I_love_krishna_ Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Can some one explain the meaning of "Self situated" when Krishna talks about it Bhagavath Gita, I would like to know the exact meaning of being self situated. thank you /images/graemlins/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingentity Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 with chapter and number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Hold on I will get the number too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_love_krishna_ Posted June 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 I can't find the exact place but i am going to use Ghari's postings ... [METHOD 1] Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt. My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then [METHOD 2] follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me. If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to [METHOD 3] work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage. If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to [METHOD 4] act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated. If you cannot take to this practice, then [METHOD 7] engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is [METHOD 6] meditation, and better than meditation is [METHOD 5] renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind. Thanks Ghari, I hope you don't mind /images/graemlins/grin.gif and thanks living entity, please clear this up /images/graemlins/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 self-situated..... atmarama his life and attention (concentration, consciousness) is not in the external object of the senses, but in the realization that comes from the intimate (=internal) consciousness of beeing a spiritual soul complete in himself (of course impersonalists do have a TOO easy explication....: he has rediscovered his GOD nature) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_love_krishna_ Posted June 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 It is a state of non attachment...? Non attachment to anything...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingentity Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 BGAII; Chapter 12; verse 11: If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated. PURPORT It may be that one is unable to even sympathize with the activities of Krsna consciousness because of social, familial or religious considerations or because of some other impediments. If one attaches himself directly to the activities of Krsna consciousness, there may be objections from family members, or so many other difficulties. For one who has such a problem, it is advised that he sacrifice the accumulated result of his activities to some good cause. Such procedures are described in the Vedic rules. There are many descriptions of sacrifices and special functions of pumundi, or special work in which the result of one's previous action may be applied. Thus one may gradually become elevated to the state of knowledge. It is also found that when one who is not even interested in the activities of Krsna consciousness gives charity to some hospital or some other social institution, he gives up the hard-earned results of his activities. That is also recommended here because by the practice of giving up the fruits of one's activities one is sure to purify his mind gradually, and in that purified stage of mind one becomes able to understand Krsna consciousness. Of course Krsna consciousness is not dependent on any other experience because Krsna consciousness itself can purify one's mind, but if there are impediments to Krsna consciousness, one may try to give up the result of his action. In that respect, social service, community service, national service, sacrifice for one's country, etc., may be accepted so that some day one may come to the stage of pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord. In Bhagavad-gita we find it is stated, yatah pravrttir bhãtanam: if one decides to sacrifice for the supreme cause, even if he does not know that the supreme cause is Krsna, he will come gradually to understand that Krsna is the supreme cause by the sacrificial method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_love_krishna_ Posted June 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 would be when we give up the result of the actions and carry on daily activities? or is it doing stuff in the temple and everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 the emphasis is on the "positive" side beeing self satisfacted he is not attached to (or attracted by) external material things this state is achieved by changing the object of our attachments (i.e. attaching ourselves to krsna, spiritual master, devotees etc.), not removing (or frustrating) them... because it is not possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 both are good, depending on our inclinations (guna and karma) and the advice of our spiritual master (who know us better than us) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 the answer was for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_love_krishna_ Posted June 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 I can read for S.A.T.s and then leave the result for krishna, can it be brought down to that of a simple level? So can that be self situated thing to do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagat Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 Rather odd. The Sanskrit translated as "self-situated" is yatAtmavAn, or yata ("controlled") AtmavAn "possessing self" So the idea is "possessing self control." So what do other commentaries say? Gaudiya Math: B.R.Sridhar: "controlling your mind." Narayan Maharaj: "with a controlled mind" BV Tripurari: "with self-restraint." Other sampradayas: Tapasyananda: Kripananda (Jnaneshwari): "act with self restraint" Gandhi: with mind controlled Sivananda: self-controlled Scholars: Radhakrishnan: "with the self subdued" Miller "self-controlled" Zaehner: "with self restrained." Sanskrit Sankara--saMyata-cittaH Ramanuja--yata-manaskaH Sridhara--niyata-cittam Madhusudana--yatAtmavAn yataH saMyata-sarvendriya AtmavAn vivekI ca san Visvanatha--nothing Baladeva--vijita-manA So there is not much variety here. "self controlled, i.e. mind-controlled." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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