Guest guest Posted December 2, 2000 Report Share Posted December 2, 2000 wrote: > > nAham kartA hariH kartA tatpUjA karmachaakhilam.h| > taThaapi matkR^itaa pUja tatprasaadhEna naanyaThaa| > tadbhakti tadphalam.h mahyam.h tatprasaadaat.h punaH punaH | > karmanyaasO harAvevam.h vishNOsthR^iptikaraH sadhA || > > " I am not the doer, shri Hari is the doer, all the actions that I do are His worship. Even then, the worship I do is through His grace and not otherwise. That devotion and the fruits of the actions that come to me are due to His recurring grace " > If one always practices to do actions with a dedicated spirit to Hari, in this way, it pleases Vishnu. > --- Quoted by Sri madhvAchArya in GitA tAtparya > > To send an empty E-mail (without subject and body info.) > to - or go the web page > /community/ > ------ > > There are 3 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Kannada Translations of Vayustuti, Narasimhastyti and Aditya Hrudaya > raghu_kulkarni > 2. Bhaghavath Gita lectures by Sri Sathyadhyana Theertha, Chapter 6, Part 6 > " Shobha Srinivasan " <srinivasan > 3. Article in to-day's Hindu > Madhusudan Bheemasenarao <madhusudanb > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:09:37 -0000 > raghu_kulkarni > Kannada Translations of Vayustuti, Narasimhastyti and Aditya Hrudaya > > Dr. Jeevi Kulkarni's Kannada translations of the above are available > through the below URL : > > http://216.160.29.41/centauri_cdrive/jeevi/jeevi.htm > > Please send your comments and feedback to jeevi > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:49:17 -0100 > " Shobha Srinivasan " <srinivasan > Bhaghavath Gita lectures by Sri Sathyadhyana Theertha, Chapter 6, Part 6 > > hari sarvottamma, vaayu jiivottamma > > shrii gurubhyo namaha > > shrii kR^iShNa parabrahmane namaha > > MUKTHI NAIJA SUKHA NUBHUTHIHI: DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF MUKTHI: MUKTHI > SVARUPA NIRUPANA: ESTABLISHMENT OF MUKTHI ENJOYMENT OF SVARUPANANDA OF > JEEVAS > > Question: Swamy, You have told us that freedom from ignorance (avidhya) is > Mukthi. How this avidhya can cover a jeeva who is a jnanee intrinsically? > You have told us Brahma by nature jnana & avidhya cannot attack him. This > should apply in Dvaita system also for Jeeva. > > Sri Srigalavaru: The power of brightness of grand sun is very much greater > than the power of andhakara (darkness). Hence darkness cannot cover sun. > But the weak small kerosene light is not able to over come darkness so > efficiently therefore it cannot make things around visible as sun's light > can make. In the same way, the chethana who has a little knowledge & a > little power can not over come powerful prakruthi with able to remember its > own nature or the nature of God. Just as a man who wares a shirt, though he > generally knows his body,but is not able to see any mark on his chest unless > he removes the shirt. Similarly, the chethana, though generally he knows > his ability to act & to enjoy, he is not able to under stand completely his > ability to act, his jnana & Ananda. > > Krishna says further (BG 5-15): His natural jnana (awareness) of chethana > is covered by ignorance (avidhya) & hence he is not able to understanding > paramathma & natural dharma of jeeva. > > Question: Swamy, after becoming free from ignorance (avidhya), does > chethana understand paramathma by his natural jnana? > > Sri Srigalavaru: Yes, that is Mukthi. Krishna also says the same. > > BG 5-16: Chethana who is a jnanee by nature but has been covered by > ignorance (avidhya) such a chethana whose covering of ignorance has been > removed by aparokshajnana, his jnana like a bright sun after the eclips in > cleared can understand paramathma. After the destruction of avidhya due to > the effect of aparokshajnana, i.e. Brahma darshana, the jeeva secures the > grace of God, & his natural jnana which was covered so far, arises, & from > it he sees the paramathma direct. All mukthas understand paramathma with > their svarupa jnana (intrinsic ablity to know). Similarly, they become > aware of their natural qualities (dharma). Hence from sentences of Krishna > alone, it becomes clear that Mukthi means the removal of the binding or > covering of avidya. > > Question: Swamy, you have told us that chethana by nature ajnanee. But in > samsaraa, he has been covered by avidhya etc.... Hence his intrinsic > intelligence (jnana) is not able to understand either paramathma or his own > natural qualities. Further, it cannot over come avidhya jnana has the > natural quality of destroying ajnana. If it cannot destroy ajnana, then it > is not a thing fit to be called jnana. A thing that cannot remove darkness, > call it be called a light? In such situation, even in Mukthas, how can it > directly understand paramathma? Therefore Your explaination is very > doubtful. If chethana by nature a jnanee, for over coming a jnanee(avidya) > he would not required outside help. > > Sri Srigalavaru: > > TO BE > CONTINUED................................................................. > > Lectures on Bhaghavath Geetha (Dhwaitha Siddhantha Vaijayanthi) by H. H. > Sri Sathya Dhyana Thirtha Sri Padhangalavaru, Uttradhi Mutt > Translated into English by Sri Krishnamurthy > > Published by Sri M. R. Krishnamurthy & Sri M. N. Gururaja Rao of Mumbai > > Printed at: > Parishree Printers > 100/3 Nagappa Street > Palace Guttahalli > Bangalore 5600 04 > Telephone # (80)36828 > > All rights remain with Uttradhi Mutt, Basavangudi, Bangalore 560004 > Permission was given to post it in this list by the Uttradhi Mutt > authorities & by Sri SathyAthma Thirtha Swamiji of Uttradhi Mutt. > > bhAratIramaNamukhyaprANA.ntargata shri kR^iShNArpanamasthu > ............................................................................ > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 3 > Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:02:00 -0500 > Madhusudan Bheemasenarao <madhusudanb > Article in to-day's Hindu > > Dear Haribhaktas, > > Please read an article in The Hindu on " Pure devotion helps one get > salvation " at http://www.the-hindu.com/stories/10010906.htm > > Madhusudan Bheemasenarao > > ______________________ > ______________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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