Thursday 10 March 2011

Srimad Bhagavad Gita by Swami Ranganathananda:Kingdom of God Is Within You

This body is called ksetra or field, O son of Kunti; the one who knows this body
is called the ksetrajna or the knower of the ksetra by those who know it.
Know Me (the Divine Incarnation) to be the ksetrajna or 'Knower of the Ksetra' in all the ksetras, O Bharata. The (unified) knowledge of kstrea and ksetrajna is (true) knowledge, according to My view.'
The knowledge of the ksetra and ksetrajna- the unified knowledge of both is called jnana or knowledge in the true sense of the term, says Sri Krishna. The body and its source, representing the external world (the not-self) and the Knower of the body representing the internal world (the Self) - both we have to know. That alone is full knowledge. Thus alone can you comprehend the totality of Reality, Reality in its wholeness.
Vedanta says that in the inner world, all knowing tends to being; when you try to know your own true nature, you realize that you are That. In the external world, it is never so. If I study a star, I do not become a star; if I study a table, I do not become a table. But when you study yourself in depth, you are That and you become That. You are rising, you are growing, you are developing into that Being. A Siddhartha becoming a Buddha, attaining enlightenment. A new man comes upon the scene, full of love, full of compassion. What a wonderful change comes in the human being!

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