[Advaita-l] Question : Bhagavad-Gita -My verse

[Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः)]

Namaste
Setting a goal in life and mission in life these are Western ideas.
They are bogus ideas. Indian culture and Sanatana Dharma will not give
importance to these. If you ask a very orthodox Brahmin his goal in
life he will invariably say to follow his Varna Ashrama Dharma. This
is not a secret. Gita is also teaching same thing ultimately. Follow
your Dharma without getting attached to rewards. The whole Gita was
delivered by God just because Arjuna was not following his Dharma in
the battlefield.

Some orthodox people may say to serve God in Bhakti. This is the goal
of life. Gita is also teaching Bhakti.

Some orthodox people will say to know Brahman is the goal of life.
Gita is also teaching this Jnana.

Therefore there are only three orthodox Goals, only three Missions in Life

Karma, Bhakti or Jnana. You have to choose from these three only.
There is no other choice.

If someone has a different Goal like becoming a rich man or get power
or success in exams and so on they are all Bogus goals and missions.
They are all in bondage of Maya. They will all end in Sorrow and more
Illusion.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Aurobind Padiyath via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> Excellent, these are situating related. My question was the vison statement
> like verse which should make you set your goal or should be the beacon
> where you would like to moor.
> Hari Om!
> Aurobind
>
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:34 Bhaskar YR, <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
>
>> praNAms
>> Hare Krishna
>>
>> IMHO, those who are familiar with geeta verses knowing its meaning and
>> applicability by heart would recall different verses at different life
>> situations.  karmaNyeva adhikAraste is the verse ringing in my mind to
>> console myself when I did not get the expected CTC hike at my work place.
>> dehinOsmin yatha dehe kaumAraM yauvanaM jara, nainam chindanti shastrANi
>> nainaM dahati pAvakaH, na jAyate mriyate vA, vAsAmsi jeerNAni yathA vihAya
>> etc. are the verses comes to my mind whenever I see / hear a death news.
>> Sukha duHke samekrutvA labhAlabhaU jayAjau is the verse whenever I lose my
>> badminton or chess game :-) prasAde sarvaduHkhAnAm, duHkheshu anudvigna
>> manAH etc. are the verses comes in front of me whenever there is
>> unwarranted ripples in my samsara. And when it comes to jagat satyatva and
>> sarvavyApakatvA of Atman ( the current topic) nAsatO vidyate bhAvO, nAbhAvO
>> vidyate sataH, avinAshi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaM tataM, mayA tatamidaM
>> sarvaM, jagadavyaktamUrtinA, matsthAni sarvabhUtAni, na chAhaM
>> tEshvavasthitaH, yadyadvibhUtimatsattvaM.....mama tejOshasaMbhavaM etc.
>> And when nothing works for me, yatkarOshi, yadashnAti...tatkurushva
>> madarpaNam,  sarva dharmAn parityajya comes to mind to calm down the
>> emotions, So, recalling or remembrance  of the geeta verses depend on the
>> circumstances for the one who wants to relate the geeta verses to his daily
>> routine and life events.
>>
>> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>> bhaskar
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Advaita-l [mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org] On
>> Behalf Of sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l
>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 9:28 PM
>> To: Aurobind Padiyath <aurobind.padiyath at gmail.com>; Venkatesh Murthy
>> (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः) <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>; A discussion group
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>> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Question : Bhagavad-Gita -My verse
>>
>> From : H.N.Sreenivasa MurthyPranams to all.
>> Dear readers,    The following lines from Bhagavad gita constitute my
>> sadhana which is no sadhana at all :
>>          (1)  AtmasaMsthaM manaH kRutvA ||         (2) samaM sarvEShu
>> BUtEShu  tiShThantaM parameSvaram |              vinaSyatsvavinaSyantaM yaH
>> pASyati sa paSyati || !3-27
>>
>>    The above two pointers have helped me in cognizing my true svarUpa as
>> taught in the Upanishads to which only I cling like a child clinging to its
>> mother.
>>
>> With sAShTAMganamaskarams,    Sreenivasa Murthy.
>>
>>
>>
>>       From: Aurobind Padiyath via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>>  To: Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः) <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>;
>> A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>>  Sent: Monday, 4 April 2016 9:05 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Question : Bhagavad-Gita -My verse
>>
>> Pranams,
>> I agree with you about many verses are there which are of equal importance.
>> Having said that there can always be a situation where sine of them can be
>> humming in your mind always. If you have any such then you can identify
>> with that, but if one is unable to do that that too is understandable.
>>
>> Hari Om!
>> Aurobind
>>
>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:51 Venkatesh Murthy (वेङ्कटेशः सीतारामार्यपुत्रः), <
>> vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Namaste
>> >  On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Aurobind Padiyath via Advaita-l
>> ><advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> > > Hari Om!
>> > >
>> > > If I were to ask each of you to make any one verse of Gita as moto
>> > > (like
>> > a
>> > > vision statement) of your life, which ONE will be that and why?
>> > > THE ONE that will ring in your ears 24x7 to remind you "this is the
>> > purpose
>> > > of my life and I'll achieve it"
>> > >
>> >
>> > This is not a good question. It is like asking which Maha Vakya is the
>> > best. Is it Aham Brahmasmi or Tat Tvam Asi or Prajnanam Brahma or Ayam
>> > Atma Brahma. Which one? It is a bad question. Each Maha Vakya is the
>> > best in its way. Similarly there are many Maha Slokas in Gita. We
>> > cannot say and should not say only one is the best. It is a wrong
>> > approach.
>> >
>> >
>> > > Hari Om!
>> > >
>> > > Aurobind
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>> >
>> > -Venkatesh
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