THE HOLY GITA, CHAPTER NUMBER 06, DHYANA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF MEDITATION, VERSE NUMBER 27

THE HOLY GITA

CHAPTER NUMBER 06

DHYANA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF MEDITATION:

VERSE NUMBER 27

Text in Transliteration:

prasaantamanasam hy enam yoginam sukham uttamam

upaiti saanta rajas am brahma bhatam akalmasam

Text in English:

Supreme Bliss verily comes to that yogi whose mind is calm; whose passions are pacified, who has become one with Brahman and who is sinless.

COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIDBHAVANANDA:

It is the category of Rjas that creates passion, the source of all afflictions. When the impetus of Rajas cools down, calmness of mind comes in as a matter of course. He who cognizes everything as Brahman becomes himself Brahman. The one in Brahmaavstha is actionless, and as such there is no sin for him.

SRI RAMAKRISHNA AS QUOTED BY SWAMI SIDBHAVANANDA:

Before visiting the humble home of a tenant of his, the landlord sends in advance the required furniture and provision, so that the occupant may receive him in a fitting manner. Similarly, before the Lord reveals Himself in the heart of a devotee. He endows him with purity, devotion, faith and such like divine qualities.

COMMENTARY BY DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN:

brhmabhatam: one with God. We become what we behold according to the rule of the wasp and the bee, bhramarakeetanyaaya. Even as the was which is threatened by the bee thinks of the bee so intently that it itself is transformed into the bee, so also the upaasaka (meditation) becomes one with the object of meditation (upaasy)

brahmatvam praaptam Sridhara.

Progress consists in the purification of body, life and mind. When the frame is perfected, the Light shines without any obstruction.

COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIVANANDA:

Supreme (eternal, unalloyed and uninterrupted) bliss comes to the Yogi whose mind is perfectly serene, who has calmed his passionate nature, who has destroyed all sorts of attachments, who has attained knowledge of the Self and thus become a Jivanmukta or one who is liberated while living, who feels that all is Brahman only, and who is taintless i.e., who is not affected by Dharma or Adharma (good or evil)

Comments by the blogger:

The Christianity and the Bible culture speak of original sin. All human beings are sinners. The same is the case with the Quran culture. Man has to suffer because of the original sin of His forefathers. And Man is given only one chance to prove his mettle, in as much as the very living is to attenuate and hold a sorry life because of the original sin. In one chance, Man has to become pure and free from the original sin. The original sin itself consisted of Adam and Eve realising their sex and join to make love. And how can man marry and lead a sensual life at the same time become free of the original sin that too in one chance?

Hinduism, on the other hand, gives umpteen number of chances to get rid of all passions, mind you, not sin, so that he may become bereft of all passions and shed sensualities in favour of becoming one with God. Then supreme bliss would be his eternal life. Thus in Hinduism there is a possibility to take in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in the body and then go up toward the evolution of the mind till all the worldliness is thrown away in favour of that Supreme Bliss enjoyed by the Evarlasting God!