Sunday, December 6, 2015

Even a wise man acts according to his own nature ...

Finally revealed the meaning of the verse 3.33 in the Bhagavad GItA:

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्या: प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि |
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रह: किं करिष्यति || 33||
sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api
prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati
BG 3.33: Even wise people act according to their nature (prakRti), for all living beings are propelled by the guNas or their natural tendencies. What can  restraint do?
'Even a wise man acts according to his own nature, nigrahah kim karishyati?'

Refer to the the different classes of jnAnis as described in the tripurA rahasya.

Even after jnAna, there are different classes of jnAnis. Each acts according to his or her nature. So once jnAnam is regained in this birth, the vAsanAs starting with deha vAsanA can continue to play out depending on the continuity of jnAna or samAdhi. Those who have jnAnam recognize other jnAnis, and they do not judge others. Why? They always see the light of consciousness in others even if they have to have empirical dealings with them in bhUloka. GuNas play with the guNas. Even Indra, brahmA, shiva, viShNu have engaged in lustful and shameful acts and the trimUrti are nitya jnAnis- eternal jnAnis. This is not a license for ignorance or for allowing the senses to run amok, but the point is to use all the yardsticks and characteristics to judge one's own spiritual progress and not that of others. Why? Because if you have had jnAnam in this human birth then you will know that to cognize the other is ajnAnam born of rajas and tamas and if you didn't know that until you were told you had better listen to the one who tells you that and not judge that person. And yet it is the greatest wisdom to hold oneself up to the highest standard. 

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