The Bhagwad Geeta and death

The geeta contains the divine nectar, our great sages spread this nectar among us in different ages , different time , and it is always new and teaches the human civilisation to find the path of God , free our soul from the attachment and by self-realisation be the part of supreme soul.it is the immortal song of life,which speaks the glory of soul.

“The soul is glorious, unborn, deathless, free from old age, immortal, and fearless.”

The Geeta tells us that there was life before birth and it will also continues after that. I want to quote here verse 20 of chapter 2 of gita.

                         न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

                        न्यायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूय: |
                        अजो नित्य: शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
                        न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे || 20||

na jayate mriyate va kadacin

nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah |

ajo nityah sasvato 'yam purano

na hanyate hanyamane sarire ||20||

The  soul is never born nor dies ; nor does  it become only after being born. For it is unborn,eternal, everlasting and primeval : even though the body is slain, the soul is not.

The above verses explain eternal nature of Soul, and indicate that life is perpetual, the soul is the driving force of life which never dies. The soul is ever-existing and beyond birth and death.What we call death is merely destruction of body but the immortal self remains unaffected by all bodily changes.Soul never dies it is body which perishes. Upanishads,Vedas also confirm the immortality of soul.

SWAMY VIVEKANANDA EXPLANATION OF ATTACHMENT REFERRING ADI SHANKARACHARYA

                    

  EXPLANATION OF ATTACHMENT BY SHANKARACHARYA




We must not be extremely attached to anything except God.See everything, do everything,but be not attached.As soon as extreme attachment comes,a man loses himself,he is no more master of himself,he is a slave.If a women is tremendously attached to a man,she becomes slave of that man. There is no use in being slave.


There are higher things in this world than being a slave to a human being.Love and Do good to everybody , but do not become a slave. In the First place attachment degenerates us , and in second place, makes us extremely selfish. As a result, we want to injure others to do good to those whom we love.


Most of the wicked deeds done in this world are done through attachment to certain persons. So all attachment except that for good work should be avoided,but Love should be given to everybody.

There is a VERSE , which gives best definition of Bhakti-Yoga

"May that Love undying which the non-discriminating have for the fleeting objects of the senses never leave this heart of mine-of me who seek after thee!"

So in the above prayer the sage says, " I will have that attachment ,that tremendous clinging, only to Thee."

This love when given to God ,is called Bhakti.


Bhakti is not destructive , it teaches us that no one of the faculties we have has been given in vain, that through them is the natural way to come to liberation.

Bhakti does not kill our tendencies , it does not go against nature, but only gives it a higher and more powerful direction.






Inspired by speech and discourse of :                                                        SWAMY  VIVEKANANDA



                                                                                                                                    ......to be continued