- BHAGAVAD GITA -🔗

BOOK IV, VOLUME II

Take Birth As A Human

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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

Krishna is one example of when the divine descended and walked on planet earth in human form.

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POWERFUL COGNITION

Divinity is able to take birth in human form.

Enlightened masters never die, they only leave the body, they are eternally alive and available to you. The Divine takes birth again and against to take us to enlightenment.

Kṛṣṇa means that He happens on the planet Earth again and again in so many forms to guide and enrich the people.

Krishna promises to happen again and again on planet Earth to protect the pious and restore righteousness.

‘Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa are almost of the same age. Suddenly, Kṛṣṇa says He gave this science to the Sun god thousands of years ago! Moreover, Arjuna lived with Kṛṣṇa for a long time. He knows and has seen the human side of Kṛṣṇa, all of Kṛṣṇa's līlā (plays), all of Kṛṣṇa's moods. So now, it is very difficult for Arjuna to believe Kṛṣṇa's words.

This is what all disciples who live around Enlightened Masters undergo. They find it difficult to understand the Divine descending and walking on the planet Earth in human form. Arjuna struggles to understand. How can the Divine descend? Arjuna is shocked when Kṛṣṇa says, ‘Thousands of years ago, I taught this science of Enlightenment to the Sun God, Vivasvān.’ He says, 'How can I understand? Please tell me.' He does not say, 'How can you say this?'" He is now ready to believe, but he wants a little explanation.

Whenever enlightened Masters descend on the planet Earth, they face this trouble, again and again. When Rāmakṛṣṇa declared that the same being who came as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa had now come down in the form of Rāmakṛṣṇa, he was called mad! People did not receive or respect him. But a few qualified people received his words and transformed their Lives.

In the words of the SPH “I always tell people, my best discourses are always given to small, close devotees. Because when you speak the truth to an intimate group, it will be straight. It will shake your whole being and transform your whole life. Those who are not yet ready cannot receive it. For a spiritual discourse, what matters is the quality of the people present.”

LISTENED TO KRISHNA

This very Gītā is delivered to only one person. When Kṛṣṇa delivered Gītā, only one person listened to it. But today, millions and millions, not even millions, billions read and practice it. For a billion Hindus, this is the basic scripture. Only one person listened to Kṛṣṇa.

Today the whole world uses it. To express the truth, the quality of the person who listens is important, not the quantity of persons.

Bhagavān says, ‘O Arjuna, many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them but you can’t.’ Then He says, ‘Although I am unborn, imperishable and the Lord of all living entities, I reappear by my original māyā, by controlling my nature.’

Till then, He was a little shy to open up to Arjuna!

When a disciple is not ready, you can't open up, you can't tell the truth. Now, the disciple is ready. So Kṛṣṇa opens up. He says, although I am unborn and my transcendental body never deteriorates and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in my original transcendental form. Three things we need to understand here.

First He says, 'I am unborn, ajopi. I never take birth. I am the ultimate Parabrahma. I am the ultimate energy.' I don't think anyone else has declared it so clearly. Here, Kṛṣṇa straightaway declares the truth. 'I am God, bhūtānām īsvaro'pi san,' He says.

ajo'pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īsvaro'pi san.

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Q: ‘Swamiji, can dead Masters teach us like Paramahamsa Yogananda, Mahavatar Babaji etc.? If I pray to them, can they show me the path?’

A: Dead masters are not dead as you think. When they are alive, their presence had a body. When they are dead, their presence has no body, that’s all. Having a body or not having a body is in no way going to affect their presence. They are eternally alive and available to you. All you need to do is just turn towards them. When normal human beings die, the soul leaves the body. In the case of masters, they leave the body! The very wording is different. So having a body or not having a body is in no way connected to their presence. They are available to the planet always, to the whole of humanity.

It is very difficult to understand Masters. With integrity and authenticity, if you reach out, even if they don’t have the body, you will be able to relate, connect, and talk to them. When you don’t have integrity and authenticity, even with a living Master you will miss him. He says, ‘I am the Lord of all the entities. But I still happen in every millennium in my original transcendental form; using my own māyā (Illusion).

Because of my māya, I assume the body and incarnate Myself, sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā.’ Kṛṣṇa means that He happens on the planet Earth again and again in so many forms to guide and enrich the people. Ordinary human beings are in the clutches of māyā or illusion due to which they take birth. But Kṛṣṇa has māyā itself under His control and takes birth due to His own wish! But again and again we miss Him. That is why we are here again and again! Again and again we miss them. That is why again and again He has to happen on planet Earth to lift us, to show us the way, to enrich us with Enlightenment.

& ANSWERS

In science, the principle of entropy states that the energy level of every system, including the Universe, degrades with time. So it is with consciousness.

Over time individuals start losing their positive consciousness and collective negativity builds up. Of course, this does not imply that every single person becomes evil intentioned, but on an average, spirituality, awareness, righteousness and consciousness of individuals deteriorate at certain periods of time.

PROMISE

❖ What is collective unconsciousness or negativity?

❖ What is Krishna’s promise to humanity?

ENLIGHTENED MASTERS

MATERIALS NEEDED:

PROCEDURE

ENLIGHTENED MASTERS

INFERENCE

ENLIGHTENED MASTERS

MATERIALS NEEDED:

PROCEDURE:

Write a 150 words essay about an enlightened master who is not in the body, who has inspired you the most. If the child is young, the acharya can help him/her words.

INFERENCE:

Whenever there is a decline in the spiritual awareness, culture and consciousness of individuals and communities, enlightened masters appear on planet earth to raise the level of consciousness on the planet. Krishna has promised that each time he will appear in human form and save humanity.

VAAKYARTHA SADHAS

Procedure: The divine godhead, can appear on planet earth and take permanent residence in a human body, and radiate pure consciousness, in order to save humanity and raise the collective consciousness.

Inference: The divine godhead, can appear on planet earth and take permanent residence in a human body, and radiate pure consciousness, in order to save humanity and raise the collective consciousness.

Conclusion: Krishna is one example of when the divine descended and walked on planet earth in human form. For a spiritual discourse, what matters is the quality of the people present.