The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita : 4. Sri Swami Chidananda

 

##NOW WHERE IS THE QUESTION THAT MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS ARE SUPERIOR AND ABOVE SANATANA DHARMA, OTHERWISE CALLED HINDUISM?!!

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Tuesday, September  29, 2020. 

4.A Practical Guide

5. Earthly Pleasure is Transitory

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4.A Practical Guide :

A book may give all about the sugar industry, all about the various aspects of the growing of cane, the fertilisation, the care of the cane crop, the necessary manure and the method of transporting the cane to the factory—all about the machinery in the factory and all about the science of proper manufacture of sugar; and yet it may not give us practical guidance as to how we might get at the commodity, consume it and enjoy the actual bliss of the sweetness of this sugar. On the other hand, there may be a very practical guide—very short and not so elaborate, not so erudite, not so very technical, but yet which tells us a direct and easy method of gaining actual access to a mine of ready-made sugar from which we can take as much as we like to consume and ever be in continued enjoyment. A man who is more concerned with achievement, rather than with the accumulation of facts, of data, would prefer the latter-mentioned book. Even so, those of the Jivas that are disgusted with the sorrows, with the vexing problems, with the limitations and pains of this bound earthly life, those who yearn to get free of these Samsaric afflictions, who are fired with the zeal and aspiration to break these fetters of Samsaric life, and who wish once and for all to rise up to the consciousness of a higher existence and who wish to enjoy the plenitude, the power and the beatitude of Atmic experience, a life of perfection, of freedom, of immortality, of eternal bliss,—they will be ever on the look out for what practical guidance they can gain from the Gita in order to help them in this achievement. They are eager to completely annihilate all limitations, weaknesses, and bondage, to completely eliminate all sorts of afflictions and pain and to secure the permanent acquisition of light, power and wisdom, and bliss of the highest experience of Sadhana. This is the test of the Utility of any scripture for us. Readily Gita fulfils this demand of the struggling aspirant, of the awakened Jiva, who wishes to transcend this Samsaric life and soar into the empyrean of blissful, magnificent, Atmic experience. This is the goal of every Indian; and every son born in this Punya-Bhumi of Bharatavarsha, has got this element of aspiration ingrained within himself.

5. Earthly Pleasure is Transitory :

Whatever be the "daulat" of this earth, whatever be the pomp of this passing pageantry, the real Hindu knows that true and lasting happiness is not to be got in this perishable world. Anityamasukham Lokamiman Prapya Bhajaswa Maam. This is the clarion call of Sri Krishna in the Gita. This is the main theme. Things here are not going to last. We cannot depend upon any objects for our permanent bliss or satisfaction. Also it is Asukham: there is no real pleasure in the objects of the external universe. There is no real pleasure in any enjoyment of the human senses. This knowledge is ingrained in every son of Bharatavarsha; be he of the highest aristocracy or education, or be he an unlettered and illiterate Kisan. He also knows, "these passing things of this external earth will not give me eternal satisfaction", and that yearning is there in the sub-conscious of every true Hindu. This yearning is more than amply fulfilled in the Gita. Gita is the scripture for the struggling Sadhaka who wishes to have this attainment of Paramananda, Nityasukha, Param Shanti. For that, if we turn to the Gita, we see that its pages are teeming with practical hints, guiding advice and admonition, about every aspect in Sadhana, and a wonderful synthesis of all Sadhanas, suited to all temperaments upon earth. It is a unique scripture covering the entire gamut of spiritual life. For the Karma Yogin, Gita has its wonderful advice. Gita gives to all of us, Sadhakas, who long for real peace and bliss, and freedom from the bondage of this sorrowful, earthly existence, a wonderful Sadhana, a wonderful treasure, a view as also a wonderful Bhav or attitude towards life.

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