Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
Step-1: we think we are this body in this world
Step-2: we need to survive.
Whole life spent in survival anxiety
Step-3: we want to enjoy sense pleasures.
Whole life is spent in this pursuit.
At the end of life we have only experiences and memories to show in balance sheet.
These steps are cyclical.
Is there an escape from this futile exercise?
Guruji : To see unreality
Hari Om Tat Sat
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
I realised that 'no matter what I do, what experiences I chase n undergo, how many things I acquire or give away, how many relationships I form or break' it doesn't change me fundamentally. I am 'being-that-is-knowing' and nothing gets added or subtracted from it by whatever I do or I think or experience.
I was 'I am', I am 'I am' and I will always be 'I am'
I am incorruptibly 'I am' . I am unborn, deathless, ageless, pure, sinless, unattached, space-like, formless, light-that-shines, unseen, center, support
Hari Om Tat Sat
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
The typical thinking process is
"I will do something and get its result in future. And once I get that desired result, I will be happy"
This thinking process is accepted as the normal and entire world follow this.
The Vedanta says this kind of thought process is self defeating, and the very pursuit of happiness means you are not happy now, in this moment.
And not being able to be happy what this moment has to offer, the person will perpetually running after a future happy moment, which will never arrive and the person will not be able to be happy with any given moment.
Remedy:
Stop, savour this moment, every moment.
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
2600 years ago, A prince in India renounced kingdom and pleasures and took up monkhood and did lot of tapasya, and became enlightened. He is Sri Mahavira Jaina, a tirthankara.
Let us look at three of his teachings,
1. Ahimsa
2. Anekantavada
3. Aparigraha
Ahimsa
'Himsa' in Sanskrit means Violence. Ahimsa means 'Non-Violence'.
One should never harm anyone through thoughts, words or actions. And it is also not just non-harming, we should wish them well, and make every effort to help others.
The benefit of the practice of Ahimsa is, world will be a better place.
Anekantavada
Mahavira, was playing hide and seek in his 3 storied palace as a kid with his friends. He was hiding in the middle floor. One kid asked another kid in ground floor, "where is Mahavira?" , that kid answered 'He is up'. The seeking kid went to third floor and asked another, "where is Mahavira?", that kid answered 'He is down'.
Hearing this, Mahavira understood the 'Anekantavada', the theory that everybody are partially right from their position, and nobody knows and owns the complete truth.
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
Where the mind is without fear and the head held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action;
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Jai Hind
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
Krishna is Jagad Guru (Universal teacher), because what he taught in Gita are universal in nature, applicable to all and inclusive of all.
Krishna as Gita acharya is most important aspect of him as well as for us.
Krishna as a philosopher is more important than Gopika Krishna.
Unfortunately, in India, people worship Krishna as a personality, but don't follow Gita or study Gita.
We spend time in decoration, puja, food, dance, songs, and even by heart Gita verses.
When it comes to understanding the meaning of Gita and implementing it in our life, we lack. Very sad situation.
Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
There are two modes
1. Meditation: closed eyes: samadhi : be witness of bmi : no activity possible
2. Meditation: open eyes: during activities: attitude of body being instrument of Ishwara. The real doer is Ishwara. Body and mind is an instrument in the divine hands.
In both cases, leave the attachment to results. Don't think about results
