Geeta Dhara – Gurukul

Sings Bhagavad Gita:

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी
*
pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye
bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
*
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च
अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी
*
yayā dharmamadharmaṁ ca kāryaṁ cākāryameva ca
ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
*
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी
*
adharmaṁ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā
sarvārthānviparītāṁśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

“That intellect is immaculate, O Parth, which is aware of the essence,
of
the way of inclination as also of renunciation,
of
worthy and unworthy action,
of
fear and fearlessness,
and
of
bondage and liberation.”

In other words, the righteous, morally good intellect is
that
which is aware of the distinction between the way that leads to God
and
the way to recurrent birth and death.

“That intellect is of the nature of passion and moral blindness,
O Parth,
by which one cannot even know the righteous and the unrighteous
as well as
what is worthy or unworthy of being done.”

“That intellect is of the nature of ignorance,
O Parth,
which is enveloped in darkness and which apprehends the sinful as virtuous and
views everything in a distorted way.”

Intellect is graded into three kinds.
The intellect which is well aware of the action that has to be engaged in
and
the action that has to be shunned, as well as of that which is fit or unfit to be done, is
characterized by moral excellence.

The intellect which has only a dim perception of the righteous
and
the unrighteous action,
and
which does not know the truth, is dominated by passion.

The perverse intellect that deems the sinful as virtuous,
the destructible as eternal,
and
the inauspicious as auspicious,
is
shrouded in the gloom of ignorance.

[Revered Swami Adgadanandji]

 As expounded by most Revered Gurudev. 

Humble Wishes!!! 

Sings Bhagavad Gita:

As the wind drives a boat far away from its destination,
even one out of the five senses
roving amongst objects
perceived by
the intellect can get hold of the man
who has not undertaken the task
of
spiritual quest and discipline.
Therefore incessant remembrance of God is essential.

The worshipper’s mind
should rather always be concerned
with
that-word, form, incarnation, or abode-
by
which his mind may be enabled
to be one with God.

The mind is drawn to sensual objects
when the discipline of worship is relaxed.

The man who restricts his senses
from
being drawn to their objects
is
a man of steady wisdom.

A man who has not undertaken meditation
is
devoid of selfless action oriented wisdom.

This impoverished man
is
even deficient in the feeling of devotion
to the all-pervading Spirit.

[Revered Swami Adgadanandji]

As expounded by most Revered Gurudev. 

Humble Wishes!!! 

Bhagavad Gita sings:

The really beneficial war is the conflict between matter and spirit,
for a single conquest in this war
results
in
domination of matter by the Self.
This is a conquest after which there is no possibility of defeat.

The Supreme Being is perceived
at the moment of attainment
and,
no sooner has this perception come about
then
the worshiper finds his own Soul blessed
with the attributes of God himself:

that his soul is-
like God-indestructible,
immortal,
eternal,
ineffable,
and universal.

Men who have given up all desire,
and whose actions are entirely free
from
the feelings of I and mine,
realize the ultimate peace
beyond which
there is nothing to strive for and achieve.

[Revered Swami Adgadanandji]

As expounded by most Revered Gurudev. 

Humble Wishes!!! 

Bhagavad Gita sings:

There is first destruction of perversions-alien impulses
such as attachment and aversion,
then the emergence of perception,
and finally submersion in the all-pervading ocean of final beatitude.

He is a superior man
who exerts inner (rather than external) control
over his senses,
so that his mind is freed from passions,
and
who does his duty in a state of total desirelessness.

Self alone is true and eternal.

True satsang comes about
when the mind reins itself in
from all externals
and
dwells with the Self.
This adherence to truth is cultivated
by
incessant reflection,
meditation,
and
samadhi.

Through births, low and high,
this Soul has been making his physical journey
since
an unknown beginning.

Action is something that completes this journey.

If there is yet to be another birth,
the journey is still incomplete.
The seeker is still on his way,
traveling through bodies.

A journey is complete only when the destination is reached.

[Revered Swami Adgadanandji Paramhans]

 As expounded by most revered Gurudev. 

Humble Wishes!!!