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by
Kishan Barai
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June 10 - July 24, 2020
One whose mind is undisturbed by stress or sadness, fear or anger are considered as person with perfect knowledge
Krishna: When a person achieves self control then all sadness is vanished from life and he becomes a happy minded person.
= Krishna: A person can not achieve anything with knowledge alone. Action must be mixed with knowledge in order to achieve success
3.7 = Krishna: Anyone who control and regulates the senses with his mind is consider as captain. That person performs action without any desire of personal fruits.
Krishna: Sacrifice is very important to perform action without demanding sense satisfaction and pleasure. Sacrifice is the key to achieve great success.
Krishna: You will get everything you deserve if you perform action as I said. In return you must give something back to GOD for your achievement due to this knowledge.
= Krishna: Those who prepare food for all is considered as supreme and those who cook only for themselves are considered as sinful. More Insight ->>> Have a broad vision, have a long term goal for our society. It’s our duty to do the best we can for our world. More Insight ->>> It is not only for social work. It is applicable for your business as well, you need to focus on product, quality and services and financial income is bi-product. If you provide good quality and services, your income would be automatically boosted. So focus on how you can serve better to your customer and society
Krishna: Those who remain happy with their inner soul are never dependent on anyone. No one can make them sad. Inner happiness and peace can only be found if you perform action without senses satisfaction. That could be done if you have broader vision for society and with sacrifice. One can not achieve permanent inner happiness with selfish and personal goals.
More Insight ->>> Senses are your sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell this could be brought under control via mind. Mind could be brought under control via your inner consciousness i.e. your sole More Insight ->>> When you observe an object and attracted towards it, your sight should stop watching it, you should look into another direction that be done via mind. If you keep watching it you will keep losing control. So with the help of inner consciousness and awareness you must learn how to control the mind.
4.10 = Krishna: People are purified by knowledge, freed from attachment, fear and anger.
More Insight ->>> Most of the time a person achieves promotion or demotion in same birth. More Insight ->>> Your next birth will depend on how many good deeds you do and if a person is extremely bad then he has to acquire animal kingdom and if the person is extremely good he does not have to come back, he will stay with GOD. More Insight ->>> if religious leaders become corrupt they might get demotion in next birth to unskilled workers. If unskilled workers work with ethics and goodness he might get promoted to skilled worker, ruler or can even achieve God.
More Insight ->>> Man supreme goal is to achieve freedom from birth and death and to achieve GOD, so action must be done in such a good way that it brings prosperity to mankind. God have already discussed about this before.
= Krishna: Those knowledgeable who perform any action without personal materialistic desire are consider as supreme and get real peace in life.
Krishna: Those who are unattached to personal materialistic gains start achieving real freedom
Krishna:
All fruitive actions come to an end entirely by knowledge.
Krishna: One with full faith actively focused and having achieved transcendental knowledge is supreme.
Krishna: Those who doubt in this and who does not have faith in anything will not achieve permanent happiness in this birth or next.
knowledge of the science of uniting ones individual consciousness with the Ultimate Consciousness attains the state of self realization. More Insight ->>> Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself.
The Ultimate State of Consciousness is universally described as union with the Absolute.
5.1 = Arjun: O Krishna, Action is the process of doing something and Renunciation is rejection of something especially from action. Out of this two which one is better?
More Insight ->>> Here result is the achievement of GOD and freedom from bondage of birth and death.
5.6 = Krishna: With performing “Action” it is comparatively easier to achieve GOD.
More Insight ->>> Good Automation is fine but automation should not be in the form of bad habits like shaking legs, it should be changed via awareness i.e. controlling your senses via mind
5.12 = Krishna: Any person who performs the duty without expectation of personal material gains gets uninterrupted peace of mind and come closer to freedom. A person who performs the activity with expatiation of personal fruits does not get peace of mind and come closer to bondage
5.14 = Krishna: Man gets dependent on what he choose, God never decide the “Karma” of human. It’s the human that choose their own preferred activities.
More Insight ->>> One must consider each and every one with equality. Each and every one must be respected in society. One must not feel ignorant
Krishna:
One should abandon all the desires of senses gratification one should control the mind
6.45 = Krishna: Finally, they achieve freedom from birth and death
7.12 = Krishna: Every Man is born with these 3 qualities. A. Goodness (Knowledge with humbleness and kindness) B. Passion (to achieve anything) C. Laziness (Ignorance)
Man has got ability to change everything by his “Karma” = deeds.
7.16.17 = Krishna: All are worthy but those who worship me for freedom of birth and death are considered as best
7.19 = Krishna: People worships me by realizing that each and everything is God. Such a great soul is rare indeed
More Insight ->>> with the help of faith and belief the person could achieve anything.
8.3 = Krishna: Any work done without expectation of personal fruits and for the betterment of society is Karma
Definition of Karma
More Insight ->>> Here in chapter eight, “Salvation” means freedom from life and death and achievement of God.
8.7 = Krishna: Visualize with me at the time of death. You will achieve me. Freedom from life & death
More Insight ->>> Man’s supreme goal is to get freedom from birth and death and to achieve God
The ultimate goal is to be free from the birth death cycle and in communion with God
8.12.13 = Krishna: Now having controlled all senses via mind and not allowing your mind to wander in other things except God. Chanting OM (Taking the name of God) and dwelling completely on God at the time of death reaches the supreme goal.
More Insight ->>> true devotees should not worry about it. If they have done good deeds, death will come to them naturally during day time & they will have sufficient time to visualize with peace of mind.
Krishna: Those who do not believe God do not get freedom from bondage of birth and death
9.6 = Krishna: Understand just as the mighty wind blowing everywhere is always situated within space; similarly, all beings thus are situated in me.
9.8 = Krishna: I give them birth again on the basis of their “karma” (deeds)
9.15 = Krishna: One who follows my path of knowledge achieves me 9.16 = Krishna: I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the healing herb. I the fire
9.18 = Krishna: I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything. I am the goal and the dearest friend
9.23 = Krishna: Those who worship God in different forms ultimately worship me (God) More Insight ->>> There is only one supreme God for all.
9.29 = Krishna: I treat each and every living being with equality. I never do partiality. 9.30 = Krishna: Even the vilest sinner who quits sin and starts performing actions via endeavouring with great determination and worship God should be consider as good from now onwards.
10.4.5 = Krishna: Intelligence, knowledge, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, pleasure and pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy are created by Me (God) alone.
10.17 = Arjun: What are your various forms? I should worship you in which form?
