The Yoga Sutra of Sri Krishna
There has been some delay, since I last posted on the Gita. I was away in the Himalayas at Ukhimath, where Sri Krishna is supposed to have fought Banasur from the place where the Bholeshwar temple stands today. And he also attended the wedding of his grandson Anirudh with Usha, the daughter of Banasur at the Omkareshwar Temple. There is the Usha Anirudh Vivaha Sthal, where people worship even today! At the Bharath Sevashram Sangha where I stayed, I woke up to the chants of the Gita for the whole two weeks I was there and chanted Gita at the satsangs at night studying the meanings of the verses. (That was just an aside to explain my absence from my blog for nearly a month!)
We have heard of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. But in the Gita, Sri Krishna mentions many a sutra (formula) to be in Yoga, Brahman, the Absolute.
Sparshan Kritva Bahir Bahyan Chakshush Chaivanthare Bhruvoh
Pranapanau Samau Krithva Nasabhyanthara Charinau.
Yathendriya Mano Budhihi Munir Moksha Parayanaha
Vigathechchabhayakrodhaha Yahsada Muktha Eva Saha.
The verses here show the path to liberation. Withdrawing oneself from all the perceptions of the five senses - shutting the eyes, and not reacting to the inputs through the ears, tongue, nose and skin, being aware of the space between the eyebrows (temple), watching the incoming and the outgrowing breath until it flows steadily, not expresssing through action or desires, fear or anger, the sage in meditation who aspires for liberation alone, becomes a free mind.
Amid extremely disturbing situations, the path to freedom is to simply withdraw. Shut up and sit down. Close the eyes. Breathe in and out with focus on the breath. If provoked, do not react with either fear or anger, expect with desire or anxiety. But just be in the empty space within. Being with the flow of life is the freedom of a meditative mind. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
(Picture: Bholeshwar Temple at Ukhimath, Himalayas.) (You may wish to check out the latest update on .soulmate.) For a verse-by-verse explanation of the Bhagavad Gita, please refer to Bamboo Wisdom, beginning New Year.
