Shree Krishna's Key to your Spiritual Awakening - Discover the Real You Gita Shloka 5.16 by Swami Mukundanand
https://youtu.be/F1Lm1essJ3w *Full Text* 1 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Sloka 16 Chanting : But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by Divine knowledge, the Supreme entity is revealed just as the sun illumines everything when it rises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=78 2 the soul is identifying with the body and why is that so ? Because of its ignorance, the soul is covered by agyan and this ignorance is leading to identification with the body. Tulsidas ji has given the sequence, “verse”, the soul got covered by ignorance because of which it decided that I am the body and then it made bodily happiness as its goal and started running in the world, this is our present state, now what is the way to remove this ignorance ? You need to bring in the light of knowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=131 3 this maya is of the nature of ignorance and that maya has overpowered the soul although God is also here. Astonishingly, the soul, maya and God all three are in the same place, so the soul is covered by maya and inside the soul is God, so maya, the soul and God are all in the same place or take a look at this way – this world is made of maya and God is pervading the world, that means God and maya are in the same place - so this maya is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just performing its duty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=197 4 this duty of maya is threefold, the first is to cover the soul in ignorance and the second is to provide a facility for the soul to enjoy itself and the third is to keep slapping the soul to make the soul mature and indicate to it that don't come to me (i.e., do not be attached to this world), rather go to God I am the dasi (servant of God), don't come to the dasi, go to this Owner (मालिक) (God) - that is the seva which maya is doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=248 5 now we want the darkness of maya to be removed. Supposing there is the darkness of the night in Baltimore and you want it to be removed, so you say all right, everybody light up your houses but the night will still remain and supposing it is a full moon, the night will still not go and even if all the stars are visible & no clouds, even then the night is not going to move, which means all of these things together don't have the capacity to remove the darkness of the night, likewise is the soul, it is covered by the darkness of maya, now you say okay, I will do ashtang yog, will maya go away ? Now I will do Ashwamegh yagya, will maya go away ? I will do char-dham yatra, will maya go away ? I will do Satya Narayana pooja and all the rituals that are written in the vedas, will maya go away ? Krishna says Arjun maya will still not go away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=287 6 Tulsidas ji says, “verse”, without the Sun the night will not go. Like the Sun is Bhagwan and like the night is maya, now until Bhagwan comes maya is going to remain, the moment Bhagwan comes in the picture, the night starts running even before Sun rise. You know for the morning walks, I check because always going to new places, now mobile gives you that facility that you can check what time is the sunrise, so if the sunrise is at you know that by, there's going to be enough light - that means the sun is so powerful that the moment it starts rising, the darkness is dispelled even if it is a cloudy sky - like the Sun is Bhagwan. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said “verse” Bhagwan is like that Sun and maya is like the darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=384 7 why are we under maya ? Because we are vimukh (with our back towards God) from Bhagwan and how will this maya go away ? You have to become sunmukh (with your face towards God), that's all. When you enter a hall, you know they have entry and from the same hall you can get out and the same door also has the board exit from this side, so the doorway is the same, likewise maya overpowered us because we turned our backs to God and maya will release us when we become sunmukh or we do sharnagati of Bhagwan - so Shri Krishna says that those divine souls who have done such sharnagati, their ignorance is dispelled with the light of knowledge and now they are able to see things as they are - the value system is now changed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=456 8 there was a TV serial in the USA called “Three Stooges”, in that one stooge (a subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work) used to start saying, I cannot see, I cannot see, I cannot see and the second stooge would say why can you not see ? because “I have got my eyes closed”, so the second stooge would hit him on the head, then he would open his eyes and “now I can see” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=529 9 likewise in the darkness of ignorance, we are according too much value to things that are not important and too little value to things that are important - so that is the reason that we cannot see. You may say, Swami ji, I cannot see ? But I can see everything. The scriptures say, no, you are blind, that is why the scriptures, they have the name “Darshan Shastra” which are helping you to see because although we are seeing, we are not seeing. We are seeing this world as permanent but we are not seeing that it's going to all vanish away. We are seeing that this world is mine and all this is the sign of ignorance - so true knowledge puts everything in its proper perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=556 10 In Alice in Wonderland, there was that by Lewiss Carroll, the classic. So in one place the Queen of Hearts she pronounces judgment upon, “Alice, off with her head”. So Alice becomes worried I'm going to die, then she realized, huh, you all are only a pack of cards, so Alice said “Begone” (go away). and they (all cards) all fall down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=613 11 Likewise, if you can bring the power of knowledge in your life, it will help you rise above all those things that are seeming so worrisome and so troublesome and Gita is helping us get that kind of knowledge, so we rever (honour & respect) it for the knowledge that it bestows (grants) and we approach it with that thirst to keep on drinking the knowledge and alongside with that is the discipline to put it in practice, so there's nothing as auspicious as true knowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=651 12 Shri Krishna says to Arjun “verse”, there's nothing as pure as knowledge. In the Yog Vashista, Maharishi Vashisht has advised Ram, he says Ram “for acquiring knowledge. if you need to go into the streets of the outcasts of the most fallen and beg from the butchers and the other people also, don't hesitate” - that is the significance of getting spiritual knowledge in your life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Lm1essJ3w&t=699 Transcript 1:18 commentary by Swami mukundananda Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Sloka 16 Chanting 1:48 But for those whose ignorance is 1:51 destroyed by Divine knowledge the 1:55 Supreme entity is 1:57 revealed just as the sun 2:01 illumines 2:03 everything when it 2:11 rises the 2:13 soul is identifying with the body and 2:17 why is that so because of its ignorance 2:21 the soul is covered by 2:28 agyan and this ignorance is leading to 2:33 identification with the body Tulsidas ji 2:36 has given the 2:50 sequence “verse” the soul got covered by 2:54 ignorance because of which it decided 2:57 I'm the body and then it made bodily 3:00 happiness as its goal and started 3:03 running in the 3:04 world this is our present State now what 3:08 is the way to remove this 3:12 ignorance you need to bring in the light 3:15 of 3:17 knowledge this Maya is of the nature of 3:23 ignorance and that 3:25 Maya has overpowered the soul 3:30 although God is also here astonishingly 3:33 the soul Maya and God all three are in 3:37 the same 3:38 place so the soul is covered by Maya and 3:42 inside the soul is God Maya the soul and 3:45 God are all in the same 3:48 place or take a look at this way this 3:51 world is made of Maya and God is 3:54 pervading the world that means God and 3:57 Maya are in the same place 4:00 so this Maya is not necessarily a bad 4:04 thing it is just performing its 4:08 Duty this duty of 4:11 Maya is threefold, let's say the 4:16 first is to cover the soul in 4:19 ignorance and the second to provide a 4:22 facility for the 4:24 soul to enjoy 4:27 itself and the third is to keep slapping 4:30 the soul to make the soul mature and 4:34 indicate don't come to me go to God I am 4:38 the dasi don't come to the dasi go to 4:41 this 4:43 Malik that is the seva which Maya is 4:47 doing now we want the darkness of Maya 4:52 to be 4:53 removed supposing there is the darkness 4:57 of the night in Baltimore 4:59 and you want it to be removed so you say 5:01 all right everybody light up your 5:06 houses but the night will still 5:09 remain and supposing it is a full moon the 5:13 night will still not go and if all the 5:16 stars are visible no 5:19 clouds even then the night is not going to 5:23 move which means all of these things 5:26 together don't have the capacity to 5:30 remove the darkness of the 5:33 night likewise is the soul it is covered 5:38 by the darkness of Maya now you say okay 5:42 I will do ashtang yog will Maya go 5:48 away now I will do 5:50 Ashwamegh yagya will Maya go 5:53 away I will do char-dham yatra will Maya go 5:58 away I will 6:00 do 6:01 Satya Narayna pooja and all the rituals that are 6:04 written in the vedas will Maya go away 6:07 Krishna says Arjun it will still not 6:11 go 6:24 Tulsidas ji says “verse” without the Sun the 6:28 night will not go like the sun is 6:32 Bhagwan and like the night is Maya now 6:36 until Bhagwan comes Maya is going to 6:39 remain the moment Bhagwan comes in the picture 6:43 the night starts running even before sun 6:47 rise you know for the morning walks I 6:50 check because always going to new new 6:53 places now mobile gives you that 6:55 facility that you can check what time is 6:57 the 6:58 sunrise so if the sunrise at 6:30 you 7:01 know that by 6:00 there's going to be 7:03 enough 7:04 light that means the sun is so powerful 7:08 the moment it starts Rising the darkness 7:11 is dispelled even if it is a cloudy Sky 7:15 even then it doesn't have the 7:17 ability like the sun is 7:20 Bhagwan the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said “verse” 7:29 7:32 Bhagwan is like that sun and Maya is 7:36 like the darkness, why are we under 7:39 Maya because we are Vimukh (with our back towards God) from 7:43 Bhagwan and how will this Maya go away 7:47 you have to become sunmukh (with your face towards God) that's all now 7:50 when you enter a hall you know they 7:54 have 7:57 entry and from the same Hall you can get 8:01 out and the same door also has the board 8:05 exit from this side so the doorway is 8:08 the same from here it's entry from there 8:10 it's exit likewise Maya overpowered us 8:15 because we turned our backs to God and 8:18 Maya will release us when we become 8:20 Sunmukh or we do 8:23 sharnagati of Bhagwan so Shri Krishna says 8:27 that those divine Souls who have done 8:31 such 8:33 sharnagati their ignorance is dispelled with 8:37 the light of knowledge and now they are 8:41 able to see things as they 8:44 are the value system is now 8:49 changed there was a TV serial in the USA 8:54 called “Three 8:56 Stooges” in that one stooge used to start 9:00 saying I cannot see I cannot see I 9:02 cannot see and the second stooge would say 9:05 why can you not see because I have got 9:08 my eyes 9:09 closed so the second stooge would bop him 9:12 on the head then he would open his eyes and now I 9:14 can 9:16 see likewise in the darkness of 9:20 ignorance we are according too much 9:23 value to things that are not important 9:26 and too little value to things that are 9:28 important 9:30 so that's the reason that we cannot see 9:33 you may say Swami ji I cannot see but I can see 9:36 everything the scriptures say no you are 9:40 blind that is why the scriptures they 9:43 have the name 9:44 “Darshan Shastra” which are helping you to see 9:48 because although we are seeing we are 9:50 not seeing we are seeing this 9:53 world is permanent we are not seeing 9:56 that it's going to all vanish away 10:00 we are seeing that this world is mine 10:03 and all this is the sign of ignorance so 10:07 true knowledge puts everything in its 10:12 proper 10:13 Perspective. In Alice in Wonderland 10:16 there was that by Lewiss Carroll, the 10:19 classic so in one place the Queen of 10:24 Hearts she pronounces judgment upon 10:28 Alice 10:30 off with her 10:32 head so Alice becomes 10:35 worried I'm going to 10:38 die then she realized, huh, you all are only 10:43 a pack of cards the Queen of Hearts had 10:46 said you are only a pack of cards, Begone. 10:50 and they all fall 10:51 down likewise if you can bring the power 10:55 of knowledge in your life it will help 10:59 you rise above all those things that are 11:03 seeming so worrisome and so 11:06 Troublesome and this Gita is helping us 11:12 get that kind of 11:14 knowledge so we rever it for the knowledge 11:20 that it 11:21 bestows and we approach it with that 11:25 thirst to keep on drinking the knowledge 11:30 and alongside with that is the 11:33 discipline to put it in 11:36 practice so there's nothing 11:39 as auspicious as true knowledge Shri 11:43 Krishna says to 11:49 Arjun “verse” there's nothing as pure as 11:53 knowledge in the 11:56 Yog Vashista 11:57 Maharishi Vashisht 11:59 has advised Ram he says Ram for 12:07 acquiring 12:08 knowledge if you need to go into the 12:12 streets of the outcasts of the most 12:16 fallen and beg from The Butchers and the 12:21 other people also don't 12:24 hesitate that is the significance of 12:27 getting good knowledge in your life Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Shree Krishna's Key to your Spiritual Awakening - Discover the Real You Swami Mukundananda BG 5.16.mp4
