SrI: Dear BhakthAs of Lord PaarTasArathy : Today , we will study the SIXTH Chapter of SrImath Bhagvath GeethA . Swamy Desikan's summary of the 6th Chapter : ************************************* Swamy Desikan's brilliant summary of the 47 slOkams of the 6th Chapter takes this form in his GeethArtha Sangahram Paasuram : yOga muRcchiyum yOgil sama nilai naalvahayum yOgin upAyamum yOgu tanAl varum pERuhaLum yOgu tanil tann thiRamudai yOgu tann mukkiyamum NaahaNai yOgi navinRanan mudi veeranukkE ---7th Paasuram of Swamy Desikan's GeethArTa Sangraham (meaning): The Lord , who is engaged in yOga nidhrA on AdhisEshan instructed Arjunan with the splendid crown on (1) the methods of performing yOgam to visualize JeevAthmA (2) the four kinds of yogam that leads to sama darsanam (3) yOgam as a means for PurushArTam (4) the phalans resulting from practising yOgam and (5) the importance of Bhakthi yOgam, which is far superior to the four kinds of yOgams to develop sama darsana roopa Jn~Anam . Swamy AlavanthAr's Summary of the SIXTH Chapter ****************************************** yOgAbhyAsa-vidhir-yOgee chathurthA yOga-saadhanam yOga-siddhi : svayOgasya pAramyam shashta uchyathE -- Swamy AavanthAr's l0th slOkam of GeethArTa Sangraham (Meaning): The anushtAna kramam /abhyAsa vidhis ( prescribed ways ) of practising Karma/Jn~Ana yOgams to gain direct the visualization of the Self ( aathmAvalOkanam) , the four different kinds of yOgis , the aids for aathmAvalOkanam such as practise (abhyAsam) and Vairaagyam (detatchment) , the phalans of practising such yOgam and the greatness of the yOgam that is focussed on the Lord Himself are described in the SIXTH CHAPTER. AchArya RaamAnujA"s commentary on the 6th adhyAyam (Highlights) ****************************************************** In the FIFTH Chapter , Karma yOgA with all its ancillaries were taught by the Lord to ArjunA . In the SIXTH Chapter named " Communion through Meditation " , the requirements for the practise of yOga for the vision of the Self through Karma and Jn~Ana yOgams are taught by the Lord . The involvement of Jn~Ana in Karma yOgA leading to the visualization of the Self is emphasized . SlOkam 6.29: SarvabhUthasTamAthmAnam sarvabhUthAni chAthmani EekshathE yOgayukthAthmA sarvathra samadarsana: Meaning: " He whose mind is fixed in Yoga sees equality everywhere ; he sees him self as abiding in all beings and all beings in his self ". Swamy AdhidEvAnandhA's translation of AchArya RaamAnuja"s commentary on the above : " On account of the similarity between one self and other selves when they are seperated from Prakruthi {(i-e) the body}, all selves are by Themselves only of the nature of knowledge . Inequalities pertain only to Prakruthi or the bodies they are embodied in . One whose mind is fixed in Yoga has the experience of the sameness of the nature of all the selves as centers of intelligence , the percieved differences being caused only by the body . When seperated from the body all are alike because of their being forms of centres of intelligence . An enlightened yogi therefore sees himself as abiding in all beings and all beings abiding in himself in the sense that he sees the similarity of the selves in himself and in every being . When one's self is visualized , all selves become visualized , because of the similarity of all selves. This is supported by the statements : "He sees sameness everywhere " ( Geethai: 6.29) . The same is again referred to in , "This yOga of equality which has been declared by you " (6.33) ---" yO Maam pasyanthi sarvathra sarvam cha Mayi pasyathi tasyAham na praNasyAmi sa cha mE na praNasyathi --Geethai: 6.30 " To him who sees Me in everyself and sees every self in Me, I am not lost to him and he is not lost to Me". Lord KrishNa assures Arjuna that any one who after practising yOga has fallen away from it will not be lost and that he will be born in the house of noble and wise yOgis in his next birth . He will strive to siddhi from where he left off in his previous birth. Even if he had gone astray once , the accumulated merit earned in previous janmAs would propel him towards the supreme goal of Moksham. Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan SrImathE SrI Lakshminrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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