BG-Science of Self Realization - Part5

8/14/2019 BG-Science of Self Realization - Part5

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Why do bad thingshappen to good

people

The Law ofKarma


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Krishna isSat - Cit - Ananda

Jiva The spirit soul isalso

Sat cit Ananda

Then why are we suffering ??

Why Do Bad Things Happen To GoodPeople?

Full of

knowledge

Eternal Blissful


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5. Karma(Activity)

Five Major Topics in Bhagavad-Gita


1.ISVARA

(GOD)

2.Jiva(LivingEntity)

3.Prakriti

(Material

Nature)

4.Kala

(Time)


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Prakriti The MaterialNature Consists of millions of universes

1/4th of the total creation

Material nature is dukhalaya ashashvatamB.G.

Spiritual world is Vai kuntha (No misery)

Compared to a prison house. Afacility provided for the rebellious

souls, giving them an opportunity

to reform themselves

Why did the Lord create the material world ??


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Provides the soul with

a body in the

8400000 species oflife


400,000 - Human beings

900,000 In Water (aquatics)

2,000,000 Plants

1,100,000 Insects

1,000,000 Birds

3,000,000 - Animals

Different bodies provide different levels of consciousness just

like different cells in the prison

A- Class Cell, B-Class Cell & C-Class cell Binds the body with the three

modes of nature

Ga get out durg very difficult to
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Three Modes of Material Nature

Sattva Guna

Mode of Goodness

Rajo Guna

Mode of Passion

Tamo Guna

Mode of Ignorance

Knowledge Free from

sins

Conditioned

by sense of

happiness

Unlimiteddesires

Fruitive activity

Attraction

between man

and woman

Madness

Laziness

Sleep

Intoxicatio

n


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Food in Mode of Goodness

B.G.17.8 ayuh sattva balarogya.

Food that increases life span & Heart becomes

purified

Gives strength, health, happiness and satisfaction

Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing

to the heart

Food in

Mode of

Passion

B.G.17.9 katv-amla-

lavanaty.

Food that cause

distress, misery

and disease

Such foods are

too bitter, too

sour, salty, very

hot, pungent, dry

and burning

Food in

Mode ofIgnoranc

eB.G.17.9 yata yaman gatarasam

Food that are

Prepared more than 3 hrs

before being eaten

Tasteless, decomposed &

putrid

Consisting of remnants and

untouchable


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All living beings in the material world areconditioned by the three modes

The soul comes in contact with a particular mode of

material nature and acts accordingly, being conditioned

The ConditionedSoul

We seek happiness on the material platform according

to the modes we are conditioned by

We are forced to act

helplessly according to the

impulses born of the modes of

nature


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In this way the soul isforced to take birth in

this material world

again and again

Thus our pure spiritual

nature is perverted by theimpure desires, born of the

three modes


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KALA (TIMEFACTOR)

Time is Krishnas

Energy Most Powerful force in the material

world. Amongst all killers time is the

ultimate.

Time causes transformation in the prakriti

- Cycle of Universe- Six Transformations

In B.G. Krishna says, Kalosmi I amTime

Where are the

Napoleans and

Hitlers ?


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KARMA

(ACTIVITY)Definition: Activities performed by theliving entities conditioned by the three

modes, under the control and purview

of time

THE LAW OF KARMAFor every action there is an equal and

opposite reaction

We are accountable for everything we think,

speak or do

Therefore we must be aware of the

consequences of all the activities that weperform.

Wh D B d Thi H T G d


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Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA

Good Karma Pious Activity

Concession given does not mean free

license to engage in sinful activity

Bad Karma Sinful Activity

Laws of Karma are relative

The four pillars of sinful life:

1. Illicit

Sex

2.

Intoxicatio

n

3.

Gamblin

g

4. Meat

Eating

Krishna Says, Gahana Karmano gati It is very difficult to

understand the law of karma



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Contd Preliminary knowledge of the LAW

OF KARMA

Applicable only to human species

Instant and delayed Karma

eg. Sow a mustard seed & get a fruit in a month

sow a coconut seed and get a fruit in 20 years

Cellows (drum for storing grains)

Individual and collective karma

Ignorance of the law is no

excuse to escape reaction

If everything is predestined

then why work ?

Mills of God grind slowly but exceedingly

fine



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TO ESCAPE REACTION,

AKARMA MUST BE PERFORMED

Good and bad karma are both binding

Good and bad karma do not cancel each other

Contd Preliminary knowledge of the LAW

OF KARMA



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DIFFERENT TYPES OF

KARMATYPE ACTIVITY

Karma As per scriptural (PIOUS)

directions

VIkarma Against scriptural

(SINFUL) directions

Akarma For which one

does not suffer any reaction

Eg. Soldier fighting on behalf

of the country


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LIFE IS A PREPARATION

DEATH IS THEEXAMINATION

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