Gita and the Gayatri

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I chant the holy Gayatri mantra every day, and I find the same principle

echoing both Gayatri and the Gita. Gayatri is said to be Veda-Janani,

the mother of Vedas, while Gita is said to be Upanishad-sara-sarvaswam,

or the compiled essence of

Upanishads. As mentioned in the below post, the Gita teaches us to

surrender ourselves to God, which is simply do your best for the good

and leave the rest to the Lord. In the Gayatri mantra we surrender to,

adore and pray to the divine God to lead us towards the rightful path.

Both are in essence, one and the same.

 

with best regards,

Hari

 

 

3. Fwd: Gita and Gambling

Posted by: " Capil Sookdeo " capilsookdeo capilsookdeo

Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:11 am ((PDT))

 

 

Hare Krsna

 

I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the

splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the

strong. GITA 10:36

 

 

There are many kinds of cheaters all over the universe. Of all

cheating processes, gambling stands supreme and therefore represents

Krsna. As the Supreme, Krsna can be more deceitful than any mere man. If

Krsna chooses to deceive a person, no one can surpass Him in His deceit.

His greatness is not simply one-sided--it is all-sided.

Among the victorious, He is victory. He is the splendor of the splendid.

Among enterprising industrialists, He is the most enterprising. Among

adventurers, He is the most adventurous, and among the strong, He is the

strongest. When Krsna was present on earth, no one could surpass Him in

strength. Even in His childhood He lifted Govardhana Hill. No one can

surpass Him in cheating, no one can surpass Him in splendor, no one can

surpass Him in victory, no one can surpass Him in enterprise, and no one

can surpass Him in strength. SRILA PRABHUPADA

 

 

Somtimes we accept the literal meaning of Bhagavad Gita rather

than the philosophical intent. Of course, Bhagavan can be anything,

whatever He wishes, because He is everything. Srila Prabhupada's

explanations educate and inform us tremendously. Please see the

forwarded message for more.

 

Capil Sookdeo

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Divine One:

 

It occus in Chapter 10 verse 36.

 

" dyutam chhalayatAm asmi... "

 

The Lord is Highest and greatest of everything and being. He is the

Source

of all. Now the question is why Lord says that.

 

Yudhisthira, even though he had many good qualities, he had weakness for

 

" dyuta kriDA " or dice game. He was so absorbed and attached to that game

and

its effect that he suffered immensely for that. Hence the lesson is that

one

should be careful of one's weakness and there is every possibility that

weakness may land in trouble. Hence the surrender is the key.

 

The role of negativeness in this world is to get the drama going. There

should be both positive and negative. One should focus on the good to go

 

beyond good. Please refer to " nirdwandwa nitya satwastha niryoga khesma

AtmabAn " (Chapter 2, verse 45, in Gita).

 

The Lord taught a big lesson to kauravas by defeating them in their game

of

deceit. Why did He do that? He had the capability and that was the only

way

Kauravas understood?

 

Should we emulate it? May be not because one may not have the capability

of

Lord to deal with that. The best way to deal with the negative is do use

 

positive.

 

One should do what Lord says to do not what He does. I will give an

example.

He has the capability to lift Govardhana Hills by his pinkie, so He can

deal

with Indra. So one has to be within one's limit.

 

The best way is to surrender (kAya, mana, vAkya) in body, mind, words

and in

every way to the Lord.

 

Then what is surrender? Surrender is simply do your best for the good

and

leave the rest to the Lord. One has right over the means but not on the

fruit thereof. That doesn't mean that one is not aware of Goal. But

obession

with the goal loses focus on the means. That results in failure.

 

Thank you!

 

humble regards

-m