From sjayana at yahoo.com  Fri Jul  4 12:08:05 2025
From: sjayana at yahoo.com (S Jayanarayanan)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:08:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Chaturamnaya] Jagadguru Speaks: Adhere to the Sastras and Attain
 Sreyas
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(Around the beginning of the month, a nugget of Wisdom from the Jagadguru may be posted
on the Chaturamnaya list : http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/chaturamnaya )
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Man's actions in the world are governed by his inherent nature?
(svabhava or prakriti). Even the greatest of jnanis will conduct himself?
in accordance with his nature. This is what the Lord says in the Gita:?
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Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada has very beautifully described the?
meaning of the word ?prakriti? in this verse as:
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Prakriti constitutes the dharmic and adharmic impressions of past?
lives that become manifest in the present life.?
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It is in conjunction with this that everyone's karmas will ensue?
and continue. In this regard, some may pose the question: "If all the?
affairs of the world happen in accordance with one's svabhava, how?
can one be held responsible for his actions?" The Sastras caution?
man precisely against this.?
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The senses that hanker after sense objects are inherently driven by?
likes (ragas) and dislikes (dveshas) which are indeed the greatest?
obstacles in man?s path. Therefore, man must never get trapped in?
their clutches. Despite our likes and dislikes arising out of our own?
svabhava (nature), it is only the sastras which reveal to us the good?
and the bad. Therefore, it is imperative that we always live in?
accordance with sastraic injunctions.?
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Thus, a person who has learnt the tenets of the sastras from a Guru?
will live in harmony with all and attain Sreyas (higher good).?
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