Sat Sang : True Understanding of the familiar word

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Namaste.

If we study the instructions given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in

Bhagavad Gita, we should not have any doubts about the Total

Surrender of the spiritual seeker to the Lord and to the Divine

Spiritual Master.

 

In the beginning itself, Arjuna had whole-heartedly surrendered to

Lord Krishna, thus getting rid of his ego and self identification.

Lord still emphasized the importance of TOTAL EXCLUSIVE SURRENDER to

Him through out the Gita repeatedly.

 

"daivIhyeSA guNa mayI mama mAyA duratya yA

mAmeva ye prapadyamte mAyAmetAm taramti te"

 

(Gita 7.14)

 

Very Important verse indeed!

 

"Verily this powerful ILLUSION of Mine,

made up of the three Gunas (innate tendencies and modes of material

nature), is HARD to SURMOUNT!!!

But those who take REFUGE IN ME ALONE, they CROSS OVER this Illusory

POWER of Mine."

 

By surrendering UNCONDITIONALLY to Lord ALONE there can be Maya

(Prakriti) nivritti.

Without Maya nivritti NONE can be liberated.

 

How it was accomplished by Arjuna practically? Lord gave many more

commandments. The most important ones stresses again the surrender of

MIND, INTELLECT and EGO to the Lord in Yoga of Devotion.

 

'mayyeva mana Adhatsva

mayibuddiM nivezaH

nivaSyasi mayyeva

ata UrdhvaM na saMzayaH'

 

(Gita.12.8)

 

'Fix your mind on Me alone, let your thoughts dwell in Me.

You will hereafter live in Me alone.

Of this there is no doubt.'

 

'mayyAvezya mano ye mAM

nityayuktA upAsate

zraddhayA parayopetA

ste me yuktatamA matAH'

 

(Gita 12.2)

 

'Those souls who have fixed their minds on Me, and who, ever

steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, worship Me-them I consider

perfect in yoga.'

 

"tasmAt sarveSu kAleSu

mAmanusmara yudhya ca

mayyarpita mano buddhir

mAme vaiSyasi asaMsayaH"

 

Gita 8.7

 

"Therefore think of Me at all times and perform all your actions

including the FIGHTING in the WAR. There is no doubt that by giving

your MIND, HEART and INTELLECT to Me, you will SURELY attain Me."

 

(Remember well, this is a very important ORDER from Him)

 

'man-manA bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yAjI mAM namaskuru

mAm evaiSyasi satyaM te

pratijAne priyo 'si me'

 

(Gita 18.65)

 

'man-manA bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yAjI mAM namaskuru

mam evaiSyasi yuktvaivam

AtmAnaM mat-parAyaNaH '

 

'Fix your mind on Me. Be devoted to Me. Sacrifice unto Me. Bow down

to Me.

Having thus made yourself steadfast in Me, taking Me as the SUPREME

GOAL, you will come to Me.'

 

(Gita 9.34.)

 

If the aspiring soul can practice this, liberation from Maya as well

as God realization will be possible.

 

What more to be DONE by the aspirants be free from 'egoism'?

 

"yat karoSi yadaznAsi yajjahosi dadAsi yat

yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruSva madarpaNam"

 

'zubhAzubha phalair evaM

mokSyase karma bandhanaiH

saMnyAsa yoga yuktAtmA

vimukto mAmupaiSyasi "

 

(Gita 9.27, 28)

 

Lord Krishna also gives another commandment to Arjuna -

 

"What ever you do, what ever you eat, whatever sacrifice you perform,

whatever you give in charity, DO IT FOR ME ALONE as an OFFERING!

YOUR MIND ATTACHED TO ME, THEN YOUR ACTIONS WILL NOT BIND YOU!"

 

"sarva karmANyapi sadA kurvaNo madvyapAzrayaH

mat prasAdAd avApnoti zAzvataM padam avyayam"

 

(Gita 18.56)

 

"One to whom I am the REFUGE even while he REMAINS engaged in ALL

actions, (he) attains the eternal, immutable state through My Grace."

 

"cetasA sarvakarmANi mayi saMnyasya matparaH

buddhi yogam upAzritya macchittaH satataM bhava"

 

(Gita 18.57)

 

"MENTALLY dedicating ALL ACTIONS to Me and accepting Me as the

SUPREME, have your MIND ever FIXED on Me by resorting to the yoga of

wisdom."

 

"maccittaH sarva durgANi mat prasAdAt tariSyasi

atha cet tvam ahaMkArAn na zroSyasi vinaMkSyasi"

(Gita 18.58)

 

"Having your MIND FIXED ON Me, you will cross over ALL the

difficulties through My GRACE. If, on the otherhand, you DO NOT

LISTEN out of EGOTISM, you will PERISH."

 

"However much you may try to you will not achieve anything if you do

not get the GRACE of the Lord. That Grace again, is NOT easily

obtained. All EGOISM ought to be WIPED OUT as a PRELUDE to it. If the

egoistic feeling, "I am the DOER," takes possession of your heart,

that ATTITUDE will ALIENATE you from Iswara (Lord). The Lord REMAINS

HIDDEN in that heart which is TAINTED by EGOISM. - Sri Ramakrishna "

 

"If filled with EGOISM, you think "I wii NOT fight," vain is this,

your resolve; your nature will COMPEL you."

 

(Gita 18.59)

 

"Jnana (wisdom) and Mukti (liberation) cannot be had as long as

EGOISM persists. Birth and death also DO NOT come to an END to him

who is given to EGOISM. - Sri Ramakrishna "

 

"tameva zaraNaM gaccha sarva bhAvena bhArata,

tat prasAdAt parAM zAntiM sthAnaM prApsyasi zAzvatam"

 

(Gita 18.62)

 

"O Arjuna, 'take refuge in Supreme Lord alone', with all your heart,

mind and soul! Then you shall attain His Grace.

It is through His Divine Grace that you can attain Supreme peace,

eternal happiness and Divine Abode."

 

The Lord finally declared in Gita -

 

"sarva dharmAn parityjya mAmekaM zaraNaM vraja "

 

"O Arjuna, ABANDON ALL THOUGHTS OF RELIGION AND IRRELIGION.

'COME TO ME ALONE FOR SHELTER.'

It is then, that I, Who am a JUDGE TO ALL, will cease to JUDGE in

your case and will instead pardon your innumerable past sins of

countless past lives, THROUGH MY GRACE!!!"

 

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The Lord said Arjuna has a choice, either 'to Surrender completely',

his heart, mind, body, intellect, ego or 'not to surrender' and

follow his own confusion (free will). This choice is definitely

our 'free will'. Of course acting upon the free will has its own

consequences.

 

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

Dr. Jaya

 

, "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi> wrote:

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> Here I would add the old, much debated and little-understood issue

of

> destiny vs free will. Can a person DO anything

[Guest guest]

Very Important quotes by lord Krishna,

 

'Those souls who have fixed their minds on Me, and

who, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith,

worship

Me-them I consider perfect in yoga (to get united in

me).'

 

 

"What ever you do, what ever you eat, whatever

sacrifice you perform, whatever you give in charity,

DO IT FOR ME ALONE as an OFFERING! YOUR MIND

ATTACHED TO ME, THEN YOUR ACTIONS WILL NOT BIND YOU!"

 

 

here he clarifies the importance of"eka bhakti

vishishtate" a single point devotion leads to

specilisation.

 

To reach a godlyness only and only that particular god

should be worshiped. Worshiping of multiple gods lead

nowhere.

 

This is true devotion to surrender every action

inclusive of mind,is letting "himself" have control

over us, and relieve us from further karmas and their

effects.

 

Lord also says, I stay in hearts of all live bodies.

"Hridaye Tishtati arjuna" only thing is to accept and

realise his presence.

 

Tranformation needs faith and patience as said by "

shri shirdi saibabji".