Tuesday, June 12, 2012


Way to Attain Eternal Peace
(Param Shaanti ka Upaaya)
       
Shree Hari

If man only honors his experience, then all work will be done.  What is that experience?  All the things that we have received, they are all not ours.  This is the main point.  That which we have got, is not ours.  Think about this point.  On accepting so,  a sense of mine-ness (mamta) will go away.  Not only sense of mine-ness, but also I-ness (ahamtaa) will disappear.  The Lord calls this body as "Idam shareeram kaunteya kshetram"  (Gita 13/1).   "Idam"  which means "This" has been used.   "This" cannot be "me" and that which is  "me"  it cannot be "this".  After saying "Idam shariram"  (this body), then he describes the body.     
Mahabhootaanyahamkaaro buddhirevyaktmeva cha | 
Indriyaani dashaikam cha panch chendriyagocharaah ||  (Gita 13/5)
"The five great elements, ego, intellect, and the  primordial Matter (Nature), they are all within the realm of `this body'.  Therefore this body is not mine – understand this firmly and with deep conviction."  (Gita 13:5).
Now the question arises that is this body mine?  Are you able to keep the body as long as you want and as you please?  Are you able to change it the way you like?  Are you able to stop it from aging?   Are you able to save it from dying?   If these things are not in your hands, then how is this body yours?   Therefore while living, leave sense of I-ness and Mine-ness. 
Nirmamoha nirahankaarah sa shaantimadigacchyati (Gita 2/71) 
Being free of egoism and sense of mine-ness,  you will attain peace.  Even if you do not leave I-ness and mine-ness, it will surely depart.  This sense of I-ness and Mine-ness will also not remain.  But if you do not leave it, you will continue to experience lack of peace,  sorrow,  anguish and burning sensation. You will have to bare the fruits of sinful and virtuous actions performed by this body  for many life-times.  Therefore if you accept that this body, senses, mind, intellect and ego are not mine, then the actions performed by these are not yours.  Gita has said that  -
"gunaa guneshu vartante"  (Gita 3/28) 
In other words, it is all an interplay of modes of nature
prakriteh kriyamanani, gunaih karmani sarvasah
ahankara-vimudhatma, kartaham iti manyate  (Gita 3/27)
"All actions are performed, in all cases, by the Gunas of Prakriti (Modes of Nature). The fool, whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks `I am the doer'."
Then what has to be done? 
What has to be done is "Naivamkinchit karomiti yukto manyet" "I am doing nothing, not in the least bit" (Gita 5:8). By accepting  that I am doing nothing,  as I am the knower and all these are the things that are perceived and to be known.  How can the actions performed by these be mine? (to be continued) 
From "Jivan ka Satya"  in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram  

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FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 8th Jun, 2012 "  Param Shaanti ka Upaaya "