Bhagavad Gita Quote

Chapter XI: The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form

SANJAYA UVAACHA:
XI.9. EVAMUKTWAA TATO RAAJAN MAHAAYOGESHWARO HARIH;
DARSHAYAAMAASA PAARTHAAYA PARAMAM ROOPAMAISHWARAM.

Sanjaya said(narrating the battle to King Dhritarashrtra):
Having thus spoken, O king, the great Lord of Yoga, Hari
(Krishna), showed to Arjuna His supreme form as the Lord!

XI.10. ANEKAVAKTRA NAYANAM ANEKAADBHUTA DARSHANAM;
ANEKADIVYAABHARANAM DIVYAANEKODYATAAYUDHAM.
With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wonderful sights,
with numerous divine ornaments, with numerous divine weapons
uplifted (such a form He showed).

Daily Quote

Keep a fixed time each day for study of scriptures(svadhaya). Study thoroughly, prayerfully and unhurriedly with an alert mind and without interruption.

Raja Yoga Sutra

Raja Yoga Selection Number 71, for Sunday, May 20, 2012


[from Discourse II: "Sadhana Pada- On Spiritual Disciplines"]
II.10. TE PRATIPRASAVA-HEYAH SUKSMAH.
'Their subtle forms (of the pain-bearing afflictions) can be avoided
by reabsorbing them into their cause'.

Commentary:
When these various afflictions are a minor distraction to the
aspirant they can be merged back into their cause by substituting the
opposite mental modifications. For example, if egotistical thoughts arise,
they can be combated by focusing on the brotherhood of all mankind. If
feelings of attraction or avoidance enter the mind, then contentment or
acceptance can be substituted.

Weekly Poem

36. HOW FREE AM I!

O free, O gloriously free,
Am I in freedom from birth and death,
From pain, sorrow, Karma and Nescience;
All that dragged me back is rent asunder.

How free am I,
How thoroughly free from cares and anxieties!
It is the grace of the Lord.
I am purged now of all impurities,
I dwell in the abode of silence,
Nothing can disturb or distract me.

I have won, I have won!
The wave of bliss sweeps over me now,
The breath of freedom sweeps over me now.
Nityamukta Svarupoham,
I am eternally free Rasa or essence.

No bending, no kneeling,
No "Good morning, Sir",
No "Ji Huzur, sir",
No "Obedient servant",
No "I beg to remain";
But I am Emperor of the three worlds,
Atma Samrat, Svarat, Self-king.

Suddhoham, Buddhoham, Niranjanoham,
Samsara Maya Parivarijitoham.
Pure, fully illumined, spotless,
Free from the taints of Samsara am I.

a) Karma - Cause and Effect
b) Nitaymukta Svarupoham - I am the Eternally Liberated Self
c) Rasa - Essence
d) Atma Samrat, Svarat - Self King.
e) Suddhoham, Buddhoham, Niranjanoham - I am Purity, Wisdom, Perfection
f) Samsara Maya Parivarijitoham - I am victorious over the illusion world of rebirth