My two cents on: Gita Satsangh; Chapter 9 Verses 1 to 3

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While enjoying the discussions, here is my understanding of secret of

secrets.

 

1. Secret is that which is not known to the other but can become

known when it is revealed to the listener.

 

This is not that kind of secret that can be communicated by telling

to the listener.

 

Since it is something that is so 'self-evident' but yet is not known

by the listener, even if the speaker tells, it is not likely that the

secret is unraveled by the listener. It is in that sense a super

secret since it opposes the normal knowledge that one knows about one

self and is not ready to belief the speaker if he tells you are not

what you think you are- limited time-wise, space-wise and

object-wise. Hence it is supreme secret that a particular frame of

mind is needed to unravel the secret - since it is hidden from all

the means (pramaaNa) of knowledge available to the listener. This

also justifies why it is vij~naana and not just j~naana.

 

2. It is supreme secret since normal means of knowledge - pratyaksha,

anumaan and shaastra (shaastra can only give j~naana) is not

available to unravel this secret. Hence it is also called

'aprameyam'. No pramaaNa is valid for a self-evident fact.

 

3. It is also supreme secret since this is a very restricted

knowledge since as Krishna pointed out in 7th Ch. - manushyaanam

sahasreshuu...

Of the thousands of people only very few are make an effort to know

this. Here the secrecy is not due to topic being secret but the mind

of the listener is not ready to accept the truth. Unlike the other

secrets where the secrecy is related to lack of information or lack

of the direct knowledge of the object of secrecy, hear the due to

lack of the mind free from impurities. These aspects are emphasized

again and again by Krishna in the 7th Ch. as Saraswati brought to our

attention.

 

Related to sad guNa and saguNa - Sri Panduranga is in fact ardent

teacher of Madhva philosophy - the school was established in

Bangalore by Pejaawar Mutt. Shree Gururaj, who was staying with me

in Madras was his student, before he became a Jr. Swami of Pejaawar

mutt. SaguNa with emphasis on auspicious qualities - sadguNa and

nirguna with lack of inauspicious qualities is the running theme of

dwaita and vishishhTaadvaita doctrines.

 

Hari OM

Sadananda

 

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