There Is No Destruction
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
6.36
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः ।
वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः
॥ ६-३६ ॥
asaṃyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me
matiḥ vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo
vāptum upāyataḥ
For one whose mind is uncontrolled, it is difficult to attain yoga in My opinion. But, it is practical to achieve control over the mind by appropriate means
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa explains that it is possible to achieve control over the mind
अर्जुन उवाच ।
योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन ।
एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम्
॥६-३७॥
arjuna uvāca ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc
calita mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ
kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati
Arjuna says: O Kṛṣṇa, if a person is
engaged in yoga with faith but does not
attain yoga because of the wavering
mind, what destination does he achieve?
POWERFUL COGNITION
When we start off, we will face failure in our attempts to control and complete with the mind – even then it is possible to attain the Divine Consciousness
6.38
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति ।
अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥ ६=३८ ॥
kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaś
chinnābhramiva naśyati apratiṣṭho
mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi O
mighty-armed
Kṛṣṇa, does the person who deviated
from the path perish, torn like a cloud
without any position?
POWERFUL COGNITION
If we move our body with the thought of bliss, the bliss emotion gets ingrained in our system
6.39
एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः ।
त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते
॥ ६-३९॥
etanme saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa
chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ tvadanyaḥ
saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hyupapadyate
This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa and I request
You to dispel it completely. Certainly,
there is no one to be found other than
You who can remove this doubt
POWERFUL COGNITION
it is possible to achieve Self-realization by stilling the mind if one intensely practices the appropriate techniques
6.40
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।
न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति
॥ ६-४० ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca pārtha naiveha
nāmutra vināśastasya vidyate na hi
kalyāṇakṛtkaścid durgatiṃ tāta gacchati
Bhagavān says: O Pārtha, the person engaged in activities for good does not meet with destruction either in this world or the next life; he never faces degradation
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa assures Arjuna by saying that there is no destruction either in this life or the next life for one who is on the right path
INTRODUCTION
Kṛṣṇa continues to declare that it is possible to achieve Self-realization by stilling the mind if one intensely practices the appropriate techniques.
Actually, having an experience of Sātori or the first glimpse of bliss is not a big thing. It is easy to get a taste of enlightenment. But to stay in that same state, the same consciousness, needs preparation of the body and mind. To express that high energy through the body and to radiate that experience of bliss requires that our body and mind be prepared. Preparing the body and mind for enlightenment is what yoga is all about.
This is what sage Patañjali created yoga for. The problem is that only the verbal language of Patañjali remains, but the body language is absent. That is why so much confusion and mutated forms of yoga are around today. Only a person in the same space, in the same consciousness as Patañjali can convey what He wanted to convey. This is what Nithya Yoga is all about. The whole purpose of Nithya Yoga is to prepare the body to experience, to stay in and radiate eternal bliss. Its purpose is to ‘Unclutch’ and enlighten. It is a direct means to Enlightenment.
Here, Arjuna again asks the questions
we all will have in our minds. What
happens if we start with faith but
somewhere, we fail in controlling the
mind? Be very clear, this situation
will happen. When we start off, we
will face failure in our attempts to
control and complete with the mind.
If we don't experience this, we
should check ourselves because we
may be fooling ourselves with
whatever we are doing!
ENLiGHTENMENT iS POSSIBLE FOR ALL
Arjuna wants Kṛṣṇa to give an assurance that Enlightenment is possible for all kinds of people; that even if a person starts practicing intensely but fails due to the wavering mind, it is still possible to attain the Divine Consciousness, Brahman. Actually, at the very root of Arjuna's question is the mind that is generating the fear and making him believe that it is hard to find the no-mind state.
The mind does not want to lose its
existence. The mind always looks
for a reason to convince us that we
cannot carry on our lives without it.
In our day-to-day life we face the
situation that Arjuna faces here.
Even with activities that we have
carried out successfully many times
in the past, we feel nervous when
we start again.
Will we succeed? What will happen
if we fail? Even before we begin, we
start imagining the worst.
Actually, it is okay to imagine the worst. To overcome fear and face fear, it is good to imagine the worst-case scenario. Visualize it fully, relive such an experience consciously, taking it to its logical conclusion, and the fear will disappear. Kṛṣṇa assures Arjuna by saying that there is no destruction either in this life or the next life for one who is on the right path, the path of yoga. He provides the assurance that Arjuna is looking for. Kṛṣṇa is giving a wonderful assurance for all of us that even a small amount of practice of this yoga will save us from the cycle of birth and death. Any yoga practiced will give us tremendous benefit
Listen, any movement of
the body with a strong
intention will cause that
intention to get deeply
inscribed into our bodies
and muscles. If we move
our body with the
thought of bliss, the bliss
emotion gets ingrained
in our system. This is
such an important and
beautiful truth. Don't
miss it!
Goals: For the child to understand that there is no destruction either in this life or the next life for one who is on the right path, the path of yoga. To understand that any yoga practiced gives us tremendous benefit.
ASSESSMENTS
- What needs preparation of the body and mind?
- What did the sage Patañjali create yoga for?
- Why is there so much confusion and mutated forms of yoga around today?
- What happens if we fail in controlling the mind?
- What is at the very root of Arjuna's question about failure?
- ✓ What does the mind not want to lose?
- ✓ How can we overcome fear?
- ✓ What does the practice of yoga assure us?
- ✓ What happens to the intention we hold when we practise yoga?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
FINISH THE SKETCH
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Paper with a diagram showing only half of an asana
- Sketch pens
PROCEDURE Request the children to complete the diagram
INFERENCE Preparing the body and mind for enlightenment is what yoga is all about.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
PROCEDURE
Teach the children that there are 8 components to Nithya Yoga. Spend time perfecting the practice of some of the components, for example the bandha
INFERENCE
The purpose of Nithya Yoga is to prepare the body to experience, to stay in and radiate eternal bliss Only a person in the same space, in the same consciousness as Patañjali can convey the verbal and the body language of yoga
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
NITHYA YOGA
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
VAARKYARTHA SAADHAS
Hold Vaakyartha Sadhas on where children have faced failures in their attempts to control and complete with the mind. Have they experienced that even with activities carried out successfully many times in the past, they still felt nervous? And wondered what will happen if they fail?
CONCLUSION
The mind makes us believe that it is hard to find the no-mind state The mind always looks for a reason to convince us that we cannot carry on our lives without it, just as what Arjuna is facing here.
- BHAGAVAD GITA -
BOOK VI, VOLUME X