Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Verse 123 Iyam chet bhakti bhaavena patyate shrooyate thavaa / Likhyate deeyate pumbhih bhavet bhava vinaasinee // If this Guru Gita is read, listened to, written or given to others, in all devotion, ignorance is dispelled. The term BHAAVA VINAASINEE means the elimination of the misery of worldly life. It gives knowledge. This is the significance of their Guru Gita. Generally, in our epics, or in other holy books, it is said that our sins will be washed out and we will get the higher position of Indra, but nowhere is it said that ignorance will be destroyed. Think over this. When it is said that 'your sin will be washed off'-- How will it? Is it possible to wash off sin without suffering it? Some perform sacrificial rituals and spend some money over them. How does the money come? It comes by squeezing others. Some of you might get angry when it is put like that and say that you haven't troubled anybody and that it is your hard earned sum. Yes. If it is your hard earned, it amounts to subjecting yourself to hardships. You can't deny it. In effect, money comes through a vicious way. That is why it is sinful. Great souls don't even touch it. Then will the sin be washed off, if a YAGA is performed with that sinful money? Yes. But only those sins you have committed in this birth, and not the sins of the past births. This is the verdict of the scriptures. So your sins can't be washed out totally. The epics and puraanaas, without giving out all these details, simply say that the sins will go, just for the sake of encouragement. But here it is not said so. The Guru Gita says that your ignorance will be rooted out and so it is unique and it is also the significance of Guru Gita. That's why it is said that it does good if the book is read, listened to, written or given to others. 'Giving to others' does not mean mere 'handing over the book to others'. It means teaching it to others experiencing delight for himself and delighting others. Send FREE video emails in Mail! http://promo./videomail/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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