Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2

Character Sketch

Śakuni, the maternal uncle of Duryodhana embodies the pattern of self-hatred, which is cunningness personified.
Droṇa represents all the best knowledge one imbibes and the teachers one encounters, who guide us but are unable to take us through to the ultimate flowering of enlightenment. It is difficult to give them up since one feels grateful to them. This is where the Enlightened Master, the incarnation steps in and guides us.
Duryodhana, represents one's ego or root-pattern, the most difficult to conquer as it leads one to self destruction. One needs the full help of the Master here. It is subtle work and even the Master's help may not be obvious, since at this point, sometimes the ego makes us deny and disconnect from the Master as well.

Karṇa is the repository of all good deeds and it is his good deeds that stand in the way of his own Enlightenment. Śrī Kṛṣṇa has to take the load of Karṇa's puṇya, his meritorious deeds, before he could be liberated. The Enlightened Master guides one to drop one's attachment to good deeds arising out of what are perceived to be charitable and compassionate intentions. He also shows us that the quest for and the experience of enlightenment is the ultimate act of compassion that one can offer to the world.

Bhagavan Ṣri Kṛṣṇa, the 8th most powerful purnāvatar of Ṃaha Viśnu, is the embodiment of pure celebration, boundless love, compassion, and completion.

Bhagavan Ṣri Kṛṣṇa is the only incarnation demonstrating and expressing Ṣarva Ṃangalatva all the auspicious qualities and all dimensions of an avatar during His physical happening. The līla Bhagavan Ṣri Krsna is one of sheer innocence and simplicity, in a peace-loving, diplomatic, conflict-free way.

Karṇa is the repository of all good deeds and it is his good deeds that stand in the way of his own Enlightenment. Śrī Kṛṣṇa has to take the load of Karṇa's puṇya, his meritorious deeds, before he could be liberated. The Enlightened Master guides one to drop one's attachment to good deeds arising out of what are perceived to be charitable and compassionate intentions. He also shows us that the quest for and the experience of enlightenment is the ultimate Till now everyone blames Bhagavan Sri Krishna for this Kurukshetra war but that's the greatest sacrifice Bhagavan Sri Krishna did to save the planet Earth. If Kurukshetra was not conducted at that time under the controlled conditions and direct supervision of Bhagavan Sri Krishna, planet Earth would not have survived more than three years.

Character Sketch act of compassion that one can offer to the world. Bhagavan Ṣri Kṛṣṇa, the 8th most powerful purnāvatar of Ṃaha Viśnu, is the embodiment of pure celebration, boundless love, compassion, and completion. Bhagavan Ṣri Kṛṣṇa is the only incarnation demonstrating and expressing Ṣarva Ṃangalatva all the auspicious qualities a nd all dimensions of an avatar during His physical happening. The līla Bhagavan Ṣri Krsna is one of sheer innocence and The wide spread availability of the Astra shastras without Shastra, without the knowledge and vision, was posing a huge threat to the whole of humanity and planet Earth, and for life itself. The greatest achievement of Bhagavan Sri Krishna is destroying all the weapons in one controlled condition and saving planet earth, eliminating the nuclear weapons and the knowledge of these nuclear weapons to save humanity from total annihilation.

conflict-free way.

simplicity, in a peace-loving, diplomatic,

Bhagavad Gītā appears in the heart of Mahābhārat in Bhīṣma Parva, the sixth chapter of its eighteen chapters. Veda Vyāsa, the narrator, in glorifying the Gītā sings, 'the one who drinks the water of Ganges (the sacred river for Hindus) attains liberation, what to speak of the one who drinks the nectar of Gītā?

Gītā is the essential nectar of the Mahābhārat, bhāratamṛta sarvasvam as it is directly spoken by Nārāyaṇa, Bhagavān kṛṣṇa Himself.'

The armies assembled in the vast field of Kurukṣetra, now in the state of Haryana in modern day Bharat. All the kings and princes were related to one another, and were often on opposite sides. Facing the Kaurava army and his friends, relatives and teachers, Arjuna was overcome by remorse and guilt, and wanted to walk away from the battle out of total powerlessness unbecoming an invincible warrior among warriors.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa's dialogue with Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra out of His utmost concern and love for him and humanity is the content of Bhagavad Gītā. Of its seven hundred and forty-five (745) verses, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa sings the Gītā in six hundred and twenty (620) verses responding to Arjuna's fifty-seven (57) enquiries.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa persuades Arjuna to give-up his powerlessness unfitting an Ārya—the spiritually evolved one who understands human life and urges him to raise himself again as Parantapa—the conqueror of enemy, and take up arms and vanquish his enemies. They are already dead,' says Śrī Kṛṣṇa, 'All those who are facing you have been already killed by Me. Go ahead and do what you have to do. That is your responsibility. Do not worry about the outcome. Leave that to Me.'

yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ

O Kaunteya (son of Kuntī), the turbulent senses carry away the mind of a wise man, though he is striving to be in control

Bring integrity to your thinking by doing completion with your root patterns

tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñāpratiṣṭhitā

Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me. His mind is steady in the present whose senses are under control

By fighting as your own responsibility demands, you earn merits and go to heaven.

When a man thinks of objects, it gives rise to attachment for them. From attachment, desire arises; from desire, anger is born

Complete, for the bliss of completion.

krodhād bhavati saṁmohaḥ saṁmohāt smṛtivibhramaḥ smṛtibhraṁśād buddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati

From anger arises delusion, from delusion, loss of memory, from loss of memory, the destruction of discrimination, from destruction of discrimination, he perishes

Be Complete in the Present Moment

Kṛṣṇa continues to explain to Arjuna how difficult it is to control the senses and what happens when one loses control of the senses.

A man, intent on spiritual progress, went to a master and begged him to teach him how to control his mind.

The master tried to explain that the mind couldn't be controlled in the way he was seeking, by stopping his thoughts, but he wouldn't listen.

Fed up, the master gave him a bottle of a liquid and told him to drink three drops three times a day. The man asked, 'That's it? It will control my mind? 'The master said, 'Just one thing, make sure you don't think of a monkey when you drink the medicine. ''Oh, sure, quite simple!' said the man as he walked out.

At the door he turned and asked, 'By the way, in case I do think of a monkey, what should I do?

You can never destroy thoughts or suppress them. Suppression does not work on the mind, only completion does. Suppressed emotions solidify as a volcano of patterns and explode when they get the chance. You can only complete with thoughts by doing self-completion with them, and gradually the mind will settle down.

Lack of integrity is nothing but suppressing your thoughts and putting all your problems under the carpet.

Lack of integrity is nothing but suppressing your thoughts and putting all your problems under the carpet. When you do completion and settle into the present moment, with no expectations and no attachments, you will find that your inner space becomes quiet and your senses slow down.

PROCEDURE

Goals:

Helping each child understand the importance of completing with every thought

1. What is the way to integrate our senses?
2. What happens when the mind discovers the bliss of completion?
3. What happens when we suppress emotions?
4. Define lack of integrity. How does destruction arise within us?

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. 10 ml of dish soap
2. 100 ml of cold water
3. 400 ml of white vinegar
4. Food coloring
5. Baking soda slurry (fill a cup about ½ with baking soda, then fill the rest of the way with water)
6. Empty 2 liter soda bottle

NOTE: This should be done outside due to the mess.

1. Combine the vinegar, water, dish soap and 2 drops of food coloring into the empty soda bottle.
2. Use a spoon to mix the baking soda slurry until it is all a liquid. Eruption time! … Pour the baking soda slurry into the soda bottle quickly and step back!

INFERENCE:

This art project will help the children understand that this eruption is what happens when we suppress our emotions and it creates a mess in our lives. And to understand the importance of completing with each thought when it arises.

PROCEDURE:

Tell the children to spread around the room and to start intensely acting like monkeys for 5 minutes. Move like monkeys, jump around like monkeys, make sounds like monkeys, imitate monkey behavior

This activity helps the children understand the instability of the mind when we let our senses take over. So they need to know the importance of integrating their mind to something that transcends the senses in order to experience bliss.

1. Pen or pencil
2. Paper