The Only Way To Reach God
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
अर्जुन उवाच ।
दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन ।
इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः
॥ ११-५१ ॥
arjuna uvāca dṛṣṭvedaṁ mānuṣaṁ
rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana |
idānīmasmi saṁvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ
prakṛtiṁ gataḥ
Arjuna said: Seeing this wonderful human form, My mind is now calm and I am restored to my original nature
POWERFUL COGNITION
I shall always be with you, wherever you are! You do not even need to come to me.
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम ।
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः
॥ ११-५२ ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca sudurdarśamidam
rūpaṁ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama | devā
apyasya rūpasya nityaṁ
darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
Bhagavān says: The four-armed form
that you have seen is rare to behold.
Even the celestials are forever aspiring
to see this form
POWERFUL COGNITION
Surrender to Me as the supreme with no reservations.
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया ।
शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा
॥ ११-५३॥
nāhaṁ vedairna tapasā na dānena na
cejyayā | śakya evaṁvidho draṣṭuṁ
drṣṭavānasi māṁ yathā
The four armed form which you have seen with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by study of the Vedas, nor by undergoing penances or charity or worship; one cannot see Me as I am by these means
POWERFUL COGNITION
Arjuna salutes Krsna as the source of all beings, the creator of Brahma, who in turn created Prajapati, from whom all beings originated
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन ।
ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप
॥ ११-५४॥
bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya aham evaṁ
vidho'rjuna | jñātuṁ draṣṭuṁ ca
tattvena praveṣṭuṁ ca parantapa
My dear Arjuna, only by undivided
devotional service can you
understand Me as I am, standing
before you, be seen directly. Only in
this way can you reach Me, O
Parantapa
POWERFUL COGNITION
Look upon everyone as your own Self, without dislike and hatred.’
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः ।
निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव
॥ ११-५५ ॥
mat-karma-kṛn mat-paramo mad-
bhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ nirvairaḥ
sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava
My dear Arjuna, one who is engaged
entirely in My devotional service,
who surrenders to Me as the
Supreme, free from attachment, full
of love for every entity, surely comes
to Me
POWERFUL COGNITION
Have no attachment to whatever you do, leave the results to Me, surrender the fruits of your action to Me.
INTRODUCTION
Krsna now appears in front of Arjuna first in His four-handed beautiful divine form that Arjuna is comfortable with, and finally as Vasudeva Krsna, in His gentle human form that Arjuna is so familiar with.
Arjuna has now seen Krsna in all His forms.
The true universal form of virata rupa or visvarupa, that Arjuna found fearsome; the beautiful, much gentler, adorable form with four hands, and finally back to the human form that Arjuna has always known.
Krsna says even the great sages, the enlightened masters, have not seen the sights that Arjuna has seen.
That is very true. Enlightened masters cannot see visions. When an enlightened being sees another enlightened being, it is in the energy form. To be able to see the gross physical form, both need to readjust their frequencies. No amount of spiritual practices and knowledge can make this happen.
This is the space of bhakti, pure devotion.
Ramakrsna says about one's relationship to a master: 'The love of a chaste wife for her husband, the attachment of a miser to his hoarded wealth, the craving of a pleasure seeker for sensual pleasures, all these rolled into one and directed towards the master is true bhakti, devotion.'Krsna concludes this chapter with a clear direction of what a devotee should do to reach Him. It is as simple as one, two, three. 'Work for Me,' He says, 'work for My mission. Surrender to Me as the supreme with no reservations. Have no attachment to whatever you do, leave the results to Me, surrender the fruite of your action to Me. Look upon everyone as your own Self, without dislike and hatred.' All disciples and devotees must understand this.
I tell my disciples: 'If you sit and gaze at me and feel joyful seeing my form, you are chasing me. At best you get eye candy and brain candy, sweet words and a sweet form that makes you feel happy. Then you think I will be leaving soon and feel unhappy. You miss the present moment of my being with you and speculate with regret on my absence that may follow. '"If instead, you work for my mission, spreading my word and teachings, I shall chase you. I shall always be with you, wherever you are! You do not even need to come to me. I shall come to you. 'May the blessings of the supreme Lord be upon you all! Thus ends the eleventh chapter named Visvarupa Darshana Yoga of the Upanisad of Bhagavad Gita, the scripture of Yoga dealing with the Science of the Absolute, in the form of the dialogue between Sri Krsna and Arjuna.
GOALS:
To cognize the importance
of preparing ourselves to
receive gifts such as this,
from the Divine.
ASSESSMENTS
- What is another name for Visvarupa?,
- what does it mean? What cognition have you received during this Chapter 11?
- How can the relationship between Arjuna and Sri Krsna be compared to a Guru-disciple relationship?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Paper
- Sketch pen or Pencil,
- colour pens
PROCEDURE option 1: draw Krsna in His four-handed beautiful divine form. option 2: draw the 3 visions that arjuna has of Krsna The true universal form that Arjuna found fearsome the beautiful, divine form with four hands, and the human form of Krsna
INFERENCE
The sights that Arjuna has seen is the space of bhakti, pure devotion.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
MEDATATION
PROCEDURE:
I think it is now time for us to meditate to experience what Arjuna is seeing. Once again the two points: • Is it possible to experience Krsna consciousness? Yes, it is possible. • What is the qualification? Our being present here is enough. Now all we need to do is put our whole consciousness intensely into the meditation. The meditation will take at least 20 minutes. Please sit straight and close your eyes. Pray intensely to the Parabrahma Krsna, universal consciousness, in whatever name you know, in whatever form you know. Pray to that energy to give a glimpse of His being to you, a glimpse of the experience that Arjuna received and which all the enlightened masters experienced.
Pray to this universal energy. It responds to your thoughts. Don't think your prayers are dead words. They are living communication. Inhale and exhale as slowly as possible and as deeply as possible. Concentrate and bring your attention between your eyebrows, on your ajna cakra. Slowly, but very deeply concentrate on your ajna cakra. Without forcing yourself, put your awareness naturally on your ajnacakra. Slowly start visualizing the whole Universe moving inside your head. Feel this clearly inside your head. The space that is in front of you, in your inner space, the whole universe is moving. See the sun, moon and all the planets. Visualize this clearly, intensely. Slowly relax the body, be one with the universal consciousness. Feel the experience of being one with the Universe.
You are seeing clearly the sun, moon, stars and planets. Just disappear into the universal consciousness. Forget your name, your form, all the conditionings, your profession, your gender, and your country, everything about yourself. Forget your identity and see the whole universe intensely. Just see the moving universe intensely, all the planets, the stars, all the suns, moons.
Disappear into the universal consciousness. Lose the identity, the root cause of all the thoughts; let it disappear into the universal consciousness. Experience the bliss, the fulfilling bliss of the whole universe. Expand and disappear into that universe. Dissolve into the universal consciousness. Be in nityananda, eternal bliss
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
Topic of today's discussion is "If you sit and gaze at me and feel joyful seeing my form, you are chasing me. At best you get eye candy and brain candy, sweet words and a sweet form that makes you feel happy. Then you think I will be leaving soon and feel unhappy. You miss the present moment of my being with you and speculate with regret on my absence that may follow. If instead, you work for my mission, spreading my word and teachings, I shall chase you. I shall always be with you, wherever you are! You do not even need to come to me. I shall come to you."
Conclusion:
The supreme science of Yoga must be received from an enlightened master.
- what they experience when the see the form of Krsna, or the form or Swamiji
- when they experience the joy of someone's presence,
- how do they feel when the person has gone again?
- what do you understand about Krsna's mission? how could you join Krsna's mission?
CONCLUSION
Arjuna asks for and receives the Visvarupa Darsan, the vision of the universal form of Krsna. Krsna very patiently resolves Arjuna's doubts and answers all his questions. Arjuna then wishes to see the true reality of Krsna, the form behind the formless, the Imperishable, the Eternal. Krsna obliges his friend and disciple,
Arjuna, the true representative of the human being, nara. Seeing this cosmic form of Krsna, and unable to withstand the energy, Arjuna begs Krsna to show him the benevolent four-armed form of Visnu that he is used to worshipping with devotion. Finally, Krsna reverts to His normal human form as Arjuna's charioteer and the King of Yadavas. After showing His cosmic form and having given the experience of cosmic consciousness to Arjuna, Krsna now speaks about bhakti, devotional love.
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