{"id":6325,"date":"2012-03-26T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6325"},"modified":"2012-03-26T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:06:00","slug":"self-instructs-the-intellect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=6325","title":{"rendered":"Self instructs the Intellect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ZN1BygZFsE\/UvyZD3yu5zI\/AAAAAAAAFSY\/Q6xvJAbTRno\/s1600\/iskon.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ZN1BygZFsE\/UvyZD3yu5zI\/AAAAAAAAFSY\/Q6xvJAbTRno\/s1600\/iskon.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline;\">\n<b>The Symbology is that Lord Krishna ( Self ) revealed Divine Wisdom to Arjuna ( Intellect ). In other words, the Holy Geetha is the direct instruction of the Self Divine to our discriminative intellect.<\/p>\n<p>And what is the discriminative intell<span style=\"display: inline;\">ect ? It is Prajna, that which discriminates between the Real and the Unreal.<\/p>\n<p>Atma Anatma Vivekam ithi Prajna<\/p>\n<p>That which differentiates between the Self and the Non- Self is Prajna.<\/p>\n<p>And what is the Self ?<\/p>\n<p>Nirguno Nishkriyo Nithyo<br \/>Nirvikalpo Niranjanah<br \/>Nirvikaro Nirakaro<br \/>Nithyor Mukthosmi Nirmalah !<\/p>\n<p>He who Attributeless, Actionless, Eternal, Formless and ever liberated, the divine component in us !<\/p>\n<p>And what is the Non Self ?<\/p>\n<p>Dehendriya Prana sukhonamadya<br \/>Sarve Vikara Vishaya Sukhadaya<br \/>Vyomahi Bhootani Akhilam cha Visvam<br \/>Avyakta Payanta midham Hya Anatma<\/p>\n<p>From the Macrocosm to the Microcosm, from Universe to Man, all emotions, all enjoyments, all this is Non- Self !<\/p>\n<p>May the Discriminative Intellect, the Arjuna in us, obey the Divine Self in us, the Lord Krishna in us and may we experience Bliss !<\/p>\n<p>And let us say like Bhagavan Sankara<\/p>\n<p>By Whose Grace I know that I am the Absolute Self and all this is verily a superimposition upon Me, the Transcendent Reality !<\/p>\n<p>Yasya prasadath Aham eva Vishnu<br \/>Mayyeva Sarvam parikalpitham cha<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; text-align: left; zoom: 1;\">\n<a ajaxify=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10150748111286639&amp;set=a.10150301924661639.380480.653816638&amp;type=1&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fa7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F522584_10150748111286639_653816638_11183780_1238914219_n.jpg&amp;size=260%2C300&amp;theater\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10150748111286639&amp;set=a.10150301924661639.380480.653816638&amp;type=1\" rel=\"theater\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; float: left; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 403px; margin-left: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; width: 403px;\" title=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a ajaxify=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10150748111286639&amp;set=a.10150301924661639.380480.653816638&amp;type=1&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fa7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F522584_10150748111286639_653816638_11183780_1238914219_n.jpg&amp;size=260%2C300&amp;theater\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10150748111286639&amp;set=a.10150301924661639.380480.653816638&amp;type=1\" rel=\"theater\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; float: left; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Symbology is that Lord Krishna ( Self ) revealed Divine Wisdom to Arjuna ( Intellect ). 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