Gita (shloka 2.57) Non-duality 22nd May

Bhagvad Gita (shloka 2.57):

TRANSLATION
HE WHO IS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT, WHO DOES NOT REJOICE WHEN HE OBTAINS GOOD, NOR LAMENT WHEN HE OBTAINS EVIL, IS FIRMLY FIXED IN PERFECT KNOWLEDGE.

PURPORT
THERE IS ALWAYS SOME UPHEAVAL IN THE MATERIAL WORLD WHICH MAY BE GOOD OR EVIL.

ONE WHO IS NOT AGITATED BY SUCH MATERIAL UPHEAVALS, WHO IS UNAFFECTED BY GOOD AND EVIL, IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD TO BE FIXED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

AS LONG AS ONE IS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF GOOD AND EVIL BECAUSE THIS WORLD IS FULL OF DUALITY.

BUT ONE WHO IS FIXED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT AFFECTED BY GOOD AND EVIL BECAUSE HE IS SIMPLY CONCERNED WITH KRSNA, WHO IS ALL GOOD ABSOLUTE.

SUCH CONSCIOUSNESS IN KRSNA SITUATES ONE IN A PERFECT TRANSCENDENTAL POSITION CALLED, TECHNICALLY, SAMADHI.

Gita (shloka 2.57) Non-duality 22nd May

Bhagvad Gita (shloka 2.57):

TRANSLATION
HE WHO IS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT, WHO DOES NOT REJOICE WHEN HE OBTAINS GOOD, NOR LAMENT WHEN HE OBTAINS EVIL, IS FIRMLY FIXED IN PERFECT KNOWLEDGE.

PURPORT
THERE IS ALWAYS SOME UPHEAVAL IN THE MATERIAL WORLD WHICH MAY BE GOOD OR EVIL.

ONE WHO IS NOT AGITATED BY SUCH MATERIAL UPHEAVALS, WHO IS UNAFFECTED BY GOOD AND EVIL, IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD TO BE FIXED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

AS LONG AS ONE IS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF GOOD AND EVIL BECAUSE THIS WORLD IS FULL OF DUALITY.

BUT ONE WHO IS FIXED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT AFFECTED BY GOOD AND EVIL BECAUSE HE IS SIMPLY CONCERNED WITH KRSNA, WHO IS ALL GOOD ABSOLUTE.

SUCH CONSCIOUSNESS IN KRSNA SITUATES ONE IN A PERFECT TRANSCENDENTAL POSITION CALLED, TECHNICALLY, SAMADHI.

Thought of the Day 4th Jan 2010 by Shri Sathya Sai

 

Thought of the Day 4th Jan 2010 by Shri Sathya Sai

I am in you, around you, within you, above you, guiding you and guarding you at all times. - Baba

 

While the Lord is ever by the side, people are busy searching for God all over the world! By exploring the external, you can never purify the internal.

 It is essential to transform your consciousness.

 Rectify your conduct and actions, because everything depends on your actions.

 Adhering to the righteous path with a pure heart, you have to divinise your life.

 All prayers, japas and pujas that are offered are only intended to purify the heart.

 All those who achieved greatness in any field, be it education or science have been able to do so solely because of their conduct.

 Neither physical strength nor wealth, not even intellectual ability can make one respected and honoured.

 It is the way one lives that confers honour and dignity on him.

 If you entertain righteous thoughts, you will realise that all of you are in God’s home.

 The whole universe is a mansion of God! Once you realise this truth, how can any differences arise? - Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1989.

 

Thought of the Day 4th Jan 2010 by Shri Sathya Sai

 

Thought of the Day 4th Jan 2010 by Shri Sathya Sai

I am in you, around you, within you, above you, guiding you and guarding you at all times. - Baba

 

While the Lord is ever by the side, people are busy searching for God all over the world! By exploring the external, you can never purify the internal.

 It is essential to transform your consciousness.

 Rectify your conduct and actions, because everything depends on your actions.

 Adhering to the righteous path with a pure heart, you have to divinise your life.

 All prayers, japas and pujas that are offered are only intended to purify the heart.

 All those who achieved greatness in any field, be it education or science have been able to do so solely because of their conduct.

 Neither physical strength nor wealth, not even intellectual ability can make one respected and honoured.

 It is the way one lives that confers honour and dignity on him.

 If you entertain righteous thoughts, you will realise that all of you are in God’s home.

 The whole universe is a mansion of God! Once you realise this truth, how can any differences arise? - Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1989.

 

Thought of the Day 3rd Jan 2010 by Shri Sathya Sai

 

Thought of the Day 3rd Jan 2010 by Shri Sathya Sai

As long as you have desires, you will never be happy and peaceful.

- Baba

 

Of what use is a mountain of bookish knowledge, if you cannot secure real happiness as a human being?

Will God not take care of man if he places faith in the Divine?

What is it that is achieved by ceaseless preoccupation with earning a living and forgetting the all-pervading Lord?

The essence of education consists in cultivation of good qualities and development of right values for meaningful living.

 Everybody clamours for peace saying, “I want peace.

” But can peace be found in the external world which is only filled with pieces? Peace has to be found within oneself by getting rid of the “I” and “desire”.

 Peace is destroyed by the ego and by insatiable desires.

 Restrain your desires.

 Man is haunted by endless worries of many kinds.

 Only by turning his mind towards God, can he get rid of the worries.

 People have to reduce desires and cultivate detachment (vairagya) so they can have real peace of mind.

 - Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1989.