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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