Guest guest Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Thus Spake The Lord The thwamevaaham feeling is the Adwaithic Saranagathi, based on the realization that all this (Idam) is Vaasudeva and nothing less, nothing else. So long as the consciousness of the Deha or body persists, the bhaktha is the servant and the Lord is Master. So long as the individual feels that he is separate from other individuals, the bhaktha is a part and the Lord is the Whole. When he progresses to the state when he gets beyond the limits of the body as well as of "I" and "Mine," then there is no more distinction; Bhaktha and Bhagavan are the same. In the Ramayana, Hanumantha achieved this third stage through bhakthi. This same subject is mentioned in the seventh sloka of the second chapter of the Geetha. The word Prapanna used there indicates that Arjuna has the qualification, the discipline of bhakthi. Moreover, Arjuna had analyzed his own faults and recognized them as such. Again, he had awakened from Thamas. Krishna appreciated this the moment it happened. He said, "You are called Guda-kesa, for you are Jitha-nidra; nidra or sleep is the characteristic of thamas; how can this thamas overwhelm you now? It is just a temporary phase; it can never bind you fast." If Arjuna has, by his efforts, won control over his senses and earned the name Gudakesa, Krishna is Hrishikesa, the Presiding Deity of all the senses! On the field of Kurukshethra both are in the same chariot, one as learner and the other as teacher! Source: Chapter 3, Geetha Vahini; Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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