RE: gItA shloka
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• February 16, 2000
-----Original Message----- From: Tatachar@aol.com [SMTP:Tatachar@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 2:17 PM To: bhakti@lists.best.com Subject: Re: gItA shloka Sriman Chandrasekaran said: I have a doubt in the purport of the following verse in the 3rd chapter of gItA. .......... >>> tAn akr~thsna vidhO mandhAn kr~thsnavin na vichAlayEth || [Krishna Kalale] Each acharya has commented on this verse in a different way. Sri Ramanujacharya states: person though ignorant of atman and not qualified for jnanayoga, may however put forth efforts towards self realization by trying to focus on atman. Since that person's mind is tainted by indulgences in material experiences, he may get caught up in the gunas or modifications of material experiences instead of really experiencing the self. One should be free of material hankerings and association to be ready to realize the atman. Since those ignorant people are not free from material desires, they are not ready for jnanayoga, hence they should do only karmayoga. One who is a mature jnanayogi should not persuade those ignorant aspirants to quit karmayoga and begin jnanayoga. SInce people tend to follow the best among teachers, they may try to emulate a jnanayogi and try jnanyoga; which may result in them losing both paths since they are not ready of jnanayoga and they have left karmayoga to perform jnanayoga. Hence, a person qualified to jnanayoga should still perform karmayoga so that he sets an example to others who are not capable of doing jnanayoga. By this that jnani loses nothing since he can attain self realization purely through karmayoga. this is the concept of lokasamgraha or "welfare of people in general". the 18th chapter verse is different. that does not exactly match with this message in this verse. adiyen Krishna Kalale
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