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From Verse 26 in Chapter 18, Shri Krishna continues his explanation on how guṇa impacts us. He says anyone free from attachment, without ahanakara, with firm enthusiasm and resolve, unaffected by success or failure is called sattvika. Those who are passionate, attached to the outcome, greedy, inclined towards violence, impure and full of duality are called rajasika. Lastly, those who maintain absurd positions, are vulgar, stubborn and arrogant, malicious, despondent and procrastinating, are called tamasika. Those who can discriminate action from renunciation, action which should be done from that which should be left alone, are fearlessness, with no baggage, are sāttvika. Anyone who is unable to discriminate between natural human state and chaos, correct and improper action are rājasika. Finally, one who is confused by what constitutes natural state, and views everything in perverse or contrary manner is tāmasika. He who controls the functioning of the cognition, life-force or prāṇa, and the senses, through practice of yoga is sattvika. Next, those whose natural states are driven by desire and material possessions are rajasika. When a person refuses to give up expectations, fear, grief, arrogance, and delusion, such a person is tamasika. Lastly, the three kinds of happiness are; that which is like poison at first but becomes nectar on reaching self-realization is sattvika. That happiness which arises from the senses and sense-objects, and is like nectar at first but ends up like poison is rajasika. Finally, that delusive pleasure which arises from excessive sleep, laziness and negligence is tamasika. Finally, Shri Krishna says, nothing, not even the deities are free from the influence of the gunas, which is born from prakriti weaving with purusha. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter18 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
How does Guna influence Behaviour? What different attitudes do people display in various Situations?
Shri Krishna explains the true meaning of ahiṃsa or non-injury. He says, anyone who sees the Self as the doer alone is ignorant owing to an untrained intellect. However, he who is free from intellectual machinations or buddhi, sentiment or bhāva of being the doer, such a person is not bound by his action even if he slays other people. What Shri Krishna says here is that the debt accruing from any action or karma comes from our attachment to it and its outcome. When we act in the spirit of sacrifice and renunciation, the debt arising from such an action does not stick to us, even if we physically or psychologically hurt someone. So, by this definition, ahiṃsa is not non-violence, but our attachment to its act and its outcome. After this, Shri Krishna delves deeper into the three-fold motivators that drive work or karma, namely wisdom or jñānam, cognition of wisdom or jñeyam, awareness of the Self or parijñātā. Then comes the threefold constituents of action, which are the organ, instrument, methodology and resources, called karaṇaṃ, followed by the act itself or karma, and the doer or kartṛ. Wisdom, action and doer are split according to the mix of attributes or guṇa. When one sees the indestructible one-ness of Brahman in all creation, that wisdom is called sattvikam. When one perceives distinct differences or variances in all creation, such wisdom is rajas. Finally, when one extrapolates a single event into a phenomenon, and gets attached without reason, does not decide based on evidence of reality, or is trivial and fickle, that person is tāmasika. Sattvika people always act indifferently, without longing or hatred, or desire for the fruits of their action. Rajasika people are driven by craving and passion, a feeling of being the doer, and put a lot of effort. Tamasika people are driven by delusion and act without heed to consequences, wastage or injury, but with only virility. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter18 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
Shri Krishna explains Ahimsa l What are the Motivators of Work or Karma l Guna Impact on Motivation
Arjuna asks Śrī Kṛṣṇa to explain sannyāsa and tyāga. Śrī Kṛṣṇa defines sannyāsa as any action that is not motivated by desire, and tyāga as any sentiment where a person abandons all outcome or fruit of action. Importantly, while actions that are driven by desire should be abandoned, actions performed as sacrifice or yajña, austerity or tapas, and charity or giving without expectation of return, should not be abandoned. These three actions or karma of sacrifice, austerity and charity are the purification rites of the wise. Even when these are performed, the person should abandon the fruit of the action to avoid all experiences of ahaṅkāra or feeling of having achieved something. Importantly, obligatory duty should not be abandoned. Abandonment which arises from ignorance is tāmasika. When action is abandoned on account of fear of bodily harm or pain, the fruit of renunciation is not achieved, and this is rājasika. However, when work is performed after abandoning fruits of such action, such abandonment is called sāttvika. Such a person does not loathe disagreeable action, nor gets attached to agreeable action or work. In fact, a sāttvika person is self-contained and wise, with no doubts as to why action is being performed. Though it is impossible to renounce action, when the fruits of one’s actions are renounced, this can be regarded as having renounced action itself. It is important to remember that any karma, whether disagreeable, agreeable, or mixed that is not renounced, will accrue on death. Importantly, all action, work or karma has five components; adhishtānaṃ or place, kṣetra or body, kartā or doer, kāraṇa or reason or causation, prathagvidham or various points of view, and devam or the governing deity of that act. Whether one is involved in righteous or contrary karma involving the body, cognition, and senses, these 5 components will be involved. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter18 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
Difference between Sannyasa and Tyaga l Why Sacrifice, Austerity and Charity must not be abandoned l
From Verses 17 in chapter 17, Śrī Kṛṣṇa starts detailing the impact of śraddha or dedication in the three austerity methods of tapas, which are austerity of the body, austerity of speech and austerity of cognition. When these three austerity methods are practiced with dedication, with no desire for the fruits of action, that is sāttvika. When hypocrisy is practiced in the austerity with the object of gaining praise, honour, or wealth, that is said to be rājasika, and this effort is unstable and transient. When the self is encased in delusion and austerity includes practice of torture, or is practiced for destroying another, that is declared to be tāmasika. Charity or dāna that is given without expectation of return, in a proper place, at the correct time, to a worthy person, is deemed to be sāttvika. When charity is given with the expectation of a return favour and reluctantly, that charity is considered rājasika. Any gift that is given without heeding place, time and given without respect, or even insultingly, that is called tāmasika. The phrase Om-tat-sat is the three-fold designation that encompasses the praṇava or OM, Brahman, which is also referred to as TAT or that, and SAT, which means satyam or truth. It encompasses the Ultimate Truth, focus and effort of value creation. As enjoined in the scriptures, the transcendental OM should be uttered every time by seekers of Brahman before acts of sacrifice or yajña, charity or dāna, and austerity or tapas. For those seeking liberation, Tat means sacrifice, austerity, and charity. Sat represents the eternal and all-pervading, positive and inclusive nature of the Truth, so in sacrifice, austerity, charity and steadfastness, sat refers to any action where the internal compass is aligned with the Truth. However, when action, sacrifice or austerity is performed without dedication or śraddha, the outcome is called asat and creates no value. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter17 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
Shri Krishna explains Dedication, Sacrifice, Austerity, Charity and Guna? What is Om-Tat-Sat? #soul
At the beginning of Chapter 17, Arjuna asks, what about those who abandon operating procedures and simply perform sacrifices with dedication or śraddha? How do the conditions of sattva, rajas and tamas impact them? Śrī Kṛṣṇa replied, our behaviour or svabhāva is driven by guṇa, which is a mix of sāttvika, rājasika, and tāmasika. The degree of conformance and dedication of our behaviour to our natural state or svabhāva is śraddha, and this dedication defines who we become. Sāttvika people worship the deities, rājasika people worship demi-gods and demons. Tāmasika people worship ghosts and myriad nature spirits. Tāmasika do not follow proper procedures, practicing destructive austerity, have a feeling of doer-ship, hypocrisy, desire, attachment, and power. Of all, food is critical in the three paths of sacrifice, austerity, and charity. Food that promotes life, value, strength, health, happiness, amicability, are tasty, viscous, substantial and agreeable. These are foods that are dear to sāttvika people. Food that is bitter, sour, salty, pungent, dry, and burning are liked by rājasika, while those that are stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten, left-overs, and impure are liked by tāmasika. Those not longing for fruits of sacrifice that is performed as per process, and offered correctly, with their cognition steady is sāttvika. Those seeking fruits of any sacrifice by fraudulent means are rājasika. Any effort that does not follow process, where food is not shared, mantras are not chanted, no emoluments are made and there is no dedication, that sacrifice is called tāmasika. Moving on to austerity or tapas, those who worship the deities, twice-born, teachers, with awareness, purity, straight-forwardness, celibacy, and non-injury are considered to practice austerity of the body. When speech comes from self-study and causes no excitement, is truthful, pleasant, and beneficial, this is austerity or tapas of speech. Lastly, tapas or austerity of the cognition exists when there is serenity of cognition, good-heartedness, silence, self-control, and clean sentiment. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter17 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
Shri Krishna explain dedication & it's relationship to Guna and Food? What are the 3 types of tapas?
In Chapter 16, Śrī Kṛṣṇa says that there are two types of creations in the world. Divine and demonic. Fearlessness, internal purity, steadfast in the yoga of wisdom, charity, control of the senses, sacrifice and introspection, austerity and straightforwardness, non-injury, truth, tranquillity, absence of crookedness, compassion to all creation, non-covetedness, modesty, absence of fickleness, vigour, absence of hatred are the qualities of the divine born. Then he says - hypocrisy, arrogance, self-conceit and wrath, harshness and ignorance are the qualities of the demonic people. Demonical people do not cognize action or inaction, and purity, right conduct or truth is absent in them. They say that there is no Īśvara and the world was brought about by mutual union with desire. Holding this view, demonical people work with malicious ideas and fickle intent, with impure resolve, insatiable desires, hypocrisy and pride, to commit fierce deeds of destruction, as enemies of the world. They regard gratification of desire as the highest goal and have immeasurable cares, which end only in death. They strive for materiality by unjust hoarding of material. Their attitude is, today I have gained this, fulfilled this desire, this wealth shall be mine, I will always win, no matter the cost. I am Īśvara, the enjoyer; I am perfect, powerful, and happy. They get bewildered by options, are caught in the web of delusions, and beset by foul torment. They perform sacrifices out of hypocrisy without understanding the concepts. With thoughts of being the doer, and addiction to power, they are constantly judging and envious of others. Those who hate and are cruel, I throw them in the vicious wombs of demons where, deluded birth after birth, they fall into the lower states. Importantly, the three gates of hell which destroy the Self are desire, anger, and greed, and these three qualities should be abandoned. However, those who understand and practice śāstras and vidhi or procedures, they go to the supreme goal. Concluding, Śrī Kṛṣṇa says; perform all your actions after understanding dharma. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter16 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
Shri Krishna classifies Divine and Demonic people l What are their Qualities? How can we overcome?
Śrī Kṛṣṇa says that the Brahman, which has no form, no end, foundation or origin, and cannot be perceived by the senses, can be attained by yogis of steady consciousness wielding the strong axe of non-attachment. Such a yogi would be free from pride and delusion, victorious over attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, turning away from passion and opposites such as right and wrong, free from pain and pleasure, with clear focus on the eternal goal. Once yogis transcend materiality, they do not return. Śrī Kṛṣṇa says – this human form is that part of my Universal form that has been engaged with prakṛti to produce the cognitive and sensory apparatus. No matter which body the primordial Īswara enters or leaves, he takes this subtle element that makes us who we are, like the wind takes the scent away from the source, and transfers it to the next body. Our reality is based on the stimuli that we receive through the senses, which are processed by our cognitive apparatus and intellect, and our sense of stability or dharma. This reality disappears when we die. Yogis realise this impermanence and seek the underlying subtle aspect which drives all existence. Śrī Kṛṣṇa then says that he is the vitality that sustains the reality we experience, such as our body heat or sense of taste. He is both, the existence and the absence of memory, as well as wisdom. There are two puruṣas, the imperishable and perishable. All beings are perishable and the imperishable is called kūṭastha, which is the supreme puruṣa, or supreme Soul, the indestructible, or Īśvara who pervades and sustains the three worlds. Śrī Kṛṣṇa then says, I transcend the perishable, am above the imperishable and I am the highest, therefore in the world and the Vedas I am declared as Puruṣottama or Supreme person or Supreme puruṣa. He who is undeluded and knows me to be the Supreme Soul, he is completely wise and worships me with every sentiment. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter15 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul #srikrishna #bhagavadgita
Shri Krishna says that We are the Perishable part of the Imperishable Universal Person or Ishwara
Śrī Kṛṣṇa says sattva, rajas and tamas are continuously struggling for ascendancy. Detailing the quality of each guṇa, Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, when every sensory aperture in the body shines with light of wisdom, it is sattva. When greed, restlessness and longing predominate in any action, this is rajas. When there is no clarity, inertness, heedlessness, or delusion, it is tamas. When dying, if sattva is prominent, the Soul attains the highest world. In rajas, the person is reborn amongst those attached to action, and those in tamas are reborn in the womb of the deluded. Arjuna then asks, what are the indicators of one who has transcended these attributes? How can one go beyond them? Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, in nirguṇa state, he neither hates nor longs for light, activity or delusion. He does not dislike when anything is available or long for it when it is absent. He who is centred within sits indifferent and operates unmoved by attributes. Any person who has transcended attributes is secure in the Self, alike in pain and pleasure, and regards mud, stone, or gold alike. He is balanced in honour and dishonour, with friend and foe, without any desire to start anything. Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, when one practices yoga of dedication and serves me, he transcends the attributes and becomes fit to merge with the Brahman, the state of everlasting bliss. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter14 #yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul
How does Sri Krishna explain the qualities of Guna or Attributes to Arjuna? How to transcend Guna?
In Chapter 14, Śrī Kṛṣṇa asserts that he created Brahma and enabled him to create the Universe, while providing the seed for creation. To understand what he means, we need to cycle back to Chapter 10, Vibhūti-Yoga, where, from verses 21 onwards, he describes himself as that quality that drives the natural state of all entities. This statement needs to be analysed in conjunction with his assertion of being primordial sacrifice or ādhiyajña in Chapter 8. The Universe is an immense karmic engine built on the evolution of attributes or guṇa into the five elements or panchabhūta. Our body is a microcosm of this Universe, and our experiences or anubhava are the micro experiences of the environment and our own internal change. Our consciousness drives our understanding of both, what we see and that we are unable to recognise or understand. Everything has a natural state, whether is our parents, friends, the earth, plants, animals, or minerals. For example, gold has a natural state which is different from silver, and this natural state driver is what Śrī Kṛṣṇa says he is. He says that he is the seed giving father, manipulating guṇa, which are driven by prakṛti, which is the natural state of any entity. Cognising this, enables us to cognise what activates, motivates and drives action which enables us to realise our own true nature. In us, he describes sattva as stainlessness, luminous, good health, bias towards happiness, and binding to wisdom; rajas to be the nature of passion, the source of attachment, which binds the embodied to action, and tamas to be born out of ignorance, the stronghold of confusion when dealing with situations, negligent, lazy, and somnolent. Importantly, he says, sattva attaches one to happiness, rajas to action, and tamas attaches one to heedlessness. Find out more, in this video... Credits: 1- Images by Canva Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter14 # yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul
How does Shri Krishna explain his role in creation of the Universe and Natural State of Creation?
Śrī Kṛṣṇa explains that puruṣa and prakṛti are without beginning. Prakṛti drives guṇas, which we experience as change. The act, reason for the act and the actor are all caused by prakṛti. Puruṣa is the cause of experience of pleasure or pain. Importantly, puruṣa is embedded in prakṛti and experiences guṇa that emerge from prakṛti, and this interplay drives all action and outcomes in the Universe. Śrī Kṛṣṇa adds that the Soul is also an observer and a fragment of the primordial Soul, Maheshwara. When we are able to activate this observer, and become aware of the movement and interplay between puruṣa, prakṛti and guṇa, then we are able to transcend material reality. There are many paths to achieve this perfection. One can meditate on the nature of the Soul or find the same Soul in others. One can also achieve this through Yoga of logic or Sankhya, or Yoga of action or Karma Yoga. Yet others who have no personal path, but follow others blindly, can achieve perfection through sincerity and devotion. Importantly, we need to cognise that all static and dynamic elements of creation are the same and subordinate to the primordial Self. When we see all puruṣa as equal, and cognise that differences are created by prakṛti, we can then merge with Brahman. Credits: 1- Images by Canva Find out more, in this video... Also find the available links for A Seeker's Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā where these questions are answered also, 1- https://notionpress.com/in/read/a-seeker-s-r-mad-bhagavadg-t 2- Flipkart - https://www.flipkart.com/a-seeker-s-rmad-bhagavadgt/p/itm064cfb4a291c6 3- Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 4- Amazon India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0F3W8FVBF?&tag=notionpcom-21 5- Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 6- Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3W8FVBF 7- Amazon Australia - https://amzn.asia/d/8wKTJil #bharat #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitachapter13 # yoga #yogaforbeginners #yogaclass #youtube #bhagavadgitameaning #bhagavadgitachapters #bhagavadgita4all #YogaSchool #freeyoga #freeyogavideos #bestyogavideos #sanatanadharma #dharma #ego #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #srikrishna #yogateacher #yogateaching #god #bharat #arjuna #brahman #vishnu #purusha #prakriti #karma #guna #soul #atma #guru #asmita #hindu #adharma #guna #maya #awareness #prajna #vijnana #jnana #bhakti #satya #selfdiscovery #selfimprovement #selfawareness #soul
Sri Krishna says Purusha experiences Prakriti as Guna during Change l What is Ishwara, the Observer?
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