Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 dear friends, the man is a buddhi jeevi- the creature of intellect. Thus,he is prone to seek. He seeks to reduce his unhappiness. The common man usually seeks mundane quesions- what to do?this is called karma jijnasa. That is why gita starts with the quesiton- kima kurvata? what ( are they) doing? this is the lowest form of jijsnasa and worldly in nature. I want to choose a career, i will be enquiring ' what to do?' i want a wife,i will ask' what(which alliance)to choose?' the next step is dharma jijnasa. U r asking ' how to do things?' the questions of ethical and moral issues start> i started a business. I want to know how torun it... this is the question put by arjuna when he is dilemma. " katham?"(how?) Thus , the first part of gita( I chapter to 10 th sloka of II chapter) which is more or less called ' arjuna vishada yoga' is a travel from karma jijnasa to dharma jijnasa. The man should travel beyond these both. He can do it only by excelling in both karma and dharma. Then ur dilemmas about karma and dharma will leave you. The dilemma of brahma will start there. This is called brhma jijsnasa. the next part of gita is atravel from dharma jijsnasa to brhama jijnasa and in fact, a reply to dharma jijnasa takes you to smoothly into brhama jijnasa and replies the seeking of brahman too. And in the process, it reduces your sorrow. The discourse of gita starts with" ashochyan' and ends with ' ma shucha' - both words meaning negation of sorrow. Thus the aim of gita is to reduce sorrowness. More on brhma jijnasa on hearing from themembers kishore htp://clubs./clubs/holygita siva_sai19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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