Real cause of bondage is identification with embodiment and its natural reactions coming in form of fruits of immemorial number of births and deaths the eternal self soul has supposedly undergone. But human from is a golden opportunity to liberate from this transmigration.
As self soul is not doer ant activity but when it identifies with mind and body, it assumes itself to be the doer. By assumption it has to undergo the embodiment.
Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta has a clear message for self souls.
They have been assign role in a divine play of Lord Krishna and they are to play their roles without any personal attachment.
Complete surrender of all acts unto Lord Krishna is devotion.
Lord Krishna says in chapter 5 of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta
barahamarhayadhaye karmarhi sangam tyaktwa kroti yeh I
lipayate na sa papen padampatramiwambhsa II (5.10)
He who offering all his actions to Lord, shaking off attachment, acts dispassionately, remains untouched by sins like lotus leaf by water.
Abandoning attachment completely, yogis act with body, mind, intellect and even senses selflessly only to purify themselves.
As there is multiplicity of modifications of self but in reality self is exists in all forms, while seeing mind, intellect, body, and all senses playing with their objects, devotee surrenders all actions to Lord.
By doing so soul remains unaffected by acts like a lotus leaf is not affected by water surrounding it. Lotus leaf remains absorbed from water its underneath but the leaf remains on water unscathed. Water if poured over this leaf shall remain stayed on it without causing any damage or it will go away by slipping over from leaf. Detachment of this type has been advised by Lord Krishna.
It is only attachment which has binding force.
Mastering mind, intellect, senses a yogi, while performing prescribed duties does not expects fruits of it and devotes all actions to Lord Krishna, having no desire for fruit.
Embodied soul has a long standing practice of attachment and to shake off this abruptly is not possible. The human body is like a strong boat. It is very difficult to secure but when Lord has been pleased to bless with one, self soul getting such body, should strive for emancipation and liberation from ‘samsara’ which consists nothing but misery and distress all around. Even so called happiness attained from material acquisition ends in distress.
By surrendering all actions to Lord, embodied soul attains liberation while living in body.
It is the mind which attaches soul with embodiment.
Even a wise man appears to act like an ignorant under the influence of three qualities of nature.
See following verse of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta:
Sadrisham cheshathate svasyah prikritergyanvanapi I
Parkritim yanti bhutani nigarah kim karishayati II (3.33)
All living beings follow their tendencies: even wise man acts according to his tendencies of his own nature, what is the use of restraint?
All creatures are born with inherent tendencies. A snake when feeling endangered shall bite. A man having no means to satisfy his hunger may beg, steal. This is no exception to the tendency of nature with which beings are born. Even brothers, sisters, parents in a family have different tendencies. Asian, African, English, American, Arabian, all mankind have different tendencies of nature. They have their own ideologies, food habits, customs, festivals, faith and all sorts of way of working. Even a wise also acts as per his tendencies, how the restraint is going to effect.
There is no prohibition on actions but they are to be performed with a sense of detachment and without desire for fruit.
The message is for whole human kind.
With doubts dispelled by a clear vision sharpened by non-attachment, embodied soul turns away from multiplicity of world like a man from dream. Shunning all desires one thinks of only infinite self not attaching with modifications seeing one Braham amid the unreality of universe.
The saint like soul does do or say, or think of, anything good or evil; taking pleasure in self, he wanders like an idiot
Senses being conditioned to be playful with their objects, embodied self soul has to recognize reality of things and surrender all actions to Lord Krishna, Him self the doer and enjoyer as well as action itself.
kayen mansa budhya kevalerindreyerapi I
yoginah karam kurvanti sangam tyaktvatamvishudhye II (5.11)
Karamyogis do act through senses, mind, and body as well only for self purification, shunning attachment and identification with them.
Ego and attachment with body are the feelings which basically bind soul with embodiment which is result of past deeds arising out of qualities of nature.
Human embodiment is meant for attaining liberation. The yogis shunning attachment altogether, act with body, mind, intellect and senses only for purification of self soul.
Karamyogis do perform duties resulting from past experience and undergo sorrow and happiness alike. The actions neither bind nor free soul. it is the desire and attachment which binds a free soul with different bodies.
Blessed with intellect a soul in human form can attain liberation by doing away with attachment. Devotion to lord in simple way is that desire for fruit of acts is no more and all acts which are occasioned by senses, mind and body are surrendered to Lord.
Attachment completely banished from life span in a particular embodiment of a self soul, purifies it and pure soul leads to Lord as it is Lord Himself.
Lord Krishna has assigned the embodied soul easiest way to achieve self realization but the impact of his unimpeachable three folded power of material nature is so great that even liberated soul have every chance to fall prey of it.
yuktah karamfalam tyaktva shantimapnotineshthkim I
ayuktah kamkarerh fale sakto nibadhayate II (5.12 )
By offering fruit of actions to Lord a Karamyogi attains lasting peace in form of self realization, where as the ignorant not realizing self bind his soul by attachment for fruit of acts by desire.
A Karamyogi knowing that he is not the doer and all acts are result of his past deeds culminating in embodiment and nature automatically causes action and reactions sits without attachment and witness all actions with no desire for fruits of actions. thus whatever troubles befalls him Karamyogi takes them as predestined and he takes them as a blessings from Lord as they were due to attachment of actions previously done but whatever is done now he does not attach to them. Thus he enables himself to realize but ignorant binds himself by way of further attachment and desire for fruit of act executed by nature.
Senses, mind and body are the after effect of nature so whatever is done by these organs are caused by nature. So the soul embodied is free. It is only the mind which has attained non- existing attachment, it is the formidable mind which creates desire and the like: thence proceed varieties of actions such as satvica, rajas and tamsa and these leads to rebirth in accordance with them.
But if done without desire and attachment they result in liberation.
sarvkarmarhi mansa sanyaste sukham vashi I
navdvare pure dehi nev kurvanna karyan II (5.13)
A wise man mentally renounces identification with all actions and rests happily in self, relegating all actions to mansion of nine gates.
The human body consists of nine openings which are gateways of senses. Individual soul seated in embodiment assumed it self doer but it is not doer. It is the mind which thinks of sense objects and inspired by intellect it prompts a particular sense to act through its outlet.
All sense outings are performing with their objects and onlooker soul has nothing to do with those acts but an assumption of doer ship and desire for fruit of act done by senses, mind and body lead to bondage.
So a sage with awakened self witnesses all acts being done through nine outings of body and remains a happy lot enjoying its own bliss.
He reflects on bondage and liberation of the self through the pursuit of knowledge. Bondage consists of attachment with senses and liberation in their control. therefore a sage, controlling all his senses, looks upon everything in Lord, deriving great bliss from self, turning away from petty desires.
Soul having identified with mind thinks through mind to be body and tries to attain happiness and satisfaction from sense gratification. It is the thinking which binds or liberates.
In Ashtavakar Samhita it is very well said in verse 11 of chapter one:
Muktaabhimin mukto hi badhi\o badhabhimaniapi I
Kinvadabti satyeyam ya mati sa gatirbhavet II(1.11)
Where in mind, one presumes itself free, it is free but when it assumes itself bound, it is bound. Truly said it is thinking which makes one bound or free.
Self soul is free but when it identifies itself with material mind body orgasm it assumes itself to be doer of natural reactions and seeks fruits for them. It is the mind set which binds by attachment and by detachment it liberates.
Lord Krishna stresses in chapter 18 of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta:
Budhya vishuddhya ukto dhritiatnam nayamya ch I
Shabdadinvishyanstyaktwa ragdvesho vayudasya ch II
Viviktsevi laghvashi yatvakkaymansa I
Dhayanyogpro nityam varagyam samupashritah II
Ahanakarm balam darpam kamam krodham pargraham I
Vimuchya nirmamah shanto barahambhayay kalpate II(18.51-53)
Endowed with a unblemished intellect and taking light satvic food, living in lonely place having rejected sound and other objects of senses, having controlled mind, speech and body and senses, having got rid of aversion or attraction, remaining ever devoted to yoga of meditation, giving up egotism, pride of strength, arrogance, lust, anger and storing of luxuries, devoid of attachment, such a man becomes quite qualified for oneness with Braham, the truth, bliss and consciousness.
One whose intellect is not attached with anything other than self all around, untarnished, by shunning sense of sound etc. and by satvic firmness controlling body, senses, mind, devoid of attraction and aversion, living in solitary place, having been firm in renunciation and meditation. Giving up egoism, pride in strength, arrogance, lust, anger and habit of storing things and having become unattached, peaceful is considered to have become quite oneness with almighty
One treading the path of knowledge is completely devoid of any relation with world or its components comes to know the all pervading Lord who is always available and it can be felt by that liberated soul.
Barahambhutah parasanatma na shochati na kankshti I
Samah sarveshu bhuteshu madbhakti labhte param II (18.54)
Established in identity with Braham and cheerful in mind, no longer craves or Grieves for anything. Seeing same in all beings, such Yogi attains supreme devotion in me.
The optimization of wisdom is to see same self in all beings, all embodiments are the result of past deeds and are queer mixtures of five basic elements of ether, water, air, fire and earth and self is consciousness charging all of them, so there is no difference of existence in them but the ignorant differentiate by comparison of shape of embodiments, this same ness has been clarified in verses in other chapters of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta.
vidyavinay sampane brahamarhe gavi hastini I
shuni chev shavpake ch panditah samdarshanah II (5.18 )
The wise looks upon Brahmin endowed with learning and culture, a cow, an elephant, dog and pariah with same eye.
Since all subtle bodies comprising the five sensory and five motor organs, the five pranas, manas and budhi are made of same stuff and are same in all beings so wise man does not see different form of self in a different way as he sees self in all so for him a learned and cultured Brahmin, cow, dog and pariah there is no difference not withstanding nature of modification.
ehaiev terjitah sargo yesham samye sithatam manah I
nirdosham hi samam baraham tasmadbrahamrhi te sithitah II(5.19)
Who see same ness in all beings, their mind is even, they have conquered mortal plane; since the Absolute Lord is untouched by evil and knows no distinction; hence they are established in Eternal Lord.
All things that are regulated by Pursha and nature-whatever seen, heard or thought of by intellect- or in universe are modifications of three qualities of nature. All these which make for transmigration of self soul are due to effects of gunas which are produced in his mind and who has conquered these gunas sees sameness every where and attains path of devotion to Lord.
Lord Krishna is untouched by evil and knows no distinction; hence such a wise man is established in Lord.
All this can be achieved while living in this embodiment but shunning ego of identification with embodiment.
bahunamjanmanamante gyanwan mam parpadayte I
vasudeva sarvamiti sa mahatama sudurlabhah II (7.19)
After numerous incarnations of various beings on attaining last incarnation as human form, the wise man surrenders to me realizing that I am the cause of every thing.
A spiritual person never can be a worldly wise.
Spirituality requires purity of mind, and intellect.
Worldly wisdom requires deceit, conceit and lust for materialistic accumulation with pride, arrogance, anger, harsh speech and ignorance as additional qualities
Every thing emanating from material nature is transitory an d doomed to vanish,
Nothing can survive beyond its limit.
Only omnipresent supreme Self Lord Krishna is imperishable.
Wise man realizes this and sees sameness every where. Even in cow, elephant, dog, human, in everything, he sees the perception of Lord, so this wise man is dear to Lord.
At this juncture this embodied soul is blessed with Supreme Devotion to Lord whom he sees every where. He sees blessing of Lord coming in disguise in every aspect of his life.
bhaktya mamabhjanati yavaniyashachasmi tatwatah I
tato mam tatvato gyatwa vishte tadanantram II (18.55)
Through that supreme devotion, he comes to know me in real sense as to what I am and what is my greatness; and thereby knowing me in essence, he forthwith enters into my beings.
By devotion to Lord, devotee comes to realize self, he craves for nothing, his senses subdued and his mind controlled, becomes even minded to all and satisfied to self.
All quarters for him are full of bliss.
How this happens?
With complete devotion to Lord Krishna, one realizes that every thing, every being are actually Lord’ modifications.
Body in the form of nature and self being driver of body, everything consist of Lord Krishna.There is nothing except self. Thus the yogi constantly having been pondering over self, realizes himself to part of self, self in others, looks upon all pairs of opposite to be modification of self, realizing self alone pervading and also shares presence of omnipresent in every aspect of life.
High souled sages- though worldly penniless, devoted to Lord Krishna devoid of ego, lust, anger, violence, arrogance, are always calm and compassionate to all creatures, attain bliss of Lord and desires only Lord and nothing else.
Chetsa sarvkarmarhi mayi sanyasya matparah I
Budhiyogamupashrity machhita satatam bhav II
Matchitah sarvdurgarhi matprasadattarishayasi I
Ath chtwamahankaramn shroshayasi vinakshayasi II (57-58)
All actions mentally resigned to me and taking recourse to yoga in form of even minded ness, be solely devoted to me and constantly give your mind to me.
With mind thus given to me, you shall tide over all difficulties by my grace and if from egotism, you do not listen, you will be lost.
Embodied individual soul, out of sheer non existing attachment, had presumed to be body and because of this ego and attachment, the soul not being the doer presumes itself be the doer, involves itself in an unending cycle of different births and deaths.
After a long series of incarnations the Lord blesses soul with a human body which is an open door to liberation by way of self realization, most easy and readily available mode in this embodiment,
What has to done?
Do nothing with any of your body, mind and senses or its parts. Sit in secluded place. See the witness in body. Who is this? What is the living entity? It is divine consciousness sharing the corpse of body, mind and senses but still devoid of them. This is your form which has entangled itself with material energy by identification.
Till today it has been charging the embodiment and it is separate from body.
This is consciousness. a part of supreme consciousness and deliberately sitting and watching every act of body, enjoying but still not enjoying, that consciousness has never done anything and as, if it is not the doer.
Body itself is incapable, (being always a dead body as it is), of doing anything, all actions were caused to be done by three qualities of nature and these too another form of Lord himself, there should be no hitch in dedicating the action done by material nature to Lord himself. No action can executed without self eternal nature of Lord.
Consciously dedicating all actions to lord, and seeing sameness every where, always thinking of God / Lord himself, individual soul attains its self. Lord assures that in that event, the devotee succeeds in tiding over all difficulties.
If out of egotism, soul in body, still does not hears Lord, it is inviting doom for itself.
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