Thursday, April 30, 2020

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 4 verse 34


Chapter 4 verse 34

“Know that by long prostration, by question, and service; the wise who have realized the truth will instruct you in that knowledge”

Lord shows a path to get the knowledge of Self which is the ultimate destination of all desire less actions done in the spirit of sacrifice. He instructs to surrender wholeheartedly to a Self realized master in body, mind and intellect. When the surrender happens, the Self in oneself merges within itself. The importance of an appropriate Guru is stressed in a number places in sanatana dharma. Even a very centered person such as Adi Shankara and for that matter even Krishna needed to get a Guru to advance and complete their Self realization. It is through the good deeds of all previous lives and one’s current life, does a person encounter the presence of a realized master in their lives. Then it is important to leverage this Guru and get to the destination.

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