Canons of a Perfect Life - 8. Swami Krishnananda.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2022. 07:00.
Being comprehensive selections from the Bhagavadgita-8.
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The Blessed Lord said:
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71.Action Is a Collective Result of Cosmic Operations and Not Done Individually by Any Single Being :
*The seat of action (body), the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various kinds, and the presiding deity as the fifth (are the causative factors of all action).
*Whatever action a man performs with his body, speech and mind-whether right or the reverse, these five are its causes.
*Now, such being the case, verily he who, owing to untrained understanding, looks upon his self alone as the agent – he of perverted intelligence, sees not (the truth). (XVIII.14-16)
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72.Spiritual Wisdom, Rational Knowledge arid Emotional Attachment Distinguished :
*That by which one sees the one indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate even in all the separate beings – know thou that knowledge to be Sattvika (pure).
*But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as different from one another – know thou that knowledge to be Rajasika.
*But that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without foundation in Truth, and trivial – that (understanding) is declared to be Tamasika. (XVIII20-22)
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73.Three Kinds of Happiness :
*That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar – that happiness is declared to be Sattivaka, born of the purity of one's own mind due to Self-realisation.
*That happiness which arises from the contact of the sense-organs with the objects, which is at first like nectar, and in the end like poison – that is declared to be Rajasika.
*That happiness which at first as well as in the sequel deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence and heedlessness – that is declared to be Tamasika. (XVIII.37-39)
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74.Perfection Is Attained by Performance of One's Own Duty Without Interfering with Another's :
*He from whom all the beings have evolved and by whom all this is pervaded – worshipping Him with one's own duty, one attains perfection. (XVIII.46)
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75.Resort to God Is the Solution of All the Ills of Life :
*Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not. (XVIII.66)
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76.Success Is Certain Where Man and God Act in Unison :
*Where is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga; where is Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, (acting together in harmony); there shall be prosperity, victory, happiness and firm polity; this is my conviction. (XVIII.78)
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The Moksha Gita : Swami Sivananda
Commentary by Swami Krishnananda
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