Shree Krishna's Ultimate Advice for Fast Progress | The Bhagavad Gita 4 38 by Swami Mukundanand
Main Points: 1 this ocean of material existence that we are in, Sri Krishna said Arjun you seat yourself in the boat of knowledge and you cross over it, Pure knowledge is the most wonderful thing to possess and that knowledge will be revealed to you from within when you attain purity of heart, pure knowledge will not come from outside, it will come from the inside https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=2 & https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=709 2 Sri Krishna says Arjun those who engage in devotion and purify themselves, I seated in their hearts destroy their ignorance with the torch light of knowledge; so there is one knowledge which you get from outside and there is one knowledge that you get from inside; that is the knowledge that is Awakening from inside through realization, strive to attain pure knowledge - that is the purpose of your human form of life, do not delay in this process of bhakti outside, it will come from the inside https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=35 & https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=757 3 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Sloka 4.38 Chanting in this world there is nothing as purifying as Divine knowledge, one who has attained purity of mind through prolonged practice of bhakti yog, receives such knowledge within the heart in due course of time https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=94 4 Krishna further inspired Arjun to have faith in the names, forms, virtues pastimes of God by keeping Divine sentiments thereby getting a basis to do Bhakti or devotion then he went on to explain the process of yagya and said there are various kinds of yagya or sacrifices that people engage in, the Perfection of yagya is to do it as a sacrifice to God, this yagya leads to purification and enlightenment, so the yagyas that are done are best done in knowledge https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=175 5 in order to get knowledge Sri Krishna asked Arjun to approach a guru, in this case Sri Krishna himself is the guru of Arjun so Arjun's problem is solved ; we may say if the problem gets solved like this can we also solve our problem, we also make Sri Krishna as our Guru, that's not possible for us, Arjun was in the Avatar काल (period), God was in front of him so he was able to accept him as a guru now if this is not Avatar काल (period), you need a saint through whom you can receive this knowledge https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=240 6 because when we go ahead on this path a lot of doubts will arise, how will we resolve these doubts, somebody says I have made Hanuman as my Guru but how will you resolve your questions when they come, you need somebody who is in front, who can resolve your doubts - otherwise there was one Guru 5,000 years ago and everybody after that keeps accepting that Person as the guru there is no need of any more gurus so we need a live teacher who can explain these truths to us https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=302 7 Further Shri Krishna says when you receive that knowledge then by virtue of that knowledge, you will cut aside all sins, you will become free from sins, you will get beyond all miseries and seated on the boat of this knowledge you will be able to cross over this vast ocean of life and death, this material world is like an ocean, at each step there are dangers and uncertainties, nobody knows what will happen at the next moment https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=347 8 nobody knows what will happen at the next moment : Japan example https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=407 9 nobody knows what will happen at the next moment : example of a brilliant Indian doctor https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=427 10 nobody knows what will happen at the next moment : cancer example https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=427 11 In Mahabharat the Yaksh had asked Yudhishthar the question what is most astonishing in this world, so Yudhishthar Maharaj said the most astonishing that at every moment people are dying, others are watching but they are thinking I will not die https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=545 12 The end is in death, we all have to go one day and when will that death come who knows, it could come at the next moment. Harinakashyapu asked Prahlad you are 5 years old and you are doing Bhakti, Bhakti should be done in old age, that is what the materialistic people say, who don't understand the spiritual knowledge, they say Bhakti is for old age ,not for a 5 year old Prahlad said father, what is the definition of old age, somebody who's close to death is old, how do you know what is my lifespan, I could die tomorrow, 5 year olds also pass away that means it's possible I am also old, so Bhakti should never be delayed so Prahlad gives this advice he says durlabh, the human birth is very rare but it is temporary it can be snatched away at any time that is why do not delay in this process of Bhakti https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=605 13 Vashisht had instructed Ram, he said, Ram if to get knowledge you need to do Bhiksha, you need to beg in the street, it is worthwhile rather than leading your life in ignorance, so that is your Primary Duty in this human form to try and get that knowledge, that knowledge shakti has been given to us humans, the power of getting knowledge is not given to the animals https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=874 14 You can change your guru if needed BUT getting the right spiritual knowledge is very important to achieve the purpose of life https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=948 ! Transcript 0:02 this ocean of material existence that we 0:05 are in Sri Krishna said Arjun you seat 0:09 yourself in the boat of knowledge and 0:13 you cross over it pure knowledge is the 0:18 most wonderful thing to 0:20 possess and that knowledge will be 0:24 revealed to you from within when you 0:27 attain purity of heart, pure 0:31 knowledge will not come from the outside 0:35 it will come from the inside Sri Krishna 0:39 says Arjun those who engage in devotion 0:43 and purify themselves I seated in their 0:48 hearts destroy their ignorance with the 0:52 torch light of 0:54 knowledge so there is one knowledge 0:57 which you get from the outside and there 1:00 is one knowledge that you get inside 1:04 that is the knowledge that is Awakening 1:07 from inside through realization strive 1:10 to attain pure 1:12 knowledge that is the purpose of your 1:15 human form of life do not delay in this 1:19 process of bhakti who knows what will 1:22 happen 1:24 tomorrow bhagavat Gita chapter 4 verse 1:28 chanting is followed by translation and 1:31 commentary by Swami 1:34 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Sloka 4.38 Chanting 1:58 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Sloka 4.38 Translation by Swami Mukundananda 2:01 in this world there is nothing as 2:06 purifying as Divine 2:08 knowledge one who has attained purity of 2:12 Mind through prolonged practice of 2:16 yog receives such knowledge within the 2:20 heart in due course of 2:27 time in this chapter 2:31 we saw how 2:34 Sri Krishna established Arjun's faith in the 2:40 knowledge he is 2:42 giving by revealing to him that this is Bhagavad Gita Commentary by Swami Mukundananda 2:46 an eternal science which he had 2:50 previously instructed to the sun God as 2:55 well he further inspired Arjun to 3:00 have faith in the names, forms, virtues 3:04 Pastimes of God by keeping Divine 3:11 sentiments thereby getting a basis to do 3:15 Bhakti or 3:19 devotion then he went on to explain the 3:23 process of 3:25 yagya and said there are various kinds 3:28 of yagya or sacrifices that people 3:32 engage 3:34 in the Perfection of yagya is to do it 3:39 as a sacrifice to 3:42 God this yagya leads to 3:47 purification and 3:50 Enlightenment so the yagyas that are done 3:54 are best done in 3:58 Knowledge 4:00 in order to get 4:03 knowledge Sri Krishna asked Arjun to 4:07 approach a 4:10 guru in this case Sri Krishna himself is 4:14 the guru of Arjun so Arjun's problem is 4:21 solved we may say if the problem gets 4:24 solved like this can we also solve our 4:27 problem we also make Sri Krishna as our 4:33 Guru that's not possible for us, Arjun 4:37 was in the Avatar 4:40 काल (period), God was in front of him so he was 4:44 able to accept him as a 4:48 guru now if this is not 4:51 Avatar काल (period), you need a saint through whom you 4:56 can receive this 4:58 Knowledge 5:02 because when we go ahead on this path a 5:05 lot of doubts will 5:08 arise how will we resolve these 5:12 doubts somebody says I have made Hanuman 5:16 as my 5:17 Guru but how will you resolve your 5:20 questions when they 5:22 come you need somebody who is in front 5:26 who can resolve your doubts otherwise 5:30 there was one Guru 5,000 years ago and 5:33 everybody after that keeps accepting 5:36 that Person as the guru there is no need 5:39 of any more 5:40 gurus so we need a live teacher who can 5:44 explain these truths to 5:47 us further Shri Krishna says when you 5:50 receive that 5:52 knowledge then by virtue of that 5:57 knowledge you will cut aside all sins 6:02 you will become free from sins you 6:07 will get beyond all miseries and seated 6:13 on the boat of this knowledge you will 6:17 be able to cross over this vast ocean of 6:23 life and 6:27 death this material world is like an 6:32 ocean at each step there are 6:36 dangers and 6:40 uncertainties nobody knows what will 6:44 happen at the next 6:47 Moment, Japan was sitting pretty as a 6:51 wealthy secure nation they didn't know 6:54 that a tsunami of 6:57 9.2 scale is going to hit all of a 7:00 sudden and disturb the country 7:07 totally many years ago there was a very 7:10 Junior doctor who came to 7:14 me in Bhuvaneshwar 7:17 Orissa, he and his wife were full of pride 7:21 he said Swami ji I am one of the four 7:24 doctors in the country selected for this 7:27 this and I got the 7:29 president award and he was going on then 7:33 he and his wife was saying 7:36 that you know why is it that our 7:39 colleagues they do not like us and why 7:42 is it that we do not get credited for 7:45 what we are doing in other words they 7:47 wanted even more 7:49 recognition and they were coming to me 7:52 please give us some mantra so that we can 7:54 go further ahead in 7:56 life the whole planning was 7:59 now he's one of the four in the country 8:02 according to him but still the ego the 8:06 material ambitions are not satisfied and 8:10 he is going to Baba to get 8:13 mantras one year later I got a call on 8:17 my 8:18 phone what happened oh he's had a 8:22 terrible accident there's been a head 8:24 injury and he's become like a child you 8:28 please come and meet him in the 8:30 hospital so I went the poor fellow was 8:34 he was like almost lost his head he was 8:38 seeming like a real child he was crying 8:41 Swami ji, his wife was crying, one moment 8:45 here the other moment there that is the 8:48 nature of this world anything can happen 8:52 to anyone at any 8:55 time nobody thinks you know I'm going to 8:59 get 9:00 cancer but it's a reality all of a 9:03 sudden it pops 9:05 up in fact the Mahabharat says nobody 9:09 even thinks I'm going to 9:22 die the 9:25 Mahabharat the yaksh had asked Yudhishthar 9:29 the question what is most astonishing in 9:33 this 9:36 world so Yudhishthar Maharaj said the most 9:41 astonishing that at every moment people 9:44 are 9:46 dying others are 9:50 watching but they are thinking I will 9:54 not die he died I will not 9:57 die nobody is conscious of the fact 10:02 that this human life is dead 10:05 end the end is in death we all have to 10:09 go one day and when will that death come 10:12 who knows it could come at the next 10:16 moment where Harinakashyapu asked Prahlad you 10:21 are 5 years old and you are doing 10:24 Bhakti, Bhakti should be done in old age 10:30 that is what the materialistic people 10:32 say who don't understand the spiritual 10:35 knowledge they say Bhakti is for old age 10:39 not for a 5 year 10:41 old Prahlad said father what is the 10:45 definition of old 10:49 age somebody who's close to death is 10:54 old how do you know what is my lifespan 10:57 I could die tomorrow 11:00 5 year olds also pass away that means 11:02 it's possible I am also 11:06 Old, so Bhakti should never be 11:23 delayed so Prahlad gives this advice he 11:27 says durlabh 11:31 the human birth is very 11:33 rare but it is temporary it can be 11:38 snatched away at any time that is why do 11:42 not delay in this process of Bhakti who 11:46 knows what will happen 11:49 tomorrow so this ocean of material 11:53 existence that we are in, Sri Krishna 11:56 said Arjun you see seat yourself in the 12:01 boat of knowledge and you cross over 12:05 it pure knowledge is the most wonderful 12:10 thing to 12:11 possess and that 12:15 knowledge will be revealed to you from 12:19 within when you attain purity of 12:27 heart pure knowledge will not come from 12:31 outside it will come from the 12:37 inside Sri Krishna says in the 10th 12:55 chapter Arjun those who engage in 12:59 devotion and purify themselves, I 13:04 seated in their 13:06 hearts destroy their ignorance with the 13:10 torch light of 13:14 knowledge so there is one knowledge 13:17 which you get from the 13:19 outside and there is one knowledge that 13:22 you get inside 13:25 Maharishi patanjali says 13:32 that samadhi is filled with 13:37 knowledge that is the knowledge that is 13:40 awakening from inside through 13:44 realization why because the soul is by 13:48 nature 13:50 chit the soul is divine 13:54 energy but it has got covered so when 13:58 the covering is removed automatically 14:02 the knowledge of the 14:04 Soul shines 14:07 forth so Shri Krishna says that pure 14:12 knowledge will come from within and it 14:15 is the purest of 14:19 things strive to attain 14:24 it strive to attain pure knowledge 14:29 that is the purpose of your human form 14:32 of 14:34 Life. Vashisht had instructed Ram, 14:52 he said Ram if to get knowledge you 14:57 need to do Bhiksha you need to beg in the 15:02 street it is 15:03 worthwhile rather than leading your life 15:07 in 15:09 ignorance so that is your primary Duty 15:12 in this human form to try and get that 15:16 knowledge that knowledge shakti has been 15:20 given to us 15:22 humans the power of 15:24 knowledge not to the animals haven't 15:28 got it to this 15:32 extent so this human form has got this 15:36 speciality of knowledge and the purpose 15:40 of the human form is to exercise that 15:44 power and receive the Divine 15:48! Knowledge, many times people say you know 15:52 Swami ji I have got stuck in my search 15:56 for 15:57 knowledge what 15:59 happened I made a 16:02 guruji when I was 11 years 16:06 old one Baba jicame to the house my 16:09 mother gave him 11 rupees, he said a 16:12 mantra in my ear and he went off I don't 16:15 know where he's gone and he doesn't know 16:16 where I've gone but now I've got this 16:20 Guru and you cannot now I stuck with him 16:25 I cannot change my Guru so Guru cannot 16:28 be changed so I'm stuck now how will I 16:31 get 16:32 knowledge remember the important thing 16:36 is to get knowledge, not to get stuck 16:39 with the 16:40 guru if your work is not done from there 16:45 you go ahead and find another 16:47 Guru in your past life you had another 16:51 Guru in the previous to past life you had another 16:53 Guru if you go to one doctor and you're 16:56 not cured you go to the next Doctor 17:00 you're not cured you go to the third 17:02 doctor because you have to cure 17:04 yourself you don't say you know now I've 17:07 got this doctor whether I live or I die 17:10 what to do similarly you don't say you 17:13 know now I'm stuck whether I go to 17:14 heaven or hell your human form was for 17:19 getting true knowledge so go and find 17:22 the right Guru and get that true 17:24 knowledge the guru will give you the 17:26 theoretical knowledge you will do it 17:29 practically and you will get the 17:31 Enlightenment from within which Shri 17:34 Krishna is talking
