"O King, I had many Gurus & I learned from all of them according to my Understanding”
He did Not egoistically say, “I learned it all.”
He said, “They are all my Gurus.
They taught me everything.”
Actually, the Truth was that he had kept learning from all of them.
Only one who keeps learning from his experiences is Truly intelligent.
We all want our bank balances to increase, do we Not?
Yes.
Do you know that there is also a bank of Knowledge?
It is a bank where our balance always keeps Increasing.
Everything we Learn from our experiences
in Life;
Sorrow,
Joy,
Difficulty,
Success,
Failure
accumulates as wealth in our bank of Knowledge.
We should thus keep Learning in life, whether from
Grief,
Rejection,
Sadness,
Censure, or Praise.
We should keep Learning from every experience.
If we Trust someone & are later
betrayed by them, we should Not simply keep cursing them.
We should Learn from that experience as well,
for there is No point in brooding.
It is better to move on & consider it a lesson Learned.
Dattātreya-jī explained to King Yadu the lessons he had learned from his 24 Gurus.
Keep in Mind that he was a sannyasi, so he learned from those Gurus only what was right & appropriate for him.
This does Not mean every person will learn the same lesson.
One learns according to one’s stage in Life, Conditions, & Evolution.
To whatever extent one can Learn for
one’s greater good, is best.
For example,
There are many commentaries & interpretations on Shrīmad Bhagavād Gītā;
there is Nothing wrong with this.
However, We should be careful which Meanings & Interpretations we apply in our Life.
It is Not right to adopt foolish Meanings & Interpretations, thereby deluding our own Mind and others’ Minds.
If one studies the Life of Dhruva,
It is again Not the possession of great Knowledge But a tremendous Commitment.
&
The Mantra that he was taught to chant invoking Śrī Maha Viṣṇu was ; ॐ नमो नारायणाय🙏
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Dhruva as a young boy was distanced by his father due to the bad influence of his step-mother.
When his stepbrother was sitting on the lap of his father,
as a child Dhruva too wanted to sit on his father’s lap.
The stepmother did Not allow him & said,
‘No, You can sit on the
lap of your father Only if you were born out of me.’
This statement made Dhruva unhappy & he went to his mother in despair.
Dhruva’s mother being a noble lady did not add fuel to fire.
She did Not create jealousy nor did she create anger in little Dhruva towards his step-mother.
#ŚrutiGītā means the song of the Śruti ~ Đ Upaniṣhads singing in ecstasy!
The very name 'Śruti Gītā' is significant.
It is not a dry philosophical treatise but a song or poetry about the Eternal.
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Hence Rṣi Bhrigu calls the language of an enlightened Master as 'Samādhi Bhāsā'.
Upaniṣhads are Not mere books,
'Upa' means very near & 'Nishad' indicates abidance.
It is thr Knowledge which makes you abide in The Self ~
Đ Eternal,
Đ Immortal,
Đ Blissful,
Đ Whole.
When an intimate contact happens with an Enlightened Master,
The Upaniṣhads work like magic herbs.
Hence the very meeting of a disciple with the Master is termed 'Upanayana'.
Divine destiny leads the seeker to the intimacy of the Rṣi,
& there his 'Upa-nayana'~Inner Eye Opens.
"Being indifferent to the fourfold goals of life it is of the nature of revelling in the (service to the) lotus feet of Paramātmā."
Đ fourfold human goals of life are; Dhārma (virtuous acts that lead to heaven),
Arthā (sources of security including wealth),
Kāma (pleasures),
&
Mokṣa (Liberation).
The devotee rejects these & considers Nothing greater than Devotion.
Arthā :
What do we want in Life?
The first thing we seek is to feel secure.
That is meant by Arthā.
The basic need is for physical security, in terms of
Food,
Clothing &
Shelter.
for clarification regarding Knowledge, Dispassion, Māyā, Devotion,
Because of which the Paramātmā showers His Kṛpā,
and the difference between the Paramātmā & the individual Ātman.
In reply to the question on devotion,
Śrī Rāma says,
जातें बेगि द्रवउँ मैं भाई।
सो मम भगति भगत सुखदाई॥
(श्रीरामचरितमानस-३·१५·१)
“That because of which My heart quickly Melts & which gives much joy to the Devotee is Devotion."
Such love touches His heart & He rushes to embrace His devotee.
Many devotees think Bhākti is a particular
In the Śloka here, #Aṣṭāvakra points out the subtle distinction between the two higher states in Meditation.
येन दृष्टं परं ब्रह्म सोऽहं ब्रह्मेति चिन्तयेत्।
किं चिन्तयति निश्चिन्तो द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति॥
"He, who sees the supreme Brāhmaṇ, Meditates upon ‘I am Brāhmaṇ.
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He who has transcended all thoughts and when he sees ‘no second’,
What should he meditate Upon?"
At the earlier stage the student, as a result of his deep study & long reflection,
becomes intellectually convinced of the one Infinite immutable Reality which is the Substratum
for the illusory play of names & forms that constitute the Universe.
Here,
The student ‘sees the supreme Brahman’ meaning,
He intellectually conceives the Existence & Understands the nature of the supreme Reality.
At this stage the student should strive to Meditate on,
तस्मात् 'therefore';
सर्वेषु कालेषु, at all times;
मामनुस्मर, think of me;
अनु, means Continuously;
मामस्मर, 'think of Me'.
I am the Self behind your own little self,
I am the Infinite One,
I am that Akṣara Puruṣa, that Imperishable Reality hidden within You.
So,
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।
& carry on the battle of Life!'
These two will have to go together. Thinking of the Divine, carrying on the battle of Life.
You are active in Life;
You have got plenty of work to do;
that cannot be an excuse for not remembering