Work Always Under God's Protection
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Authored by THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
18.59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति
॥ १८-५९ ॥
yad ahaṁkāram āśritya na yotsya iti
manyase mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te
prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati
If due to ego you think: 'I shall not fight,' your resolve is useless, and your own nature will compel you.
POWERFUL COGNITION
To those who come as sincere seekers, connected to me at the being level, my disciples and devotees, I say 'I will take care.
18.60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत्
॥१८-६०॥
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ
svena karmaṇā kartuṁ necchasi yan
mohāt kariṣyasyavaśo ‘pi tat
O Kaunteya, you are controlled by
your own natural conditioning.
Therefore, you shall do even against
your will, what you do not wish to do
out of delusion.
POWERFUL COGNITION
When you are in the present moment, you renounce attachment to fantasies about the future.
18.61
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति ।
भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया
॥ १८-६१ ॥
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ hṛddeśe ‘rjuna
tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarvabhūtāni
yantrārūḍhāni māyayā
The Supreme Lord resides in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the activities of all living entities who are acting as machines under the illusion of the material world.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa is situated in everyone’s heart.
KRISHNA DELIVERS AN ULTIMATUM TO ARJUNA
Whether you like it or not, Arjuna,’ He says, ‘you will fight. In seeming intelligence, your ego tells you that you should not fight. You are under the illusion of your superficial knowledge that it is not right to wage war against friends, relatives and teachers. But you forget that your nature and your conditioning as a warrior drive you. You are a puppet in the hands of Existence, prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati. You will fight.’
These are extraordinary words.
Whether we like it or not, whatever
our intelligence may be, and
whatever our will may be, Kṛṣṇa
says we will be driven by our root
patterns, saṁskāras. The Divine
power drives the machine that is the
kārmic cycle. There is no escape.
Nothing can be clearer. The law of
nature drives us to fulfill our
unfulfilled desires. Our past
conditioning invokes these desires.
Even though they may be in our
unconscious, inaccessible to us, they
determine what we do. The Master
sees this even if we cannot. That is
why Kṛṣṇa makes this bold
statement.
The mind creates and stores the root patterns, saṁskāras. You can refuse to bow down to your mind and refuse to accept these saṁskāras that control you. All meditation techniques bring you into the space of completion, being in the present moment. When you are in the present moment, you renounce attachment to fantasies about the future. You detach yourself from the results of your action. This alone leads you into liberation from the bondage of saṁskāra.
Surrender to the Master, surrender to the Universe, is the ultimate technique to do completion and rid oneself of all bondages—karma, vāsanā and saṃskāra, of the past, present and future.
This is what Kṛṣṇa, the greatest Master of all, the Parama Guru, the Jagat Guru, has repeated throughout the Gītā. He does not ask you to surrender to Him out of His ego. He asks you to surrender to Him out of His deep compassion. What can you give Him that He does not have?
Where else would you want to go
since only He can grant
everything you want? More
importantly, only He can grant
you what you need to free you
from your suffering forever. Who
else can do this for you? No one.
Don't lose hope. There is no
need to do that. Kṛṣṇa is situated
in everyone's heart. All you need
is trust in Him.
GOALS:
-Helping students
understand how root
patterns drive our lives.
-Helping students
experience the present
moment.
ASSESSMENTS
- What drives us to fulfill our unfulfilled desires?
- What creates the root patterns, the saṃskāras?
- How do meditation techniques help you?
- What is the ultimate technique to rid ourselves of all bondages?
- What happens when we are in the present moment?
- What can you give Kṛṣṇa that He does not have?
- Where is Kṛṣṇa situated?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
FREE YOURSELF!
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Paper
- Pen
- pencils
- markers
- eraser, etc..
PROCEDURE ❖ Ask children to draw or write everything that makes them feel stuck, whether it is related to past, present or future. Then ask them to share with others.
INFERENCE
Surrender to the Master, surrender to the Universe, is the ultimate technique to do completion and rid oneself of all bondages—karma, vāsanā and saṃskāra, of the past, present and future.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
THE PRESENT MOMENT
MATERIALS NEEDED Swamiji's third eye meditation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_2lCcVMVvo
A screen on which you can play a video in which you can see a lit candle.
For safety measures, do not have kids light an actual candle.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
THE PRESENT MOMENT
PROCEDURE: Tell the students to sit comfortably with their head, neck and spine in a straight line. Tell them to simply listen to Swamiji's video (Swamiji gives instructions in the video).
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
THE PRESENT MOMENT
INFERENCE
All meditation techniques bring you into the space of completion, being in the present moment. When you are in the present moment, you renounce attachment to fantasies about the future. You detach yourself from the results of your action. This alone leads you into liberation from the bondage of saṁskāra.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
WHAT DRIVES YOUR LIFE?
Guide the students into a discussion about what Kṛṣṇa is telling: “We will be driven by our root patterns. The Divine power drives the machine that is the kārmic cycle. There is no escape.” Help the students see how their root patterns have driven their lives and ask them to share what they feel is the best way to be liberated from bondage.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS WHAT DRIVES YOUR LIFE?
CONCLUSION
He does not ask you to surrender to
Him out of His ego. He asks you to
surrender to Him out of His deep
compassion.
- BHAGAVAD GITA -
BOOK XVIII, VOLUME XVII