- The Knower and the Known
- The creation and the creator
- Nature, the Enjoyer & the Conciousness
- Prakriti & Purusha : The purusha seated in Prakriti is the experiencer
- Knowing God possible only with faith as the un-describable cannot be described with words.
- The creator and creation are different under the dualistic philosophy.
- 34 shlokas
- 13.1 - 13.6 :
- The Kshetra and the Kshetragya
- The Seen , the object, the body. The Seer, the subject, the Jiva
- 13.7-13.11The Seen & seer, body & spirit are mixed up in an ignorant person
- Each being is a unique BMI combination - a vibhuti of the lord.
- 17 attributes of knowledge : humility, forgiveness, steadfastness, self control equipoise, no ego, no attachment...and so on
- 13.12 -13.15 : The object to be known is the supreme being. Difficult to describe. It creates everything and is in everything!!!! Ultimate consciousness.
- 13.16 -13.34 : Knowledge of ones spiritual identity. The body mind part of universal nature (prakriti) and the spirit is part of supreme being (purusha). Ignorant about the connection with supreme being, one connects to the attributes of material nature.
Each of us is apart of the creation and are his creation. Knowing about our true nature and the connection between the seen and seer when one is on the path of realisation.
Summary in poetry
Understand the concept of Matter and Spirit
The gross and subtle elements that is born with it
Knowledge will awaken the sleepy soul
Help you reach your lofty goal
Humility, non-injury, purity and unpretentiousness
Forgiveness, respect for teacher, self-control and uprightness
These are the qualities one must gain
With this knowledge, he is not born again
Those who see the Lord in every being
Reaches HIS eternal divine dwelling
A story related to the message
The Salt Doll
Once a salt doll went to measure the depth of the ocean so it could tell others how deep the ocean was. But every time it got into the water, it melted. Now, no one could report the ocean’s depth. That’s how impossible it is for anyone to describe God. Whenever we try, we melt into the big, mysterious ocean of His reality.
We can’t describe Brahma. In a trance we can know Brahma, but in trance reasoning and intellect stop altogether. This means one does not retain the memory of experiences in trance (Samādhi). One who knows Brahma becomes Brahma-like (Gita 18.55). and does not talk, just as the salt doll melted into the ocean and could not report the ocean’s depth. Those who talk about God have no real experience. Thus, Brahma can only be experienced and felt.
The Vegetarian Tiger
Once a tigress attacked a herd of sheep. She was pregnant and very weak. As she sprang on her prey, she gave birth to a baby tiger and died within a couple of hours. The baby tiger grew up in the company of the lambs. The lambs ate grass, so the baby tiger followed their example. When they made sounds, the baby tiger also made sounds like a sheep. Gradually it grew to be a big tiger. One day another tiger attacked the same herd of sheep. The tiger was surprised to see a grass- eating tiger in the herd. Running after it, the wild tiger at last grabbed the cub, and the grass-eating cub began to make sounds like a sheep.
The wild tiger dragged it to the water and said: “Look at your face in the water. It is just like mine. Here is a little meat. Eat it.”
Saying this, the wild tiger put some meat into the vegetarian tiger’s mouth. But the vegetarian tiger would not take it and began to make the sound of a sheep again. Gradually, however, it got the taste for blood and began to like the meat.
Then the wild tiger said: “Now you see, there is no difference between you and me. Come along and follow me into the forest. ”
We have been thinking that we are this body which is limited in time and space. We are not this body. We are the all-powerful Spirit in the body.
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