Uncover Your Enlightenment

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UNCOVER YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT

Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 5

Sanyasi Yoga

Verse -16

Today I will enter into the Satsang. In Bhagavad Gita, fifth chapter, Sanyasa yoga. Sixteenth verse.

(Verse recital)

Jnaanena tu tadajnaanam

Yeshaam naashitam-aatmanaha

Teshaam -aadityavat-jnaanam

Prakaashayathi tatparam

The translation:

On the other hand they, whose ignorance of the essential nature is destroyed by the consciousness, thereafter illumine and manifest the sacred knowledge like the sun.

On the other hand they, whose ignorance of the essential nature is destroyed by the consciousness, thereafter illumine and manifest the sacred knowledge like the sun.

Nothing compared to Krishna to be a orator. If it is Shiva's words, I have to add two words extra or reduce few words. Shiva's language is a very common man's language. Of course mass can understand. Common person can understand. That is the speciality of Shiva. Great philosopies he will express in common man's language. Krishna, even a simple instruction, he will sing in poetry. Even a very simple thing, he will say it in such a sophisticated way. That King, the King's language training which he went through, you can see in every line, every word he utters. After all he was trained in Gurukul, polished, prepared to be a King. So naturally his language, body language, life style, skills, everything is of King's. Can see very clearly how beautifully he puts the whole thing.

On the other hand they, whose ignorance of the essential nature is destroyed by the consciousness, thereafter illumine and manifest the sacred knowledge like the Sun. One of the best entertainment, time pass I have is just read the Gita verses. Nothing else! I won't even get into the explanations, stories and all that, just Sanskrit verse and English translation.

I tell you guys, Gita is not just philosophical book. It's a very powerful entrainment. The sacred secret you need to know from this verse is; you don't need to gain knowledge, you don't need to gain enlightenment. Please understand, it is there like a sun. It is shining always. All you need to do is work on removing the ignorance.

The biggest problem is, please understand, this one small understanding, shifts the way you put your efforts. If you think knowledge needs to be gained, you will continuously spend your time only in reading, accumulating knowledge. No! That is why yesterday when somebody asked, what is the importance of knowledge in the spiritual path, it's like a reading menu card. That's it ! See, once you have the basic principles explained to you, now your effort has to be only in the line of destroying the ignorance, not gaining knowledge. The enormous amount of literatures produced. In course of time, the gaining knowledge itself takes 200 years and people forget gaining knowledge is not achieving enlightenment. It is like a menu card. Knowledge is like a menu card. You can't go without reading it and you can't be just sitting and reading it. Once you read it plan to eat. You need to have the book. It is not that you will scramble around. It is not that. You can do without menu card. But continuously reading the menu card is not going to work.

Jnaanena tu tadjnaanam Yeshaam naashitam-aatmanaha

Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi tatparam

Bhagavan is very clear. "prakaashayathi tatparam"- it just illumines like the sun. So understnd this example. Sun covered by the cloud. Now the cloud needs to be dispelled. But ordinary way you understand knowledge as, you have to make one kilogram gold, then two kilogram gold, three kilogram gold, four kilogram gold, you have to acquire, accumulate, accumulate. Unfortunately ordinary human mind understands accumulate...achieving enlightenment as in this line. One kilogram gold, two kilogram gold, three kilogram gold then there will be one time you will have all the gold in the world. You will be the owner. Then you are enlightened. No! That is not. It is like you are a sun shining. Cloud has covered. Des...Destroy the cloud and you will shine again.

Understand the big difference between these two examples.

The attitude with which you start is going to play a major role in your journey. Please understand. It is very important. The attitude with which, the understanding with which you start your journey is very important in the success of your journey. Knowledge is not acquired. Like inch by inch, inch by inch. It is only the reveal, revelation, illumination, enlightenment. Just the clouds are destroyed. Over. Whatever is shining. The right attitude. I will call only this as knowledge, which you know you are a sun covered by the cloud and the cloud needs to be dispersed and you need to shine. I will call only this as knowledge. Like a menu card. Reading the menu card. I tell you. Getting the taste of knowledge. Means just reading books and information is one of the worst addiction which can keep enlightenment away from you. I tell you. This is much worst addiction than alcohol, marijuana anything because in marijuana, alcohol and other addictions, at one point you will realise because whole world is against it. Whole society is against it. At one time you will suspect you are doing something wrong. But reading books whole world supports it. I tell you. Don't..don't get addicted to reading books. Once in a while, Ramana Maharishi answers this problem very beautifully. He says the ultimate is Satsanga, means being with the truth. Sat in unclutched way. If you want little time you can spend with the master.

Please understand. Little time. You can spend in his physical presence. If that is also not available, at the most you can spend little time with his books. He says, after these three, no other option. He says, never ever your brother disciples or friends. Ramana Maharishi was very clean. No disciple disciple relationship. Decide from now very clearly. Never entertain the disciple disciple relationship, the brother disciple relationship. Never allow that to influence your life. If it is really pulling you towards the master, making you reach towards the master, then tolerate it. That is the right word I will use. Tolerate it. Because the human mind is such, when he is in a high mood, he will talk high about the master to you. You will be inspired and go near the master. Tomorrow if he is in wrong..low mood, he himself will say, Aye! I told you all that, but that and all is brain washed things. He can take away the inspiration he gave, which is dangerous, which has happened many times, I have seen.

I don't think that is the complete truth, what I am saying now. I think this is much more proper. When you are in a soup, not even an vegetarian soup, you are in a non-vegetarian soup; there are three soups, vegetarian soup, non-vegetarian soup, Nan-non -vegetarian soup. Nan- in Tamil Nan means I, which means the I is being cut and cooked. (Laughter) What I do in the Inner Awakening is the Nan-non-You will neither be in vegetarian soup, nor be in Nan-non-vegetarian soup. You will be in-non-vegetarian soup. Means your body will be boiling.

So be very very choosy and careful with the disciple disciple relationship. Jnaanena tu tadjnaanam, Yeshaam naasthitam aatmanaha, Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi tatparam.

So understand, this verse is more like a GPS. Showing you the right path, right route, the right GPS is very important, for your journey. So please understand, in this beautiful verse, Bhagavan is showing you the attitude with which you need to work. If you are working with the attitude of accumulation, your actions will be different. You will be spending more and more time in receiving the information. But if you are working with the attitude of dispersing the cloud, you will be working more and more with the practise, techniques, kriyas, meditation and unclutching. So the attitude is going to decide the practise you are going to choose. The practise you are going to choose will decide about the result you are going to have it. Attitude is directly equated to the result. It directly affects the result.

Jnaanenatu tadjnaanam, Yeshaam naasthitam aatmanaha, Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi tatparam