Bhagwad Gita - Post 246

Verse 69

Nor is there any among men who does dearer service to Me, nor shall there be another on earth dearer to Me than he.

I have no friend dearer than this person who is intently thinking of Me, and who glorifies Me wherever it is possible by teaching this wisdom to those who are really devoted. 

I consider that person as very dear to Me indeed. No one is equal to that person in devotion to Me.” 

Krishna again takes up, in this stanza, the glorification of the teacher who teaches the Gita-knowledge. 

Not only is there none to compare with him amongst the present generation, but there shall  never be (Bhavita-Na-Cha) anyone, even in future times, so dear to Him, the Lord says, as such an individual who spends his time in spreading the knowledge of what little he has understood from the Gita.

The essence of this verse can also be extended to sharing the knowledge of Shrutis with the world of spiritual seekers.

In Ashtavakra Gita, Janaka asks his Guru, “The transcendental knowledge you have bestowed upon me is so precious that I feel deeply indebted to you. What can I give you in return?” 

Guru Ashtavakra replies, “There is nothing you can give that will relinquish you from your debt. The knowledge I gave was divine and all that you possess is material. Worldly objects can never be a price for divine knowledge. 

But you can do one thing. If ever you find someone who is thirsty for this knowledge, share it with him.” 

(That is what precisely the author has been doing all along through the blog, through satsangh, through talks, through messages etc. as per the command received from his own Sadguru and God, Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

Dearest to God is one who is always considering God as his dearest. If to us God is the dearest, then God also will consider us as the dearest. 

“No one is equal to him. No one in the world can compare with this devotee whose soul is rooted in Me and who is spending his entire life in communicating this wisdom to others who are truly devoted to Me.”

 
Why does Ishvara love such a preceptor so much? The teacher assists Ishvara in His mission to rid the world of ignorance. 

Swami’s words to the author on 13.3.2005 in vision,

(“Swami needs you, Swami has a definite task for you in His mission, He has chosen you, lifted you to use in His task at some point of time”)

A teacher can assess the needs of the seeker, and give him the guidance from the Gita / from Shrutis needed for that particular situation of the seeker. 

Only a qualified teacher is able to do that, as opposed to someone randomly reading shlokas from the Gita. Furthermore, very few people are able to teach the true meaning of the Gita and convey to the student exactly what Ishvara wants to convey, without distorting anything.

Love.

Bhagwad Gita - Post 245

Verse 68

He who with supreme devotion to Me will teach this supreme secret to My devotees, shall doubtless come to Me.

The Lord's Song has a special appeal to those who have the mysterious spiritual thirst to live a fuller and more dynamic life. Hence it is said: "This deeply profound philosophy" (Paramam Guhyam) must be imparted to "My devotees" (Mad-bhakteshu). 

Swami Sivananda writes,

“Why is it called a supreme secret? 

Because it helps one to attain immortality or freedom from the wheel of birth and death. He alone who has devotion, is qualified to receive the teachings of the Gita. 

Teach with the faith that you are thus doing service to the Lord, the Supreme Teacher”

The opportunity to engage ourselves in devotion is a special blessing of God, but the opportunity to help others engage in devotion is an even bigger blessing, which attracts the special grace of God. 

Whenever we share something good with others, we benefit from it too. When we share whatever knowledge we have with others, by grace, our own knowledge increases as well.

“Wealth does not decrease by giving in charity; a river does not become narrow, though people take water from it. I am not saying this without basis; see it yourself in the world.” 

Devotion to the Lord (Bhakti) means the capacity to identify with the ideal, and therefore, the philosophy of the ideal way of life can profitably be imparted only to those persons who have a capacity to identify themselves with the ideal and thereafter live up to it.

It is not sufficient that the student alone has this capacity to identify himself with the higher ideal, but the teacher also must have (Bhakti) "perfect attunement" with the Supreme God Reality. Such an individual, who is himself rooted in his attunement, and who tries to impart this knowledge to others and thereby constantly occupies himself in reflections upon the philosophical ideals of the Geeta --- "shall certainly (Asamshayah) come to Me alone."

Dear all, 

Once again, when the Lord says, “to me”, it is directly aligned with the exposition on “Mamekam” in the talk on an earlier verse, which has been uploaded in the blog in previous post.

Thus,  only the teacher who has supreme devotion to the Un-manifest Lord, who is birth less, change less, and has merged in such a devotion with the Lord, is qualified to teach the secret (Secret of immortality, as Swami Sivananada  says) to his worthy student.

One cannot give what one does not have. 

Only when one has entered the gate way of God realization, roamed around, got very familiar, met, communicated and merged with the lord can teach the secret of immortality, the secret which he himself has discovered, to his student!!!

 Love.

Bhagwad Gita - Post 244

Dear All,

We have been focusing on this one mantra in the last 3 days:

Verse 66

Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not.

There is a talk / Satsangh on this verse, given by the author today, online.

The video of the online satsangh talk is given below for the benefit of all spiritual seekers all over the world, those who could not attend the satsangh online.

For the information of all readers, every week end, on Friday or Saturday, online satsangh is held on spiritual topics which is available for listening live in author's YouTube channel.

Channel name -         SATYAMURTHY VISWANATHAN

From now onwards, he shall post the link for weekly satsangh in this forum, a day before satsangh.

Among various talks that are available in the above channel, either audio or video, the following subjects are worth mentioning: 

1) Theory of Karma - Covered in 4 parts.

2) Manas Buddhi Chitta Ahankara - covered in 2 parts.

3) Chitra Deepa - analogy of painting , from Panchadasi.

4) Atma Nivedanam talk series - covering 8 to 9 stages in the spiritual journey from start till end.

There are many other talks available in the channel for the benefit of spiritual seekers.

Hari Aum Tatsat.

Love.