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What powerful words! Only the Divine can speak these words of absolute authority. Now He comes to the ultimate teaching. This is the essence of all His teachings, the quintessence of Bhagavad Gītā. He wakes up Arjuna with this verse and puts him into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the Eternal consciousness or Enlightenment. Kṛṣṇa showers Himself on Arjuna, waking him up to the experience of the Whole.

He says, 'Give up everything, whatever you know as dharma, the rules and regulations of the outer life and of the inner life. Drop everything that you know and surrender unto Me. I shall liberate you from everything. Do not fear.' Kṛṣṇa gives him abhaya, complete protection.

He liberates Arjuna with these words. He gives the ultimate experience to Arjuna. With this verse, Kṛṣṇa makes Arjuna drop everything and liberates him.

He gives him a conscious experience of the ocean. He asks Arjuna to drop his ideas about being a separate bubble, relax and realize the truth. Even the idea of the ocean or of God are simply our ideas. Kṛṣṇa makes Arjuna drop those ideas and makes him explode into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the eternal consciousness. Now Kṛṣṇa enters into the actual experience.

Kṛṣṇa liberates Arjuna and gives him the ultimate experience permanently. We cannot call him Arjuna any longer because he has become Kṛṣṇa. He has achieved Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now only Kṛṣṇa exists. As long as Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna existed, there were two entities. But now that they have become one, neither exists. There is no name for it. It is only energy.

Forget about dharma, the codes of conduct laid down by religions, and turn to Me. I shall be your savior, says Kṛṣṇa.

Misquote and misuse these words. You will do yourself the greatest disservice. The Divine does not care whether you are good or evil. The Divine does not care whether you are a saint or sinner. A saint and a sinner, a celibate monk and a prostitute have equal chances of reaching the Divine. This is the truth.

When you come close to the Divine, the energy transforms you. Negativities will be dissolved. Root patterns will be completed. They will be burnt and you will be pure as you were at birth.

Religion is the creation of men. Spirituality is the creation of enlightened Masters who live in the energy of the Divine with total completion. Kṛṣṇa, Śiva, Buddha, Mahāvira and Jesus are Enlightened Masters. They related to no religion. The followers who interpreted them to the best or worst of their understanding created religions. The followers established dharma, the codes of righteous conduct. No God or Master is interested in coming down to tell you how you should behave. They tell you to be in the space of completion and that will put you on the right path to live advaita, the space of non-duality.

Thus, Kṛṣṇa says with absolute conviction and authority: Forget all codes of conduct, give up all religions and come to Me with completion. This is your enlightenment.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa is triguṇa rahita: beyond the attributes of nature and kārmic influence. Merging with Him, surrendering to Him takes you beyond all kārmic bondages. If you understand this verse and act accordingly, you will be liberated.That is Kṛṣṇa's promise.

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Helping students experience intense prayer. Helping students merge with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

• ❖ What is Kṛṣṇa telling Arjuna here?
• ❖ What is Kṛṣṇa giving Arjuna when He says, 'Give up everything, whatever you know as dharma, the rules and regulations of the outer life and of the inner life. Drop everything that you know and surrender unto Me. I shall liberate you from everything. Do not fear.'?
• ❖ .What happens when you come close to the Divine?
• ❖ What does "Śrī Kṛṣṇa is triguṇa rahita" mean?
• ❖ To whom is Śrī Kṛṣṇa available?

❖ Ensure children are using the clay on a surface that can easily be cleaned. Tell the children they will be giving life to deities, starting with Ganesha (Swamiji told to always start with Ganesha).

❖ Tell children to connect to their Ananda Ganda and to consciously visualize Ganesha. Then tell them to give life form to Ganesha through the clay.

❖ Then tell the students to go through the same conscious process but this time, to give life to Kṛṣṇa through the clay. Play Swamiji's video of Swamiji making Ganesha while the children are giving life to deities.

Kṛṣṇa liberates Arjuna and gives him the ultimate experience permanently. We cannot call him Arjuna any longer because he has become Kṛṣṇa. He has achieved Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now only Kṛṣṇa exists. As long as Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna existed, there were two entities. But now that they have become one, neither exists. There is no name for it. It is only

energy.

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❖ No material needed.

Give the following instructions to the students (taken from the chapter): Take a few moments now to pray to Parabrahma Kṛṣṇa, the universal Kṛṣṇa, who showered enlightenment on Arjuna and gave him the ultimate experience. Pray that He may shower the same experience on us or give us a glimpse of the ultimate Truth. Take a few moments to pray.

Please close your eyes and pray intensely to Him.

The deities in the temples are called arcāvatār. That means 'incarnation of the Divine'. He is available to us all the time, whenever we call Him. Close your eyes and pray intensely to Him to shower us with the same experience He showered on Arjuna.

Do not think that He is unavailable now. He is always available to everybody on planet Earth. He may not have the body, but He is available in the form of energy.

Start a discussion about: Who are enlightened Masters, how do they live, how can surrendering to Śrī Kṛṣṇa take you beyond all kārmic bondages?

Then ask the student to write a short essay about a dimension of Kṛṣṇa's life that they strongly connect to and what it has taught them. Once they are done writing, ask them to present in front of others.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa is triguṇa rahita: beyond the attributes of nature and kārmic influence. Merging with Him, surrendering to Him takes you beyond all kārmic bondages.