand the marvellous mystery of the universe; how

it is intense activity and vibration, and at the same

time the intensemost peace and calm; how it is work

every moment and rest every moment. That is the

mystery of the universe-- the impersonal and personal

in one, the infinite and finite in one.

Then we shall find the secret.

We do a little work and break ourselves. Why ? We

become attached to that work. Work without attachment

had side by side with it an infinite rest...

 

- From Swami Vivekananda's thoughts on the Gita

 

 

With Love,

Raghava

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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