Greetings All, Shloka # 15: एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः। कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्।।4.15।। Knowing thus was work done by ancient seekers after liberation. Therefore you too do only work, as was done by the ancients in bygone days. Continuing his teachings of Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, Arjuna wanted to escape his […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 24: The Supreme, having distributed light to the intellect, Himself shines hidden inside the intellect. Having turned the intellect inwards, here within the intellect, by uniting, the vision of the Lord takes place, not by any other method. Continuing his teaching, Swami Paramarthananda said, in this shloka Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi is […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 13: चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः। तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्।।4.13।। The fourfold class-system according to the divisions of Prakrti’s constituents and works, has been ordained by Me. Though I am its author, know Me to be the immutable non-agent. Continuing his teachings of Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, Sri Krishna is talking about […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 22: That vision of the Lord which is without seeing the Seer can only be a mental vision. Indeed the Supreme is not other than Seer. His vision is absorption and abidance in one’s own source. Continuing his teaching and refreshing our memory of last class, Swami Paramarthananda said, in this […]
Shloka # 21: It is possible to talk of fate and self-effort for them who know not the source of the two. To them who know well the source of fate and effort, there is neither fate nor effort. Continuing his teaching and refreshing our memory of last class, Swamy Paramarthananda said, in this shloka […]
Shloka # 12: काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः। क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा।।4.12।। People in the world offer scarifices to gods, desiring the success of their works. For, in this human world, quick is the success born of works. Continuing his teachings of Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, up to shloka # 12 Sri […]
As far as dehathma bava (experience of limitation caused by physical body) is concerned it is same for gyani and agyani. This experience of limitation is common on jagrada avastas and swapna avasta. But in sushukthi avasta, there is absence of experience. There is no third experience in sushukthi as the expreince of limitlessness does […]
श्रीमदभगवद्गीता Chapter 4 Sloka 10 वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः । बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ।।4.10।। वीतरागभयक्रोधाः freed from attachment, fear and anger मन्मयाः absorbed in Me माम् Me उपाश्रिताः taking refuge in बहवः many ज्ञानतपसा by the fire of knowledge पूताः purified मद्भावम् My Being आगताः have attained. Freed from attachment, fear and anger, absorbed in […]
In the beginning of Chapter 4, Lord Krishna talked about the glory of the Gita as vedasaarah and that He alone taught the Vedic wisdom in the beginning of creation and is teaching the same Vedic wisdom now, in the name of Gita. Upon hearing this, Arjuna has a doubt due to the teacher being […]
I, the atma becomes ahangara because of ignorance. I become temporarily localized I, known as ahangara and this is the first product of ignorance. This is the foundation for space, time and plurality and this is alone is the cause of samsara. Space is the first tyranny. Because of space alone I feel localized and […]