What is the minimum I need to know to follow along here?

Inedible · December 10, 2007

Hi. I am new to studying Hinduism, even after having picked up a few yoga books and books on meditation over the years. Most of the Sanskrit terms seemed to go over my head, because I wasn't really sure where to begin. This forum seems like a nice place to come to learn more, but a lot of the discussions seem to be very technical to me and it is hard to know where to begin. Could you please help me to sort out what I need to know as a minimum to be able to fully appreciate what I am reading?

bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

Here are some suggested topics for teachers of Hindu theology, history, and meta-physics from the 'Vedas' of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com ><st1:country-region w:st= <st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>:

1) Vedas=Knowledge. Knowledge is defined in the Vedas as the ability to discriminate the difference between matter and spirit.

The famous first verse of the Rig-Veda: "om atha-atho brahma-jigyansah" Now, therefore, in the human form of life we should inquire as to nature of Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).

2) God=The original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Shree Krishna who is infinitely full in all opulences ("Bhagavan"), specifically: God is the original person who possesses all Beauty, Fame, Intelligence, Power, Wealth, and Renunciation; also,

God is the first person, with his own eternal and transcendental name, fame, form, personality, paraphernalia, entourage and pastime.

God's body is the absolute form of 'Sat-Chit-Ananda'—Eternity. Cognizance, and Bliss

2A) 5 topics of discussion addressed in the Bhagavad-gita:

Three are eternal:

1 Isvara - (Controller) - God

2 Jiva-atma – (Indiviual Soul) - Living Entity

3 Prakriti – Energy (Material & Spiritual)

4 Kala – “Time”

One is transient:

5 Karma – Action = a) artha—wealth, abundance

b) <st1:place w:st="on">kama</st1:place>—enjoyment, pleasure

c) dharma—work, duty

bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

2B) Various Triads that seem to be parallel to each other:

Karanadakasayi-Visnu

“MahaVisnu”

Supersoul of Material Cosmos

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Garbhodakasayi-Visnu

Supersoul of the Bhahmanda

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Ksirodakasayi-Visnu

Supersoul of the Jiva-atmas

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Paramesvara

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Hrisikesa

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Suhridam-sarva-bhutanam

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Mind

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Senses

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Intelligence—[Gita 5.28]

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Contemplation

Attachment

Desire

Lust

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Desire

Fear

Greed

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Anger—[Gita 2.62]

Anger —[Gita 4.10]

Anger —[Gita 5.28]

Anger—[Gita 16.21]

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miseries caused by the mind and body

(adhyätmika)

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Miseries inflicted by other living entities

(adhibhautika)

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miseries are concerned, these are natural disasters that originate with the demigods

(adhidaivika)

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Thinking

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Feeling

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Willing

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Internal energy

“Yoga-Maya”

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Marginal energy

“Jiva-atmas”

(tatañöha-sakti) (kñetrajna-sakti)

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External energy

“Maha-Maya”

(bahiranga-sakti)

<Durga>

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Bhagavan

Adhi-yajna

Visnu

Sattva-guna

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Brahman

Adhi-bhuta

Shiva

Tamas-guna

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Paramatma

Adhi-daiva

Brahma

Rajas-guna

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Bhakti

Brahma-Sabda

Sat

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Karma

Sense-perception

Chitta

Tat

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Dhyana

Inference

Ananda

Sat

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Guru

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Sadhu

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Sastra

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bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

3) Definition of 'Yoga'=to link up to, to re-unite (also see entomology of the word 'religion'.

4) Ayur-Vedic medicine and Hatha Yoga=holistic use of Herbs and physical therapy.

5) Mantra Meditation=classical sitting silent prayer.

6) The three stages of yoga practice=

A) Karma-yoga, yoga of action.

B) Sankya-yoga, yoga of analytical study of scripture.

C) Bhakti-yoga, yoga of Devotion to ffice:smarttags" />7) The three progressive stages of yogic enlightenment=

I ) Brahman-Realization, ---the impersonal manifestation of God, nothingness, the field, the void; Brahman is also used as a general reference for God, et al.

II ) Paramatma Realization, the presence of god as the nucleus of every inanimate spark and particle of matter and energy in the universe, and also god as present in every animate individual soul as the witnessing 'Supersoul'—hence the word, 'Param (super) atma' (soul)

[ Note: Conscience living beings are capable, by birth-right, of progressing through the following 5 stages of spiritual maturity:

A)anna-maya = recognize the manifest mercy of god as 'food'.

B)prana-maya = recognize god as 'living force in all life forms'.

C)Sankya-maya=recognize god as 'thinking, willing, and feeling'.

D)vigyana-maya= 'mind and ego seen different from the soul'.

E)ananda-maya= 'all-blissful nature' Via prema-bhakti-seva.

(loving devotional service to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com ><st1:place w:st= Krishna</st1:place>.

<st1:place w:st="on">Krishna</st1:place>.)

III ) Bhagavan Realization, God as he is reveal in the Vedas of India—(krsnas tu bhagavan svayam . . . )

8) The "3 Gunas" = 'sattva, raja, & tamas' = respectively, the “Qualities of Creation, Maintenance, & Desolution”---the “3 material principle forces” that propel the aggregate material elements into flux—[this may be paralleled to the "ying and yang principles of Duality as expounded in Taoist and Buddhist metaphysics"; the difference being that there is the third/middle principle of Duality per Vedic metaphysics. This third principle parallels the small black and white dots found in the classic Chinese symbol of ‘ying & yang’.]

The Vedas say that all ‘Actions’ are always affected by one of the “three modes” vying for, and achieving dominance over the other two ‘modes’ during their innate interplay with all material elements and in all stratums of material affairs.

Ed.note: Thus, the source of Murphy’s Law, Chaos theory, Bad luck, Irony.

bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

8A) The Modes (‘3 Gunas’) and their attributes (from Bhagavad-gita):

[Ed: the text in this table-chart may shift around—it is 8pt Font, 4 ¾” wide en toto, with 4 vertical columns.]

Brahma to Narada: SB 2.6.32

“Visnu maintains these 3 energies (tri-çakti-dhåk)”

Primaryè internal**//marginal//external

Externalèsattva//raja//tamas gunas

**Internal PotencyèSamvit + Sandiné + Hlädiné

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14.5 3-Modes of Material Nature

(+ Jivas = Conditioned Status14.6—thus, Happiness//Distress14.5)

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Sattvam

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Rajah

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Tamah

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>Goodness

—16.3auspicious for liberation

—14.6purer than

other modes

—18.19 illuminat-ing

—frees one from

sins

—greater

knowledge &

happiness.

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—16.3liberation

impossible

—born of unlimited

desires &

longings14.7

—18.19binds one to furtive

activity.

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Ignorance

—16.3liberation

impossible

—born of:

ignorance

madness

indolence/14.8;18.19

sleep

—dejected

—addicted to intoxicants.

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14.6

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Happy14.6

—14.9Satisfied by

ones work or

pursuits/but feels advanced in 14.6

knowledge &

better than

others 18.19

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Active14.6

—Owns much as one can & is philantrophic14.9

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—Mad, whatever is done is good for nobody14.9

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Note: One who is actually intent on advancing in Consciousness has to transcend these three modes 14.10,15,20 // 17.3

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Sattvam

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Rajah

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Tamah

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14.11

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—15.7all gates of body illuminated14.11by knowledge

—14.16Acts=pure

—real14.17 knowledge, peace & prosperity develop.

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—great attachm’t

—fruitive acts

—intense endeavor

—uncontrollable desire & hankering

—never satisfied 14.12,17

—Acts=misery14.16

—Greed develops14.17

—no peace or prosperity.

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—14.13darkness

—inertia

—madness

—illusion

—acts whimsically

—inactive

—14.16acts=foolishness & 14.8degradation/foolishness,

madness & illusion 14.17

develop/just like animals

—no peace or prosperity.

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14.14

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>—Gradually attains to pure higher plants where great sages & devotees live14.14,18

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>—14.15Among fruitive workers on earthly planets14.18 (pure passion = King or rich man on earth—In passion there’s chance of madness in next life)

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143>—Animal kingdom and/or hellish worlds14.15,16,18

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes; page-break-inside: avoid"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 351.7pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=469 colSpan=4>—The opportunity to be elevated to the mode of goodness is called Krishna Consciousness

14.18,26

— 14.19When one properly sees [by learning this science from the real fully K.C. spiritual master]: 1) That in all activities no other performer is at work than the 3-modes & 2) Knows Krishna—one is promoted to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Krishna</st1:place>’s spiritual nature14.18 [equal to the S.P.G. in quality14.27].

—One in K.C. is: 1) Not under the spell of the 3-modes14.20 ; 2) Is free from birth, death, old age & its distresses; 3) Can enjoy nectar even in this life.

— 14.26Via Full Dev. Serv. w/unfailing determination, one, at once transcends 3-modes & comes to the level of the14.27Brahman (eternity/imperishability) conception of the Supreme Person (this is the first stage in self-realization).

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Sattvam

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Rajah

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Tamah

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17.4, 17.3

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Devas

(See SB 4.3.23)

(Pure Goodness = S.P.G.)

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Asuras

(See 17.6)

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Bhutas

(See 17.13)

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>—Juicy, fatty, wholesome & pleasing to the heart

—purifies existence, increases life span & strength, health, happiness

& satisfaction17.8

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—causing distress, misery, disease17.9

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(See 18.5) 18.3,6

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>For the sake of pride & Material benefit17.12

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143>w/o sastric direction, prasadam distribution, Vedic Hymns, remunerations to the priests, nor faith17.13

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(penance)

(See 18.3,5)

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—It is neither stable nor permanent17.18

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“The 3-Fold Austerity”17.17 (See S.B. 6.11.24 “3-Properties”)

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Body

—17.14Puja of:God, brahmanas, guru & parents/Cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy, and nonviolence.

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speech

—17.15truthful, pleasing, beneficial, not agitating, reciting Vedas.

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mind

—17.16satisfaction, simplicity, self-control, purification, w/o duplicity, think of doing good for others.

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bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 351.7pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=469 border=1><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>The Modes:

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Sattvam

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Rajah

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Tamah

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Charity:

(See 18.3,5)

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>—Per duty; w/o expecting return; at proper time & place to a worthy person17.20

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>—For fruitive results, and in a grudging mood17.21

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143>—At an impure place; at an improper time; to unworthy persons; w/o proper attention & respect17.22

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Renunciation:

(See 18.11)

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>—18.9Per duty; giving-up all material association, and, attachment to results;

—18.10neither hateful of inauspicious work nor attached to auspicious work; has no doubts about work

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>—Troublesome, or, out of fear of bodily discomfort 17.21

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143>—Prescribed duties are never to be renounced because of illusion!!!18.7

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Knowledge:

18.19 & 29

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>—Re: seeing paramatma everywhere 18.20 & 22

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>—Sees soul as temporary

—Producing many theories & doctrines by dint of mudane logic & mental speculation18.21,22

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—concerned only with bodily comfort18.22

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Action:18.19

[object of knowledge18.29]

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—done w/o attachment, love, hate, nor desire for fruitive results

—per duty in K.C. 18.23

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>—to gratify desires

—enacted from a sense of false ego18.24

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143>—In illusion

—disregarding sastra

—w/o concern for future bondage

—to cause violence or distress to others18.25

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Performer:18.19

[Knower18.29]

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116>—does duty w/o assoc. w/3-modes, false ego, nor wavering in success or failure

—does duty w/great determination & enthusiasm18.26

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98>—Attached to work, hearth, home, & fruits of work

—greedy, envious, impure & moved by joy and sorrow18.27

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143>—anti-sastric

—materialistic

—obstinate

—cheating

—expert in insulting

—lazy

—morose

—procrastinating18.28

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bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 351.7pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=469 border=1><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Performer:18.19

[Knower18.29]

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116 colSpan=2>—does duty w/o assoc. w/3-modes, false ego, nor wavering in success or failure

—does duty w/great determination & enthusiasm18.26

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98 colSpan=2>—Attached to work, hearth, home, & fruits of work

—greedy, envious, impure & moved by joy and sorrow18.27

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143 colSpan=2>—anti-sastric

—materialistic

—obstinate

—cheating

—expert in insulting

—lazy

—morose

—procrastinating18.28

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>The Modes:

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116 colSpan=2>

Sattvam

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Rajah

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Tamah

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Understanding: 18.29 (See 4.17 & 13.22)

[discrimination by intelligence18.30]

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116 colSpan=2>—what is & is not to be done

—what is & is not to be feared

—what is binding & what is liberating18.30 // 16.24

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98 colSpan=2>—can’t distinguish between religion & irreligion, action that should be done & action that should not be done m18.31

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143 colSpan=2>—considers irreligion to be religion and vise-versa

—under the spell of illusion & darkness

—strives always in the wrong direction m18.32

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Determination:

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116 colSpan=2>—unbreakable

—sustained with stead-fastness by yoga practice, thus, controls mind, life & senses18.33

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98 colSpan=2>—Hold fast to fruitive results in religion, economic develop-ment, & sense gratification18.34

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143 colSpan=2>—Dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness, illusion & unintelligence18.35

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Happiness:

18.36

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 87.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=116 colSpan=2>—In the beginning like poison but at the end is just like nectar & which awakens one to self-realization18.37

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 73.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=98 colSpan=2>—Via contact with senses is like nectar in the beginning but poison at the end18.38

</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 107.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=143 colSpan=2>—Blind to self-realization & is delusion from beginning to end, and, which arises from: sleep, laziness and illusion18.39

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Note:There is no being existing either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from these 3 modes of material nature18.40

</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 6; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes; page-break-inside: avoid"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 83.3pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=111>Societal types:

9.32

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Brahmanas

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(administrators)

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Vaishyas

(merchants)

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Sudras

(laborers)

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bhaktajan · December 10, 2007

8B) 4 defects “flaws of conditioned soul= mistakes; illusioned; cheating; imperfect senses” —16.24P

9) 'Sanskrit' alphabet's arrangement=same as established by professional theatre school text books to teach 'International Phonetics' (I.P.A.) so as to teach "Dialects and Accent-Elimination". [note: Professor Higgins in the G.W. Shaw's play, 'My Fair Lady' introduces himself as a professor of Linguistics and a scholar of Sanskrit.]

10) "Indo-European" languages =Sanskrit's position in this family tree is indicated by the word 'Indo'. [Ed. Surmises that the word ‘Europa’ can equate to the following Sanskrit compound word: ‘Uru-purusa, Uru (vast) + purusa (person)

11) 'Maha-Bharata' =5000 year old Epic of ancient <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> describing the court intrigue and culture of Brahminical India during the end of the last [dwarpa yuga] epoch.

12) 'Bhagavad-gita' =after reading the Tao te ching, and the Art of War, and Book of Five Rings, and the Japanese Code of Bushido, the Buddhist Sutras, after life times of monastic contemplation and services to humanity one might read a authorized translation of the 'Bhagavad-gita' as it is; see A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's edition for this great spiritual 700

versed dialogue translated from the chapter in the Ancient Sanskrit Epic of Antiquity, the 'Maha-Bharata' in its original Devotional Tradition.

13) The Two Schools of thought=the Theist—Vaishnava devotee of <st1:place w:st="on">Krishna</st1:place> (bhagavata school) & the Impersonalist---the seeker of release from the individual ego and attain refuge and thus merge in the primodial impersonal state of nirvana (sunyavada school). [Ed note: The individual vector point of the soul is 'active by nature', thus nirvana is not eternal.]

14) Vegetarianism is all about ‘AHIMSA—non-violence”. Not about our sentiments. Meatless living is all about warding-off bad (ugra-) karma for humans. It’s not about compassion for the animals welfare but about the welfare of children being indoctrinated into a life based on killing inorder to live up to a false standard of ‘living’.

15) Chakras=the balanced circulation of prana amongst the energy centers along the spine that correspond to functional aspects of a person [ie: throat chakra/speech, Head chakra/mind, bottom chakra/tribal-clan relations, etc.]

16) "Maya"= the Cosmic Material Energy' recognized as a field of temporary matter and energy in flux, whence, the soul appears, to lord it over as best as can be had. All the whilst identifying with the present body, which was afforded by the fruits of prior actions.

17) Karma & Reincarnation=Karma means, 'action'. All living creatures Eat/sleep/mate/defend---one must rise above the mundane order of life and death. We are all destined to take repeated births in various bodies until we are re-acquainted with The grace of Mukunda (a name for <st1:place w:st="on">Krishna</st1:place>---the sole Bestower of Liberation from the material ocean of repeated births and deaths—since time immemorial). This is done by approaching the top experts in the world authorized to instruct novices in the science of Bhakti-yoga.

17) Priyas-citta= (traditional atonement) pursued at the end of household life, or after legal retirement. Typically, to surrender all wealth and remain in ashram life till death.

18) Polytheism=This is a misnomer. The many Demigods of the Indian religion are actually India's Vedic Literature's claim to have a record of the family tree(s) of the superintendents of cosmic affairs since time immemorial, nay, since the first moment that the ‘present Brahma’(-anda) was exhaled from Maha-Vishnu's Breathing, etc, etc, etc . . .

19) The cow is sacred because = the cow is the quintessentially perfect species for agrarian society—the husband of the cow ‘the bull’ is the best beast of burden for farm life; the cow gives milk, cheese(s), yogurt, butter, panir, ghee, ice cream, whip cream, caramel sweets, medicinal urine, fuel, fertilizer. Oxen, leather.

20) Common words and concepts in the English lexicon derived from Sanskrit = mantra, yoga, guru, pundit, swami, kundalini, prana, Buddha, Brahma-Bull, sacred cow, bungalow, yoke, Lapsa- apsa, use of spices in cooking, ghee, Indiana, Europe, Juggernaut, ganja, oriental carpets, untouchables, the three Wise Men of Christ's birth, India considered the 'Crown Jewel' of the British Empire of old.

21) Politically sensitive topics, ie:

—The Indian and Buddhist 'Svastika' symbol = symbol denoting auspiciousness---it was usurped by the German dictator during World War II to rally citizens to kill the Jewish populace.

—The cow is the quintessentially perfect species for agrarian society—the husband of the cow ‘the bull’ is the best beast of burden for farm life; the cow gives milk, cheese(s), yogurt, butter, panir, ghee, ice cream, whip cream, maha-prashad sweets, medicinal urine, fuel, fertilizer & agrabatti.

—Our B-Rabbinical breatheren, the Jews, the descendents of Judah, who make Koshering of meat a religious ritual are the authorities that we must go to argue with, armed with scriptural references, to convince the Biblical scholars of the extent of the consequences of meat eating; especially the cow.

22) The Sanskrit word 'Arayan' = [those noblesse, who adhere to the Vedas]—also usurped by the German dictator during World War II to rally citizens to kill the Jewish populace.

Note: this word is the source of the Persian word '<st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>' and hence 'Arab', <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mt.</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arrarat</st1:PlaceName>, and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.

23) The cover of Jimmy Hendrix's Double Album 'Axis' (sic?) = contains himself and his band members' faces superimposed over that of the multi-faces of 'Visnu's Universal form'---this Universal form is from the Bhagavad-gita.

24) —The very beginning of the child's film "The Muppit Movie" contains Kermit the frog ask, "Have you tried Hare Krishna?"

—Charles Dickens’ 19th Century English novel “Oliver Twist” [about the orphan boy named Oliver] starts with the Schoolmaster of the orphan-asylum arriving at the home of the new foster parents, inorder to the retrieve Oliver whose tantrums had made trouble for himself and his newest adopting parents. Upon arriving at the home, the Schoolmaster unlocked the closet whence the boy was arrested by the parent. As he drags the boy back to the orphanage the Schoolmaster scolded the parents thus, “I told you not to feed the boy meat, I told you to feed him porridge”.

25) 'Ekadasi' = one must check their local Iskcon temple for the local 'adjusted' time/day of ekadasi's appearance since the start of a lunar cycle is calculated per one's relative location on the planet. That's why some dates are a day apart. This is a detailed subject matter. 'Ekadasi' is the 11th day after both the waxing moon and the waning moon during each month.

May Krishna bless you with all artha, kama, dharma, moksha, all seven feminie opulences, all good wealth, all good health, all good happiness, a loving mate, and <st1:place w:st="on">Krishna</st1:place> prema. <st1:place w:st="on">Om</st1:place> tat sat

Jai Radha-Vrindavan Chandra!

Bhaktajan

4/26/07

PS: Read "Sri Isopanisad" ---it is Srila Prabhupada's Great Sutra ---it is sooo complete within its short and all encompassing perview of all things bhakti-yoga.

ys,

Bhaktajan 12-10-2007

theist · December 10, 2007

Hi. I am new to studying Hinduism, even after having picked up a few yoga books and books on meditation over the years. Most of the Sanskrit terms seemed to go over my head, because I wasn't really sure where to begin. This forum seems like a nice place to come to learn more, but a lot of the discussions seem to be very technical to me and it is hard to know where to begin. Could you please help me to sort out what I need to know as a minimum to be able to fully appreciate what I am reading?

And it gets more confusing when we start to realize that these sanskrit terms are understood in different ways by different schools of philosophy so one yoga book will use a term to mean one thing and another the same term to mean something else.

Sanskrit terms get used way too much for me. I largely ignore them and concentrate on the english meaning. People tell me some Sanskrit terms don't have good english equivilants but what can I do?

Hinduism is such a big tent with so many philosophers and religious idea's being housed under that word that in my opinion it has become virtually meaningless.

Srila Prabhupada has translated so much into English that we needn't understand sanskrit. Although there is much Sanskrit terminology in his writings that some of it will stick just by repetition all we really need to do is understand the english.

Patience. It is a frustration everyone experiences especially in the beginning.

mahak · December 10, 2007

Hariobol, inedible. You ask a good question, but I think the answers are not good. Not because bhaktajana didnt act with proper rewspect, but you asked for the minimum, and his answer was way too complex.

My answer is this. The only thing that you really need is to understand that the material body, which includes the mental processes, is not the self. We are spirit, not matter. This is absolutely the minimum criteria for studying the Bhagavad Gita. With this goes the idea that there is a Supreme Being, one who is there for us at all times, to guide us on our spiritual path. The process of mantra meditation, the chanting of hare krsna, hare krsna, krsna krsna, hare hare. Hare rama, hare rama, rama rama, hare hare is the method of preparing ourselves for the study of Bhagavad Gita. We accept krsna as supreme, and we understand that we have no supremacy whatsoever.

By chanting hare krsna, and simply reading bhagavad gita (As It Is, the complete vaisnava study by ILA AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada), in conjunction of understanding that we are spirit, not matter, this gives us the complete prerequisite for delving into this science in the company of our peers, which means those less advanced, those more advanced, and those who are on our own level.

Srila Parbhupada tells us this is a gradual process, and we understand from realized experiance that advancement in this science, both the theory and the practical application of the science is not only possible, but guaranteed, if we merely stay the course.

Good Luck to you, friend, all who use these forums are good sources and good association. Hare Krsna, sincerely, mahaksadasa

HerServant · December 10, 2007

Hi. I am new to studying Hinduism, even after having picked up a few yoga books and books on meditation over the years. Most of the Sanskrit terms seemed to go over my head, because I wasn't really sure where to begin. This forum seems like a nice place to come to learn more, but a lot of the discussions seem to be very technical to me and it is hard to know where to begin. Could you please help me to sort out what I need to know as a minimum to be able to fully appreciate what I am reading?

Why are you studying Hinduism? To learn more about God? or To learn more about religion/culture? or both?

If you are studying to learn more about God, then read Bhagavad Gita "As It Is" by His Holiness A.C. Bhaktivendanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada).

This is the place he recommended anyone to start.

If you have a christian background, you should re-read the gospels concurrent with your study. This will provide you new insight into New Testament and should awaken your devotion further.

HerServant and yours.

HerServant · December 10, 2007

Hariobol, inedible. You ask a good question, but I think the answers are not good. Not because bhaktajana didnt act with proper rewspect, but you asked for the minimum, and his answer was way too complex.

My answer is this. The only thing that you really need is to understand that the material body, which includes the mental processes, is not the self. We are spirit, not matter. This is absolutely the minimum criteria for studying the Bhagavad Gita. With this goes the idea that there is a Supreme Being, one who is there for us at all times, to guide us on our spiritual path. The process of mantra meditation, the chanting of hare krsna, hare krsna, krsna krsna, hare hare. Hare rama, hare rama, rama rama, hare hare is the method of preparing ourselves for the study of Bhagavad Gita. We accept krsna as supreme, and we understand that we have no supremacy whatsoever.

By chanting hare krsna, and simply reading bhagavad gita (As It Is, the complete vaisnava study by ILA AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada), in conjunction of understanding that we are spirit, not matter, this gives us the complete prerequisite for delving into this science in the company of our peers, which means those less advanced, those more advanced, and those who are on our own level. Hare Krsna, sincerely, mahaksadasa

Mahak maharaja's vibration is so powerful, I recommended w/ BG "As It Is" concurrent with his writing!

Hare Krsna! Jesu Ki Jaya!

Murali_Mohan_das · December 10, 2007

Ask a lot of questions. Have no fear of looking stupid.

One of the reasons I became so disillusioned and bitter in college was that almost all of my classmates (in the engineering school, at least) seemed deathly afraid of looking stupid. Rather than asking questions to help them understand the topics under discussion, they seemed preoccupied with how to solve the exercises, know what was going to be on the test, and get good grades. It seemed clear that, while they could recite facts from memory, they had little understanding of the underlying priciples.

Playing the fool can be the best way to learn.

mahak · December 10, 2007

Yes, but His Servant makes the valid point that the scriptures of Lord Jesus Christ take on entirely massive potency with bhagavad Gita used as the clarifier. A christian once asked Srila Prabhupada if he had to give up his faith to become krsna conscious, and His response was that he is not about changing religions, rather enhancing them, fulfilling them.

Hare Krsna, ys, mahak

Inedible · December 10, 2007

It has only been a few hours and already I am very much impressed by how many answers I have been given. It gives me a good idea of where to begin, to be able to participate more fully here.

IMO, Christianity has got to be one of the weirdest religions I have ever learned anything about. My parents tried to raise me Catholic, but it didn't take. When first I read about Buddhism in general and the 4 Noble Truths in particular, it felt like I had finally come home. Full enlightenment has been my goal ever since then. The thing is, though, that I began to suspect that it was necessary to look outside of Buddhism to accomplish this. Sure, Buddha is great, but you should see some of the people who call themselves Buddhist.

gHari · December 11, 2007

A little K.I.S.S. for you:

We have three things forever, eternally and they are:

1 ..... Our self,

2 ..... God,

3 ..... Our devotion to God.

These three we have forever. Everything else is inconsequential, not eternal.

If you are serious, this is the book to begin with ... http://vedabase.net/bg/en

Avinash · December 11, 2007

Hi Inedible,

The minimum thing that you need to know to participate in this site is nothing. Yes, that is true. Even if you have zero knowledge of Hinduism, you can post here. Go through the posts. If there is anything, which you find difficult to understand, then just ask. Even if your questions are very basis for some other members here, then also do not hesitate in asking.

Murali_Mohan_das · December 11, 2007

Even if your questions are very basis for some other members here, then also do not hesitate in asking.

True. It gets boring when the discussion is between a bunch of know-it-alls quibbling about semantics.

It's good for any and *all* of us to "get back to basics".

son_of_erin2000 · March 7, 2008

and do watch out for the sectarianism,it is running rampant.

mystic_seeker · March 8, 2008

A little K.I.S.S. for you:

We have three things forever, eternally and they are:

1 ..... Our self,

2 ..... God,

3 ..... Our devotion to God.

These three we have forever. Everything else is inconsequential, not eternal.

If you are serious, this is the book to begin with ... http://vedabase.net/bg/en

Beautifully put! Seek God with all your heart and all the rest will work itself out.

meenakshiamman · March 8, 2008

OK, I have a beginner's question myself.

I have been regularly going to an ISKCON temple for a while now, and have been reading the Bhagavad-Gita (As It Is, since I got it from their shop). I've also gotten free literature from them which I have scanned.

Still, however, my head is left quite fuzzy on some of the basic ideas that they seem to want to get across.

I understand that "Krsna Consciousness" is to think of Krsna all the time and do things only in His honor.

Still, I am confused...why is it "Krsna" consciousness in particularly? Why is it not Siva consciousness or Mahadevi consciousness etc.? This is, as far as I can tell, the main goal of many religions...to constantly live and work in the honor of their idea of God. Why Krsna in particularly?

I need a direct and well-defined answer. I understand that ISKCON is of the belief that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but not a single person or bit of literature has actually explained to me why. It is always stated as if it is a given.

I ask this question with no bitterness and with no intent to offend anyone. I just want to know.

Thank you.

yogesh · March 8, 2008

OK, I have a beginner's question myself.

I have been regularly going to an ISKCON temple for a while now, and have been reading the Bhagavad-Gita (As It Is, since I got it from their shop). I've also gotten free literature from them which I have scanned.

Still, however, my head is left quite fuzzy on some of the basic ideas that they seem to want to get across.

I understand that "Krsna Consciousness" is to think of Krsna all the time and do things only in His honor.

Still, I am confused...why is it "Krsna" consciousness in particularly? Why is it not Siva consciousness or Mahadevi consciousness etc.? This is, as far as I can tell, the main goal of many religions...to constantly live and work in the honor of their idea of God. Why Krsna in particularly?

I need a direct and well-defined answer. I understand that ISKCON is of the belief that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but not a single person or bit of literature has actually explained to me why. It is always stated as if it is a given.

I ask this question with no bitterness and with no intent to offend anyone. I just want to know.

Thank you.

Firstly Lord Krsna is not someone's "Idea"

Secondly The Srimad Bhagavad Gita was sung by Lord Krsna and in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krsna states in Chapter 18 text 65:

manmana bhava mat-bhakto

mat-yaji mam namaskuru

mam evaisyasi satyam te

pratijane priyo'si me

manmana - Thinking of me; bhava - just become mat-bhakto - My devotee; mat-yaji - My Worshiper; mam - unto; namaskuru - offer obeisance; mam - unto Me; eva - certainly; esyasi - come; satyam - truly; te - to me; pratijane - I promise; prijah - dear; asi - you are; me - My;

As You can see from the above verse Lord Krsna is saying unto "Me" so therefore "ME" does not referr to any other personalities. So we have to be concious of Krsna.

It does not matter if you belong to any kind of sampradaya (movement) the above verse and all verses in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita is coming unchanged through centuries. The purports in the Bhagavad Gita is the realizations of the spiritual master.

So therefore those following Srimad Bhagavad Gita Clings to every verse which slowly directs one towards the Lord who is singing the verse.

But please do not get me wrong if you have a great attraction to Lord Siva then that is also very very good study and become seriously Siva Conciouss so that he may help you answer your questions for Lord Siva is no ordinary personality. It is through the mercy and permission of Lord Siva that we can approach the most confidential knowladge.

If You are truly sincere than seek The Lord Out with all your hart and you will find your answers.

Hare Krsna/Krishna

Jay Sirla Prabhupada

mystic_seeker · March 9, 2008

OK, I have a beginner's question myself.
.why is it "Krsna" consciousness in particularly? Why is it not Siva consciousness or Mahadevi consciousness etc.? This is, as far as I can tell, the main goal of many religions...to constantly live and work in the honor of their idea of God. Why Krsna in particularly?

Thank you.

You have almost answered it for yourself. A Saivite like Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami would probably say call it Siva consciousness if you like. Some Christians might say Christ consciousness.

Some people get caught up in names and words, but the important thing is that one must live life in devotion to the Supreme Lord.

gHari put it best:

We have three things forever, eternally and they are:

1 ..... Our self,

2 ..... God,

3 ..... Our devotion to God.

These three we have forever. Everything else is inconsequential, not eternal.

What is the minimum I need to know to follow along here?

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