1991-05-27 - Summer Course Day 8

 

Darshan at Brindavan, 1991. From this video.

Main Points - 8

1. Examples for Paropakar:
   Trees, rivers, cows.
2. Reason for country's crises:
   Swaartha and Swaprayojana.
3. What does Prashnopanishad teach?
   Unity of Matter and Consciousness, Unity of Life and Living beings, Shiva and Shakthi.
4. Why is food basis of human life?
   As is the fire, so is the smoke. As is the smoke, so is the cloud. As is the cloud, so is the rain. As is the rain, so is the crop. As is the crop, so is the food. As is the food, so is life.
5. World is a synthesis of Jada and Chetana, Matter and Energy.
6. Student compared to fish as has to eat dirt and clean society. Selflessly mingle and spread ideals by practising. 
7. How can we understand the truth?
   Only after undergoing suffering.
8. What is the moral of the mud pot?
   Na sukhaad labhate sukham.
9. Why are men put down by suffering?
   Because they cannot endure suffering, always want happiness.
10. Body = sugarcane.
    Crushing = sadhana.
    Juice = Brahman.
11. Gita tells us 3 steps of getting the truth -
    Jnaatum, Drashtum, Praveshtum.
12. Awareness = paripoorna jnaana = complete knowledge.
13. Aims should not change with time.
14. Three steps to divinity:
    (i) Devotion - sacrificing all for ideal and persisting
    (ii) Determination - persistence till the end
    (iii) Discrimination - fundamental discrimination, which says what is right and what is wrong.
15. Bharat is tyaagabhoomi, yogabhoomi, karmabhoomi.
16. Rights and responsibilities are two wheels or two wings.
    

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