Vishwaropa Darshan---- Chapter 11
U N I V E R S E.....and BEYOND
Everything you see is just me
The wide sky, the earth
The sun that shines
The worm that crawls
Your sworn enemy, your best friend
I have neither friend nor foe
Love all
For I am all
Behold this form

I encompass all
Right and wrong
Gross and subtle
Perishable and Imperishable
I am all

The saint and the sinner
There is nothing beyond me
I am the One that encompasses all

The known and the unknown
Beyond all frontiers of perception
Of human imagination
Manifest and Unmanifest
I contain all
None can contain ME
I am the One and none else

To ‘see’ me thus
Simply LOVE me
And just as you love me
Love all

The crawling ant and the tree that stands tall
For they are me
Just as you are
ONE

(This is a very significant chapter in that Krishna reveals the Universal Form. When Arjuna desires to see the Universal form Krishna grants him the divine vision to see this,
He revels not just his gentle four-armed form but reveals that UNI verse encompass every aspect, fearful not so fearful. He gets to see All, not just what he thinks is divine.)

(Picture courtesy www.bhagavad-gita.us)

Na tu mam sakyase darashatum
Anenaviva sva chakusha
Divyam dadami te chakshuh pasya me yogamaishwaryam chapter11 verse-8

Two eyes to see the gross world around
One to see Me as I am
The sight of insight
In your heart and in those around
Everything you behold
The undivided Divinity that is Me.

It beings with a seeing
A worshiping
That moves to a loving
A spin of ecstasy
A tailspin of agony
A merger of sorts
To commune than just communicate
A knowing
Then---
Just Being
Simply in Silence

BHAKTI YOGA-2

(Ref: The Bhagawad Gita Chapter 12 verses 13 to 20)

MY Devotee
Hates none,
Loves all
Friends all
Has compassion and Love for all kind.
Equipoise in Joy and Sorrow
Anchored in me
Ever fulfilled in Union with me
Having surrendered mind, intellect unto me
This is my Beloved
As I am his

He fears not the world
The world fears him not
Devoid of fear, anger and hatred

This is my beloved
Has no expectations
Having surrendered all fruits of actions unto me
He neither rejoices nor weeps
This is my Beloved
As I am his

'Friend' and 'foe' are alike
Descriptions that belong to a mind divided
My beloved has none
'Fame' and 'Il-fame'
Are the same
As heat and cold
Happiness and Joy

Unaffected by criticism and praise
At home ever
Lives in me forever

This is my beloved
As I am his

Just ONE!!
(Wonder after while Krishna is describing himself or his devotee!! )

Bhakti Yoga-- Part 1
Offering flowers of every color and fragrance
The ringing of bells the lighting of lamps
There is beauty and Love in them
But there is more to devotion than flowers and incense
To know the Divine in every sense
Krishna’s very essence…………
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(Ref: Chapter 12--Bhakti yoga)
When asked by Arjuna whether worship of form is superior or worship of the formless. Sri Krishna at first states that worship of the form is relatively easier. He then moves on to the essence that both lead to

“See me as the essence
In every sense
The seed of devotion flowers into
Love unparalleled
Love not just for me but for everything around
Should you seek me thus
Simply surrender all your fruits of your actions
Unto me
The ‘good and the bad
Work simply as an instrument
Like a pen in hands of a writer
Thus shall you effortlessly cross
This seemingly insurmountable ocean of Samsara

Should this be difficult too’
Never you mind
Just perform everything you do
As a worship unto me
Thus shall you attain

Constant practice, knowledge leads to me too
Knowledge is superior to practice, meditation is superior to knowledge
But the best of all surrender of fruits of actions
For this is Meditation in action
Thus does the bliss of devotion
Lead to the Ocean of Silence
Of me of you
Or just one?

Aniketah sthira-matir
Homeless yet at home
Here there and everywhere
Own a home or none
At home
Anytime every time

When all that surrounds
Are but me
This world is Home

Ref:(Tulya-nindha-sthir-mauni santusto yeana kenacit
Aniketah sthira-matir bhatiman me priyo narah--(chapter 12—verse—19)
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Ya nisha sarva bhutanam tasyam jagrati samyami
Yasyam jagrati bhutaani sa nisha pashyato munehe
Chapter 2: 69

In darkness there is light
Problems to the world
Are possibilities to a Master

VISHADA YOGA--

“In this multi colored world of different shades
what do I do?
The ‘Right path’ at times seems tainted with the ‘wrong’
And ‘wrong’ tainted with ‘right’
As I wade through multifarious emotions of anger, hatred
Jealousy, individual ends
Buffeted as ever
As friends turn foes
If ever there is a fleeing glimpse of joy
Where shall I turn?
What shall I do?
No light in sight”

Man seeks divinity
In times of adversity
Adversity is an opportunity
To connect to the Divine
Arjuna’s dejection
Provided him a connection
To the Divine

(vishada yoga- the first chapter in Bhagavad Geeta)

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THE CELESTIAL SONG--BHAGAVAD GEETA


Eighteen chapters of seven hundred verses
Each word will speak a million
Etched in His Divine Love
Each word a gem beyond compare
Wisdom eternal,
Enrapture many.

There is a melody of Truth
Concise and precise
Eternal

An overwhelming sense of Gratitude
For the Master who wrote these words
Out of his Compassion
The One who spoke out of his Infinite Love
For me and for all seekers to come

Have no words to describe this
‘Krishna’ in so many forms

And above all
To You, dear Master who gave me the best gift ever
When you asked me to read

The time I read Gita is so special
I forget all else.

This is the most precious gift
I have ever received

( The Gita is my muse in the writings i shall be posting soon. These are contemplations that occured at random and provide me an insight into the Philosophy of the Gita, which I see as a means to intelligent living)

One change in the porphyrin ring and you breathe for me!
You cook for me
I provide you with your breath
And you provide me

Just a little chemistry
You stand still
Serve all
Still life
A simple interdependence
LIFE

Wish from the depths of your heart
For the well –being of all
Known and unknown
Reach frontiers
Afar

Eternal
As the blessing of Masters
Eternal
Beyond time and space