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Chapter 5: Sanyasa Yoga Verse 16
Today I’ll enter into the satsang
Jnaanena tu tadjnaanam Yeshaam naashitam – aatmanaha Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi
tatparam
The translation :
On the other hand they, whose ignorance of the essential nature is destroyed by the consciousness,
thereafter illumine and manifest the sacred knowledge like the Sun.
Nothing compared to Krishna to be a orator. If it is Shiva’s word, I have to add two
words extra or reduce few words. Shiva’s language is a very common man’s language.
Of course mass can understand. Common person can understand. That is the specialty of Shiva.
Great philosophies he will express in common man’s language. Krishna, even a simple instruction
he will sing in poetry. Even a very simple thing, he will say it in such a sophisticated
way. The King, the King’s language training which he went through, you can see in every
line, every word he utters. After all he was trained in Gurukul, polished, prepared to
be a King. So naturally his language, body language, life style, skills, everything is
of king’s. Can see very clearly how beautifully he puts the whole thing.
On the other hand they, whose ignorance of the essential nature is destroyed by the consciousness,
thereafter illumine and manifest the sacred knowledge like the Sun. One of the best entertainment,
time pass I have is just read the Gita verses. Nothing else! I won’t even get into the
explanations, stories and all that; just Sanskrit verse and English translation.
I tell you guys, Gita is not just philosophical book. It’s a very powerful entrainment.
The sacred secret you need to know from this verse is - You don’t need to gain knowledge,
you don’t need to gain enlightenment. Please understand, it is there like a sun. It is
shining always. All you need to do is work on removing the ignorance.
The biggest problem is, please understand, this one small understanding. Shifts the way
you put your efforts. If you think knowledge needs to be gained, you will continuously
spend your time only in reading, accumulating knowledge. No! That is why yesterday when
somebody asked, what is the importance of knowledge in the spiritual path, it’s like
reading a Manu card. That’s it! See, once you have the basic principles explained to
you, now your effort has to be only in the line of destroying the ignorance, not gaining
knowledge. The enormous amount of literatures produced. In course of time, the gaining knowledge
itself takes 200 years and people forget gaining knowledge is not achieving enlightenment.
It is like a menu card. Knowledge is like a menu card. You can’t go without reading
it and you can’t be just sitting and reading it. Once you read it plan to eat. You need
to have the book. It is not that you will scramble around. It is not that. You can do
without menu card. But continuously reading the menu card is not going to work.
Jnaanena tu tadjnaanam Yeshaam naashitam – aatmanaha Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi
tatparam
Bagavan is very clear. ‘prakaashayathi tatparam’ - It just illumines like the sun. So understand
this example. Sun covered by the cloud. Now the cloud needs to be dispelled. But ordinary
way you understand knowledge as, you have to make one kilogram gold, then two kilogram
gold, three kilogram gold, four kilogram gold, you have to acquire, accumulate, accumulate.
Unfortunately ordinary human mind understands achieving enlightenment as in this line. One
kilogram gold, two kilogram gold, three kilogram gold then there will be one time you will
have all the gold in the world. You will be owner. Then you are enlightened. No! That
is not. It is like you are a sun shining. Cloud has covered. Destroy the cloud and you
will shine again.
Understand the big difference between these two examples.
The attitude with which you start is going to play a major role in your journey. Please
understand. It is very important. The attitude with which, the understanding with which you
start your journey, is very important in the success of your journey. Knowledge is not
acquired like, inch by inch,, inch by inch. It’s only the revelation, illumination,
enlightenment. Just the clouds are destroyed. Over! Whatever is, is shining as usual. The
right attitude - I will call only this as knowledge which you know, you are a sun covered
by the cloud and the cloud needs to be dispersed and you need to shine. I will call only this
as knowledge, like a menu card, reading the menu card.
I tell you, getting the taste of knowledge means just reading books and information is
one of the worst addictions, which can keep enlightenment away from you. I tell you, it
is much worst addiction than alcohol, marijuana, anything. Because, in marijuana, alcohol and
other addictions, at one point you will realize, because the whole world is against it, whole
society is against it. At one time you will suspect, you are doing something wrong. But
reading books, whole world supports it. I tell you, don’t get addicted to reading
books, once in a while.
Ramana Maharishi answers this problem very beautifully. He says the ultimate is Satsang
means being with the truth “Sat” in un-clutched way. If you want, may be little time you can
spend with the master. Please understand, ‘little time’ you can spend in his physical
presence. If that is also not available, at the most you can spend little time with his
books. He says after this three, no other option. He says never ever your brother disciples
are friends. Ramana Maharishi was very clear. No disciple-disciple relationship.
Decide from now, very clearly, never entertain the disciple-disciple relationship, the brother-disciple
relationship. Never allow that to influence your life. If it is really pulling you towards
the Master, making you reach towards the Master, then tolerate it. That is the right word I
will use. Tolerate it. Because the human mind is such, when he is in high mood, he talks
high about the master to you,you will be inspired, and go near the master. Tomorrow if he is
in low mood, he himself will tell you “Hey, I told you all that. But that and all is brain
washed things”. He can take away the inspiration he gave, which is dangerous, which has happened
many times, I have seen. ( Friend will say ) “ I don’t think that is the complete
truth what I am saying now, I think this is much more proper”. Then you are in a soup.
Not even a vegetarian soup. You are in a non-vegetarian soup. There are 3 soups. Vegetarian soup,
non-vegetarian soup, naan-non-vegetarian soup. It means the “Naan”. In tamil “Naan”
means “I”. The “I” is being cut and cooked. What I do in Inner awakening is the
“naan-non-vegetarian” soup. The “I” is getting souped. So understand, you will
neither be in Vegetarian soup nor be in naan-non-vegetarian soup. You will be in naan-vegetarian soup.
Means your body will be boiling.
So be very, very choosy and careful with the disciple-disciple relationship.
Jnaanena tu tadjnaanam Yeshaam naashitam – aatmanaha Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi
tatparam
So understand, this verse is very more like a GPS showing you the right path, right truth.
Right GPS is very important for your journey. So please understand, in this beautiful verse,
Bagavan is showing you the attitude with which you need to work. If you are working with
the attitude of accumulation, your actions will be different. You will be spending more
and more time in receiving the information. But if you are working with the attitude of
dispersing the cloud, you will be working more and more with the practice, techniques,
Kriyas, meditation and un-clutching. So the attitude is going to decide the practice you
are going
to choose. The practice you are
going to choose will decide the result you are going
to have it. Attitude is directly equated to the result. It directly affects the result.
Jnaanena tu tadjnaanam Yeshaam naashitam – aatmanaha Teshaam aadityavat jnaanam prakaashayathi
tatparam