The definition of Dharma is different for different people.
Action-oriented individuals always consider karma as their Dharma.
Religion-biased people always consider their religion as their Dharma.
Veda pundits consider VEDA AND PURANA as their Dharma.
An Army person will consider saving nation as his/her Dharma
A child considers taking care of parents as their Dharma.
In Bhagavad Gita , it is mentioned that Dharma is the side where Krishna stands. Henceforth, it becomes very easy to understand in every situation path which Krishna follows would be the righteous…
"Krishna was in support of Pandavas , so side of pandavas is the righteous path. Dharma is where Krishna is ..!!"
The consciousness has a Purush tatva and Prakriti. Be it a man or woman every one has Purusha and Prakriti in it .
Consciousness or Brahman was unmanifested matter, Prakriti helped it to manifest in it’s evolutes.
Tri Gunas i.e. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the evolutes of Prakriti
The ego ( self identity) is the evolute of Prakriti
The Cognitive Sense i.e. Jnanendriyas like hearing,touching,seeing tasting smelling is all evolutes of Prakriti.
The Active instruments i.e. karmendriyas i.e speaking, holding, moving, procreation,eliminating are evolutes of Prakriti.
Prakriti or Shakti allows us to exhale and inhale …. We usually think it’s the breath which is the prana. But, it’s the prakriti or Shakti that allows the air to fill the lungs. This is why we breathe.
Anything in motion, behind it is the Shakti. The voice from the throat is Shakti in various forms: Para, Prashanti, Madhyama, and Vaikhari. Behind sleep is Shakti which allows us to feel sleepy.
Behind thinking is Shakti which allows us to think.
Without Shakti the cosmos cannot operate … Anything in motion in this Universe is Shakti … If we follow the Shakti/Prakriti we will reach the Purusha or consciousness.
Many people say that Mahabharata happened because of a women “Draupadi” . Does a women like Draupadi born out of fire which is considered to be the purest elements ( pancha tatva) could become a cause of such a huge war ???? 🤔
BHISHMA PITAMAH : The eldest son of the kuru dynasty is the son of goddess Ganga. He was trained in all sorts of weapons and righteousness (dharma) by none other than Parashuram. He surrendered to Dhritarashtra an unrighteousness king …. that became the basis of all sins by kuru son’s or kauravas.
KARN : Karn was the son of the Sun. He was well trained in bow and arrow 🏹 and righteousness by Parashuram. He also surrendered to Kuru Son “Duryodhan”. Karn powers were the basis of all sins performed by Duryodhan.
” When a strong and powerful person who has a capability of changing the society surrenders to a unrighteous , unethical, and corrupt minds, the exploitation of people and resources increase and the basis of this exploitation is always powers of that person who is capable but in the wrong side”
3. GURU DRONACHARYA: Guru Dronacharya was very attached to his son, Ashwathama. His love for his son covered Ashwathama’s sins. During the episode of Draupadi disrobing, Ashwathama abused the women. Love for a child is good but when love turns into attachments then it becomes unrighteous.
Fire is considered the purest element in our sanatan tradition. Marriages are usually conducted around fire as it burns all impurities. Rituals like yagya are performed with fire because it is the purest form. Draupadi was born out of this fire. How could such purity cause massive destruction and a war like the Mahabharata? It was Yagya Saini Draupadi powers which dissolved all the impurities in itself and purifies the outside world!
In the earlier days in feudal Japan there were trained persons in martial arts those were called as “Samurai”. Once there was a Japanese Samurai well trained in martial arts , he was extremely overconfident on his skill .
Once he went to a village and started shouting loudly …
“Is there anyone in the village who can fight with me …”
All the villagers were scared of him as he was martial arts trained . So, no one has the courage to even respond to this guy . But , there was a young Monk in that village, he was trained by a Zen master .
He stood in front of the Samurai. He said “listen, we don’t want you to fight with anyone. Violence is not good. Please go back.” But the Samurai was adamant. He started threatening the villagers.
So, this Young Monk finally came to fight with the Samurai. The Entire village was cheering for this Young Monk. But, deep down, they all knew that this young Monk will not last a minute against this Samurai.
Anyways, the fight started….
The young Monk had no training in martial arts. Still, he learned his lessons well from his Zen Master.
ZEN master explained to the young Monk, “Listen, my child. When you keep your mind empty, the thoughts of other people will start reflecting in your mind.” Then, you would know what the other person is thinking. 🤔 “
” Mindful means the mind is completely empty. Awareness comes to the forefront in that emptiness. In that awareness, the thoughts of others would reflect. Then you would know what the other is thinking.”
So, when the fight started this Monk knew what action Samurai is going to do and he would respond suitably. Samurai got shocked whatever action he is doing, how does the monk knew beforehand…nevertheless Monk won !!
Moral of the story is …
If someone’s mind is full of ego …he can never be mindful, mindfulness means mind full of awareness and empty of thoughts. !!
This book covers the translations from Bhagavad Gita which I found easy to understand . Recommending the Bhagavad Gita readers to refer this book , it has quite detailed and easy to understand translations by Swarupananda ji of Shri Ramakrishna mission publications .
It covers the details of Sanskar’s or Habits and how it is formed , further details about Mind management techniques. This is beneficial for Office going people who have daily course of managing different types of people and people who want to change habits but unable to do it . This book is very useful in changing habits
Karma Yoga is the essence of Bhagavad Gita . This book tells us how to perform a duty in every situation for a common man and how that duty turns into a YOGA .
This is very detailed book by Sadhguru where he has explained the various phases of death, karma and it types and various aspects of the body mind complex .
A seeker who is honestly seeking answers to who am I and how to live in this world and manage all problems , here’s this book which answers questions to all problems also give the way or Art of Living .
IkiGai is good techniques came from Japan where people find solutions to small problems with an objective of wholesome benefit and share it with others . This helps is solving issues and contributing to society . This is applicable everywhere in a work place or home or in society.
As per Kathopanishad there are two paths while taking a decision :
Shreyas : What is good for me ? (which is good us )
Preyas : What is pleasant for me ? (something which is pleasing to our senses )
For Example – I am Dieting !
Shreyas ( What is good for me ? )
Preyas ( What is pleasant for me ?)
Good food which maintains good health
Food which gives instant pleasurable taste
Good wealth which maintain lifestyle
Greed
Good music which keeps mind peaceful and no harm to ears
Loud music which may gives pleasure in the beginning but later it may damage ears
Waking up early in the morning
Sleeping in a cozy bed
Whenever we have a choice like this we need to make a “DECISION” .
While taking a decision we should not just select one option but also completely cut the other option which is not chosen e.g.
The reason is if I am not completely cutting the option B and leave it open and then same thing will happen I will slowly consume little bit of sugar intake and think we will follow the routine from next day . So, decision of choices should always be done in a Right Way !
“So Shri Krishna says the definition of decision is to cut or completely remove the option which you are not going to do in life rather than keeping it open . Also while taking a decision select “Shreyas” in place of “Preyas” !”
Krishna Mentions to chose “Shreyas” rather than “Preyas” while deciding the choice .
One day King Janaka was sleeping peacefully and suddenly a commander came running to him shouting “Maharaj ji get up !! we have been attacked by an enemy!! ” .
King Janaka immediately got up and summoned all his generals, commanders and soldiers, put up his sword & armor and went off to fight the battle. And there was a fierce battle in which king Janaka was ‘Defeated‘ !! . King Janaka was wounded, captured by the enemies , dragged before the enemy king and the enemy king said to king Janaka ” Your kingdom is now mine !! . Since you’re a King , I won’t kill you, but I will Exile you!! You get out of this Kingdom!!” Poor king Janak was depressed , sad, tired & exhausted . Somehow he started walking to get some food & water and found that surprisingly! people in his own capital earlier refused to offer him food or water as they were all afraid of the new King . The new King was very cruel and anyone who would offer even food and water to King Janaka would get punished . After walking for two days he came to the border of his kingdom and across the border was the next kingdom where he found that food was getting served to poor people / beggars in a line. He joined that line and as he advanced in the queue when he came up to the place where the food was getting served by that time all food was finished !! He could not take it anymore , he was terribly exhausted ! and the person who was serving food said ‘just the starch lying at the bottom of the bowl is there , if you want it I can give you“. King Janaka said ” ok sure give me ” and the starch was served to his plate . As soon as the king Janaka lift the bowl and put the food in his mouth , a big kite bird dived and hit the bowl and knocked it out of the hands of king Janak. All the left out food which he was about to eat spilled on the floor some of it the bird ate it. Now, King Janaka was extremely exhausted and started crying & fell on the ground! Alas !! Suddenly king Janaka heard a voice ” Maharaj ji what happened , why are you crying ?? “ and … King Janaka Woke up completely wet in sweat !!He looked up and realized that it was all a DREAM!! Since the king Janaka had a very analytical mind he started thinking what is the “TRUTH” King Janaka asked his Commander ” Wo sachh …. ya ye sachh ” ? Commander was unable to understand so he called the Queen. Queen came in and asked the King what happened ?? King Janaka again said the same thing ” Wo sachh..Ya ye sachh! ” But nobody could understand him. Next day in the morning this news spread in the city and people were talking about this ! On that day ! Ashtavakra muni came into the city and he was walking in the city & he heard all the talks going on between the people about this .. so he decides to visit King Janaka! Ashtavakra muni went to meet king Janaka and as soon as he enter the court room he asked the King Janak ” How are you?? King Janaka replied the same thing he is repeating since he woke up i.e. ” Wo sachh.. Ya ye sachh“? Nobody in the court room was able to understand this question of King Janak . But, Ashtavakra muni understood and asked the King Janaka ..” When you were in the battle field experiencing the defeat, hunger depression sorrow were you there??” King Janaka said “Yes, I was there and I experienced it all even though it was a dream but I experienced it …the defeat , the sorrow, the hunger everything… “ So, Ashtavakra muni again asked King Janaka ” At that time were all these things which you see now the court room full of courtiers , all this luxury , wealth , was this present at that time ?“ King Janaka said ” No, none of this was present in the dream… only defeat , depression, sadness , hunger was there in the dream ” then again, Ashtavakra muni asked to king Janaka ” do you experience the depression , sadness , misery which you experienced in dream here Now when you are sitting in the court room with all your courtiers around with all the luxury and wealth , is it here??“ King said ” No, here the experience of dream is not here ” . Then Ashtavakra muni said ..”Neither this is the truth nor that is the truth ” King Janaka was confused and asked the Ashtavakra muni ” Then, what is the truth???” Ashtavakra muni replied ” When you were dreaming… ‘YOU’ were experiencing the bad situations , Now ‘YOU’ are experiencing the good situation .’YOU’ are the witness experiencing both situation. So only “YOU” alone is the TRUTH . Neither the dream was the truth, nor the present situation only “YOU” alone witnessing both situations is the TRUTH “
