Summarized by Shailesh Vyas:
Started with meditation, anulom vilom.
Recap & Initial Q&A
- Hope for infinite and not settle for finite.
- The Initial seed is from Bhagwan but you have to have faith in your effort.
- Nothing is free in this world.
- Discussed about symbolism Ram (Brahman) / Lakshman (Jiva) / Sita (Maya)
- Brahman walks in the front followed by Maya and then Jiva. This could also explain why Jiva has difficulty in experiencing Brahman as it’s clouded by Maya.
- As long as Maya is aligned to Brahman it is ok to follow Maya
- Let Maya dissolve eventually
- Free will is given to us.
- We are given a conducive environment.
- Animals are instinctive.
- Never say we are puppets in the hand of a puppeteer.
- Example - Pope admitted to hospital and chose to do baptism. That's free will.
- Christians have hierarchy and the Pope doesn't need to do it.
- Faith and Fact
- Seven things - we should have faith in are mantra , tirtha, dwijaya (Twice born), deva (God), daivajna (astrology), bhesaja (medicine) and guru
- Dwijaya - Born twice. Some of the examples -
- During Upnayan sanskar, the priest tells Gayatri Mantra and it is believed that it's our second life as an adult.
- Sanyasi buried alive - They do their own procession and live as if he/she is living in the rental body.
- Our teeth are also dwijaya. We lose our baby teeth.
- Story
- Kannappa Nayanar believed in Shiva. He found in forest Pancham Linga in the forest that nobody was taking care of it. He was a hunter and didn't have a vessel. He carried it in mouth. Story went out, since he was a hunter he could only offer killed animals. He protected the temple during the earthquake. One eye started bleeding from the idol. He takes his eye out and puts on an idol and the idol stops bleeding. Later the second eye started bleeding. He put his feet on the second eye and started pulling the second eye. Shiva appeared and was happy with his faith.
- If someone else will see a person with foot on God will definitely question. To that Kannappa responds, put my feet anywhere where there is no God.
- Second story on faith -
- Shabri was told by Rishi Matunga that Ram will come one day and you have to guide him to a path. Thereafter she can continue her journey towards Moksha. Shabri prepared every single day as if Ram could appear anytime.
- She even tasted a few (v/s all) berries and stocked a lot for Ram and Lakshman.
- Subjective Analysis
- Learn to recognize the ultimate objective of this life and do not waste it on underlying pleasure.
Chapter 7 -
Verse 23 -
Verily the 'fruit' that accrues to those men of little intelligence is finite. The worshippers of the Devas go to the Devas but my devotees come to me.
Verse 24 -
The foolish this of me, the unmanifest as having come to manifestation, not knowing my higher, immutable and peerless nature.
Verse 25 -
I am not manifest to all (in my real nature) veiled by divine Maya. This deluded world knows not me, the unborn, the imperishable.
Verse 26 -
I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, and present and the future, but no one knows me.
Theme/Discussion
- At Caesar's funeral, where Mark Anthony smashes what Brutas said and builds. Don't settle for small, trivial things was his message.
- Identify the Brahman beyond manifestation.
- e.g. Jesus was referred to as the carpenter's son.
- A container of clay will be appreciated and valued by a Potter not by a vegetable vendor or cloth merchant.
- e.g. Gold Jewellery v/s Shira
- As long as you view everything with colored glass everything will look the same color.
- e.g. Focus on the ocean instead of waves.
- e.g. View of different things by grandparent v/s parent v/s kids.
- Krishna is referencing the omnipresent consciousness. Also that which knows all of the three states (waking, dream and deep sleep).
Ended class
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