DHARM YUDHYA AND DHARM

     In Indian or Hindu - VEDIC religion , we have one of the scriptures named BGAGAVAT GEETA . Most of the people that know anything about Hindu know he GEETA . When there was a war in between 2 sets of cousins ,namely PANDAVAS and KAURAVAS , one of the great warriors from Pandeva was Arjun. When he was standing in the battlefield, and saw all his relatives and friends that were on the opposite side , he was discouraged and dropped his weapons down and decided that he was not going to fight and KILL his relatives and friends and teaches etc. At that time Lord Krishan who was his charioteer, gave him a discourse on the religion and told him that this is DHARM YUDHYA - religious war and he must fight. The question that many have pondered is what is religious war ? 

       In any was  both sided FEEL that their side is righteous and they are right in fighting war. We can talk about any war - for Indians British and Indians  and if you go back the King Shivaji and Muslim king Auragjeb. The war that is going on in the middle east each side feels that they are right and the other side is wrong. As outside observer we van have same type of opinions. So how can any war be called DHRAM YUDHY?

    I feel that we have to define DHARM ,which is translated as RELIGION. But there are other meanings to the word DHARM. When we say wood floats in water and Iron sinks because that is their DHARM or quality. The conventional use of Dharma is religion and not quality. But when one takes in to account the meaning as the quality then the whole thing becomes different. The quality of SOUL or the reflection of the GOD is to be free . We call the soul enclosed or limited to the body as JIWATMA and it is free and limitless , but due to ignorance , it feels it is limited to the physical body. The physical body and the subtle body limits the ability of the soul to be free. So the DHARMA of soul is to be FREE and LIMITLESS  and does not have limits of DESH-LAK- VASTU meaning LOCATION -TIME AND SPECIFIC IDENTITY. So the DHARMA YUDHYA is that of soul with bodily limitation that come with physical body - with it's 5 organs of perception and 5 organs of action and the subtle body -mind intellect and ego . The sole is free but it is covered with ignorance and that limits it and one has to let it be free and that fight is the fight which is described in GEETA . 

    The war did happen but what Geeta is describing is the religious war HAPPENING IN OUT  as described above 

  

CHAKRAS AND 5 GREAT ELEMENTS -PANCHAMAHABHUTE

     We have known and often talk about the CHAKRA ,SOME TALK ABOUT 5 and some talk about 6 or more . But we all have heard of the CHAKRAS and location. The Chakras that we talk about Chakras and we know the locations . One must know that there are actual nerve plexus and think that they are the real CHAKRAS. But in reality the CHAKRAS are in astral body or SUKSHMA SHARIR . The Chakras are in Astral spine and they are located close to the physical spine nerve plexus. 

  The lowest one is called  Muladhar chakra and is in the are of lowest part of the spine - coccyx area , There are nerves and they do seem to correspond to that area nerves. It is associated with the element of EARTH and is related to excretion. The next one is in SACRAL area nerves  and that is called SWADHISTHAN CHAKRA and is related to the great element of water and it is related to procreations. The next one is in Lumbar area . This is called MANIPOOR  and is related to the great element of FIRE And it is related to may be hunger or power and control of the power. The next one is called ANAHAT and is located at thoracic spine - heart level . It is related to the great element of VAYOO or AIR , This is related to heart - love . The next higher one is called VISHUDHA . It is related to great element of AKASH or Ether  or SPACE. This is located at cervical spine or throat  area in physical body. The 2 higher ones are ADNYA CHAKRA and the  SAHASTRA. 

   It is also interesting to know that these Chakras have colors and TOGETHER they form white color. The color assigned to each one is Muladhsr is RED , Svadshistatn CHAKRA  is orange , the Manipoor is yellow , ANAHAT is Green , Vishudhha is blue and ADNA Chakra is Indigo in color and SAHASRSRA is Violet . The 7 colors that make the WHITE COLOR are assigned to the 7 CHAKRAS. 

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WHICH FORM OF GOD I WOULD SEE IF I EVER SEE THE GOD?

      I have been watching many videos on NONDUALITY or ADWATYA and find sometimes we find ourselves wondering as to WHAT IS REAL. On one side great people like Shree Ramakrishna  and Vivekanand and many others , talk of nonduality and everything HAPPENING in the consciousness. And then same people are worshiping Kali and other Gods which have forms and GUNAS or qualities. On one side we have formless - God which has no Gunas or qualities- so called NIRGUN- NIRAKAR god and then we have ISHVARA which has form and qualities - so called SAKAAR - SAGUN. So the question arises as to if I see GOD , which form will I see -would it be Lord Krishna , Lord Rama, Lord Ganesh or Lord Shankar .Are these Gods real and have a Form ? or is it out imagination and we have created these Gods in OUR IMAGE and Imagination?

     The answer is given by some . Most of the time not too many have answered this questions . My answer is is GOD WILL APPEAR TO YOU AS WHAT YOU WANT GOD TO BE. According to Sarvapriyanand , the image of the God that we worship is not an imagination but that form of God has appeared and has helped , blessed etc. So at Transactional level - VYAVAHARIC LEVEL, these Gods are REAL and not an imagination. And so it is perfectly fine to worship them in the FORM and still believing that ultimate is God is formless  and has no qualities. At spiritual level - so called ADHYATMIC LEVEL - may be at higher level the God is formless .We can say the at BHAKTIMARG - Devotional Path, the God has FORM AND QUALITIES  and at DNYAN MARG OR Path of Knowledge, HE is formless.

But the GOD IN FORM IS REAL AND HE OR SHE IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE IF AND WHEN YOU SEE THE GOD 

THE 3 GUNAS AND CAST SYSTEM

    One of the black mark that Indian or Hindu society is that of the caste system . Th MANU SMRUTI , as I was told has also mentioned the Cast system and the inheritance . If a  higher class man is married to same class woman, she gets higher percentage of his property than the lower cast women who is also married to the same man. So we as society have decided that the cast system is based on birth . In Bhagwat Geeta also there is mention of cast system. One of the shloka states that 'even Shudra and women can achieve me ---"So we have cast system and that was based on the birth and not on QUALITIES that one has . 

   The cast system is based on or is supposed to be based on what qualities one has and should not be based on which family one is born. This is related to 3 Gunas. The 4 casts are BRHMIN, KSHATRIYA,VAISHY AND SHUDRA. The Brahmin is supposed to be higher cast and Shudra is suppose to be lower cast. But in reality the basis for this classification is , on predominance of 3 Gunas. When the SATWIC Guna is dominant and  the Rajasic is less prominent and Tamasic  is minimal then the person is BRAHMIN. The the Brahmin are suppose to be teaches and priests and may be in professions which help people . They are not Fighters or soldiers and certainly not business people.

   When a person has prominence of Rajasic Guna and some of Satwic Guna and very little Tamasic Guna, then that person is kshatriya . These are soldiers or fighters . They do have Tamasic Guna proportion more than seen in Brahmins but Rajasic is much more and Satwic is less than seen in Brahmin.

   When the person has predominant Guna of Rajasic and less of Satwic and some of Tamasic , then they are VAISHYA or businessman . The Satwic is less than seen in Kshatriya and certainly much less than Brahmin , and Tamsic is much more than seen in Kshatriya. 

   The Shudra cast is suppose to be determined by predominance of Tamasic Guna . They do have some Rajasic and some Sattvic , but much less than Kshatriya and Vaishya casts. 

   The interesting part is that in reincarnation, one is reborn to fulfill his or her DESIRES and so one who is addicted to alcohol is likely to be born in family where alcohol is easily available and consumed . So the person born in  a family of one cast is more likely to have same Guna proportion as mentioned above , though there are exceptions. So though the cast should not be determined by the birth family cast, many may have same attitude and so they are menially and by birth belong to the same cast. 

  Again I FEEL THAT CAST SYSTEM IS BLEMISH ON HINDU SOCIETY AND BIRTH SHOULD NEVER DETREMINE THE CAST, BUT THE QUALITIES SHOULD DECIDE IT 

THREE GUNAS AND HUMAN BODY

     We in Hinduism ir Vedic religion talk about 3 Gunas. So how do they come to existence and what do they represent? The answer is in the Vedic concept of Origin of Universe. As I have stated in some of my blogs , the Universe has no REAL END. The cycles of Beginning and End continue for eternity and there is no first cycle and there will be no Last cycle. So when the universe end EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE goes to a Singularity . At the start of New universe, there is a disturbance in the 3 GOONAS or 3 Qualities , which till then were in balance. I would not go through the stages of development of the universe , and human body or so called BHOOTAS. But just mention as to what comes out of each Goonas. 

  The TAMASIC GOON COMBINES WITH 5 Great elements - 5 MAHABHUTASA and that leads to the substrate for the 5 sense organs ,namely the SOUND(SHABDA) TOUCH(SPARSH), TASTE (RAS),LOOK (ROOP),AND SMELL (GANDH).Remember that the Mahabhootas are changed when they are involved in formation of Universe - and Bhuootas. 

  The SATVIC GOONA combines with 3 Great elements or MAHABHUTAS and the leads to 5 Sense Organs and ANTAHKARAN . There is no suitable word for this Sanskrit word. 

   The RAJASIC  GOONA combines with 5 Great Elements or PANCHMAHABHUTAS and then it produces the 5 Organs of ASCTION or KARMENDRIYE. They are HANDS . LEGS , PROCREATION , EXCRETION and SPEECH . 

तमेव् प्रत्यक्षं तत् त्वं असि -YOY ARE THAT

  तमेव् प्रत्यक्षं तत् त्वं असि  is from Ganpati Atharv Shirsh .and that is first statement after bowing done to Lord Ganesh and many of us say it but never think about it. So I thought of doing a small blog on it तम् त्वत् असि is very well known , famous line in Hindu scripters and was stated in CHHANDOKYA UPANISHADA. UDYALAK who is father of SHWETAKETU and is teaching him about THAT PRINCIPLE which is PARAMATMA or BRAHAMN and he states that YOU ARE THAT. So he is telling son that you are not body -mind -intellect , but you are THAT. Now in the line that I stated above , there is one more word , which is प्रत्यक्षं. This means 'AS SEEN BY EYES'. So now the statement is you are that which is seen by eyes . The BRAHMAN is not something that ca be seen -the word BRAHMAN means VAST . But we also have other qualities , principle of which is one which cannot be perceived . So if we can see it - it cannot be BRHAMAN . But here they are telling us that BRAHMAN which can be SEEN is Lord Ganesh or the form of BRAHAN that for out understanding or convenience is nothing other that Ganesh which is visible to human eyes .

   In Patanjali Sutra Yoga there are different proofs or PRMANAS that are described . They are 3 proofs .PRATAKSHYA -ANUMAN AND AAGAM . When we are talking to someone about a story , we often say that 'I actually saw him doing such and such or drinking  alcohol or beating someone etc. . So when we actually SEE something , we are sure that it is REAL But that may not be 100%  The second type is 'conclusion When we see smoke , we conclude that there is fire. But not all smoke means fire. The mirage does not have water and not all that looks like snake is snake - the typical old standard example So the conclusion could be wrong and deceptive But we still believe that when we see something , it is real .The last one just to complete - is AAGAM. This is what is told by enlightened souls or Lord himself . So now one knows that for practical purposes what we see is what we believe and so the worj PRATI AKSHYA - AS PER (SEEN BY ) EYES . 

BRIEF HISTORY OF ORIGIN OF UNIVERSE

   The universe has origin even in the physical concept and so it has origin in all the religions. The Christianity states 7 days or the origin and what THE GOD took 7 days to create universe. In Hindu or Vedic concept the whole thing is cyclical and there is no real beginning or end as such. It may be compared to the Mario brother's original video games -where the screen continues . So there is no real beginning of the TIME. As I have mentioned in some other blogs , the Time is not part of ultimate reality the BRAHMAN and so one cannot ask what was BEFORE that. 

  But here I am going to try to talk about origin of one of the cycles as the universe starts and end and starts again. At the end of the Cycle everything ends in singularity and everything is in balance . All the BHUTAS-JIVAS-Life are dormant and the 3 GUNAS the qualities are dormant and in perfect balance . Then there is some disturbance, so called GUNASHOBHINI. The DORMANT or quite state is called ALINGA AWASTHA. . The LINGA means sign -so at this stage there is sign or characters to it or may be qualities to it. With the disturbance, and imbalance of 3 GUNA So, the qualities , The state of universe with disturbance is origin of or called MAHAT TATWA. This is LINGA AWASTHA. and that is origin of I-NESS or AHANKAR. The universal I-NESS is AHNAKAR and limited to individual body is called ASMITA .JIVA is reflection of the CHAITANYA and is covered by AVIDYA or Ignorance. The 5 great elements combine with TAMOGUNA and that starts 5 TANMATRA .namely SHABDA -SPARSH-RASA-ROOP-GANDH-sound-touch-taste-appearance-smell.These 5 things are objects of 5 organs of DNYAN-perception. So, the TANMATRA form is called AVISHESH AWASTHA .

   The 3 GUNAS are TAMAS-RAJAS-SATWIC . The RAJASIC quality - the activating quality combines with 5 Great elements and form 5 organs of ACTION or KARMENEDRIYE. The SATWIC GUNA and 5 Great elements (PNCHA MAHABHUTE) combine and gives rise to 5 organs of Perception -DNYANEDRIYE. plus something called ANTAHKARAN. This state is called VISHESH AWASHTHA .

 There is relationship of 5 Great Elements and 5 organs of perception which will be discussed in different blog. Hope this has not put reader to sleep. 

SO THE 4 STAGES ARE ALING-LINGMATRA- AVISHESH- VISHESH .