Ch07-Jnana-Vijnana-Yoga

Shri Bhagawan Uvaca:

 

 

 

Verse 23-30

 

Sometimes we try to understand the segment related to prakriti and fail to understand that our questions are related to a part of segments. Assumption is that Bhagawan made this Srishti due to some reasons. Mind, budhi and desires are required for Karana. Suppose mind is looking outside to find answers to questions and always looks for answers in this Srishti. But your inner divinity must be realized inside. You need to focus inside.

 

For every action/desire, there is a disturbance in the mind.

 

Yoga: chit-vritti nirodha

 

When prana shakti activates the vasana, then it comes into the periphery of my awareness. The mind will continue to act till we get that desire completed. Once that desire is completed, then we become satisfied and become calm. But next desire will arise, and mind will start acting on it to fulfil that desire. But mind acts on it to calm itself. During this process, our understanding is limited to activities related to mind.

 

Source of the desires must be cleared before you can realize your True Self. Mind is known by its movement. When mind is completely still, then it merges with True-Self (inner divinity).

 

Everything is happening according to prakriti, but I (Brahman) am not involved.

 

Karama-yoga – quantity of thoughts reduces

 

Janna (Gyan)-yoga – quality of thoughts improves

 

Bhakti-yoga – direction of thought process improves

 

If you see things in a linear fashion, you will have questions. But this entire process is circular in nature.

 

The energy is same, but it changes with diversification. The underlying source is same for all form of shakti – Hanuman, Durga, Parvati and more. Like source of water at home is same, but we drink from the kitchen tap only.

 

Verse 29-30

 

What is the motivation to reach ME. Some wants moksha. Some want to get rid of cycle of birth and death. You need to focus on ME to reach moksha.

 

Those who merge in ME, then he/she becomes yukta chetas.

Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 7 – Jnana Vijnana Yoga
Sri Bhagawan Uvaca:

 

Verse 1-3
Common Gyan and adhyatma Gyan (vigyan) is being discussed.
Shri Krishna is saying that I will tell you about the vigyan and nothing will be left. After knowing this you would not be required to know. Only one of 1000’s tries to know yourself (Self). Also, among those 1000’s only one gets to know (Being).

 

Verse 4-6
In Dwait we continue to ask questions, for which there is no answer. In Adwait, there is no question. My nature has two aspects:

 

 

1. Jad – lower nature – air, earth, water, fire, aakash. All these five elements are experienced through five senses. Aakash is related to sound. Air is hearable and can be felt. Agni can be seen, felt, and heard. Water is taste …. Earth has first four plus smell sense.

 

2. These five elements are experienced through five senses. When we move from Sansar towards adhyatma then we go from elements to senses.

 

3. Chaitanya (higher nature)

 

4. Hydrogen and oxygen when mixed creates water. Now water has new property to wet.

 

5. Source does not have mind, when product is made then you have mind/budhi. Budhi will continue to ask questions until it finds the truth. When mind is taken away from the budhi, then it will try to find the truth.

 

6. Mind’s activities are meant to take you towards no-mind. Ahankara is sum of all vasanas.

 

7. All of these are inert. To make them active, you need Chaitanya. All these are Chalay-man because of consciousness (Chaitanya). Chaitanya is the key to have a living being (physical + subtle + Chaitanya).

 

8. Different stages of atma are projected as Ahankara (budhi + mind ke adheen hai). As we start purifying the mind we start moving towards “being” from “knowing”. Without Chaitanya you cannot understand anything.

 

9. The problem occurs when mind is activated to the level where it starts asking questions - what is consciousness. Chaitanya is the light that illuminates everything in this universe.

 

 

Once you reach the state of being, no questions are left. Everything is happening according to nature. Whatever I am today is due to the results of actions done in the past. Prarabdha is deciding the time and date of birth based on the environment and actions performed in the past. We have a lot of desires, and we insist on getting the desired results. But Prarabdha will decide the results based on the current deeds and past deeds.

 

Our Rishi’s talked about dharma based on the duties that a person should perform.

 

 

Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 7 – Jnana Vijnana Yoga
Sri Bhagawan Uvaca:

 

Verse 7-11

 

I have two prakriti – para and apara. Everything is experienced through matter and energy. Then, how can I say that this is all energy. Your ideas, pranshakti is all apara. How should we understand para, which is nirgun? Now bhagawan is trying to tell you about para. To understand para – you will get some indication.

 

Jiva – everyone has three instincts without any efforts (nobody teaches):

 

 

1. Body – to correct itself and to duplicate the self.

 

2. Mind – always looking for happiness or peace not sadness – looking for bliss.

 

3. Budhi – looking for answers till it gets the absolute truth

 

 

They are available in para prakriti and are projected through apara prakriti. We cannot see para prakriti until it is projected through apara. Like light is projected through bulb, then we know that there is electricity. All equipment quality will determine the effect of electricity.

 

The state of my mind (color of mind) will determine the level of projection of para prakriti through apara prakriti. Color is apara, power of color is para.

 

The property of seed will determine the type of fruits it will bear using the earth nutrients. The fruits are part of apara prakriti. But the power of bearing the fruits is part of para prakriti.

 

Oxygen is incidental. The power of absorbing the oxygen in the body is part of para prakriti.

 

The interpretation of color is apara. The power of that color discrimination is para.

 

When para and apara prakriti’s are joined together then we see the Srishti. 

 

Purusha (para) + Prakriti (apara)

 

Intellect always tries to analyze things in understanding and knowing state. In state of being we merge with totality.

 

 

• Aakash is related with sound (vibrations)

 

• Vayu – activates touch + sound (listening)

 

• Agni – seeing, listening and touch

 

• Water – sound, touch, seeing and taste (water must be there)

 

• Earth – all the above four plus smell.

 

 

We observe/experience Srishti through one of these five elements/senses.

 

Now mind + budhi + ahankara is projected through power of para shakti.

Verse 12 – Three gunnas are not entangled with para shakti. When everyone is bhagawan?

 

Pranav - OM – primordial sound (vibration), which works on a base which is not vibrating – state of Turya (state before sound and state after sound is the state of Turya)

 

A – Aa – Creation – Brahma – Awake (ego is present)

 

U – Uu – Sustenance – Vishnu – Dream (ego is present)

 

M – Ma – Pralayam – Deep sleep (no ego); Turya is also represented.

Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 7 – Jnana Vijnana Yoga 

 

Shri Bhagawan Uvaca:

 

Verse 23-30

 

Sometimes we try to understand the segment related to prakriti and fail to understand that our questions are related to a part of segments. Assumption is that Bhagawan made this Srishti due to some reasons. Mind, budhi and desires are required for Karana. Suppose mind is looking outside to find answers to questions and always looks for answers in this Srishti. But your inner divinity must be realized inside. You need to focus inside. For every action/desire, there is a disturbance in the mind.

 

Yoga: chit-vritti nirodha

 

When prana shakti activates the vasana, then it comes into the periphery of my awareness. The mind will continue to act till we get that desire completed. Once that desire is completed, then we become satisfied and become calm. But next desire will arise, and mind will start acting on it to fulfil that desire. But mind acts on it to calm itself. During this process, our understanding is limited to activities related to mind.

 

Source of the desires must be cleared before you can realize your True Self. Mind is known by its movement. When mind is completely still, then it merges with True-Self (inner divinity).

 

Everything is happening according to prakriti, but I (Brahman) am not involved.

 

 

• Karma-yoga – quantity of thoughts reduces

 

• Janna (Gyan) – yoga – quality of thoughts improves

 

• Bhakti-yoga – direction of thought process improves\

 

 

If you see things linear fashion, you will have questions. But this entire process is circular in nature. The energy is same, but it changes with diversification. The underlying source is same for all form of shakti – Hanuman, Durga, Parvati and more. Like source of water at home is same, but we drink from the kitchen tap only.

 

Verse 29-30

 

What is the motivation to reach ME. Some wants moksha. Some want to get rid of cycle of birth and death. You need to focus on ME to reach moksha.

 

Those who merges in ME, then he/she becomes yukta chetas.