The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad gita : Ch-10. Part-19.

Chapter 10: The Imperishable Among All that is Perishable :


Part-19.


An honestly led life of divinity and charitableness, of devotion to God, purity and dedication of spirit to the highest aim of life, purushartha moksha, will take care of itself.

When your whole personality is that concentrated, you can be a yogi in a moment.

Anta-kale ca mam eva smaran muktva kalevaram, yah prayati sa mad-bhavam yati nasty atra samsayah.

The eighth chapter gives a little description of the yoga that one practices at the last moment, the anta-kle yoga.

Bhishma was supposed to have practiced this when he was on a bed of arrows.

He withdrew himself from all external awareness after the long gospel that he delivered to Yudhishthira in the Shantiparva of the Mahabharata.

He withdrew himself after a magnificent prayer that he offered, which goes by the name of Vishnuswaraja in the Shantiparva. So do all yogis depart, and so can you also depart from this world, and so can anyone depart from this world.


As a matter of fact, it cannot be called a departure at all.

We are not going anywhere by plane, or helicopter, or any kind of vehicle.

The idea of going has given rise to the doctrine of moksha by gradual stages.

We always imagine that there is a passage to God, there is a movement of the soul towards liberation or moksham.


Swami Krishnananda

To be continued  ....