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Mayavadis, Jnanis and
Yogis...
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| Sat-Cakra-Yoga |
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Bg 8.10 Original Version
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verse it is clearly stated that at the time of death the mind must be fixed
in devotion the Supreme Godhead. For those practiced in yoga, it is
recommended that they raise the life force between the eyebrows, but for
a pure devotee who does not practice such yoga, the mind should
always be engaged in Krsna consciousness so that at death
he can remember the Supreme by His grace. This is explained in verse fourteen. |
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| In this
verse it is clearly stated that at the time of death the mind must be fixed
in devotion on
to the Supreme
Personality
of Godhead. For those practiced in yoga, it is recommended
that they raise the life force between the
eyebrows (to the
ajna-cakra). The practice of sat-cakra-yoga, involving meditation on the
six cakras, is suggested here., but for a pure devotee
whoA pure
devotee does not practice such yoga,
but because he
is always engaged in Krsna
consciousness,
so that at death he can remember the Supreme
Personality of
Godhead by His grace. This is explained in verse fourteen. |
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Bg 8.10 Original Version
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| The particular
use of the word yoga-balena is significant in this verse because without
practice of yoga one cannot come to this transcendental state of being
at the time of death. One cannot suddenly remember the Supreme Lord at
death unless he is practiced in some yoga system,
especially the system of bhakti-yoga. Since one's mind at death is very
disturbed, one should practice transcendence through yoga during one's life. |
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| The particular
use of the word yoga-balena is significant in this verse because without
practice of
yoga--whether
sat-cakra-yoga or bhakti-yoga--one cannot come to
this transcendental state of being at the time of death. One cannot suddenly
remember the Supreme Lord at
death; one must
have practiced some yoga system, especially
the system of bhakti-yoga. Since one's mind at death is very disturbed, one
should practice transcendence through yoga during one's life. |
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Bg 8.11 Original Version
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| Lord
Krsna explains that Brahman, although one without a
second, has different manifestations and features. For the
impersonaliststhe syllable om is identical with Brahman. Krsna here explains
the impersonal Brahman in which the renounced order of sages enter. |
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| Lord
Sri
Krsna
has recommended
to Arjuna the practice of sat-cakra-yoga, in which one places the air of
life between the eyebrows. Taking it for granted that Arjuna might not know
how to practice sat-cakra-yoga, the Lord explains the process in the following
verses. The Lord says that Brahman, although one without a
second, has
various
manifestations and features.
Especially
for the
impersonalists,
the aksara, or omkara-- the syllable
om--
is identical with Brahman. Krsna here explains the impersonal
Brahman,
in which the renounced order of sages enter. |
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| Reading Many Books? |
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Bg 10.34 Original Version
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| ...One
need not read many books on different subject matters; the ability to remember
a few and quote them when necessary is another opulence. |
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| And
the ability not only to read many books on different subject matters but
to understand them and apply them when necessary is intelligence (medha),
another opulence. |
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| Void Philosophy Causes Frustration? |
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Bg 4.10 Original Version
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| ...One has
to get rid of all three stages of attachment to the material world: negligence
of spiritual life, fear of a spiritual personal identity, and the conception
of void that underlies the frustration of
life. |
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| ...One has
to get rid of all three stages of attachment to the material world: negligence
of spiritual life, fear of a spiritual personal identity, and the conception
of void that arises
from frustration
in
life. |
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Bg 4.10 Original Version
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| ...So, by
the slow process of devotional service, under the guidance of the bona fide
spiritual master, one can attain the highest stage, being freed from all
material attachment, from the fearfulness of one's individual spiritual
personality, and from the frustrations resulting from
void philosophy. Then one can ultimately attain to the abode of the
Supreme Lord. |
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| ...So, by
the slow process of devotional service, under the guidance of the bona fide
spiritual master, one can attain the highest stage, being freed from all
material attachment, from the fearfulness of one's individual spiritual
personality, and from the frustrations
that
result
in
void philosophy. Then one can ultimately attain to the abode of the Supreme
Lord. |
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| Without Humility Understanding is Harmful? |
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Bg 13.8 Original Version
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| ...If anyone
wants to compete with God and at the same time make advancement in spiritual
knowledge, he will be frustrated. It is clearly stated that without humility
understanding is harmful. To think oneself God is most
puffed up. Although the living entity is always being kicked by the stringent
laws of material nature, still he thinks, "I am God" because of ignorance.
One should be humble and know that he is subordinate to the Supreme Lord. |
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| ...If anyone
wants to compete with God and at the same time make advancement in spiritual
knowledge, he will be frustrated. It is clearly stated that without humility
understanding is
not truely
possible. To think oneself God is most puffed up. Although
the living entity is always being kicked by the stringent laws of material
nature, still he thinks, "I am God" because of ignorance.
The beginning of
knowledge, therefore, is amanitva, humility. One should be
humble and know that he is subordinate to the Supreme Lord. |
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| Meditation On Other Than the Visnu Form? |
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Bg 2.61 Original Version
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| ...The so-called
yogis who meditate on something which is not the Visnu form simply
waste their time in a vain search after some phantasmagoria. We have to be
Krsna conscious--devoted to the Personality of Godhead. This is the aim of
the real yoga. |
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| ...The so-called
yogis who meditate on something which is not
on
the Visnu
platform
simply waste their time in a vain search after some phantasmagoria. We have
to be Krsna conscious--devoted to the Personality of Godhead. This is the
aim of the real yoga. |
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