|| Shree Hari ||
(Jnana sahit Vijnana)
(Jnana sahit Vijnana)
continued........
God grants His vision only to the destitute devotees - "tvaamakinchngocharam" (Srimad Bhagwat 1/8/26). Therefore when we, having accepted the fact, realize that there is nothing mine and for me, we become destitute and thus become dear to God -
"Priyo hi jnaaninotyarthamaham sa cha mama priyah" (Gita 7/17)
1. A desire is born when there is shortage (lack of something). In the "Existent" self there is no shortage - "Naabhaavo vidhyate satah" (Gita 2/16). Therefore in the self there is no desire. When in infinite universes there is nothing mine and for me and when nothing can have an access to the self, and thus we (the self) can't obtain it, then what for should we desire and why should we desire? The body, which we assume as "I", "mine" and "for me", that body too we have not attained (gained) till now nor will it be gained, nor is it ever possible to gain. The reason is that the body ever undergoes changes and we (self) ever remain the same. The point is that the body has never been in contact with the self because both of them are opposite to each other in nature. Therefore we (self) need nothing either from the world or from God. We need nothing from the world because the world has nothing which it can give to us. We also want nothing from God such as peace, liberation, God-Realization, His vision because it is God's duty to bestow them upon man for those who are dependent upon Him. It is not our duty to explain God's duty to Him but we should discharge our own duty. It is our duty that without regarding anyone else besides God as ours, we should totally surrender ourselves to Him and have no demand from Him at all because in fact, no one else besides God is ours.
There is a vital fact that by regarding anything or anyone else besides God as ours, we renounce our relationship with God i.e. we have a disinclination for Him. Similarly if we demand anything from God, we are attached to that thing and are detached from God. Man commits an error that he regards the things bestowed upon him by God as his, but he does not regard the giver of these things as his. The things bestowed upon him will desert him but God will never desert him.
2. In the self there is no action. An action takes place in Prakriti (Nature). The self does nothing in the least - "naiva kinchitkaromeeti" (Gita 5/8), "Naiva kinchitkaroti sah" (Gita 4/20). Whatever a man does, he does it to acquire something. When in the entire universe, there is nothing that is ours and for us, then to acquire what should we act? Therefore we have to do nothing for ourselves.
If we consider anything such as the body etc., ours, then we can never become entirely free of desires (i.e. work in a disinterested spirit); because the body needs food and clothes etc. Moreover without the total disinterested spirit, actions can't be renounced, because actions will have to be done in order to satiate desires. Therefore having realized, "nothing is mine", a man becomes capable to realize "I need nothing", and on realizing that "I need nothing" he becomes capable of realizing "I have to do nothing for me."
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God grants His vision only to the destitute devotees - "tvaamakinchngocharam" (Srimad Bhagwat 1/8/26). Therefore when we, having accepted the fact, realize that there is nothing mine and for me, we become destitute and thus become dear to God -
"Priyo hi jnaaninotyarthamaham sa cha mama priyah" (Gita 7/17)
1. A desire is born when there is shortage (lack of something). In the "Existent" self there is no shortage - "Naabhaavo vidhyate satah" (Gita 2/16). Therefore in the self there is no desire. When in infinite universes there is nothing mine and for me and when nothing can have an access to the self, and thus we (the self) can't obtain it, then what for should we desire and why should we desire? The body, which we assume as "I", "mine" and "for me", that body too we have not attained (gained) till now nor will it be gained, nor is it ever possible to gain. The reason is that the body ever undergoes changes and we (self) ever remain the same. The point is that the body has never been in contact with the self because both of them are opposite to each other in nature. Therefore we (self) need nothing either from the world or from God. We need nothing from the world because the world has nothing which it can give to us. We also want nothing from God such as peace, liberation, God-Realization, His vision because it is God's duty to bestow them upon man for those who are dependent upon Him. It is not our duty to explain God's duty to Him but we should discharge our own duty. It is our duty that without regarding anyone else besides God as ours, we should totally surrender ourselves to Him and have no demand from Him at all because in fact, no one else besides God is ours.
There is a vital fact that by regarding anything or anyone else besides God as ours, we renounce our relationship with God i.e. we have a disinclination for Him. Similarly if we demand anything from God, we are attached to that thing and are detached from God. Man commits an error that he regards the things bestowed upon him by God as his, but he does not regard the giver of these things as his. The things bestowed upon him will desert him but God will never desert him.
2. In the self there is no action. An action takes place in Prakriti (Nature). The self does nothing in the least - "naiva kinchitkaromeeti" (Gita 5/8), "Naiva kinchitkaroti sah" (Gita 4/20). Whatever a man does, he does it to acquire something. When in the entire universe, there is nothing that is ours and for us, then to acquire what should we act? Therefore we have to do nothing for ourselves.
If we consider anything such as the body etc., ours, then we can never become entirely free of desires (i.e. work in a disinterested spirit); because the body needs food and clothes etc. Moreover without the total disinterested spirit, actions can't be renounced, because actions will have to be done in order to satiate desires. Therefore having realized, "nothing is mine", a man becomes capable to realize "I need nothing", and on realizing that "I need nothing" he becomes capable of realizing "I have to do nothing for me."
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Date : 26th November, 2012 (Jnana sahit Vijnana)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram