The Supreme Lord said, The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called the self. Action pertaining to the development of these material bodies is called karma, or fruitive activities.....8:3
In answer to these questions the Supreme Lord Krishna replies in three verses. He answers three of the questions with the words a-ksaram paramam meaning the supreme indestructible reality which is imperishable and never is destroyed and is the essence in totality of all atmas or souls of all embodied beings. So here akarsam refers to the individual atma and when matter merges with it then it becomes embodied and is referred to as adhyatma which is a combination of matter, senses, intelligence and subtle elements surrounding enveloping the atma. Both the atma and matter should be well comprehended by those aspirants for moksa or liberation from material existence in order to know what in life should be accepted and what in life should be rejected. Also one should be clear as to the discharge of one's daily duties and yagna or worship in propitiation and whether such propitiation should be offered to demigods or exclusively to the Supreme Lord. All actions of various types offered to anything other than the Supreme Lord have a reaction attached to them and are known as karma or reactions to actions and by these actions all types of movable and immovable beings are coming into existence. said by kesava kasmiri
(The Brhadaranyaka Upanisad IV.V.XIV states that the atma is eternal and verily indestructible. The jiva or embodied being is in a perpetual state of bondage and is explained in the Subala Upanisad as such: The unmanifest descends into the embodied soul and the embodied soul sinks into the darkness of nescience. But in this verse the word paramam meaning supreme qualifies the term aksaram and so its imperishable nature refers to the atma not associated with or disconnected from primordial matter and as such the only perception manifesting is realisation of the atma and one becomes omniscient. Although in scriptural passages such as Brhadaranyaka Upanisad IV.IV.XXII stating O`Garga the brahman or spirirtual substratum pervading all existence is verily indestructible. In this case it refers to the ultimate reality; but not here because Lord Krishna Himself will speak later in chapter 15, verse 16 and 17of this indestructible as being different from the two types of created beings those who are perishable and those who are imperishable as He is exalted and being distinctly different from both is designated as the Supreme Being and Supreme Personality.)
Adey swadharma ..one shud do..u sd regarding the daily duties.how wud we know wht to accept and what to reject?...and propitiation to Demi gods or supreme lord..
ReplyDeleteOnce a person's consciousness is getting aware of his self, he would automatically begin to differentiation between temporary and everlasting substances, once he knows the difference he begins to cling towards everlasting things..that would initiate a journey where he would not attracted towards material sense pleasures or external objects, subconsciously begins to enjoy pleasure of internal everlasting reality. To know the reality (the self)is the swadharma..for a sanyasin..but for married? is different; so it all depends at what state of life we are in once begin to probe we begin to understand ...mm mm.hope i have given the answer?
ReplyDeleteAs always u make me to understand...so its the growth of consciousness to the higher level wud make us aware of the self...n eventually the other things too....kada...thank u ji....
ReplyDeleteAs always u make me to understand...so its the growth of consciousness to the higher level wud make us aware of the self...n eventually the other things too....kada...thank u ji....
ReplyDeleteUnless we understand the nature and the structure of this consciousness in which we act, through which all our behavior and all our thinking takes place, we would be confused,always be living in constant battle within ourselves and outside.We would be never finding peace,a sense of deep tranquility.
ReplyDeleteits true..i can "relate" to this..' we wud be confused'. and the constant battle within ourselves..yet im trying to walk on the path which wud solve these conflicts.
ReplyDeleteprogress of self is unlike progress of materialism,its not a running race where every one is competing each other and in the end one would be declared winner, progress of consciousness is known by the clarity of perception of the reality..The more we focus on self the more we begin to understand what we are composed of? the more you understand the composition of self, the more clarity you have , the more clarity you have , the more bondages(unwanted things from mind) u leave, the more u leave the more confined clarity about your self..avuna kada?....but the whole world including us is running after possession, more possessions..the more u have the more u exlated..!!!! the more recognisition in this world....called as achiever and success!!! so the growth here is not any relativity , u cant compare with any thing..adey every one who practice gets confused cos he is habitual of seeing outside window to know weather our train is moving or not?
ReplyDeletekeep dhairyam , practice stillness, God is in heart (read gita chap 10 verse 11)..keep praying its powerful tool, the answers will automatically appear in front of you...
ReplyDeletecharansparsh. the answers u give and the replies always reach me. i will practise dhairyam( that i understood as courage) and stillness through meditation. i will also try to read gita that u have said. and prayers.
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