The warrior spirit
Yam hi navyathayanthye te Purusham Purusharshabha
Sama duhkha sukham dheeram somritathvaya kalpathe
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If Arjuna is having doubts about fighting the present war, Sri Krishna has gone on to teach him about the quality of the warrior fit to receive the supreme spirit. The enlightened human being is not agitated by pain and pleasure.
Addressing Arjuna as a leader of men, Sri Krishna reminds him that he too has the potentiality within him. Such a person alone is a fit vessel for immortality.
Where is the need for immortality in a warrior. By getting deluded by the past, Arjuna fails to see the need of the present moment. And being in the present moment is possible only if Arjuna is not swayed by the pain of fighting friends and relatives and the pleasure of escaping from the war.
Being indifferent to pleasure and pain makes the mind steady and rooted in the present moment which contains the essence of immortality. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
(Picture: A temple on Eldams Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Temples and places of worship are abound in India mainly as centres to help the busy mind to re-route itself to the Consciousness.)
(Patanjali Yoga Sutra, Bhagavad Gita, Vignana Bhairava Tantra, The Himalayas, swahilya.soulmate@gmail.com)
2 comments:
A noble message:
..'Being indifferent to pleasure and pain makes the mind steady and rooted in the present moment which contains the essence of immortality..'
Thanks Swahilya Shambhavi for sharing your insights.You are doing a great job in creating awareness of the Universal Truth
contained in Bhagavad Gita.
God bless.
Welcome Surjit, thank you.
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