The Yoga of The Kingly Science & the
Kingly Secret
Observing that Arjuna was a
qualified aspirant and endowed with faith, Krishna declares to him the
sovereign knowledge and sovereign secret that is to be known by direct
experience. He adds that without faith in this knowledge man fails to reach God
and is reborn to suffer.
Now the Lord proceeds to
describe His nature as the eternal, all-comprehensive Truth. He is everything
that is invisible and visible. He pervades everything that exists. He creates
everything, sustains everything, and when final dissolution takes place, absorbs
everything into Himself. He manifests them again when the next creation begins.
All beings who are ignorant of this knowledge are caught helplessly in the
cycle of birth and death. In the midst of this creation, preservation and
dissolution of the universe, the Lord stands as a silent witness, unaffected
and unattached. He is the sole director, sustainer and supervisor of His Cosmic
Prakriti.
Ignorant beings are not able
to recognize the Lord in one who has realized Him. Although these cruel beings
assume a human form, their nature is that of demons. The God-realized Mahatma,
on the other hand, is a man of knowledge, and perceives Him indwelling all
beings and creatures. He beholds the underlying unity of existence in all names
and forms.
The Lord’s divine protection
is assured to all those who take refuge in Him. Whatever path a devotee
follows, he ultimately reaches Him. He is the goal of the various methods of
spiritual practice. Devotion, Sri Krishna emphasizes, is the essence of all
spiritual discipline. If this supreme element is present, then the devotee is
freed from bondage. The Lord observes the motive and degree of devotion. Even
the most sinful and diabolical man, if he takes a radical turn towards the path
of righteousness and truth, reaches the Lord. Whatever vocation one follows,
one can attain the Lord if one seeks earnestly and with loving devotion. The
essential thing is to fix the mind on the Lord and dedicate everything unto
Him—one’s body, mind, actions, emotion and will.
Excerpts from:
The Yoga of the
Kingly Science & the Kingly Secret - Bhagavadgita – Summary of Seventh
Discourse by Sri Swami Sivananda
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