Jayanthi Reward Points : 100 Member Since : Monday, April 13, 2009
Who is the wise man according to this article on the Bhagavat Gita since there is a statement that a wise man is superior to the austere and to the scholar and to the man of action.
The Bhagavad Gita expects every man to become a Krishna, a paragon of the wise man. The wise man is therefore the Yogeshvara, a man of universal action, and a centre, of all love. Sri Krishna is the ideal superman of the East, and the Gita is the exposition of the science of man s rising to this State.
Posted On : 4/13/2009 11:07:07 PM
Siddharth Ray Reward Points : 61200 Member Since : Tuesday, April 07, 2009
The Bhagavad Gita expects every man to become a Krishna, a paragon of the wise man, a Yogeshvara, a man of universal action, and a centre, of all love. Sri Krishna is the ideal superman of the East, and the Gita is the exposition of the science of man s rising to this State. Krishna represents God Arjuna represents man. Krishna is knowledge Arjuna is action. Krishna is Grace Arjuna is effort. Krishna is the Goal Arjuna is the means. Krishna is the Absolute Arjuna is the relative. The purpose of the Gita is to bring about in man s life a union of the two and this it seeks to achieve by the Yoga of the consciousness of Brahman in the midst of action. The Goal of action is Brahman. The instrument of action is Brahman. The process of action is Brahman. The agent of action is Brahman. For one who acts in this spirit, ever in tune with the Eternal Brahman, seeing Brahman in action, there is no bondage, no pain, no death. He attains to Brahman alone IV-24 . To such knowers of the Truth, absolute freedom is everywhere. They are in beatitude V-26 . The purpose of human life is the recognition of the Divine Law and the practice of Yoga in daily life, as described in the Bhagavad Gita. Man Abandon your vain conceit and reflect upon the essential immanent Spirit that illumines your life, and without which your enterprises have no value. It does not mean that everyone should abandon their homestead and chattel and embrace a life of poverty and reticence. The Gita has a very liberal doctrine. It throws open to every man the possibility of realising the Divine. Every step towards selflessness is a step taken in the path of Yoga. Every sacrifice that is done is a stage in the Bhagavad Gita Yoga. Children, women and persons belonging to all types can be taught this Yoga of the Eternal, in accordance with their own stages in evolution, if only the Teacher is an expert, one who knows the true spirit of the Gita, who lives a life in harmony with that of Sri Krishna. Give the hands to work, with the mind dedicated to God. Let your life be a process of the spiritual consciousness. Try to emulate the Lord, Sri Krishna. May you all learn the Yoga taught by Him in the Gita, and become inheritors of the Kingdom of the Infinite.
CHAPTER III DEVOTION THROUGH THE RIGHT PERFORMANCE OF ACTION Talks about the Wise Man. i am quoting a translation here for further understanding .. O son of Bharata, as the ignorant perform the duties of life from the hope of reward, so the wise man, from the wish to bring the world to duty and benefit mankind, should perform his actions without motives of interest. He should not create confusion in the understandings of the ignorant, who are inclined to outward works, but by being himself engaged in action should cause them to act also. All actions are effected by the qualities of nature. The man deluded by ignorance thinks, I am the actor. But he, O strong-armed one who is acquainted with the nature of the two distinctions of cause and effect, knowing that the qualities act only in the qualities, and that the Self is distinct from them, is not attached in action. Those who have not this knowledge are interested in the actions thus brought about by the qualities and he who is perfectly enlightened should not unsettle those whose discrimination is weak and knowledge incomplete, nor cause them to relax from their duty. Throwing every deed on me, and with thy meditation fixed upon the Higher Self, resolve to fight, without expectation, devoid of egotism and free from anguish. Those men who constantly follow this my doctrine without reviling it, and with a firm faith, shall be emancipated even by actions but they who revile it and do not follow it are bewildered in regard to all knowledge, and perish, being devoid of discrimination. But the wise man also seeketh for that which is homogeneous with his own nature. All creatures act according to their natures what, then, will restraint effect? In every purpose of the senses are fixed affection and dislike. A wise man should not fall in the power of these two passions, for they are the enemies of man. It is better to do one s own duty, even though it be devoid of excellence, than to perform another s duty well. It is better to perish in the performance of one s own duty the duty of another is full of danger.
Posted On : 4/14/2009 5:41:34 AM
Kew Kah Fatt Kew Reward Points : 700 Member Since : Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The battle ground in Bhagavad Gita is about our 2 eyes, 2 opposing armies arrayed in formations ready to fight. Krishna and Arjuna are in the centre between formations. The bow in Arjuna s hand signifies our eye-brows. Chapter 2 tells the importance of the One inside us. There are many names and these can confuse readers. This One is eternal and never be killed. Chapter 6 tells of the right nasal gaze meditation in oppsite to the one in chapter 5. I expound the nasal gaze meditation to the world. Other chapters are important but more names are added to confuse readers regarding the One inside us. What I disapprove of the Gita is the classification of devotion. The lowest class is for those who pray to deities asking for good fortune. Chapter 2 is already telling us everyone of us is a God. So why must people pray to deities? Everything is fated, like the earth quake, storm, flood, accidents, so why worry? Just do the nasal gaze meditation. This is the wise move. This makes you a wise man. Remember, you are a God.
Bhagavat Gita
