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.

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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.'

nirāśī ryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ I śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam

The person who acts without desire for the result; with his consciousness controlling the mind, giving up all sense of ownership over his possessions and body and only working, incurs no sin.

When you understand that you are unique and Existence has equipped you with all that you need to fulfill all your desires, you will actually be able to live life in completion and work sincerely for the sake of enriching.

yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātī to vimatsaraḥ I samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate

He who is satisfied with profit which comes of its own accord and who has gone beyond duality, who is free from envy, who is in equanimity both in success and failure, such a person though doing action, is never affected.

Only the person who realizes the purposelessness of life can have the strength to enrich himself and others, only he can go beyond duality and surpass envy, only he can be satisfied in any action with whatever profit comes from that action of its own accord.

gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ I yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilī yate

The work of a liberated man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully centered in the ultimate knowledge, who works totally for the sake of sacrifice, merges entirely into the knowledge.

One who works for the sake of enriching sacrifice, merges into the knowledge. Live life in completion and work sincerely for the sake of enriching.

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahmahavir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam I brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahmakarmasamādhinā

The offering, the offered butter to the supreme in the fire of the supreme is offered by the supreme. Certainly, The supreme can be reached by him who is absorbed completely in action.

The ultimate knowledge can be reached only by surrendering to completion, to the four tattvas of integrity, authenticity, responsibility and enriching.

daivamevāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate I brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṁ yajñenaivopajuhvati

Some yogis worship the gods by offering various sacrifices to them, While others worship by offering sacrifices in the fire of the supreme.

The being which has surrendered to the four tattvas is brahmaṇyam bahuputratām—the favorite inheritor of the Cosmos.

Real knowledge comes with experience, not through words. The space you carry, the attitude, the intention, and the thoughts behind the action actually decide the energy behind the action. The collective declarations to bless the world— lokāsamastā sukhinobhavantū, let the whole world be prosperous, can change your entire inner space. That is the power of completion!

I tell you, all the so-called natural calamities are nothing but the effects of global negative thoughts born out of collective incompletions. Your space, your thoughts and energy directly affect your body, your cell structure, your decisions, your capacity to fulfill your decisions and outer world incidents, even accidents. You create a pattern that creates and attracts similar incidents to you.

If you can complete with your greed and fear patterns, which is what we have normally, and create the space of bliss or ānanda, then your energy flow will start brimming and your thoughts will be authentic, your words will be integrated and you will be more in the space of completion.

When you do this, you have every power to control outer world incidents because you and existence have a very deep connection at the energy level. When you are blissful, when the space you carry is not one of worry, fear and greed but one that is in the present, always complete and joyful, you will automatically attract all good things to yourself.

Your inner space is connected to the universe. All our minds are not individually separated pieces of the universe. They are all one and the same. Not only interlinked, our minds directly affect each other. This is what is called 'collective consciousness.' Though each one is independent in his consciousness, when one is conscious of one's true nature, one feels that one is part of the whole Universe.

Each one's thoughts straightaway affect the others around. Not only are those staying around you touched by your thoughts, everyone who is living on the planet is touched by your thoughts.

Once you become aware and realize that you are a part of the collective consciousness, that you don't have an individual identity; you realize that you do not have a separate ego. You think you own your individual identity.

In Existence, there is no such thing as a separate individual identity. Once you know this truth, you go beyond pain, suffering, depression and diseases. As long as you are individually conscious, you will be continuously suffering.

You think you are different from Existence. When you are in tune and become a part of the collective consciousness, Nature is your friend and it will protect you. As long as you think you are an individual consciousness different from Nature, it will protest.

Even at the physical level, you are not an individual. Your body and the body of the sun are directly connected. Any small change in the body of the sun can make changes in your body. Any small change in your body can change the body of the moon. Even if you are not able to relate to this logically, it is true. Even in the mental layer, you are not alone. Any thought put in anyone else's head comes and touches you and any thought created in your mind goes and touches someone else.

At the spiritual level, the moment you understand you are deeply connected to the whole Universe, not only do you start experiencing bliss, but you also start really living in the space of oneness and opening many dimensions of your being. If you disappear into the collective consciousness, you will experience so many dimensions, so many possibilities, you cannot imagine it!

A pure mind is God itself and not something separate from it. The Essence of Life is 'Enriching'. There is no purpose to life, except to live in completion and to enrich others and yourself with completion.

The purpose of life is to enrich life with completion.

Life has no purpose but it has a meaning. Living incompletion and enriching others with completion is the meaning of life. All the time, we are taught that life has a goal, a purpose, and we run behind various goals hoping to achieve satisfaction in life. But life has no goal; the very life, the very path itself is the goal.

When you realize this, you relax into the space of completion, you expand in your ability to infuse the great spiritual truths, enriching yourself and others with them, and you are unaffected by success or failure, although doing actions.'

Make the children understand that Living in completion and enriching others with completion is the purpose of life.

Restate the understanding from the lesson, that you are unique and Existence has equipped you with all that you need to fulfill all your desires and achieve completion.

• ❖ What is collective consciousness?
• ❖ How is an individual connected to the Universe?
• ❖ What is the purpose of life?
• ❖ What is the goal of Life?
• ❖ What is the root cause of jealousy or envy?
• ❖ What are the four tattvas?
• ❖ Explain what each of the four tattvas mean?
• ❖ Can the ultimate truths be reached through intelligence?
• ❖ Can the ultimate completion be attained through wealth?

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Paper 2. Color pens

PROCEDURE

Calligraphy is the art of writing letters by hand in a beautiful way. Take a paper and write any one of your favorite verse from the Bhagavad Geeta in Sanskrit with its translation in English using Calligraphy.

INFERENCE

We must expand in our ability to infuse the great spiritual truths in ourselves and others.

PROCEDURE:

Write down all the seven layers of human existence. Write down examples of how human beings are connected with the universe at each level. How does considering oneself separate from existence adversely affect each layer.