Personality development thro’ Gita 2: Become Established in Yoga

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Hari Om

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Namaste advaitin,

What you write of the Lord's word is very profound ( BG Chap 2.47).

As I read it, we have freedom (control) or adhikara ( the right)

over action alone (or our prescribed duty) but never over its fruits.

The fruits of action goes  deep and has many roots, so the outcomes

are not controllable by the individual, as no one action is

independent in this entire universe we reside. Action ( karma)

produces a result ( apurva).  There is an in-depth conversation of

this in the Chandogya Upanishad called the Vaishvanara vidya. It 

discusses just how profound an action is, and its connectedness to

the entire cosmos. This is what Krsna knows, and is able to say

without reservation.

 

What Keshava [one with beautiful hair] says next (BG 2.48) is the

instruction to be most effective in the actions you do perform

without the binding influence karma produces e.g. vamana, samsara,

etc.

Sri Krsna says ' yogastah kuru karmani'  - He instructs Arjuna to be

established in yoga, or union of the SELF, Atman, or Brahman, then

perform your allotted duty.

 

This is the brilliance Govinda - He gives the solution to binding

action…. Upon union with the SELF, the 3 gunas become balanced, some

say dormant, and the sadhu acts without binding or bondage to the

senses or accumulated actions.

 

One acts [tyaktva sangam], abandoning attachment.

What is produced? Samatvam, or evenness of the mind. Another name

for samatvam is samprasada, or the composure of consciousness.  

Composure in what? One is composed or absorbed in satyam or Truth. 

Sa + ti + yam:  sa=immortal    + ti = mortal     + yam = that which

holds the two together. So, mortal and immortal , held together.  By

whom?  The Universal SELF, Krsna.  This is the beauty of the Gita,

it is profound.. 

 

Om Hirm Hrishikeshaya Namaha!

 

Pranams,

yajvan

 

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>       Te - you

>       Adhikara + Asti   - have right to

>       Karmanye va - do karmas

>       Kadaachana  - at no point of time

>       Ma phaleshu - have right on the results

>       Ma - bu  - you don't be

>       Karma Phalahetur - the reason for the result

>       Te - Ma - astu   - May you not be

>       Sangaha  - interested

>       Akarmani - in avoiding work

 

 

 

 

 

 

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