[Advaita-l] Question : Bhagavad-Gita -My verse

[Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः)]

Namaste

I wish to continue the last message.

Every person must choose between Karma, Bhakti and Jnana. A person
choosing Karma will easily find great Slokas in Gita like Karmanyeva
Adhikaaraste. They must be ringing in his ears 24x7.

A person choosing Bhakti will easily find great Slokas in Gita like
Mayyeva Man Adhatsva. They must be ringing in his ears 24x7.

A person choosing Jnana will easily find great Slokas in Gita like Na
Kartrutvam Na Karmaani. They must be ringing in his ears 24x7.



On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः
सीतारामार्यपुत्रः) <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Namaste
> Setting a goal in life and mission in life these are Western ideas.
> They are bogus ideas. Indian culture and Sanatana Dharma will not give
> importance to these. If you ask a very orthodox Brahmin his goal in
> life he will invariably say to follow his Varna Ashrama Dharma. This
> is not a secret. Gita is also teaching same thing ultimately. Follow
> your Dharma without getting attached to rewards. The whole Gita was
> delivered by God just because Arjuna was not following his Dharma in
> the battlefield.
>
> Some orthodox people may say to serve God in Bhakti. This is the goal
> of life. Gita is also teaching Bhakti.
>
> Some orthodox people will say to know Brahman is the goal of life.
> Gita is also teaching this Jnana.
>
> Therefore there are only three orthodox Goals, only three Missions in Life
>
> Karma, Bhakti or Jnana. You have to choose from these three only.
> There is no other choice.
>
> If someone has a different Goal like becoming a rich man or get power
> or success in exams and so on they are all Bogus goals and missions.
> They are all in bondage of Maya. They will all end in Sorrow and more
> Illusion.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Aurobind Padiyath via Advaita-l
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> Excellent, these are situating related. My question was the vison statement
>> like verse which should make you set your goal or should be the beacon
>> where you would like to moor.
>> Hari Om!
>> Aurobind
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:34 Bhaskar YR, <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> praNAms
>>> Hare Krishna
>>>
>>> IMHO, those who are familiar with geeta verses knowing its meaning and
>>> applicability by heart would recall different verses at different life
>>> situations.  karmaNyeva adhikAraste is the verse ringing in my mind to
>>> console myself when I did not get the expected CTC hike at my work place.
>>> dehinOsmin yatha dehe kaumAraM yauvanaM jara, nainam chindanti shastrANi
>>> nainaM dahati pAvakaH, na jAyate mriyate vA, vAsAmsi jeerNAni yathA vihAya
>>> etc. are the verses comes to my mind whenever I see / hear a death news.
>>> Sukha duHke samekrutvA labhAlabhaU jayAjau is the verse whenever I lose my
>>> badminton or chess game :-) prasAde sarvaduHkhAnAm, duHkheshu anudvigna
>>> manAH etc. are the verses comes in front of me whenever there is
>>> unwarranted ripples in my samsara. And when it comes to jagat satyatva and
>>> sarvavyApakatvA of Atman ( the current topic) nAsatO vidyate bhAvO, nAbhAvO
>>> vidyate sataH, avinAshi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaM tataM, mayA tatamidaM
>>> sarvaM, jagadavyaktamUrtinA, matsthAni sarvabhUtAni, na chAhaM
>>> tEshvavasthitaH, yadyadvibhUtimatsattvaM.....mama tejOshasaMbhavaM etc.
>>> And when nothing works for me, yatkarOshi, yadashnAti...tatkurushva
>>> madarpaNam,  sarva dharmAn parityajya comes to mind to calm down the
>>> emotions, So, recalling or remembrance  of the geeta verses depend on the
>>> circumstances for the one who wants to relate the geeta verses to his daily
>>> routine and life events.
>>>
>>> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>>> bhaskar
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Advaita-l [mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org] On
>>> Behalf Of sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l
>>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 9:28 PM
>>> To: Aurobind Padiyath <aurobind.padiyath at gmail.com>; Venkatesh Murthy
>>> (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः) <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>; A discussion group
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>>> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Question : Bhagavad-Gita -My verse
>>>
>>> From : H.N.Sreenivasa MurthyPranams to all.
>>> Dear readers,    The following lines from Bhagavad gita constitute my
>>> sadhana which is no sadhana at all :
>>>          (1)  AtmasaMsthaM manaH kRutvA ||         (2) samaM sarvEShu
>>> BUtEShu  tiShThantaM parameSvaram |              vinaSyatsvavinaSyantaM yaH
>>> pASyati sa paSyati || !3-27
>>>
>>>    The above two pointers have helped me in cognizing my true svarUpa as
>>> taught in the Upanishads to which only I cling like a child clinging to its
>>> mother.
>>>
>>> With sAShTAMganamaskarams,    Sreenivasa Murthy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       From: Aurobind Padiyath via Advaita-l <
>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>>>  To: Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः) <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>;
>>> A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
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>>>  Sent: Monday, 4 April 2016 9:05 PM
>>>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Question : Bhagavad-Gita -My verse
>>>
>>> Pranams,
>>> I agree with you about many verses are there which are of equal importance.
>>> Having said that there can always be a situation where sine of them can be
>>> humming in your mind always. If you have any such then you can identify
>>> with that, but if one is unable to do that that too is understandable.
>>>
>>> Hari Om!
>>> Aurobind
>>>
>>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:51 Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः), <
>>> vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Namaste
>>> >  On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Aurobind Padiyath via Advaita-l
>>> ><advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>> > > Hari Om!
>>> > >
>>> > > If I were to ask each of you to make any one verse of Gita as moto
>>> > > (like
>>> > a
>>> > > vision statement) of your life, which ONE will be that and why?
>>> > > THE ONE that will ring in your ears 24x7 to remind you "this is the
>>> > purpose
>>> > > of my life and I'll achieve it"
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > This is not a good question. It is like asking which Maha Vakya is the
>>> > best. Is it Aham Brahmasmi or Tat Tvam Asi or Prajnanam Brahma or Ayam
>>> > Atma Brahma. Which one? It is a bad question. Each Maha Vakya is the
>>> > best in its way. Similarly there are many Maha Slokas in Gita. We
>>> > cannot say and should not say only one is the best. It is a wrong
>>> > approach.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > Hari Om!
>>> > >
>>> > > Aurobind
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>>> > --
>>> > Regards
>>> >
>>> > -Venkatesh
>>> >
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