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Dear Bakthas,

Here is another short summary of our Swami's Geetha vubanyasam at sri 
Mahalakshmi temple in Boston?In just 70 minutes time, he took all of 
us nearer to Bagavan, who with over 700 slokas was trying to get us 
all back inti His fold but could not succeed.

..Surithi, Smirthi are like elixer and medicine..Among these, Geetha-
Krishna's songs, has unique place..

..Karma yoga is prescribed by Sri Krishna as a must for all..let us 
all practice..Aallvandaar summaraises the entire Geetha in one 
slokam..let us all try to memaraise this ?.Svadharma gnAna vairAgya 
sAdhya bhakti Eka gOcara :narAyaNa param brahma gIta sAstreE 
samIrita..this is the essence of Gita..Practice of one's prescribed 
karma yOga with detachment,realising the atman's essential nature 
leads us to bakthi,NarayaNa ,the supreme is attained only through the 
bhakti..

..There are clearly defined five steps.These are

1..realise that Atma is different from the body and eternal..it is 
subservant and dependent on paramAtma..deha-atma viveham  purinthu, 
seshadvam, paara danthiriyamum therinthu?this is  suva dharma gjanam..

2.next step is practicing the prescribed varna asrama dharma..with 
three tyAham ..-a.kartrtva buddhi tyAga,b.mamata tyAga and c.phala 
tyAga.. all these are essential ?Swami gave the examples where for 
all good things done we ,ourselves take full  credit and for bad 
things we point fingers at others.. for doing any thing paramatma, 
jeevatma,manas, piraanna, limbs have to work together..We should not 
have our mind in the fruit of our actions..For example, if one pounds 
paddy to get rice-vulakkai kuthi-one lets out vervai in the 
process..that is by-product?. Baghavan is like wish-granting creeper-
thannaiyey tharum kaamadenu..He will gladly come to us if we ask 
Him,unlike kamadenu?.So nevar pleads any thing to Him. He knows what 
is good for us and will take care of us.

.3.the third step is Atma sakshAtkAra-complete realisation and vision 
of the atman..This is the inter mediate stage on our march towards 
Him..Karma yoga is a must even to a gnAna yogi and bkakti yOgi..they 
have to sustain their body first to practice them..for which they 
have to eat and sleep..for which they have to earn,cook, and do many 
more -these are part of karma yOga.

..4.the next step is practicing bhati yOga without giving up karma 
yOga.this will remove our adi kala papa-which are obstackles

..5..when all our prArabdha karmas are destroyed-this make take many 
births-we attain mOksham.Swami explained that karmas-both paapam and 
punnyam -are classified into sanchita-and prArabdha..We are trying to 
eliminate the latter but likethe frog trying to  climb up the 
hill ,by leaping up 3inches and immediately falling back 4 inches, we 
are adding on more karmas in the process..

.Compare with gnAna yOga, karma yOga  is simpler,..we are used to it 
from birth-like the baby crying and craawling by itself-due to 
vaasanai from previous births..the probability of failure is less in 
karmayOga.-this is because for gnAnayOga, endiyams have to be  under 
control?endiriya jayam is very difficult?and in succeeding births, we 
can continue from where we left in the previous birth?like marks are 
granted  evan for the steps in exams, evan though the final answer is 
wrong?

..Swami quoted some important slokas from gItA..a,karmaNaiva hi 
samsiddhim AstithA;janakAdaya?evan Janahar -shadriya king-followed 
karma yogam, evan though he was well versed in gnAna yOga..Rama did 
not praise his father in law and so  Krishna did this to fulfill his 
desire..b.Niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyAyO hi akarmaNa
(gnAna )..karma yogam is better than gnAya yoga.c.karmaNyEva adhikAra 
tE mA phalEshu kadAcana mA karma phala hEtu:bhU:mA tE sanga :astu 
akarmaNi (nan performance of karma )..Swami indicated that because 
Arjunan did not change his mind initially we got Geetha..where as 
Kaikeyi changed her mind after Mandothari's talk(intially she said 
Rama is also her son and hence was happy about his Battaabisheham,bur 
latter was convinced by the wicked servant ) and hence we got 
Ramayanna?.d.Imam vivasvatE yOgam proktavAn aham avyayam vivasvAn 
manavE prAha manu :ishvAkavE abravIt?Krishna says that what He is 
preaching is an ancient one, which He did for son god 28 chadur 
yugams back and was paassed on to Manu, Ishvaahu..

.In order to facilitate all to attain mOksham Sri Krishna categorised 
them into four varnas?only based on Gunnm and occupation.cAtur 
varNyam mayA srshtam..He  never discriminated.. in fact ,He says that 
the last varNa  came from His lotus feet,which all are trying to 
reach..Unfortunately, more divisions and discriminations came along 
which were as  Krishna says not by Him..

..Bakthi is the vehicle to mOksham..as analogy, Swami mentioned  a 
goods vehicle proceeding  to a destination,..on the way to remove 
snow,one needs snow mover showel..similarly, to remove prArabdha 
karma,which obstructs our path to mOksha, Bakthi yOgi needs to 
perform karma yOgam also..

.Routine Karmas are sandhyA vandana,panca mahA yagna (brahma, 
deva,manusha, booda, pithru )..These must be done by all without 
fail..Performing these may not grand us any new fruits, but non 
performance of these will surely block our way to mOksham..

..Additionally He lists 13 types  of karma yogam from 4-25 to 4-30 
slokas.

 daivam evapare yajnam
yoginah paryupasate
brahmagnav apare yajnam
yajnenaivopajuhvati?4-25

srotradinindriyany anye
samyamagnisu juhvati
shabdadin visayan anya
indriyagnisu juhvati ..4-26..

sarvanindriya-karmani
prana-karmani capare
atma-samyama-yogagnau
juhvati jnana-dipite..4-27.

dravya-yajnas tapo-yajna
yoga-yajnas tathapare
svadhyaya-jnana-yajnas ca
yatayah samsita-vratah..4-28..

apane juhvati pranam
prane 'panam tathapare
pranapana-gati ruddhva
pranayama-parayanah.
apare niyataharah-4-29,4-30..

.We should choose to perform  one or all of these,regularly,for 
purity of mind and removal of paapams.these are listed below..

1.Deva Pooja -dailyworship?Saligraamam ,vigraham or pictures in our 
homes.We should perform with all three faculties-body,speech,and 
mind..

2.Offering sacrificial materials to Agni through yagnas..

Yagna -yaja deva pUjAyAm.Agnou tishthati? viprANAm hrdi tishthati.. 
yOginAm pratimAsu aprabuddhAnAm sarvatra samadarsinAm ..thus deity 
worship is the simplest method..

3..endiriya jayam-offer sensual organs like ears and eyes to the fire 
of sensual control-thrushti vithi..

4..offer the objects of pleasure like sound and taste to the fire of 
five senses..we have to redirect the senses towards the divine form 
ofBhagavan..

5..mano jayam-control pf manas-meditating on His supremacy ,detaching 
from material pleasures,using atma gjanam

6.performing deva archana, yaga, homa,dana with wealth earned in the 
right way..Swami gave the example of wind mill..which delivers power 
without any change either in wind or for the mill..the more 
daanam,one does from his earning, the more pleasure and peace of mind 
he gets ,which will help him to earn more.

7..some perform penance by subjection their body to pain?kAyakIEsam 
and fasting?Baghavaan does not like His children ,undergoing these 
pains..

8.pilgrimage to holy places and rivers..try to spend more time to 
know about the place and not rush through likevisiting 
exhibition..anubavithu sevikkanum?paarthuttu poha koodaathu.

9..chanting vedas..atleast some portion daily..

10..enjoy the meanings, commentaries, research and muse over -munnor 
mozlintha muraikall..

11..control of food habits, pranayama-synchronise apana vayu with 
prana vayu-Puraha-deep inhaling

12..synchronise Prana vayu with apana-Rechaka-exhaling

..13..Kumbaha-holding the breath..control the pranavayu from going 
upwards and apana downwards and synchronise all  their pranas in 
them..

We normally breath-in and breath -out  16 times a minute..by control, 
if we can reduce to 12 times, we will be healthy..

Concluding, we should all perform our routine prescribed karmas and 
choose to do one of these 13 types of karma yOgam..Gradually ,we will 
automattically start to perform more and more ..and  move towards 
Bakthi maargam ..which will lead towards Him?Surely by listening to 
more of Swami's out-pourings  we will march towards Him .

Adiyen was trying to convey the gist of Swami's out pouring..but 
ethil vulla kuttram kuraikall yellaam adiyenin mantha puthiyaal 
villainthana..Swamikall shammikka veynndi kolluhireyn.
Adiyeyn Raamanuja Daasan
Kasturi Thiruvenkadathaan.


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