Sai message for the day

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By now we have known about divinity very well. What more do we need

in this world?

 

You are mistaken. It is not enough if you merely know. If you spend

your lifetime reading books when are you going to experience Bliss?

It is experience which is important and not bookish or scriptural

knowledge. The Gita refers to three specific steps in spirituality,

jnatum, knowledge, drastum, sight and pravestum, experience.

 

Suppose you want to eat a delicious item. What do you do first? You

know about delicacies such as kurma, pulao, etc. Then in the next

step, these two items, pulao and kurma , are to be served in

a .plate. It is not enough if you know, jnatum ,the items and see

them, drastum. Isn't it? You have to eat and enjoy the dishes,

pravestum, experience. So mere information and knowledge are useless.

You should practice and realise. This is wisdom and when you attain

it, you find yourself immersed in bliss and you remain dumb.

 

The same thing has been explained in the Brahmasutras also. The first

principle is: athato brahma jijnasa which means, athato, hereafter,

brahma , about God, jijnasa , developing interest. But what is meant

by `hereafter'? When exactly should we develop interest in Brahman?

This word " athato " , is interpreted in many many ways by scholars and

visionaries. They run to volumes. But what is first needed is karma

jijnasa , interest in action, later dharma jijnasa, interest in

discrimination, and finally bramha jijnasa , interest in divinity.

 

I give simple examples for you to understand this. Suppose you want

to eat coconut chutney. What do you do first? You should procure all

the material necessary for its preparation. This is karma jijnasa .

You should grind all the material so procured nicely. This is dharma

jijnasa . You have to keep it on the tongue to decide the taste and

to know if anything else should be added to it. This is brahma

jijnasa. This means mere karma jijnasa is not enough. You need at the

next stage, dharma jijnasa and finally, you develop interest in

Brahman, brahma­ jijnasa. The wisdom so gained must be practised and

experienced. You should share the bliss with others.