Eighteen Chapters of the BhagavadGita are classified into three
sestets each comprising six chapters. The first six chapters are called karma
Shatka. The second six are called Bhakthi Shatka and the last six Jnana
Shatka.The significance is that Karma leads to Bhakthi and Bhakthi
leads one to Jnana or Knowledge.. Love or devotion to God is the subject
matter of the seventh to eleventh chapters of the Gita. The first of
these six chapters is Vignana Yoga. Bhakthi or devotion or love is the connecting link between Karma and Jnana.
Krishna continues, " Arjuna! one who is devoted to ME and meditates on ME shall know about ME.." Rather impertinently Arjuna questions, " What if Man does not worship you and know about you?" Krishna replies immediately, " One's life is fulfilled by knowing and realizing ME. After knowing ME, there is nothing else which is ought to be known. The way is easy but the result is great and fantastic. But very few follow this easy path of devotion or Bhakthi. It is because of their past karma that most of the people deviate." For realizing the Brahman, three factors are needed--listening to the scriptures,, repeating his name and reecapitulation ( mananam) and Nidhi Dhyasa( meditation) Krishna continued, "Arjuna! I have created the animate and inanimate Prakriti and protect it. Both these Prakritis are entirely under my control.
For every material object there are three requirements.1 material cause like wood for a table- Upadana karana 2 Nimitta Karana--a person to handle it.3 Grace of God the most important of all The Lod proceeded futher, " Prakriti or Nature is of two kinds--the JADA or the inanimate and the animate or living beings full of awareness. Jada Prakriti is of eight varieties, namely the Five Elements--- Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether or Sky 6 Ahankara or Ego 7 Mind or manas,and 8 Buddhi or intellect. Like the Spider in the web, Paramatma is 'antaryami'--the indweller in the universe he has created. He is in it and outside it. He is intra cosmic and extra cosmic. There is no objet in the three worlds wherein Paramatma is not found.All the animate and inanimate objects in the world are in me like beads in a garland brought together through the thread!
" Sutre mani gana iva" is interpreted in four ways
1 The Creator is one. Things brought together are many irrespective of material, regional, and time differences or divisions.
2 The beads represent the three gunas, Sathwa, Rajas and Thamas. Paramatma is above all these.
3 By Process of elimination one has to find out the unifying factor that is the basis for the garland.
4 Paramatma is the connecting link between all things in the universe.
Krishna continues, " Arjuna! one who is devoted to ME and meditates on ME shall know about ME.." Rather impertinently Arjuna questions, " What if Man does not worship you and know about you?" Krishna replies immediately, " One's life is fulfilled by knowing and realizing ME. After knowing ME, there is nothing else which is ought to be known. The way is easy but the result is great and fantastic. But very few follow this easy path of devotion or Bhakthi. It is because of their past karma that most of the people deviate." For realizing the Brahman, three factors are needed--listening to the scriptures,, repeating his name and reecapitulation ( mananam) and Nidhi Dhyasa( meditation) Krishna continued, "Arjuna! I have created the animate and inanimate Prakriti and protect it. Both these Prakritis are entirely under my control.
For every material object there are three requirements.1 material cause like wood for a table- Upadana karana 2 Nimitta Karana--a person to handle it.3 Grace of God the most important of all The Lod proceeded futher, " Prakriti or Nature is of two kinds--the JADA or the inanimate and the animate or living beings full of awareness. Jada Prakriti is of eight varieties, namely the Five Elements--- Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether or Sky 6 Ahankara or Ego 7 Mind or manas,and 8 Buddhi or intellect. Like the Spider in the web, Paramatma is 'antaryami'--the indweller in the universe he has created. He is in it and outside it. He is intra cosmic and extra cosmic. There is no objet in the three worlds wherein Paramatma is not found.All the animate and inanimate objects in the world are in me like beads in a garland brought together through the thread!
" Sutre mani gana iva" is interpreted in four ways
1 The Creator is one. Things brought together are many irrespective of material, regional, and time differences or divisions.
2 The beads represent the three gunas, Sathwa, Rajas and Thamas. Paramatma is above all these.
3 By Process of elimination one has to find out the unifying factor that is the basis for the garland.
4 Paramatma is the connecting link between all things in the universe.
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