Friday, March 1, 2024

आपकी भी दशा ख़राब चल रही है तो ये काम जरूर कीजिये! If your condition is bad, then definitely do this ! - Devi Chitralekhaji

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

The ONLY Meditation Shree Krishna Wants – Most People NEVER Practice This | Swami Mukundananda

The ONLY Meditation Shree Krishna Wants – Most People NEVER Practice This | Swami Mukundananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byiz8X_pm3Y Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, Verse 15 (Dhyāna Yoga) by Swami Mukundananda, focusing on the technique of Rūpa Dhyāna (meditation on the divine form) as the most effective method for spiritual practice. Salient Points : Rūpa Dhyāna (Meditation on Form) No. Time Salient Point 1 0:11 Shri Krishna's Command: Shri Krishna resolves the confusion over what to meditate upon by instructing, "Arjun, attach your mind to Me." 2 0:20 The Technique: The most effective technique to attach the mind to God is Rūpa Dhyāna (meditation on the divine form). 3 0:26 Mind's Nature: Since the mind carries saṁskāras (impressions), it easily connects with a form. You must provide it with the form of God. 4 0:35 Simulating Love: Rūpa Dhyāna is a wonderful way to simulate and practice love for God. 5 0:53 Practicing for Goloka: Shri Krishna suggests practicing this Rūpa Dhyāna simulation before being called to His divine abode, Goloka. 6 1:59 BG 6.15 Essence: The yogi who constantly keeps the mind absorbed in God attains Nirvāṇa (liberation) and abides in Him in supreme peace. 7 2:29 Stages of Yoga: This technique follows the classical steps from Patañjali of Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of senses) to Dhāraṇā (concentration) to Dhyāna (meditation). 8 3:03 Etymology of Zen: The word Zen actually originated from the Sanskrit word Dhyāna, showing its ancient, universal roots. 9 4:45 Half the Journey: Knowing that one must meditate on God and not on chakras, lights, or breath, is half the journey accomplished. 10 4:51 The Ignorance: Even among practitioners, less than 5% realize they are ultimately supposed to meditate on God. 11 7:13 The Form Objection: The objection that one "cannot connect the form with the infinite" is misplaced, as every religion uses symbols (e.g., cross, Kaba) to attach the mind. 12 8:50 The Sentiments: Swami Vivekananda demonstrated that it is not the idol (mūrti) itself, but the divine sentiments created in the heart, that purify the self. 13 9:33 Need for Attachment: Every individual needs something to attach the mind to for the sake of devotion. 14 11:41 Manomayi Mūrti: The Shrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa lists eight kinds of mūrtis, one of which is Manomayi—the deity you create with your mind. 15 12:25 Effort Precedes Fruit: One cannot demand to see God first before practicing. Seeing Shri Krishna is the fruit of practice, hence the rule: "First deserve, and then desire." 16 13:43 Freedom of Visualization: Shri Krishna gives complete freedom to the devotee, saying, "You can visualize My image as you wish," as He has Anantam Rūpam (infinite forms). 17 15:26 Love Over Form: Shri Krishna is not concerned with the specific form, but with the love in the heart, as that love is what truly purifies the soul. 18 15:36 The Divine Upgrade: Once the heart is truly pure, God adds His divine power (Yoga Māyā or Śuddha Sattva) to the mind, making it divine. 19 16:25 "Doll Play" (Guḍiyā): Before God-realization, the simple meditation on the image of God ("doll play") is sufficient for purifying the mind. 20 17:09 Comprehensive Meditation: Meditation should include the Name, Form, Virtues, Pastimes, and Abodes of God, as this is the entire divine realm. 21 17:48 The Bhakti Path: The path of Bhakti Yoga requires dovetailing—taking the mind away from the world (detachment) and simultaneously attaching it to God. ________________________________________ Full Transcript: Meditation on the Divine Form Time Transcript 0:00 A huge confusion arises: What should we meditate upon? Shri Krishna puts the debate to rest. 0:11 He says, "Arjun, attach your mind to Me." So how will you meditate on God? Here the technique is Rūpa Dhyāna (Meditation on Form). 0:22 Our mind has its saṁskāras (impressions). It will very easily connect with the form. Just provide the mind the form of God. 0:35 What a wonderful way it is to simulate love for God. 0:43 I heard that in the US, even for driving the car, there's an option of learning within a simulator, where you don't have to risk your life and the life of others on the road. 0:53 Likewise, Shri Krishna says, "Before I call you to My Goloka, why don't you just practice it?" 1:03 That practice is the Rūpa Dhyāna meditation, where you bring Shri Krishna and Rādhā ji in front and you press Their feet, etc. There are so many benefits in this. Now you will move ahead in leaps and bounds. 1:21 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga (The Yoga of Meditation). 1:59 BG 6.15 Translation: "Thus constantly keeping the mind absorbed in Me, the yogi of disciplined mind attains Nirvāṇa and abides in Me in supreme peace." 2:18 So Maharishi Patañjali also went from Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of senses) to Dhāraṇā (concentration) and then to Dhyāna (meditation). Shri Krishna has also gone through the same stages. 2:39 There are so many kinds of Dhyāna in this world, including Buddhist, Taoist, and Zen meditation. 3:03 Now, 40 years ago, if you did research, you would come to know that this word Zen has actually come from Dhyāna. 3:14 When Dhyāna went along with Buddhism to China, it became Chan, and Chan then became Zen. But now they want to wipe out that connection. 3:47 In Aṣṭāṅga Yoga and in Hinduism, there are probably 10,000 forms of meditation (as an underestimate). 3:55 Somebody says meditate on the āgyā chakra. Somebody says meditate on the maṇipūraka chakra, somebody says meditate on the mūlādhāra, etc. So a huge confusion arises: what should we meditate upon? 4:16 Shri Krishna puts the debate to rest. He says, "Attach your mind to Me." 4:35 If somebody can have faith in this bit of knowledge that I need to meditate on God, I would say half the journey is accomplished. 4:51 As a teacher of meditation, I go around the world and I ask people what they are supposed to meditate on. Not even 5% know they're supposed to meditate on God. 5:17 Once that decision is made, the process becomes easy. So how will you meditate on God? Here the technique is Rūpa Dhyāna. 5:35 If you want the mind to connect to God, just provide the mind the form of God. 5:44 What a wonderful way it is to simulate love for God. 6:45 Likewise, Shri Krishna says, "Before I call you to My Goloka, why don't you just practice it?" 6:56 And that practice is the Rūpa Dhyāna meditation, where you bring Shri Krishna and Rādhā ji in front and you press Their feet, etc. 7:13 Now, some people say, "We don't believe in meditation on a form because we cannot connect the form with the infinite." 7:32 They also will find some kind of form to meditate on, like their guru. 7:43 The Ārya Samāj was vehemently against Mūrti Pūjā (idol worship). 7:53 There's a story about Swami Vivekananda. He went to a prince's house in Alwar, Rajasthan. That prince was a disciple of the Ārya Samāj and criticized mūrtis as crutches of the mind. 8:28 Swami Vivekananda took the prince's large picture of the Ārya Samāj founder, Swami Dayanand, put it on the ground, and started walking on his face. 8:43 That infuriated the prince. Swami Vivekananda said, "This is only a paper, but you are getting so annoyed. This means you have created divine sentiments in it." 9:01 "You were refuting the worship of a mūrti, and you are doing it yourself." In which religion don't they use symbols? 9:33 So, everybody needs something to attach the mind to. 9:53 It is not the mūrti per se; it is your sentiments which are purifying you. 10:45 Swami Vivekananda also pointed out that his Guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, used to worship the deity of Mother Kali. 11:06 "If by worshiping a deity you can reach that elevated state, what is the problem? It is the sentiment that we are creating which is purifying ourselves." 11:41 The Shrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa says there are eight kinds of mūrtis. One of them is Manomayi—the deity that you make with your mind. 12:25 But that stage [of God-realization] will require effort and practice. 12:45 Having darśana of Shri Krishna is the fruit of practice. 13:03 You want the fruit first and then do the practice. Does it ever happen in the world? 13:22 The rule is: "First deserve, and then desire." Likewise, we cannot demand that first I should see Shri Krishna, then practice to think of Him. 13:34 Shri Krishna says you have to begin right now. 13:43 However, the ease is: "You can visualize My image as you wish." 13:50 He says, "Look, I am Anantam Rūpam; I have infinite forms, infinite Avatāras, infinite līlās (pastimes), and infinite devotees." 14:10 "So you have full freedom amongst those infinite forms to choose the form you will create in your mind for Me." 14:21 So, without any hesitation, you visualize Shri Krishna as you wish. 15:22 Shri Krishna says, "You are free to visualize Me as you wish because what I see is not the form but the love in the heart." 15:36 "And when the heart is truly pure, I will add my divine power, the Yoga Māyā (also called Śuddha Sattva)." 15:53 "Then your mind will become divine by the grace of Yogamāyā." 16:03 At that stage, you will see Shri Krishna as He is, by His grace. That will be after God realization. 16:25 Before that, He says, "First the doll play" (guḍiyā-guḍḍā). You have to purify your mind, and when it is pure, the rest I will do. 16:54 So right now, meditation on the image of God. Alongside that, you meditate on the infinite qualities, the pastimes (līlās), and the Name. 17:23 This is the divine realm. You take your mind anywhere there. 17:34 As you do this with a disciplined mind, you will attain the supreme destination. 17:48 We were talking about dovetailing: taking the mind away from the world and dovetailing it to God. 20:29 Mere detachment (withdrawal from the world) is not going to work. You must dovetail it. 20:39 The path of Jñāna Yoga says: Detach. The path of Bhakti Yoga says: Attach and Detach (dovetailing). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byiz8X_pm3Y

 

Secrets to Achieve Vrindavan Bliss at Home | घर बैठे वृंदावन सुख पाने का रहस्य by Swami Mukundanand

Secrets to Achieve Vrindavan Bliss at Home | घर बैठे वृंदावन सुख पाने का रहस्य by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4dyggDiJqs

Salient Points: मन, भक्ति और कथा की महिमा  क्र.सं. समय मुख्य बिंदु (हिंदी में) 1 0:00 मन का महत्व: यह जो मन/चित्त है, यही बंधन और मोक्ष का मूल कारण है, इसलिए इसे ईश्वर में लगाना चाहिए। 2 0:08 वृंदावन का लाभ: जहाँ मन, वहाँ हम। मन को प्रभु में लगाने से घर बैठे ही वृंदावन का लाभ मिलता है। 3 0:17 मन की भटकन: मन न लगाने पर व्यक्ति वृंदावन जैसे पवित्र स्थान में भी भटकता रहता है। 4 0:20 आंतरिक निवास: भगवान तुम्हारे हृदय में निवास करते हैं। 5 0:26 श्रद्धा का महत्व: जिस दिन सच्ची श्रद्धा हो जाती है, उस दिन गंगा स्नान या कुरुक्षेत्र की तीर्थयात्रा जैसे बाहरी कर्मों का महत्व गौण (very small) हो जाता है। 6 0:36 मन की शुद्धि: "जो मन चंगा तो कठौती में गंगा" - मन को शुद्ध करना ही असली स्नान है। 7 0:44 आंतरिक संबंध: बाहरी पूजा और कथा (क्रियाएँ) करते रहें, पर अंदर के कनेक्शन (मन के जुड़ाव) को अधिक महत्व दें। 8 0:58 गर्ग मुनि का परिचय: गर्ग मुनि वृष्णि वंश के कुल-गुरु और प्रतिष्ठित भक्ति आचार्य थे। 9 1:17 नामकरण की गोपनीयता: वसुदेव जी के कहने पर, गर्ग मुनि कंस के भय से गुप्त रूप से नंद बाबा के पास ब्रज में पहुँचे। 10 1:45 गौशाला में संस्कार: नंद बाबा ने गोपनीयता बनाए रखने के लिए नामकरण संस्कार गौशाला में करने का सुझाव दिया। 11 2:00 बलराम का नाम: रोहिणी-नंदन को सहजता से "बलराम" नाम दिया गया, क्योंकि वह तमाम बल से युक्त थे। 12 2:10 कृष्ण को देख समाधि: श्री कृष्ण को गोद में लेते ही गर्ग मुनि समाधिस्थ हो गए और अपनी सुध-बुध भूल गए। 13 2:40 कृष्ण नाम का अर्थ: उन्होंने 'कृष्ण' नाम दिया, जिसका अर्थ है: जो योगियों के चित्त को आकर्षित करता है। 14 2:57 इंद्रियों का अंतर: पूजा कर्म-इंद्रियों (हाथ) से, जबकि कथा श्रवण ज्ञान-इंद्रियों (कान) से की जाती है। 15 3:09 सूक्ष्मता और उत्कृष्टता: ज्ञानेंद्रियाँ कर्म-इंद्रियों से अधिक सूक्ष्म और उत्कृष्ट हैं। 16 3:17 हृदय में प्रवेश: इसी कारण भगवान कान (श्रवण) के माध्यम से सहज ही हृदय में प्रवेश कर जाते हैं। 17 3:25 श्रवण की शक्ति: श्रवण (सुनने) में बहुत शक्ति होती है। 18 3:30 काम-क्रोध का उपाय: भागवत के आरंभ में, सूत जी ने बताया कि सत्पुरुषों से भगवान की कथाओं का श्रवण-कीर्तन करने से हृदय के भीतर के अमंगल नष्ट हो जाते हैं। 19 4:12 अंतःकरण की शुद्धि: कथा रस का पान करने से हृदय के अभद्र भाव धुल जाते हैं और अंतःकरण की शुद्धि होती है। 20 4:29 श्रवण के प्रकार: भगवत्-संबंधी श्रवण दो प्रकार का होता है: तत्त्व ज्ञान का श्रवण और लीला श्रवण। 21 4:50 सिद्धांतों में स्पष्टता: तत्त्व ज्ञान के श्रवण से सिद्धांतों में स्पष्टता आती है, जो सही व्यावहारिक आचरण (प्रैक्टिकल) के लिए अति आवश्यक है। 22 5:26 रूप ध्यान: लीला श्रवण बहुत लाभदायक है, क्योंकि सुनते समय स्वचालित रूप से (ऑटोमेटिकली) रूप ध्यान होने लगता है। 23 5:44 गोपी गीत का प्रमाण: गोपियों ने गोपी गीत में कहा कि मिलन की विरह वेदना से पीड़ित होने पर भी, आपकी कथा श्रवण से ही हमें शांति मिलती है। 24 6:53 परोपकारी वक्ता: कथा प्रदान करने वाले वक्ता 'भूरिदा' (बड़े उदार और दयालु) होते हैं, और कथा प्रदान करना सबसे बड़ा परोपकार है। 25 7:20 भीतरी रस: गर्ग आचार्य ने मत दिया कि कथा का रस भीतर से अनुभव होना चाहिए, केवल बाहरी प्रदर्शन नहीं। ________________________________________ Full Transcript समय शुद्ध हिंदी ट्रांसक्रिप्ट 0:00 यह जो चित्त है, यही बंधन और मोक्ष का कारण है। तो चित्त को भगवान में लगाओ। 0:07 जहाँ मन, वहाँ हम। अब अगर मन को लगा दिया, तो यहीं बैठे-बैठे वृंदावन का लाभ पा लोगे। और चित्त को नहीं लगाया, तो वृंदावन में भटकोगे। 0:20 भगवान तुम्हारे हृदय में निवास करते हैं। जिस दिन तुमने श्रद्धा कर ली, अब गंगा स्नान करने का तात्पर्य नहीं रह गया और कुरुक्षेत्र तीर्थ यात्रा का भी कोई महत्व नहीं रह गया। 0:36 यहाँ बैठ के ही मन को स्नान कर लो। जो मन चंगा, तो कठौती में गंगा। 0:44 ठीक है? बाहर की चीजें रखो। पूजा भी करो, साथ में कथा भी करो, लेकिन अंदर के कनेक्शन को महत्व दो। 0:58 गर्ग मुनि हमारे भारतीय इतिहास के प्रतिष्ठित भक्ति आचार्यों में से एक हैं। वे वृष्णि वंश के कुल-गुरु थे। 1:12 इसलिए वे वासुदेव जी को कंस के कारागृह में मिले। मथुरा में वसुदेव जी ने कहा कि मेरे बेटे का नामकरण कर दो, वह ब्रज में है। 1:24 तो बिना किसी को बताए, वे पहुँचे वहाँ पर नंद बाबा के पास। और नंद बाबा को कहा कि आपके बेटे को हम नाम देंगे। 1:36 नंद बाबा ने कहा, आप तो वृष्णि वंश के पुरोहित हैं। अगर आप नाम देंगे, लोगों को पता चलेगा, तो हो सकता है किसी को संदेह हो जाए। आइए यहाँ गौशाला में बैठ के करते हैं। 1:52 वहाँ पर यशोदा और रोहिणी अपने-अपने पुत्रों को लाईं। 2:00 तो रोहिणी-नंदन के लिए तो उन्होंने सहज भाव से बोल दिया, "बलराम," तमाम बल से युक्त। 2:10 और श्री कृष्ण को जब गोद में लिया, तो कहने लगे, "मैं तो इस लड़के को नाम देने के लिए आया था, पर इसको देखकर तो मैं अपने नाम को ही भूल गया हूँ।" ऐसी समाधि लग गई। 2:40 तथापि, उन्होंने 'कृष्ण' नाम दिया। "कर्षति योगीनां चेतांसि इति कृष्णः।" (जो योगियों के चित्त को आकर्षित करता है, वह कृष्ण है)। 2:52 भगवान की कथा में अनुराग। 2:57 पूजा हाथ इत्यादि से की जाती है (कर्म इंद्रियाँ)। कथा में श्रवण करना होता है (ज्ञानेंद्रिय)। 3:09 ज्ञानेंद्रिय कर्म-इंद्रिय से सूक्ष्म है और उत्कृष्ट भी हैं। 3:17 इसलिए भगवान कान के माध्यम से सहज ही हृदय में आ जाते हैं। 3:25 श्रवण में बहुत शक्ति होती है। 3:30 भागवत के प्रारंभ में ही शौनकादिक ने सूत जी महाराज से प्रश्न किया था कि हृदय में अभद्र चीजें हैं—काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह—यह सब कैसे जाएँगी? 3:47 सूत जी ने उपाय बताया: "शृण्वतां स्वकथाः कृष्णः पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनः। हृद्यन्तःस्थो ह्यभद्राणि विधुनोति सुहृत्सताम्।" (अर्थात, एक संत के श्रीमुख से भगवान के नाम, रूप, लीला, गुण, धाम आदि का श्रवण करो)। 4:12 तो कथा रस पान से अभद्र अमंगलमय चीजें सब धुल जाएँगी। अंतःकरण की शुद्धि होगी। 4:23 अब यह जो श्रवण है, भगवत-संबंधी, यह दो प्रकार का होता है: 4:32 एक तत्त्व ज्ञान का श्रवण। चाहे कान से श्रवण करें अथवा नेत्रों से पठन करें, बात तो एक ही है। 4:50 तत्त्व ज्ञान का श्रवण करने से सिद्धांत क्लियर (clear) होता है, तो यह अति आवश्यक है। जितनी क्लेरिटी (clarity) होगी थ्योरी (theory) में, उतना ही हम व्यावहारिक ढंग से सही-सही उपयुक्त रूप में कर पाएँगे। 5:12 किंतु एक दूसरे प्रकार का श्रवण भी होता है—लीला श्रवण, भगवान की लीलाओं के बारे में सुनना। 5:23 यह लीला श्रवण भी साधक के लिए बहुत लाभदायक होता है, क्योंकि आप जब लीला सुनते हैं, तो स्वचालित रूप से रूप ध्यान होता जाता है। 5:37 तो जितनी बार हम लीला श्रवण करते हैं, रूप ध्यान क्रिस्टल क्लियर (crystal clear)  होता है। 5:44 लीला श्रवण के लिए तो गोपियों ने गोपी गीत में कहा था: "तव कथामृतं तप्तजीवनं, कविभिरीडितं कल्मषापहम्। श्रवणमङ्गलं श्रीमदाततं, भुवि गृणन्ति ते भूरिदा जनाः॥" 6:33 कहती हैं गोपियाँ, कि हे श्री कृष्ण, आपके मिलन की विरह वेदना से जब हम बहुत पीड़ित हो जाती हैं, आपकी कथा श्रवण से हमको शांति मिलती है। 6:53 और वो कथा प्रदान करने वाले जो वक्ता हैं, वो बड़े दयालु हैं—'भूरिदा'—यानी बड़े उदार हैं। कथा प्रदान करना, गोपियाँ कहती हैं, कितना बड़ा परोपकार है। 7:15 तो गर्ग आचार्य ने अपना मत दिया कि भाई देखो, कथा रस मतलब भीतर से रस की अनुभूति हो, बाहर से नहीं। 7:30 यह जो चित्त है, यही बंधन और मोक्ष का कारण है। तो चित्त को भगवान में लगाओ। 8:04 जिस दिन तुमने श्रद्धा कर ली, अब गंगा स्नान करने का तात्पर्य नहीं रह गया और कुरुक्षेत्र तीर्थ यात्रा का भी कोई महत्व नहीं रह गया। 8:21 यहाँ बैठ के ही मन को स्नान कर लो। जो मन चंगा, तो कठौती में गंगा। ठीक है? बाहर की चीजें रखो, पूजा भी करो, साथ में कथा भी करो, लेकिन अंदर के कनेक्शन को महत्व दो। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4dyggDiJqs

Fix Your Mind, Fix Your Life – Shree Krishna’s Key to End Anxiety and Suffering | Swami Mukundananda

Fix Your Mind, Fix Your Life – Shree Krishna’s Key to End Anxiety and Suffering | Swami Mukundananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKKeoZ9Jq9E This video, based on the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad (Mantra 7) and the Bhagavad Gītā, explains that Divine Knowledge is the sole source of changing perception and eliminating suffering. Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad: The Power of Divine Knowledge  # Time Salient Points  1 0:02 Arjun's Condition: At the beginning of the Gītā, Arjun laments that he cannot fight, listing physical symptoms like his bow (Gāṇḍīva) slipping, his mouth drying, and his knees shaking. 2 0:19 Surrender: Arjun surrenders to Shree Krishna, declaring, "I am your surrendered disciple. Give me knowledge." 3 0:27 Krishna's Rebuke: Krishna's first message to Arjun is sharp: "While apparently speaking words of wisdom of a pundit, you are actually behaving like a fool." 4 1:39 Perception is Key: Our perception is the major factor determining our happiness and distress, not the external circumstances themselves. 5 1:47 Relativity of Suffering: What one person considers a "shabby home" could be the dream home of 98% of the world's population. 6 2:05 Relativity of Health: A person worried about high cholesterol could have the dream health of genuinely sick people. 7 2:25 Changing Perception: Happiness is fundamentally a matter of perception, which is changed by knowledge. 8 2:53 Knowledge Transforms: When you know the world to be non-different from God—meaning fully connected to the Divine—your perception changes completely. 9 2:59 The "Here vs. Her" Analogy: A simple error in knowledge (a typo changing "I wish you were here" to "her") can instantly change a spouse's perception from love to cursing until the misunderstanding is clarified. 10 4:02 Defective Knowledge: Many times, the way we see things is skewed because of defective knowledge about the situation or the world. 11 4:23 The Subway Story: A man in the New York subway was irritated by a sloppy man and his chaotic children until he learned the truth: they were returning from the hospital where the mother had just passed away. 12 5:34 Knowledge is the Fix: The moment this knowledge was revealed, the passengers' entire perception changed from irritation to sympathy. 13 5:46 Source of Suffering: We create defective perceptions which are often the true reason for our negative thinking and suffering. 14 6:14 The Harm of Resentment: Keeping resentment (durabhāvanā or ill will) is described as one of the worst things for the mind. 15 6:40 Unclean Heart: A person whose heart is unclean will see bad everywhere, even finding fault with God (e.g., criticizing Krishna’s stance or Jagannāth's eyes). 16 7:27 Sign of Goodness: A sign of goodness is the absolute reverse: challenging oneself to not keep ill will toward anyone. 17 7:38 Test of Sādhanā: When someone hurts you, you must take it as an opportunity to practice sādhanā (spiritual discipline) to overcome the resentment. 18 8:03 The Sovereign Recipe: The mantra provides the sovereign recipe for overcoming resentment: change how you look at the world. 19 8:30 The Dual Picture Analogy: The world is like a dual-picture puzzle (old man vs. young man); both images exist. What you see depends on what you choose to focus on based on your prior conditioning. 20 9:26 God vs. Māyā: This world contains both Māyā (illusion) and God. The goal is to train yourself to see God in everyone and everything. 21 10:44 Six Divine Qualities: Scriptures teach six qualities of God: He is the world, its creator, the material cause, the maintainer, the law-establisher, and the annihilator. 22 11:31 The Shoes and Dollar Story: A professor demonstrated that giving is a far more joyous activity than taking by having his student put money in a poor farm worker's shoes instead of stealing them. 23 14:27 Knowledge and Life Transformation: Knowledge is a very powerful means of life transformation and helps in developing EQ (Emotional Quotient). 24 17:48 Lamentation Caused by Moha: The mantra states that the one who truly knows (vijānatā) will never be attached or lamenting, because moha (delusion/ignorance) is the root cause of lamentation. 25 21:36 The Best Service: The best service one can offer to people is to give them right knowledge, as knowledge and understanding are the link that fuels bhakti (devotion). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKKeoZ9Jq9E Full Transcript: The Power of Divine Knowledge Time Transcript 0:02 Arjun was lamenting in the beginning of the Gītā. "Oh, Shree Krishna, I cannot fight the war." 0:08 "What happened? Oh, this, this, this, this. My Gāṇḍīva (bow) is falling from my hand. My mouth is drying up and my tongue has become like leather, and my knees are shaking." 0:17 "Oh, Shree Krishna, I'm your surrendered disciple. Give me knowledge." 0:22 So, the first message of Shree Krishna to Arjun: 0:28 "While apparently speaking words of wisdom of a pundit, you are actually behaving like a fool." 0:38 Why did He say that? 1:13 This [Mantra] is packed with wisdom. 1:22 The previous mantra's first line was very similar. It said, "Those who see Me in all things and see all things in Me." 1:35 Their perception changes. 1:39 Perception is such a big thing in determining your happiness and distress. 1:47 You may think, "What a shabby home I have." But do you think it could be the dream home of 98% of the people on this planet? 2:02 You may think, "Oh my god, my health, my cholesterol is up." But it could be the dream health of the sick people. 2:15 Your job, which you think is all crappy, could be the dream job of other people. 2:23 So, likewise, it is a matter of perception. 2:28 In the previous mantra, He said, "How do you see this world? Do you see God in it?" Now He has changed it. 2:43 He says, when you know this world to be non-different from God, things will change. 2:53 Knowing changes your perception. 2:59 One husband went in the winters to Cancun. Out there, he loved the environment, the atmosphere. 3:12 So, he wrote a love letter to his wife. "It is so wonderful here. I wish you were here." 3:23 But in "here," he left out the last 'e'. "I wish you were her." 3:34 The wife read it. "Oh my god." Everything changed. 3:41 She cursed her husband, "How dare you?" etc., until the misunderstanding was clarified. 3:50 And when she came to know it was a mistake, the way she saw the situation, all changed. 3:59 So many times, the way we are seeing things is because of defective knowledge. 4:07 Stephen Covey wrote this story in his book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. 4:19 A person was traveling in the New York subway, and there was a sloppy man in front. His little children were as disoriented as him, creating such a ruckus, which was a source of great irritation to this person and the other passengers. 4:46 Ultimately, this person could not handle the irritation any further and said, "Sir, if you don't mind, your children are disturbing us greatly; can you please take care of them?" 5:02 The man responded, "Ah yes, I think I need to take a better grip. I don't know how to handle the situation. We have just come; we are on our way back from the hospital. Their mother has passed away two hours ago, and they are unable to handle it, as I am unable to handle it." 5:23 The moment the passengers heard that, their whole perception changed. 5:34 So, how did perception change? Through knowledge. Knowledge changed the way you look at things. 5:43 If we don't have the proper knowledge, we create defective perceptions, and those are so often the reason for our negative thinking. 5:57 So, how do you create positive perceptions? 6:05 How do you remove resentments? How do you get rid of hurts? 6:14 Keeping resentment is one of the worst things, as Shree Kripalu ji maharaj has written. 6:28 "Oh my dear mind, even in your dream, even by mistake, don't keep ill will towards anyone." 6:40 A person whose heart is unclean keeps a bad attitude even towards good places. 6:50 "Krishna is there, but why does he not stand straight? Why does he stand crooked?" 6:58 "The Ratha Yātrā is coming. Yeah, but why does it take so long to come? Why can't it come faster?" 7:04 "Jagannāth is on the chariot, so royal and majestic. Yeah, but why does he have so big eyes?" 7:14 So, people who have that negative perception will see bad everywhere. 7:22 And the sign of goodness is the absolute reverse. 7:27 The sign of goodness is you challenge yourself: "I will not keep durabhāvanā (ill will) anywhere." 7:38 "Somebody has hurt me? Take it as a test. Here comes an opportunity to practice sādhanā (spiritual discipline)." 7:47 "Will the situation win, or will I win?" 7:52 So, how do you overcome resentment? 7:58 This mantra is giving us a sovereign recipe. 8:03 It is saying, "How do you look at this world?" You can look at this world in different ways. 8:12 As little children, we used to have these puzzles. There were jumbled lines in the puzzle book. 8:22 One person, if you look from here, sees an old man. And you look from here, there's a young man. 8:30 Now, what do you wish to see? Both are there in the picture. 8:37 One teacher did an experiment. He took a jumble of two pictures. Now, it had the old man and the young man. 8:47 He divided the class into two and showed these people the young man's picture, and then he showed them the old man's picture. 8:58 And then he showed them all the jumbled picture and said, "Which one do you see?" 9:04 This half of the class was willing to swear, "It is the young man," and that half was willing to swear, "It is the old man." 9:15 The fact is both the pictures were there. 9:18 They were being affected by what they had seen in the past. 9:24 Likewise, this world is the world of Māyā (illusion), and God is also in this world. 9:33 Now, what do you want to see? Do you want to see Māyā or do you want to see God? 9:39 If you start seeing God, you'll say, "God is in everyone." 9:44 And when you see God is in everyone, the person towards whom you are keeping resentment, God is in that person as well. 9:54 So you want to keep resentment? If you want to go ahead... but that mere thought will change things. 10:04 When you change your knowledge, when you understand God is everywhere, it will automatically change your perception of things. 10:19 So the scriptures have told us time and time and time again... 10:41 In one mantra, six things are being said. God is the world. He is the creator of the world. 10:52 He is the material from which the world has been created. He is the maintainer of the world. He has established the law and order of the world, and He is the one who shall annihilate the world. 11:08 So now if we decide that this is the knowledge we will believe, based on that knowledge, we start training ourselves to see God. 11:22 And when you see God, you naturally change the way you look at people. 11:31 One professor was known for his kindness. He took his student on a field trip. 11:39 When they were outside the city, they were on the road. A poor farm worker, having slogged it out in the sun, completely exhausted, was under a tree. 11:54 The student was a little naughty. 11:59 So he said, "Sir, let's have some fun. Let's make this guy's shoes disappear and hide behind the bush." 12:10 "And then we will see his reaction when he sees his shoes missing." 12:17 The professor said, "Why not do it my way?" 12:22 He gave this student money and said, "Slip it into his shoes." 12:32 All right? He put it in his shoes. 12:35 Now this farm worker, poor man, he woke up. 12:43 He was about to put his shoe on when he discovered something hard. So he took his foot out and he put his hand in, and he saw a full dollar. 12:58 The expression on his face... he was thinking, "Oh my god, here is the money for my sick wife's medicine." 13:08 And then he saw the other shoe also had a dollar. 13:14 Now the professor and his student were sitting behind the bush and watching. 13:21 What did they see? This man, he fell on his knees. 13:27 He lifted his hands up towards the heaven and started praying. 13:34 The words of his prayer were, "Oh God, today I really believe in you. My little children didn't have to eat. My wife didn't have medicine for her sickness." 13:49 "How in the world have these come? If it is not for your grace, how could it have come?" 13:57 He walked off. 14:00 The professor looked at the student's face. 14:04 The student said, "Sir, thank you so much for teaching me that giving is a far more joyous activity than taking." 14:19 He understood; that understanding changed things. 14:27 So, knowledge is a very powerful means of life transformation. 14:35 If we can have knowledge of the connection of the world with God, if we can have knowledge of our connection with God, and thereby our connection with others, we will automatically develop our EQ (Emotional Quotient). 15:03 Look at the Buddha teaching EQ. 15:08 In his time, there was a dacoit (bandit) called Angulimāla. Everybody's heard the story in their childhood books, right? 15:18 Angulimāla had zero EQ, zero SQ (Spirituality Quotient). 15:27 He used to kill people and then take their finger as a trophy and keep increasing the garland that he was wearing around his neck. 15:37 Now the Buddha happened to be going by. Angulimāla looked at the Buddha and he spat at him. 15:50 The Buddha, his EQ was beyond the roof. He said, "Do you have anything further to say?" 16:00 And Angulimāla said, "I said nothing." He said, "What you did was tantamount to saying." 16:08 So Angulimāla was impressed. 16:14 The Buddha said, "You know, what you are doing has got no bravery. What I'm doing has got bravery." 16:23 Angulimāla said, "How do you say that?" 16:26 The Buddha said, "Here is a leaf on a twig on this tree. Break it." Angulimāla broke it. 16:37 Buddha said, "Join it back." He could not join it back. 16:40 So likewise, said the Buddha, "What you're doing is so trivial. You're breaking people. I am joining people. That is bravery." 16:52 The Buddha walked in front, and as 200 disciples walked behind him. Angulimāla realized that Buddha may have been physically weaker than me. But if he had just given an instruction to his disciples to overpower him, he would have fallen flat. 17:17 Angulimāla became his surrendered devotee. 17:22 That epiphany (a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization) moment, that understanding, changed the way he looked at things. 17:31 So in this mantra, vijānatā has come for knowing. 17:39 And then the second line is very interesting. 17:48 "One who knows will never be attached and will never be lamenting." 17:57 Actually, the word moha (delusion) comes from mudha, meaning to make unconscious. 18:08 So Shree Krishna has said, "Look, if you get anger, what happens? Your intellect becomes sammūḍha (bewildered); it becomes unconscious." 18:26 "And then you lose memory, and then the intellect is ruined." 18:31 So Arjun was lamenting in the beginning of the Gītā, and finally in Chapter 2, Arjun surrendered. 18:48 He has first given his whole philosophy to Shree Krishna. 19:19 But then he says he got this bit of wisdom: "Oh Shree Krishna, I'm your surrendered disciple. Give me knowledge." 19:28 So, the first message of Shree Krishna to Arjun: "While apparently speaking words of wisdom of a pundit, you are actually behaving like a fool." 19:56 Why did He say that? Because one who is a true pundit never laments. 20:02 One who has got knowledge never laments. 20:06 So what causes lamentation is moha or ignorance. 20:13 And at the very end of the Gītā, Shree Krishna says, "Arjun, has your moha gone? Has your ignorance gone?" 20:25 Shree Krishna does not ask, "Has your lamentation disappeared?" 20:29 He only says, "Has your moha gone?" because if moha goes, lamentation will go automatically. 20:36 So Arjun says, "Oh Shree Krishna, my moha has gone." Chapter closed. 20:47 "My moha, my ignorance, is gone." So Shree Krishna gave him the knowledge. His ignorance disappeared. Arjun is now in knowledge. His lamentation is gone. 20:58 So the mantra is telling us that if you are able to actually know that God is everywhere, the moha will disappear, the lamentation will disappear. 21:12 This is the power of knowledge. 21:19 Many years ago, literally 30 years ago, I asked Maharaji, "What is the best service we can do to people?" 21:33 He said, "The best service you can do is to give them right knowledge." Knowledge makes such a difference. 21:43 So that is the mission of JKYog. 21:48 What is the link between knowledge and bhakti (devotion)? 21:54 Bhakti is based on knowledge and understanding. 21:58 Chaitanya Mahāprabhu is considered a preacher. He said, in cultivating your knowledge and understanding, don't be lazy. 22:15 Don't think just śraddhā (faith) is enough. You need to understand. 22:20 The biggest devotee of Ram, Tulsīdās Mahārāj, you read his Rāmcharitmānas, but he says... 22:38 If you come to know that this stone is worth $10 million, then your love for it will be worth $10 million. 22:47 That is the link between knowledge and bhakti. 22:52 That is why in JKYog, we have chosen the slogan: "Transforming the world through wisdom." 23:02 So in this power-packed mantra, we are being told that learn to understand the connection between God and the world.