Gita on Character Building (Cont...)

Posted Wednesday, October 13, 2011 By sadhaka@yahoogroups.com

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Ram Ram

13th October, 2011, Thursday

Kartik Krishna Pratipada,  Guruvar, Vikram Samvat 2068

Gita on Character Building

(cont'd)   

    If you are attentive, then it is every man's experience that the more that he renounces the perishable, that much more peace, joy, equanimity,  good qualities,  continue to come in him and the more that he desires the perishable things, that much lack of peace, discord, anguish, burning infliction, and bad qualities arise.

In the sixth chapter also, it has been said to engage in God having "That" as the aim.  That God is present and pervading everywhere. He who sees Me (the Universal Self, God) present in all beings and sees all beings existing in Me (Paramatma), I am never out of sight for him, nor is he ever out of my sight. 

Yo maam paschyati sarvatra sarvam cha mayi pashyati

Tasyaahum na pranashyaami sa cha mein na pranashyati ||   (Gita 6/30)

That man who sees other's sorrow and happiness as his own, he is an eternal yogi - 

Aatmoupamyena sarvatra samam pashyati yorjuna |

Sukham va yadi vaa dukham sa yogi paramo matah ||  (Gita 6/32)

He who has the sentiments - Let there be no unhappiness and sorrow such a one attains Divinity, God (Paramatma tattva).  How can the suffering of all come to an end?  How can all be happy?  One who has such sentiments  - their character is the highest of all.  Further when the conversation leads towards bringing the mind under control, then the Lord reveals about study and practice "abhyaas" and detachment "vairaag" (Gita 6/35).   Those who do work for the welfare of all, even if their work is left incomplete,  he will be benefited.  He whose mind and intellect is only engaged in God is eminent. 

In other words, there too the talks are about removing the mind from the world, and engaging it in God.  When talking about progress in the life beyond this world, there too the same has been emphasized, that even he who walks the path of Divinity, and in between if his spiritual practices comes to an end and he dies, then too he will be benefited, he will not attain misfortune (Gita 6/40).       He whose mind and intellect is only in God, he is considered the best among the yogis  (Gita 6/47).   

He who is not devoted to God, God calls him an evil doer (Gita 7/15) and he who is devoted to God, he is called virtuous (Gita 7/16). The point is that he who walks the path towards God are called virtuous and benevolent, and he who walks the path of the world is called an evil-doer.  Further ahead it is said that he whose actions are pure,  whose character is great,  they become unyielding in their spiritual pursuits and do worship and devotion of God (Gita 7/28).   (to be continued) 

From book in Hindi "Kalyaan Path"  by Swami Ramsukhdasji

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