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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3

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.'

yastvātmaratireva syād ātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭa stasya kāryaṁ na vidyate

One who takes pleasure in the Self, who is satisfied in the Self and who is content in one's Self, for him certainly, no work exists

When you are bliss itself, what more can you ask for? When you understand and experience this truth, you are enough unto yourself; you are completely satisfied.

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ

Certainly, he never has any purpose for doing his duty or for not doing his duty in this world. He does not depend on any living being

The person centered in completion does not depend on external causes or people to feel joyful, blissful. Constantly, the fountain of bliss is happening within him.

tasmādasaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara asakto hyācaran karma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ

Therefore, one should work always without attachment. Performing work without attachment, certainly, man achieves the Supreme

Only when you work without any incompletion, can you perform the task authentically to your peak possibility, without expectation and without being concerned about the results.

karmaṇaiva hi saṁsiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ lokasaṁgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi

King Janaka and others attained perfection by selfless enriching. To guide others you too must act selflessly

Only when you are completely detached can you be completely involved.

Our Eastern Masters have declared again and again, 'You are bliss. You are love. You are eternal bliss itself.' When you are bliss itself, what more can you ask for? When you understand and experience this truth, you are enough unto yourself; you are completely satisfied. Nothing exists for you to achieve because you are already the ultimate you can achieve!

As of now, you are running behind something out of greed, thinking you will have bliss when you possess it. Either you are running behind something out of greed or you are running away from something out of fear. You are afraid something will take away your joy, your life.

Both running towards something and running away from something become irrelevant when you understand you are a part of this loving Existence, taking care of you every moment.

Existence is taking care of you every moment. Do you think you can be alive even for one moment if Existence does not want you to be alive?

The very fact that you are alive proves that Existence wants you here, now, in this form, in this place.

This is the ultimate cause for celebration! What more do you want?

Your suffering, your struggle, your incompletion is only because you don't trust that you are being provided all that you need.

In the SPH'S words

People often look at my feet and tell me that I have such smooth and soft feet. They do not know I have wandered thousands of miles barefoot in all types of terrain. When you walk upon Mother Earth with great respect, trust and love, She will simply cherish you. I never wore footwear in the early years of my life.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM was once on an elephant safari on a jungle path. The guide showed him a path which was used by humans, alongside the one on which the elephant was walking.

The guide said where man walks, no grass grows, but where the elephant walks, the grass does not die! As humans we have lost touch with Nature, with Existence. That is why we experience Nature unpleasantly. Even in our prayers there is no gratitude, there is only asking.

We have become beggars. Also, you are not satisfied with how Existence chooses to take care of your needs.

You look at others and have a big list of wants based on what others have. You fail to understand that each of us is unique and each of us has been provided with exactly what we need. Instead, you start looking at what others have and want that also. Greed sets in.

This is how you waste your entire life running behind desires and running away from reality.

As long as the outer world is responsible for your happiness, there can be no permanent happiness.

The person centered in completion does not depend on external causes or people to feel joyful, blissful.

Constantly, the fountain of bliss is happening within him. He is enjoyment itself!

King Janaka was a beautiful example of a true karma yogi, a man of selfless authenticity in action with a continuous commitment to enriching life in and around him. He ruled a kingdom and yet was unattached, liberated. Just like Kṛṣṇa who ruled a kingdom and yet was a Sannyāsi in the truest sense of the word, Janaka was a model king who was complete unto himself, untouched by the external world

Once, Janaka was brought news that there was a fire in the city. Ordinarily, a king would have been agitated that a part of his kingdom was in danger.

But Janaka said, 'My wealth is unlimited and yet I have nothing. Even if the whole of my capital Mithilā is burnt, nothing is lost to me.' It is not that Janaka was not bothered that there was a fire in his kingdom.

He was completely involved in what he had to do, but at the same time was completely detached from the incident. Only when you are completely detached can you be completely involved. Otherwise, your very sense of ownership and emotional attachment will be a hindrance to plunging headlong into the task. Only when you work without any incompletion, can you perform the task authentically to your peak possibility, without expectation and without being concerned about the results.

For children to understand that Existence is providing for them. To get the children to understand that only by detachment can we perform tasks authentically

  • 1. When are we completely satisfied?
  • 2. What is Existence taking care of?
  • 3. What is the ultimate cause for celebration?
  • 4. How did THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM wander A thousands of miles barefoot yet still have smooth and soft feet?
  • 5. What have humans lost touch with?
  • 6. How does greed start in us?
  • 7. What was special about King Janaka?
  • 8. What stops us being completely involved in a task?

MATERIALS NEEDED:

  • 1. Paper
  • 2. Paints
  • 3. Brush
  • 4. sketch pens

PROCEDURE

  • Let us make a "Thank You" greetings card for our Guru, who represents Existence.
  • Fold an A4 size paper in the middle to make a card.
  • On the card cover, draw or paint images that you feel show your gratitude for what has
  • been provided uniquely for your life.
  • On the inside of the card, write your very special individualized message for THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
  • Submit your card to your acharya (teacher) for conveying them to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

INFERENCE

It is important to understand that Existence wants you here, now, in this form, in this place. And understand that each of us is unique and each of us has been provided with exactly what we need.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

  • 1. Many leaves per child. Either fresh leaves or autumn leaves.
  • 2. They can be mixed sizes and shapes.
  • 3. Ensure all are safe to be handled. String Scissors Optional: hole punch

PROCEDURE:

  • Talk to the children about the trees or bushes that donated their leaves for this activity and let them express their gratitude for these leaves being available today.
  • Each child to a piece of string that is about one-anda-half times the length of a mala (the knots will use up some of the length).
  • For each leaf, either use the hole punch to make a hole near the stem, or carefully hand-make a small hole.
  • Thread the string through the hole and tie a knot. Repeat this until there are multiple leaves spread along the string.
  • Tie the two ends of the string together in a knot.

INFERENCE:

There are many ways to get back in touch with Nature, to have a pleasant experience of Nature

Hold Vaakyartha sadhas on King Janaka's statement 'My wealth is unlimited and yet I have nothing.' How does this make him different from other kings? How can the children apply it to their lives?