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.
8 comments:
Back with a cool picture and the verse explaining to "stay Cool too!"
Great to see u back swahilya,
You are fresh from your ivigorating experience, let this freshness give you calm and serene mind althrough the coming year.
wish you a new year filled with lots of joy and fun
The note on the Divine appearing whenever there is a decline in dharma is insightful. That this is not to be understood people-centrically is profound.
this temple I have seen in my travels to Kedarnath, badrinath... is this one of the temples that you see on the way to Neelkanth mahadev temple?
Loved reading your posting.
Om Namah Shivaya
Virtual
Virtual: If Neelkanth Mahadev is the one at Rishikesh that you are mentioning, then may be this is far away - six hours of bus journey from Haridwar is Ukhimath.
Ukhimath is enroute Badrinath and Kedarnath - or rather, there is a route to these two places via Ukhimath.
The Shiva Linga here almost resembles the form at Kedarnath.
Thank you Fruitu and Sivasubramanian Muthuswamy
thanks Swahilya, for the info. I was right in thinking that this place I have seen. I have been travelling in those places for ages now, been to Kedarnath, Badrinath few times physically as well as mentally and enjoy those journeys immensely.
Its great to see you have the same intensity about the Dev Bhoomi.
Om Namah Shivaya
Virtual
Welcome Virtual.
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