Bhagavad Gita Summary : Knowing the supreme god, Arjuna
wanted to know which is the best way to reach him and what kind of people are
dearer to the supreme god. Krishna told Arjuna, the one who always worship me
with faith and keep their mind in me is the most perfect, and the others who
controls the senses and do welfare to others also reach me. Krishna told there
are various ways of reaching him, by fixing the mind on Krishna and engaging
all the intelligence on Krishna, the person lives within Krishna, however if that’s
not possible, then involve in meditational practices to attain the supreme
power, if that’s not possible, then should involve in devotional service, if that’s
not possible, then give all your results of action to me and work, if that’s
not possible, work on developing knowledge on me.
"Our Life: At least In India we
see, people worshiping god in numerous forms, from stone to animal to
human to giant humans, etc. These forms are made to believe god is in every
form and few of the practices are made to regularize the people’s engagement in
devotional activities, like a month long festival, a month long prayer, etc.
Basically they tend to change the nature of people by this consistent practice.
Also the forms of gods are mostly family based like son, mother, etc. They help
people understand how they need to live in their life and gods are more like
super models (in family life). As we go to an ashram or Matt we
understand that people learn Veda’s and they perform rituals, etc ...In places
like Himalayas we could see yogis, who has no desire and perform no
action to live, who live mostly in mediation... People like us , who love
to hear about god , what it is , why it is and try to argue few things, it’s
nothing but we try to develop knowledge in that area (and some goes to
religious meeting and prayers to learn on this).. Some people believe helping
others and performing good things is the service to god... All of them are path
to reach the supreme power, however at any point in time, if you think, by
doing this you will definitely reach god; you already lost your path!!!
We
see advertisement boards on donated products, we see names of people
kept for charity trust, we see temples built on every street/community - it
seems god should serve their street/community also, we see that rituals
overtake underlying principles told in Gita, we see people go to religious
meetings to develop contacts and feel proud to organize such meetings
in their place and so on.... by doing all this, we already lost our
path to reach him and again his illusions are hard to come by! (We are proving
by doing all this)"
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Bhagavad Gita Summary : Krishna told to Arjuna, the one
who is not envious but friendly to all living beings, free from false ego, who
is always satisfied, who is tolerant, who is self controlled, whose mind and
intelligence is fixed on me, such a person is very dear to me. One
who neither rejoices nor grieves, who waivers the auspicious and
inauspicious things, who is equipoise in honor and dishonor, fame
and infamy, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service,
such a person is very dear to me. Those who follow devotional service path and
who are completely engages themselves with faith and making me as supreme goal
is very dear to me.
"Our Life: Can we be
not envy about what happens with our friends and relatives like
promotion, marriage, assets, etc? Sure we can... first thing we have
to acknowledge and respect ourselves and our life, second thing we have to
understand there is nothing more than the supreme personality of god , and all
others have no value... So then why did I say, first you need to respect your
self... it’s because the supreme personality of god lives in you, that’s why
you need to first respect yourself.
Ego is a very important
emotion for a human being, beyond a point it can make you like an animal. Ego
basically comes from comparative nature of us, either to prove to someone or to
society or group of people - that we are not inferior or to prove we are
superior...People want to go on VIP lane in some places, if no permission is
given, then their ego is triggered, people don’t want to follow certain rules,
but when they are forced, their ego is triggered, people want to have last word
in any discussion, if not, then ego is triggered and so on.... Basically the
person who is not self aware and who can be taken by the situation for a ride,
will undergo this for many times... False Ego, can create emotional imbalance,
which means meaningless speech and activity to follow, and will take you in to
trouble. Finally to resolve this, you have to either tell lie or imagine
yourself that others has done very wrong things to you (may be more than what
was the reality)... To overcome the False Ego, it’s very important to realize
yourself, see god in others, believe in the actions of god and don’t attach you
for fame and honor. Because when you are attached to something, false ego can
be easily triggered. We are sure in most of the violence and relationship
breaking; false ego is the main cause. By losing this characteristics, you will
have better life (as your relatives/friends/known or anyone whom you interact
will be also comfortable). Having said that, it doesn't mean being a fool or
allow others to take you for a ride... Be firm when it’s right and it’s your
duty, but never be egoistic!! "
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