God Liberates You When You Surrender
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Authored by
THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
18.63
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया ।
विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु
॥ १८=६३ ॥
iti te jñānamākhyātaṁ guhyād guhyataraṁ mayā vimṛśyai tadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru
I have explained the knowledge that is
the secret of secrets. After fully
reflecting on this, do as you wish.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Spirituality is the creation of enlightened Masters who live in the energy of the Divine with total completion.
18.64
सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः ।
इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम्
॥१८-६४॥
sarva-guhyatamamaṁ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me
paramaṁ vacaḥ iṣṭo ‘si me dṛḍhamiti
tato vakṣyāmi te hitam
Because you are My dear friend, I
express this truth to you. This is the
most confidential of all knowledge.
Hear this from Me. It is for your
benefit.
POWERFUL COGNITION
I shall be your savior, says Kṛṣṇa.
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।
मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे
॥ १८-६५ ॥
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī
māṁ namaskuru māmevaiṣyasi satyaṁ te
pratijāne priyo ‘si me
Always think of Me and become My
devotee. Worship Me and offer your
homage unto Me. Thus you will
certainly attain to Me. This I promise
you because you are My very dear
friend.
POWERFUL COGNITION
He is available to us all the time, whenever we call Him.
18.66
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः
॥ १८-६६ ॥
sarvadharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ
śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarvapāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
Abandon all principles and concepts of
right conduct and simply surrender unto
Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful
reaction. Have no worry.
POWERFUL COGNITION
He is always available to everybody on planet Earth.
Kṛṣṇa SHOWERS HIMSELF ON ARJUNA, WAKING HIM UP TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE WHOLE.
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, Mahāvīra 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.
GOALS:
Helping students
experience intense prayer.
Helping students merge
with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
ASSESSMENTS
- 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?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
PRANA PRATISHTHA
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Clay Bowl of water
- Paper to wipe your hands
- Small plate each for the finished clay
- Video of Swamiji making Ganesha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuZeWckRFZk
PROCEDURE ❖ 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).
ART OF THE DAY:
PRANA PRATISHTHA
PROCEDURE
- 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.
INFERENCE
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.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
INTENSE PRAYER
MATERIALS NEEDED
❖ No material needed.
PROCEDURE:
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.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
INTENSE PRAYER
PROCEDURE: 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.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
INTENSE PRAYER
INFERENCE
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.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
THE LIFE OF ENLIGHTENED MASTERS
Start a discussion about: Who are enlightened Masters, how do they live, how can surrendering to Śrī Kṛṣṇa take you beyond all kārmic bondages?
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS THE LIFE OF ENLIGHTENED MASTERS
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.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
THE LIFE OF ENLIGHTENED MASTERS
CONCLUSION
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.
BHAGAVAD GITA
BOOK XVIII, VOLUME XVIII
Coming Back
To God
Without a
Doubt
Authored by
THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
18.67
इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन ।
न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति
॥ १८-६७ ॥
idaṁ te nā 'tapaskāya nā 'bhaktāya
kadācana na cā 'śuśrūṣave vācyaṁ na ca
māṁ yo 'bhyasūyati
This knowledge should never be
spoken by you to one who is devoid of
austerity, who is without devotion,
who does not desire to listen, or who
speaks ill of Me.
POWERFUL COGNITION
He will come again and again to restore the balance, liberate the good and destroy the evil.
18.68
य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति ।
भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेष्यत्यसंशयः
॥ १८-६८ ॥
ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-
bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati bhaktiṁ mayi
parāṁ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ
One who communicates the supreme secret to the devotees performs the highest devotional service to Me, and at the end he will without doubt, come back to Me.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Those who have understood the formless form that resides in Me know that I am part of them.
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः ।
भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि
॥ १८-६९ ॥
na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścin me
priya kṛttamaḥ bhavitā na ca me
tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi
No other person shall do a more pleasing service to Me, and no one on the earth shall be more dear to Me.
POWERFUL COGNITION
He blesses the whole Universe with His grace and compassion.
18.70
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः ।
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः
॥ १८-७०॥
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ
saṁvādamāvayoḥ jñānayajñena tenāham
iṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ
I declare that One who studies this
sacred dialogue worships Me by sacrifice
of his intelligence.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa's blessings are upon us also.
18.71
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः।
सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्
॥१८-७१॥
śraddhāvānanasūyaś ca śṛṇuyādapi yo
naraḥ so ‘pi muktaḥ śubhāṁl lokān
prāpnuyāt puṇyakarmaṇām
One who listens with faith and
without envy becomes free from sinful
reactions and attains to the planets
where those of merit dwell.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Until the end He is the teacher. He is full of compassion. His concern is only for Arjuna and the rest of humanity.
18.72
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।
कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय
॥ १८.७२ ॥
kaccid etac śrutaṁ pārtha
tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā kaccid ajñāna-
sammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya
O Pārtha, did you listen to this with
single-minded attention? Has your
delusion born of ignorance been
completely destroyed, Dhanañjaya?
POWERFUL COGNITION
Whoever studies this sacred conversation will achieve His eternal consciousness.
KRISHNA BLESSES THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WITH HIS GRACE AND COMPASSION
Only one who is in deep devotion to
Me should read this. I have
conveyed here that which is most
beneficial, the secret of how to live
and how to reach Me. One who
understands this and drops his mind
with his focus entirely upon Me,
shall reach Me without a doubt. This
is Kṛṣṇa's promise.
He blesses the whole Universe with
His grace and compassion. He
showered His blessing on Arjuna
and made him merge with Him. The
same consciousness is being
showered on the whole Universe.
He declares that whoever studies this sacred conversation will achieve His eternal consciousness. He blesses us with His grace and assures us that we can achieve Him through this jñāna yajña, sacrifice of intellect. That is, by offering ourselves into that knowledge, by completely purifying ourselves in that knowledge, we can achieve Him. We can disappear into Him. When we put anything into the fire, it disappears. In the same way, when we immerse ourselves in the study of Gītā, we will not remain as we are. We will disappear into Him. Only He remains, only He exists.
The whole experience of the Truth has descended on Arjuna. Kṛṣṇa's blessings are upon us also. Let us pray to the ultimate consciousness to put us into that same energy. Relax into that energy. May the grace and compassion of Kṛṣṇa that was showered on Arjuna, be showered on us. Earlier Kṛṣṇa said that He would appear again and again whenever He is needed to restore equilibrium between good and bad.
He is the only great Master who has the courage to say, 'I am not the last Master, it is not that there will be no one after Me.' Instead He says, 'I shall appear again and again, sambhavāmi yuge yuge.
Kṛṣṇa will not reappear in His Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa form with peacock feathers and a flute! That is the mistake we make in our assumption. His energy will reappear. He will reappear in the form of enlightened Masters and Incarnations, time and again. He will come again and again to restore the balance, liberate the good and destroy the evil.
This is the last time Śrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
in the Bhagavad Gītā. He asks,
'Arjuna, have you listened to Me
with attention? Has your delusion
disappeared?' Until the end He is
the teacher. He is full of
compassion. His concern is only for
Arjuna and the rest of humanity.
'Have you understood?' He asks.
'Have your doubts disappeared? Do
you need anything more?'
This is the greatness of
Masters. Nothing concerns
them except the deliverance
of their disciples. That is why
they have come here.
Otherwise why should they
waste their time on planet
Earth? They can be immersed
in the blissful energy that they
are part of without
disturbance.
My disciples understand when I
tell them that the only time I
feel anything like sadness is
when a disciple leaves me. It
saddens me because he is losing
a great opportunity. His spirit
brought him to me for
completion. If the body-mind
does not cooperate, the spirit
must live again and again until it
gets the opportunity to be
liberated. Each cycle of birth that
the spirit undertakes, it suffers
and regrets not having taken that
final step..
No one who has crossed my ashram gates can ever leave me. Even if they leave, I shall not leave them. I shall be with them. That one moment of intelligence that brought them in is enough for me to care for them. Those who have understood the formless form that resides in Me know that I am part of them. Wherever they are, I am part of them.
This is Śrī Kṛṣṇa's promise: Listen to Me, understand Me and come to Me; then you are a part of Me.
GOALS:
-Helping students experience deep devotion.
ASSESSMENTS
- What secret has Śrī Kṛṣṇa revealed?
- What has happened to Arjuna here?
- How does Śrī Kṛṣṇa express His concern for Arjuna and the rest of humanity?
- What is the greatness of Masters?
- When is the only time Swamiji tells He feels anything like sadness?
- Why does Swamiji feel this at that time?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
THE GREATEST SECRET
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Papers
- pens
- pencils
- eraser
- ruler
- markers, etc.
PROCEDURE
❖ Ask the students to create a short Chitra Katha (comic) of themselves having a conversation with Śrī Kṛṣṇa about the revelation that they feel is the greatest secret. Tell the children to make sure to illustrate and narrate the change in cognition/the superconscious breakthrough that occurred inside of them.
ART OF THE DAY:
THE GREATEST SECRET
INFERENCE
Only one who is in deep devotion to Me should read this. I have conveyed here that which is most beneficial, the secret of how to live and how to reach Me. One who understands this and drops his mind with his focus entirely upon Me, shall reach Me without a doubt.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
SURRENDER, DEVOTION AND REVERENCE
MATERIALS NEEDED
- Swamiji's Murti or books, Deities, photographs of enlightened Masters, etc.
PROCEDURE: For a few minutes, ask the students to connect to each book, deity, photograph one by one in a space of deep surrender, devotion and reverence, humbly requesting - Please grace us. Please grace us. Then, from that space of deep devotion, ask the students to create a short poem or song to offer to Swamiji, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Enlightened Masters, etc.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
SURRENDER, DEVOTION AND REVERENCE
INFERENCE That is, by offering ourselves into that knowledge, by completely purifying ourselves in that knowledge, we can achieve Him. We can disappear into Him. When we put anything into the fire, it disappears. In the same way, when we immerse ourselves in the study of Gītā, we will not remain as we are. We will disappear into Him. Only He remains, only He exists.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
I SHALL APPEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN
Engage a discussion about Śrī
Kṛṣṇa's words: 'I shall appear again
and again, sambhavāmi yuge
yuge.' You can ask questions such
as: How will Śrī Kṛṣṇa reappear
again and again? Why is He telling
us that? How can we recognize
Him? etc.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
I SHALL APPEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN
CONCLUSION
This is Śrī Kṛṣṇa's promise: Listen to Me, understand Me and come to Me; then you are a part of Me.
