Studies in the Bhagavad Gita

Dreamer

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Shastras, all Of these lead unto Thee, like rivers flowing into the one ocean. Though, as a matter of fact, the whole of the Lord's Song is heard only at the final struggle, when the wise soul looks for the Warrior within - at the great battle where the human soul has to conquer the ilawaw in it and cross over to the other side of immortality and service - yet snatches of the supreme harmony come to a pupil while struggling earnestly even on the lower planes. But it comes only when there is disharmony in his nature, when a critical state of consciousness is to be passed. And when it is once heard, the soul can never entirely forget it, though temporary glamours may come and shut out the Light from his eyes.

Sujets

• Mind
• Body

Informations

• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243814374
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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immortal poem the t the Lord s ong forms an integral part of the national the and is a by itself at the same time and as such can be studied by itself in many and various ays I t can be approached with a poet s spirit and its grand imagery and far reaching vistas of thought its felicities of expression coupled with pithiness and the other beauties language and diction with which it is replete will well repay such a perusal the historian its value an epoch making synthesis of the various schools Of thought throwing afllight on the ood of moot philosophical questions the day is immense showing as it does how the thoughts of subsequent eras of history came to be modified and coloured by it To the metaphysician it represen ts the extreme high water mark human aspiration to unravel the mysteries of being an d every school of metaphysics saving the the Indian Materialistic chool acknow ledges its place amongst the hoary Of antiquity To the individual also it is always an invaluable scripture thus it is useful to the as containing precepts t d t

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for conduct to the householder it is necessary furnishing him as it does with a loftier view life and character again to the and the alike all it cont i s wisdo m of guid nce of consola on The Obj ect of the pre ent pape s must therefore n cess rily be defin ssome p ned and t ken in this direct i ace andon will entirely p useless the writer and from his standpoint li e the t eminently a book of advice and guidance necessary to help a studen t to tread the path non attac ment To it the post which indicates the path e ding to service It is the ong Of Life the etern al song harmony which comes to the aspirant a er Brotherhood d ervice the ong which heard m ke s life a h rmony and therefore worth living It is the physic embodiment of the help which is given to every toiler who strives to follow in the path of Love an d acrifice the ootsteps Those Mighty Be i gs called rdsvery appropri ely L Compas sion Those Who h ve renoun ed the Bliss N sacrirvana and i fiunto the Logos the repose Ofced like perfect bliss and felicit in order th t They may be the beacon lights to conduct the stragglers s fely home and that They may help in the reali ation the O Lifeneness of hich is at the basis a true B rotherhood Of Huma i ty the writer therefore the t apart rom deep philosophical merit a book of co nduct of sola e and com fort This need not disturb any in his ideal the paths are ult farious as the individuals them selves and though we may travel along the particul ly suited to us by karma and heredit yet we may rest assured that as alidas puts it we shal all reach the goal alike for Though the paths are various according to the various t K d t

hastras all Of these lead un to Thee like riversflowing nto the one ocean Though as a matter fact the who e the Lord s ong is heard only at thefiwhen the wise soul looksnal struggle for the War ior within the great battle where the human soul conquer the in it and cross over the other side of immortality and service yet snatches of the supreme harmony come to a pupil while s ruggling earnestly even the lower planes But it comes only when there is disharmony in his nature when a critical state consciousness is be passed when it is once heard the soul never entirely forget it though temporary glamours may com e and shut out the Light from his eyes These thoughts are therefore put down that they may per chance reach a fellow struggler and help him however insignifit and trivial that help may in reality bec n fight cheer him with the soothing idea Of not being quite alone the Path and Of having a brother struggling like himself For him principally are these broken and dis jointed thoughts intended and to him as to the writer the t will be

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the writer despondency i s symbo ical of wh t may be termed the critical st es in the l fe an aspirant when he is struggl ng out the meshes Of Maya and trying to forge the link which will conn ect him ith the higher life Th s keen struggle between the personal self whose life is self assertion and the Higher elf whose life i s one of duty and later gladsome this struggle which sometimes takes the form of a conflict between duties always comes when the aspirant is about evolve out of the lower planes of being the senses and the mind This struggle comes those who have who live move and have their being in desires gros ser orfiner and easuredwhose existence is by qualitative and quantitative e ects in the mind body I t comes only when the giant weed desireflwhen by in numerable existen cesowers and earth and interludes disembodied life in the ast al and planes the man has garnered the materials wherefrom a centre Of self con sciousness can evolve I t comes only when by practice of the causal body is fed and nourished and then made an organism with a I I

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quasi independen t life its hen the man no longer under the absolute sway like a helpless baby has controlled it some extent and has evolved the higher quali ties mind and intellect whereby he can separate himself in thought at least from his lower vehicles acting more from inner initiatives than through external compulsions I t comes when the man is self con scious in desires when he can separate himself from the mental and lower bodies knowing them to be the not and can use them as his instruments to a certain extent instead of being passively guided by them N ay theficomes when a mannal struggle has like rj una conquered warga is able to function there with all the powers of self consciousness thoroughly evolved the man under the senses and the mind the whole being is limited by these and he feels nothing higher which is incongruous with them The universal rule is that struggle begins when a man has come under the workings of two distinct and apparently conflicting sets forces nature The struggle therefore is indicative of the fact that the centre individuality which in the ordinary man is like a mere tiny spark of light so to say has been fed and nourished by the food supplied by the materials grow h contained in the lower bodies the and involved in things and thoughts and thus developed into afla man cognise hisstage only does ame this du ies no longer mediately through society an d its surround ings through the external authority the hastras and Revelation but rather directly as laws of his growth no longer viewi g these like an tilitarian or a Vaisya weighing and balancing them only as they appear useful or not as they subserve his desire n ature no longer relating them society its needs but rather beginning to realise them with a certain sense absoluteness as