Character Sketch
- 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.
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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.'
science of yoga and Vivasvān taught Manu, the father of mankind and Manu in turn taught Ikṣvāku.'
Anything created out of the space of completion stands eternally.
evaṁ paraṁparāprāptamimaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ I sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa
The supreme science was thus received through the chain of master-disciple succession and the saintly kings understood it in that way. In the course of time, the succession was broken and therefore the science as it was appears to have been lost.
If you want the ultimate experience, you have to go to a living enlightened Master.
sa evāyaṁ mayā te'dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ I bhakto 'si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṁ hyetaduttamam
That ancient science of Enlightenment, or entering into eternal bliss, is today taught by me to you because you are my devotee as well as my friend. You will certainly understand the supreme mystery of this science.
Logic can never lead you to Self-Realization. The qualification to receive the Truth is Devotion.
Kṛṣṇa is just thirty-two years old when He makes these statements! Physically His body is only thirty-two years old. But He says, 'I gave this imperishable knowledge to Sūrya, the Sun god—imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam (4.1).'
With logic, you cannot understand this statement. With ordinary logic, which you use in your daily life, you cannot make any meaning out of this statement. The truth is not new. It is eternal; neither new nor old. Eternal means it is beyond time and space.
When you are in completion, anything you create stands for eternity. It is immortal and eternal. For a religion or any civilization to be alive, three things are important. First, the knowledge and the science of lifestyle, Upaniṣad — what is birth, what is death, why life, what is the purpose of life — the answer to all questions of living and leaving. Second, the buildings architecture and arts. And third, the language.
All these three are made out of the magnetic field of completion in sanātana- dharma. That is why these three things can never be destroyed, no matter how much anyone tries. The architectural wonders and monuments created out of completion, and the linguistic monument and wonder, Saṃskṛitaṁ born out of completion — these can never be destroyed.
Just like the wonders of the world, if you analyse the linguistic wonders of the world, Saṃskṛitaṁ, the devabhāśā— language of Divine, will be the first and only linguistic wonder of the world.
The word Saṃskrit means well done, refined, perfect. Anything created out of the space of completion stands forever, stands eternally. Completion is eternal, Nitya.
When a disciple is not in the space of completion, if he is not completely ready to listen, naturally the technique becomes a ritual.
Our Vedic Masters always transmitted and mirrored the truths through the oral tradition of disciple succession from the enlightened Master to the disciple. The disciple sits in Upaniṣad at the feet of the Master. Upaniṣad means sitting with the Master. Upaniṣad is nothing but — a Master who gets into a space and lets the disciples sit around and mirror his neuron activity in their brains. Upaniṣad is the best way to transmit the experiential expression of the great tattvas.
Understand: If you are not enlightened, you can easily get carried away by anything that you see! The truth or the spirit of anything can be easily lost. If you want to destroy any law, all you need to do is just follow it to the letter and miss the spirit. That is why time and again our Upaniṣads insist upon going to a living enlightened Master.
All our books are only manuals. Vedas are the only books that are courageous enough to declare that they cannot give you Enlightenment. If you want the ultimate experience, you have to go to a living enlightened Master.
This science of Upanishads is given to kingly saints, not to just any saint. Only they can preserve the science as it is. Be very clear, only an enlightened person who is a king or a king who is an enlightened person can know the totality of spirituality. Only a rich man who has enjoyed material wealth can understand the meaning and relevance of spirituality.
Only a king can enter into enlightenment, because he knows there is nothing in the outer space that can fulfill him. He has seen everything; all possible comforts, enjoyments and pleasures. If somebody who has not experienced depression of success enters spirituality, he will stand in front of God and beg, 'God give me this, give me that.'
He may be a religious person, but never a spiritual person. Only a person who trusts that God has the power and the intelligence, can enter spirituality, trusting implicitly that He knows when to give and what to give.
One cannot tell this ultimate truth to a person who is not ready. If it is shared it should become a source of inspiration that transforms your life. By sharing the spiritual experience, if it gives you the courage to take the same jump, if you also feel, 'I think I should also experience the same joy, the same bliss, I should not postpone it,' if it becomes an inspiration for you, then it is worth sharing.
Listen. There was a great Master in South Bharat. He sang a set of poems on Śiva. He did not even write, he just sang the verses. Close disciples who lived around him requested him to put it in writing so that it could be useful to society. He said, 'No, they are my intimate love letters to my Lord. It is my personal relationship. How can I publish it?' the Master says, 'If somebody comes and asks you about your personal life, you can't share it. Only if you become intimate with him, it is possible to open up.'
The Master says, 'It is my intimate relationship with God. How can I share that with the public?' Then one disciple, who considers himself intelligent asks, 'Why? When you can share it with us, why can't you share it with the world?'
Then, the Master says, 'By becoming a disciple, you have become a part of me. Only with a person who has become a part of me can I share these poems. Physically you may be another body, but mentally, you have fallen in tune with me. You have become like a womb, completely ready to receive the divine energy. This is the reason I share my experience with you.'
Unless you enter into a deep receptive mood, unless you become a simple, innocent being, you cannot receive the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is beyond logic. Initially when you start to teach the truth, it always starts with logic. Words go logically. But after some time, you have to leave logic behind. Otherwise, you can't reach the Divine. You can't talk to God through logic. If you want the divine relationship to happen, you need love. Here, only a person who understands, who has become a part of the Master can receive the Master's experiences. Unless you become part of the Master, it is very difficult to understand his message. Beyond Logic Lies Devotion. Here, the qualification to receive the truth is devotion. Great truths can never be expressed by logic, because logic is not sharp enough!
That is why Krishna says, 'Now I am telling you these secrets just because you are my devotee and friend, just because you are near and dear to me. The person who does not have a connection with Kṛṣṇa, cannot receive the message.
Now Kṛṣṇa enters deeper level truths where you need to come down from your head to your heart, where you need to sit with your whole being and listen to the truths. All you need to do is to sit with a complete open being in the space of listening, with a complete relaxed feeling. Let Krishna raise our inner space by His presence. Let Krishna be in our inner space and enlighten our consciousness.
Help the student understand that the ancient science of enlightenment can be received through devotion to an enlightened master. Help the student understand that the ancient science of enlightenment is beyond logic and can be received through devotion to an enlightened master.
- 1. Why was the science of yoga lost?
- 2. What is Upanishad ?
- 3. What is the difference between a religious person and a spiritual person?
- 4. Why is it necessary to give the ultimate truths only to the person who is devoted?
- 5. What locks the Maṇipūraka Chakra? What is the ultimate knowledge?What is the most important qualification to receive the highest truth?
- 6. Why is devotion to the master necessary?
- 7. What is meant by Listening?