Lord Krishna in His divine message in Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta declares that embodied self soul may attain emancipation by surrendering all reactions of material attachment unto Him. He guaranties this in chapter 12 that once the self soul surrenders all actions unto him and takes his shelter by way of devotion and meditation I take them out of cycle of transmigration.
Ye tu sarvarhi karmarhi mayi sanyasy matparh I
Ananyenev yogen mam dhyayanat upaste II
Teshamaham samudhartah mrityusansarsagrat I
Bhavami na chirarth mayyaveshitchetsam II (12.6-7)
Those who surrender all their actions to me and who faithfully devote themselves by meditating on me and worshiping me.
I deliver them from the cycle of birth and death swiftly.
Lord Krishna has at many places in His eternal message to humanity, has assured his devotees of deliverance from the circle of birth and death.
The devotion to Lord is very easy and available at hand.
As a child depending upon his mother is secure as his dependence/ surrender is complete.
Such is the dependence of devotee on the Lord Krishna.
There is no other shelter for him other than Lord Krishna,
Devotee has no wish of his own. He has no desire for material accumulation. His surrender unto Lord is unequivocal.
Every desire merged in desire of Lord.
Surrendering every activity unto Lord, remembering Him every moment, mind and intellect completely submerged in Lord by transcendental devotional service, the Lord assures such a devotee emancipation from the cycle of birth and death.
Mayiev mann adhatsav mayi budhim niveshay I
Nivashyasi mayiev at urdham na sanshyayh II (12.8)
You fix your mind upon me, you thrust your intelligence in me, by so doing you will dwell in me.
Lord emphasises main aspect of devotion.
Mind and intellect are part of inanimate material nature of lord (verse 4 of 7th chapter) they are changeable and destructible.
Another superior nature of lord is soul. (Verse 5 of chapter 7 )
Inactive mind and intellect coming into contact with superior nature soul come alive by the impact of eternal. The consciousness is witness of every action of mind, intellect, senses. It never involves itself in any action of these organs.
Mind and intellect are most dangerous looters as well as friend.
If they tend to follow material energy, they lead embodied soul to darkness, but if the two are tamed by devotion to Lord, the two lead to realization.
As the man of lust follows a beautiful looking woman without knowing that she is an eunuch, the self soul follows the mind and intellect like that illusioned man.
Once the eternal soul chooses to identify itself with material nature it goes in cycle of transmigration in countless embodiments. It has already undergone thousand of embodiments facing birth and deaths. It is an eternal life factor, living entity, consciousness alone having no relation with material aspects of embodiment. It is the mind which seeks satisfaction from sense objects but instead it is distressed.
Lord Krishna directs Arjun to dwell his mind and intellect in him even while fighting his enemies. This will certainly lead him to Supreme self.
Lord is eternal, even a part of material nature cannot enter Lord’ Domain.
Lord Krishna describes His Planet in chapter 15:
Na tad bhasyayte suryo
na shashanko na pavakah I
yadgatva na nivartante
taddham paramam mam II (15.6)
The Supreme abode of mine is neither illuminated by Sun nor Moon nor the fire and reaching there is no return.
The abode of Lord is self illumined. It is the illuminator of every thing.
But when one thrust one’s mind and intellect towards Lord, the self soul conditioned to follow them abides by it and follows the lord, leaving the company of material nature in form of mind and intellect.
The self soul with his senses, subdued, intellect and mind fixed in Lord Krishna, craves for nothing, becomes even minded to all, remains satisfied in Lord.
Lord’s instruction for all those who want emancipation from the cycle of birth and death, are clear and specific.
with the mind and intelligence attaching free self soul with material nature of senses and sense objects, through themselves, keep the transmigrating from one body to another, alive but when these two fixed in Lord by chanting his names, hymns related to him, singing his glories, seeing evenness in all beings, bring one back to original home.
Lord Krishna at several references, in this eternal message of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta, has instructed embodied souls to fix their mind in him and has assured that devotee shall reach Him by this way.
Mayyarpitmanobudhirmameveshyasiashanyah (8.7)
Mind and intellect fixed in me, you will attain me.
manmana bhav madbhakto madyaji mam namaskuru I
Mameveshayasi yuktveavamatamanam matparyanah II (9.34)
Fix you mind on me, be devoted to me, worship me, salute me, thus attaching yourself to me and entirely depending upon me, you shall attain me.
From all angles only Lord, the self of all and supreme consciousness is to be thought of, worshipped, meditated, and all obeisance made to him and thus linking one with Lord one attains him in whatever form it wishes and prays.
Lord has assured all beings that can attain him by attaching themselves to him by devotion.
When the devotee gets disgusted with material undertakings and averse to their results , the devotee, with senses under his control holds his mind in Lord steadily by practice of meditation on self.
Yoginamapi sarvesham madgateantraatmana I
Shradhavan yo mam bhajate sa me yukttamo matah II (6.47)
But of all yogis, again, who devoutly worships me with his mind focused on Me, is the best of all.
Yogi with attainment of self realization seeing even ness in all universe coming to existence by and from one omnipresent self is superior to soul having practiced ascetics; because he has been doing all those acts with a particular motive of obtaining nearness to god or attaining liberation or attaining heaven with a desire to enjoy the celestial objects but all these desires are bondage, where as the devotee with no desire, only attached to Lord attains Lord.
All qualities of nature are binding and ascetics with a particular set of thinking may not lead to liberation. it may result in further bondage and never ending transmigration.
Yogi is superior to wise man having obtained knowledge of scriptures and coming to know the one superior form is the ultimate source of all beings.
Yogi is also superior to those who perform action with some motive. so lord is directing Arjun the superior most warrior of that time to become yogi.
Lord clarifies here emphatically that yogi who has his mind focused on me is the best of the Yogis.
There is no doubt that by fixing one’s mind and intellect in lord one will attain him. lord in first verse of chapter 7 assures his complete revelation on fixing one’s mind upon him and meditating.
mayyasakatmanah parth yogamyunjan madaashrya I
ashanshayam samagram mam yatha gyasaysi tatchhrirhu II(7.1)
Lord Shri Krishna says:
Parth! While devoting your mind to me, meditating me and taking my shelter, how you will
Know me completely, that you listen from me.
It is not possible to know god/self without a complete surrender unto him.
It is not a surrender of body as usually understood in worldly parlance. it is surrender of one’s association with the material nature, its qualities. Detachment with material nature in form one’s embodiment and so called relations unto this.
Mind devoted to self, complete surrender of desires and meditating him,
How one can know ‘self’ alone, this secret being unfolded. Lord says that devotee should have addicting mind in me. Addiction is such a phenomenon which controls mind so much that it always desires to have possession of a particular thing, situation or company.
If one becomes addict to Lord Krishna, he has a promise to reveal himself unto that devotee.
This is not worldly knowledge rather it illuminates the truth about it and how every thing is being done and being dominated by self.
It is a revelation of a stark and bitter truth.
The attachment factor is so deep rooted in mind that embodied soul is unable to a realize itself. It is because the ‘ego’ about the self being embodiment.
Its complete identification with modification as body makes it unidentifiable.
sages who have attained this , have been trying to make the human beings to know their true ‘selves’ but none is going that way making a way for darkness to stay.
What is mind?
It is a faculty, a revelation of Lord himself. Lord says in chapter 10:
Indriyarham manashchasmi bhutamasmi chetna (10.22)
The embodiment is nothing but a heap of garbage. But with the help this mortal substance one can find one’s true self. One has to invest nothing from pocket. Mind is expression of lord himself. This mind is to be concentrated on Lord. Whatever is Lord’s property how individual soul can claim?
Lord has asked to divert mind and intellect towards Him.
Ath chittam samadhatum na shaknoshi mayyi sithram I
Abhyasyogen tatto mamichhaptum dhananjaya II (12.9)
O Arjun! If you are not able to fix your mind in me, then follow the practice of Bhakti yoga and wish to attain me by that yoga.
If one is not able to fix one’s mind in Lord Krishna, then one can follow the practice of bhakti yoga by surrendering to a spiritual master.
Under his able guidance one learns to attain lord krishana
To rise early in the morning, have a bath, regular chant of Krishna’s names, taking food after presenting it to Lord, hearing his eternal pass times.
By this process one slowly develops devotional love for lord Krishna.
Every body has eternal love in one’ heart but instead of expressing it for Lord, our love has changed its course. Our love has found favour with money, palatial bounding, wife, son, daughter and all other relation of this embodiment which is filled with all filth. it is attached to senses and sense objects. practically one can see with what we are attached to.
The direction of this love is to be changed by way of devotion.
the quantum of attachment determines our love for a particular object.
If we are attached to Lord, naturally we will develop love for Lord.
Senses and their objects are transient and they are dying every moment. Even the embodiment is dying every moment. But it is not perceptible with eyes. Child grows to boy, boy grows to youth, and now body decays and becomes old and most hateful. Even your dear most does not like your company at this stage.
Invincible time faculty of Lord is following every particle of material nature and destroying it.
The body which came into being grows, decays and dies without even our realization
By following Bhakti yoga one can realize Lord in one’s own heart. For realization of Lord in your heart you have to clean heart of all materialism.
Feeling of attachment and identification is to be banished.
The great robbers in form of lust, anger and greed are the real enemies sitting in mind and causing identification of self soul with mind.
IT IS GOOD
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