Monday, May 11, 2020

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 5 verse 4


Chapter 5 verse 4

“Children, not the wise, speak of Saankhya (Knowledge) and Yoga (Yoga of action) as distinct; he who is truly established even in one, obtains the fruits of both”

In Indian culture, the first 25 years of a 100 year life was supposed to be spent in learning as a bachelor under the guidance of a Guru. The child is entrusted in the hands of a Guru in their abode around the age of 5-7 years and this child is then groomed. The Lord is talking about the child who has not started their education with the Guru. The Lord has introduced that all paths to eternal happiness comes from Self Knowledge. That Knowledge can be obtained by either doing all action as an offering to Divine and drop the doer ship or being established in the firm Knowledge that Self is different from the body, mind, intellect complex. Both these paths are not different and even if one methodology is adopted, that will lead us to the same result of eternal bliss.

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