NEW STUDY OF BHAGAVAD GITA
DR. SHRINIWAS JANARDAN KASHALIKAR
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NEW STUDY OF BHAGAVAD GITA
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NEW STUDY OF BHAGAVAD GITA
Shriniwas Kashalikar December 7, 2009 01:30 PM How to reconcile the thought that you are the creator of your destiny; and the 5 determinants of success described in 18th chapter? This thought that you are the creator of your destiny or you can shape your destiny; has implicitly appeared in 6th chapter (UDDHARET ….). But this verse is meant to remind us that there is cosmic consciousness in us and we have the golden opportunity to merge with Him. This requires rescuing the lower consciusness or lower self from the prisons of subjectivity formed by physical senses, instincts, emotions, thoughts, and imaginations and so on. The universal way to do this is NAMASMARAN, apart from various techniques of meditation and worship.
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NEW STUDY OF BHAGAVAD GITA It is to be understood that you are the creator of your destiny, when you invoke the cosmic consciusness (creator of universe) within and; unite with Him. When cosmic consciousness incarnates and gets personified, He is the creator of His destiny, in as much as He is creator of the destiny of billions and for millennia. But if we look at ourselves as individuals with our subjectivity, then we are only products of the environment and actions of others! Thus ADHISHTHANA, KARTA, KARAN, CHESHTA and DAIVA (18th chapter) and in other words, PRAKRUTI and GUNAS (Prakrute kriyamani…; and Tatvavittu mahabaho ….gunah gunehu vartante…; 3rd chapter) shape our destiny. If we are able to see this dynamics in every individual of imprisonment, growth, freedom and blossoming, then it becomes clear that both statements do not contradict and in fact complement each other.
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NEW STUDY OF BHAGAVAD GITA
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