- BHAGAVAD GITA -
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BOOK XVIII, VOLUME XIX
Krishna Is Present
Authored by THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
18.73
अर्जुन उवाच ।
नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत ।
स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव
॥ १८-७३॥
Arjuna uvāca naṣṭo mohaḥ
smṛtirlabdhā tvat-prasādān mayā'cyuta
sthito ‘smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye
vacanaṁ tava
Arjuna says: O dear Acyuta (infallible
lord), my illusion is now gone. I have
regained my memory by Your Grace,
and I am now firm and free from
doubt, and ready to act as per your
instructions.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Surrender is nothing but a clear, conscious decision to be complete.
18.74
सञ्जय उवाच ।
इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ।
संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भूतं रोमहर्षणम्
॥१८-७४॥
sañjaya uvāca ityahaṁ vāsudevasya
pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ saṁvādam
imam aśrauṣam adbhutaṁ roma-
harṣaṇam
Sañjaya said: Thus have I heard the
conversation of two great souls, Kṛṣṇa
and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that
message that my hair stands on end.
POWERFUL COGNITION Existence is intelligence. The Divine is intelligence.
व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् ।
योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम्
॥१८-७५॥
vyasā-prasādāc chrutavān etad
guhyam ahaṁ param yogaṁ
yogeśvarāt kṛṣṇāt sākṣāt
kathayataḥ svayam By the mercy
of Vyāsa, I have heard these
most confidential words directly
from Kṛṣṇa, the master of all
mysticism, who was speaking
personally to Arjuna
POWERFUL COGNITION
Surrender everything at the feet of God who runs this world.
18.76
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् ।
केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः
॥ १८-७६ ॥
rājan saṁsmṛtya-saṁsmṛtya saṁvādam
imam adbhutaṁ keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṁ
hṛṣyāmi ca muhur-muhuḥ
O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.
POWERFUL COGNITION
You conquer all fears with completion.
18.77
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमद्भुतं हरेः ।
विस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः
॥ १८-७७ ॥
tacca saṁsmṛtya-saṁsmṛtya rūpam
atyadbhutaṁ hareḥ vismayo me mahān
rājan hṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ-punaḥ
O King, when I remember the
wonderful form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, I am
struck with even greater wonder, and I
rejoice again and again.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Surrender itself has the power to transform and complete you.
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः ।
तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम
॥ १८-७८ ॥
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho
dhanurdharaḥ tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtir
dhruvā nītirmatirmama
Wherever there is Yogeśvara Kṛṣṇa, the
Master of all mystics, and wherever
there is Pārtha, the supreme carrier of
bow and arrow, there will certainly be
opulence, victory, extraordinary power,
and morality. That is my opinion.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Surrender as you are, consciously, totally.
IN THESE LAST VERSES ARJUNA AND SAÑJAYA TAKE OVER.
In these last verses Arjuna and Sañjaya take over. Arjuna bows down to the JagadGuru, Master of Cosmos, and says, ‘All my doubts are gone and by Your grace, my memory is regained, O Acyuta; I understand. I am ready. I shall obey whatever you say and I shall fight.
The rest is history. Under the guidance of Arjuna, the Kaurava army is annihilated. All the Kaurava brothers, all the great teachers and all the great warriors perish. The Pāṇḍava brothers win and Yudhiṣṭira conducts the rājasūya and other fire sacrifices to signify his ascendance to the throne.
It is also history that in due course
all the Pāṇḍava brothers die, as does
the great Master Kṛṣṇa. He gives up
His mortal form. This is the story of
life. As long as you are in any form,
the form will perish. The energy
lives on. That is what Kṛṣṇa taught
in these chapters and verses.
Sacrifice your form and gain the
formless.
Now Sañjaya comes back into the
picture. Neither Kṛṣṇa nor Arjuna
can speak since both of them are in
a different mood. Arjuna has
disappeared and Kṛṣṇa is in ecstasy.
Both are in no mood to speak.
Whenever we read, teach or listen to Bhagavad Gītā, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are present. They are present in their formless form. Make no mistake, they are here. They have been here throughout these eighteen days. You are the fortunate listeners and readers of this mystic dialogue between the two great souls, the Master and the disciple. You are blessed with wealth, health and success in whatever you undertake. Go with this Kṛṣṇa consciousness and you will be in Nityānanda, eternal bliss
Surrender — Most Secret, Ultimate, Final Technique
A confused Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa. 'What is the way? Tell me the final way, the final method, the ultimate technique. 'Finally, Kṛṣṇa says very beautifully, 'This is the last technique, the ultimate technique: Dropping all the dharma, dropping all the confusions, surrendering at My feet. I will take care and give you liberation.
In every Master's life, the final teaching is surrender. What is the meaning of surrender?
As soon as we hear the word
'surrender,' we think: Oh, this is
the easiest technique. For
surrendering, we don't need to do
anything. In any other method or
meditation, we must do something.
If it is a pūjā or a fire ritual, we
need to do something. For every
technique, we must do something.
For surrender, we don't need to do
anything.' Hence everyone feels
surrendering means doing nothing.
Deeper Meanings of Surrender
There are three levels of
surrender:
First: Surrendering the 'I'. Second:
Surrendering the 'Mine'. Third:
Surrendering the 'I' and 'Mine',
both. Let me explain step-by-step.
First: Surrendering the I.
Surrendering the 'I' is surrendering
the ego, the mind, the root thought
patterns, the mental setup. This is
surrendering your conditions, your
cognitions.
When you really, intensely offer
your mental setup, or root thought
patterns at the feet of the Master or
God, it gets totally disintegrated.
The mind in itself is a pattern, a
habit. Your 'I' is a set of habits.
Your ego is a set of conditions.
If somebody criticizes you, you
immediately choose to react. You
become disturbed. After that, you
criticize him in return or you rebuke
him. If somebody praises you, you
choose to be flattered. You give him
a good smile and feel great. Even
this choice is your root thought
pattern. It is your mental cognition.
When you surrender the 'I', your
root thought patterns, to the Divine,
you can't choose. When you really
surrender, even if somebody
criticizes you, you can't choose to be
offended or feel disturbed.
Whenever you bring in your root
thought patterns, you react in
accordance with your mental
patterns. When this is still the case,
you cannot say you have
surrendered. Real surrender can and
will transform your life.
When you surrender your ego, your mind becomes alive and spontaneously joyful. As of now, every moment you are preparing to live tomorrow. When you surrender, you move without a script! Whenever you move like that, in such a simple way, tremendous courage and trust walks through you. When we really surrender the ‘I’, the ego, we surrender the mind that continuously prepares the script for our life. We will live in the space of completion with tremendous spontaneity and courage. We will trust our intelligence. We will live our life as it is. We will accept, welcome and enrich life as it flows into us.
SECOND: SURRENDERING THE MINE
To have the freedom to choose between suffering and joy comes from dropping the 'mine' and 'I.' It does not result from possessing the 'mine'. Even if you enjoy your possessions, underneath the enjoyment and joy, you have a deep fear. It is the fear, 'I do not know when it will be lost.' The fear of losing your possessions will not allow you to enjoy those things or relationships. I have seen that the man who is not possessive enjoys the same object more deeply because he does not fear when he might lose it. The person who continuously possesses it, who feels it is 'mine', will only own it, never enjoy it.
Ninety-nine percent of your
worries, fears and greed never come
true. Whatever one percent comes
true is always good for you! When
you surrender your ‘I,’ your
suffering is transformed into the
space of completion bringing
intelligence, love, joy, and ecstasy.
When you surrender your ‘mine,’
your richness becomes the space of
creation for wealth, power, and
celebration.
You start really living to
enrich others and yourself
with your possessions.
You enjoy and celebrate
whatever you have. You
start living it, and really
feel ecstasy and joy from
the things that you have.
You go beyond the fear of
‘When will I lose them?
THIRD: SURRENDER BOTH I AND MINE
Listen. When I say both
‘I’ and ‘mine,’ I mean
surrendering your whole
life unconditionally,
completely.
Surrendering itself will do the miracle. Surrender has the energy and the capacity to transform you and to bring completion to you. Don't bother about which form or name you surrender to. It does not matter.
JUST SURRENDER! DON'T DOUBT, DON'T YOU WORRY
Whenever you relax and complete, you transform your life from mithya (illusion) to nitya ānanda (eternal bliss). You transform your suffering to a space of bliss. You move from depression to expression, from self-doubt to Self, from 'me' to 'you' , from worrying to wondering. The genesis of identity is transformed with the process of completion.
First just decide consciously to be complete and surrender. Surrender everything at the feet of God who runs this world. You don't even need to have any name or form in your mind, 'Oh, I surrendered to this god. So what will happen?' Don't worry. Just surrender to the energy that runs the whole world. Then everybody is included under that title— God, Guru, Divine, energy of this whole Universe. Just decide to let this run your life.
Surrender your doubt also. Then you
will see the transformation happens
in you just as you are. Don't think,
'First I will change, and then I will
surrender.' No. You cannot do that.
Surrender as you are, consciously,
totally. Whatever is in your hands,
whatever 'mine' is in your hands,
whatever position is in your hands,
surrender completely. Your being
will be flooded with a new feeling, a
new life, a new energy and a new
bliss.
So, may you surrender at
the feet of the Divine. May
you enter the space of
completion. May you be in
the energy. May you enter
into the Divine energy. May
this happen to you. May
you be in and may you
become eternal bliss, Nitya
ānanda.
GOALS:
Helping the students understand the levels of surrender. Helping the students transform their lives from mithya (illusion) to nitya ānanda (eternal bliss).
ASSESSMENTS
- What is the lesson Kṛṣṇa taught in these chapters and verses?
- What are the three levels of surrender?
- What should you do about your doubts?
- What happens when you surrender your "I" and your "mine"?
- How does the completion process help us transform?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Big posters
- Markers
- Pens
- Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Ruler
- Eraser, etc.
PROCEDURE
❖ Ask the students to create their own poster representing the three levels of surrendering. ❖ Ask them to draw or write down the changes that happen through each level of surrender and to give examples from their own lives. ❖ Then, ask them to present their understanding to the class.
ART OF THE DAY:
INFERENCE
Just decide consciously to be complete and surrender. Surrender everything at the feet of God who runs this world. You don't even need to have any name or form in your mind, 'Oh, I surrendered to this god. So what will happen?' Don't worry. Just surrender to the energy that runs the whole world. Then everybody is included under that title— God, Guru, Divine, energy of this whole Universe. Just decide to let this run your life.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
GRATITUDE MEDITATION
MATERIALS NEEDED
❖ Eyeband
PROCEDURE:
Tell the students they will be sitting for 21 minutes and tell them to close their eyes (they can wear an eye band if they want). Once everyone has their eyes closed, guide them through the meditation. Start by telling: Allow any thought, person or situation to come to your mind. If it is a positive thought, a person you love or a situation that you cherish, feel deep gratitude for it and see it go away. If it is a negative thought, or a person you don't like, or an unpleasant situation, feel gratitude for that too and bless it. Anything that comes to your mind, bless it with deep gratitude.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
GRATITUDE MEDITATION
Allow 11 minutes to pass then tell the students that they can slowly, very slowly open all three eyes.
INFERENCE
You will see that in a few days, your whole attitude becomes soft and compassionate. You will start seeing things with great compassion and receptivity.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
ENLIGHTENED LIFE
Invite each student to share out
loud: Their understanding of what
living enlightenment is How they
can now live an enlightened life
How they can help others live
enlightenment
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS ENLIGHTENED LIFE
Once everyone is done sharing, ask each student to write a gratitude letter to the Divine in the form that they connect with (to Swamiji, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the lineage of Gurus, etc.) for all the enlightening teachings that they have received. Finally ask each student to write a testimonial of how their experience learning Bhagavad Gita Decoded has been to inspire others
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
ENLIGHTENED LIFE
CONCLUSION
Here ends the ultimate teaching of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and here starts our enlightened life! May you surrender at the feet of the Divine. May you enter the space of completion. May you be in the energy. May you enter into the Divine energy. May this happen to you. Go with this Kṛṣṇa consciousness and you will be in Nityānanda, eternal bliss
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