The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch -18.11

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19/01/2017.
Chapter -18: Fix Your Mind on Me Alone-11.

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Now, the description goes further down to the nature of the percipient, the subject who aspires for God or the attainment of liberation.

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What are the characteristics of such a person? What is jnana? What is the knowledge that is required of us in order to understand this kshetra,and what is the knowable or the supreme object of knowledge?

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Amanitvam adambhitvam, etc. are the various sloka-s, beautiful indeed, which portray not only the ethical characteristics that are required of a seeker, but also the philosophical attitude that we have to maintain and the spiritual qualifications that are required of us.

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The gradual ascent of aspiration until tattva-jnanartha-darsanam takes place is mentioned in these sloka-s, culminating in the beautiful concept of knowledge of Truth as it is.


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This comes to us by the service of the Guru, study of the scriptures, self-investigation, humility, unpretentiousness and such other qualities that are mentioned in these sloka-s, beginning with amanitvam, etc.

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This is knowledge, and everything else is ignorance—etaj jnanam iti porktam ajnanam yad ato’nyatha.

Swami Krishnananda
  To be continued  ....


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