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Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Chapter 13 Text 8-12 Process of Knowledge

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Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Chapter 13 Text 8-12 Process of Knowledge. Text 8-12 amānitvam adambhitvam ahiḿsā kṣāntir ārjavam ācāryopāsanaḿ śaucaḿ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam anahańkāra eva ca janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Bhagavad-Gita As It IsBhagavad-Gita As It Is

Chapter 13

Text 8-12

Process of Knowledge

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Text 8-12

amānitvam adambhitvam ahimsā ksāntir ārjavamācāryopāsanam śaucam sthairyam ātma-vinigrahahindriyārthesu vairāgyam anahańkāra eva cajanma-mrtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duhkha-dosānudarśanamasaktir anabhisvańgah putra-dāra-grhādisunityam ca sama-cittatvam istānistopapattisumayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicārinīvivikta-deśa-sevitvam aratir jana-samsadiadhyātma-jñāna-nityatvam tattva-jñānārtha-darśanametaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānam yad ato 'nyathā

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Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness; self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment; freedom from entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest; even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth — all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance.

TRANSLATION

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This process of knowledge is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent men as being the interaction of the field of activity.

This process of knowledge is not the interaction of Twenty Four Elements but to get out of the entanglement of these elements.

Of all the descriptions of the process of knowledge. The most important is Mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicārinī: the process of knowledge terminates in unalloyed devotional service to the Lord.

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yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanāsarvair gunais tatra samāsate surāhharāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-gunāmanorathenāsati dhāvato bahih

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.12

All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?

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HumilityHumility

Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

Man in perfect knowledge — who knows that he is not this body — anything, honor or dishonor, pertaining to this body is useless.

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NonviolenceNonviolence

Nonviolence does not mean just not killing or destroying the body.

It means not to put others into distress.

Unless one elevates people to spiritual knowledge, one is practicing violence.

Nonviolence is to try his best to distribute real knowledge to the people to deliver them from material pangs.

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ToleranceTolerance

Practice to bear insult and dishonor from others.

Inevitable insults and dishonor due to material nature to a person engaged in advancement of spiritual knowledge should be tolerated and continue progress with determination,Eg. Prahlāda

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SimplicitySimplicity

Simplicity means that without diplomacy one should be so straightforward that he can disclose the real truth even to an enemy,e.g. boy approaching Gautam rishi for education.

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Approaching a bona fide spiritual Approaching a bona fide spiritual mastermaster

Transcendental life begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master

Without the instruction of a bona fide spiritual master one cannot progress in the spiritual science

One should approach the spiritual master with all humility and offer him all services so that he will be pleased to bestow his blessings upon the disciple

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CleanlinessCleanliness

External and Internal Cleanliness

Internal cleanliness can be attained by thinking always of Krsna and chanting …

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare

Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

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Steadiness, Self-Control and Steadiness, Self-Control and RenunciationRenunciation

Steadiness means that one should be very determined to make progress in spiritual life.

Self-control means that one should not accept anything which is detrimental to the path of spiritual progress.

Real Renunciation is engaging all the senses in the Transcendental service of the Lord

Engaging tongue in eating the remnants of food stuff offered to Krsna and chanting Hare Krsna etc.

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False EgoFalse EgoFalse ego means accepting this body as oneself.

One comes to real ego when he understands that he is not his body and is spirit soul.

aham brahmāsmi: I am Brahman, I am spirit.

"I am," the sense of self (ego), also exists in the liberated stage of self-realization.

When the sense of “I am” applied to this false body it is false ego and when applied to reality it is real ego.

Ego cannot be given up, false ego must be given up.

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Perception of the evil of birth, Perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and diseasedeath, old age and disease

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the world of the unborn, the child's stay in the womb of the mother, its suffering, etc., are all very graphically described.

Birth and Death – We forget so should be discussed as mentioned in scriptures.

Old age and Disease – every one get practical experience.

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DetachmentDetachmentDetachment from children, wife and home, it is not meant that one should have no feeling for these, but when they are not favorable to spiritual progress, then one should not be attached to them.

Best process to making the home pleasant,

Chant Hare Krsna

Accept the remnants of food stuffs offered to Krsna

Discuss Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Deity worship

Arjuna did not want to kill his family members, but when he understood that these family members were impediments to his Krsna realization, he accepted the instruction of Krsna and fought and killed them.

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EquiposedEquiposed

One should learn to tolerate both hapiness and distress.

Practice of unbreakable devotional service will lead to this stage.

Devotional service to Krsna without deviation means engaging oneself in the nine processes of devotional service — sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam. arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam.

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Solitary place and Detachment Solitary place and Detachment from general massfrom general mass

Naturally a devotee has no taste for unnecessary sporting or cinema-going or enjoying some social function, because he understands that these are simply a waste of time.

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Self-RealizationSelf-Realization

Bhakti-yoga is especially practical.

Consider the relationship between the Supersoul and the individual soul.

Individual soul and the Supersoul cannot be one.

Service of the individual soul to the Supreme Soul is eternal, nityam.

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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.2.11Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.2.11vadanti tat tattva-vidas

tattvam yaj jñānam advayambrahmeti paramātmetibhagavān iti śabdyate

Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.

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Philosophical Search of Absolute Philosophical Search of Absolute TruthTruth

Practicing humility up to the point of realization of the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead – Staircase from Ground Floor to Top Floor.

Unless one reaches the top floor, which is the understanding of Krsna, he is at a lower stage of knowledge.

If anyone wants to compete with God and at the same time make advancement in spiritual knowledge, he will be frustrated.

Beginning of Knowledge is humility - To think oneself to be God is most puffed up - becomes subordinate to material nature.