||HARI OM||
||THE SECRETS OF GITA||
Summary of Chapter 14: The Yoga of Division of the three Gunas.
In chapter 14, the teaching of Gita switches to another fundamental concepts of 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶, the idea of the three 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘀: 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘷𝘢, 𝘙𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘴, and 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴, which pervade every aspect of the material manifestation.
The three gunas – 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘷𝘢, 𝘙𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘴, and 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴 – that forms the main substance as Shri Krishna informs us of their nature and of the influence they have. Shri Krishna is the Supreme Deity who impregnates the 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 (𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪) with sentient beings (𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘢). The Lord explains the nature of the three gunas: Sattva as purity, goodness, and wisdom; Rajas as energy, desire and action; and Tamas as darkness, ignorance, and impurity. Sattva elevates us to a higher state, Rajas keeps us here in the domain of material endeavour, and Tamas carries us downwards to lower forms of existence.
Sattva is the quality of gentility, good conduct, enlightened understanding, purity; the 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 of a contented existence. Rajas, on the other hand, is all about passion, activity, endeavour and frustration. People predominated by this guna are impelled by their desires and ambitions towards a life of 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. But tamas falls below the level of rajas. There is indolence, laziness, and folly. Those predominated by tamas are foolish persons who lack the 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 to see higher truths. In any given personality or phenomenon all the three gunas are likely to be present. No mix of the three gunas is stable, for it is the very nature of 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪 to be in constant flux. It is essential that the gunas are be transcended if the Soul is to attain the highest 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹.
Arjuna then asks about the 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 by which such a person can be identified, and Shri Krishna explains that it is primarily his indifference to the fluctuating fortunes of the world based on his realisation that his true identity is not a part of this world. He is detached from the constant shifting and interaction of the gunas. Identified with the Self, he or she realizes that the gunas and their play are external. The 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 abides in the inner chamber of the heart, always at peace, whatever forces of 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪 may storm outside. The illumined man or woman maintains a joyful evenness of mind in happiness and sorrow.
At the end of the chapter, again reminding Arjuna of the power of devotion (𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪), Shri Krishna says that he can transcend the gunas through steadfast love. If he has devotion and has gone beyond the three gunas, then he will be fit to know 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻. This spiritual state of existence can only be attained through devotion to the Supreme Deity, for Shri Krishna Himself is the ultimate foundation of 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 on which everything rests.
||OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI||
Meditation does not begin with the gong and does not end with the gong, we simply mediate sitting. And when we are done sitting, we meditate standing, lying or walking.
For these are the four dignities of man. SSLW
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