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Gandhi and Gita
Krishna Bhatta, MD, FRCS
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
134 years ago on October 2nd
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Mohandas Gandhi as a young boy
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While in school, the student Gandhi got into bad company and took to meat-eating, smoking and even stealing. Then his conscience deeply troubled him and he wrote a confession to his father. In Gandhi's own words:
“I wrote it on a slip of paper and handed to him myself. In this note, not only did I confess my guilt, but I asked adequate punishment for it, and closed with a request to him not to punish himself for my offence.
I was trembling as I handed the confession to my father. He was ill with fistula and was confined to bed. I sat beside him.”
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While in school, the student Gandhi got into bad company and took to meat-eating, smoking and even stealing. Then his conscience deeply troubled him and he wrote a confession to his father. In Gandhi's own words:
I wrote it on a slip of paper and handed to him myself. In this note, not only did I confess my guilt, but I asked adequate punishment for it, and closed with a request to him not to punish himself for my offence.
I was trembling as I handed the confession to my father. He was ill with fistula and was confined to bed. I sat beside him.
He read it through, and pearl-drops trickled down his cheek, wetting the paper. For a moment he closed his eyes in thought and then tore up the note. He had sat up to read it. He again lay down. I also cried. I could see my father's agony. I still vividly remember the entire scene today.
Those pearl-drops of love cleansed my heart, and washed my sin away. Only he who has experienced such love can know what it is. This was for me an object lesson in Ahimsa. When such Ahimsa becomes all-embracing, it transforms everything it touches. There is no limit to its power.
This sort of sublime forgiveness was not natural to my father. I had thought that he would be angry, say harsh words and strike his forehead. But he was so wonderfully peaceful, and this was due to my clean confession. A clean confession, combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest type of repentance. I know that my confession made my father feel absolutely safe about me, and increased his affection for me beyond measure.
Excerpted from Gandhi's autobiography
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Leaders Lead !
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Gandhi and Gita
The Gita has been a mother to me ever since I became first acquainted with it
in 1889
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Gandhi and Gita
When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad-Gita.
I find a verse here and a verse there , and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies -- and my life has been full of external tragedies –
And if they have left no visible or indelible scar on me, I owe it all to the teaching of Bhagavad-Gita.
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Gandhi and Gita
Gita was part of daily family prayer during his father’s later days
1889 – in London (20y.o) Approached by two theosophists to read Gita
1903 - Seeker’s club in S.A.(theosophists again)
Gita formed a central part in Gandhi’s life
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Gandhi and Gita
HistoryRenunciation of fruit of actionKnowledge and devotionDeath and self realization (moksha)Non-violenceFreedom of interpretationAvatar and divinity of Krishna
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Gandhi and Gita
Need to understand why Gandhi saw Gita as he saw
For that we need to understand who Gandhi is
And how does he differ from Krishna
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Gandhi and Gita
Gandhi = Naitik Mahapurush (A moral person, a good person)
Krishna = A Dharmic Purush
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Goodness
Goodness suffers from a basic weakness that it wants to keep away from conflicts
When goodness fights it fights to prevent evil from winning and to
Re-establish the value system Dharma that has been eroded
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Dharma
Righteousness, virtueUltimate law or logosJustice – no classesValue system of Mayaspace
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Maya
Maya = network of egoMaya = The infrastructure of existence
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Avatar
yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in Dharma, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of Adharma--at that time I descend Myself.
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Dharma
Fear forms the basis of downfall of dharmaThis then leads to:
Further Fear Loss of liberty and freedom Lack of trust Suspicion abounds
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Dharma
Value systemDeterioration of Dharma
Like a Riots in the space of value system
Dharma upholding and different yoga Karma yoga Buddhi yoga Gyan yoga
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Yoga
Union of mind to soulYogaschittavritti nirodhah (yoga is
cessation of mind)Centering growth
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Growth
Cylindrical growthCentering growth - Cone
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Desire Pathway
Dhyayato Vishayanpunshah Kamah (desire)Krodha (anger)Sammohan (hypnosis)Buddhinash (loss of judgment, memory)Pranashyati
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Desire Pathway
Driving forceParents to Parmatma
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Driving forces
Outside Parents Peer
Intrinsic Pursuing hobbies is an example
Divine Luck puja
Parmatma
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Myths of karma
Sakam karma = selfish actNishkam karma = selfless actKarma sanyas = no karmaNishkam karma = do not worry about
results
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Karma Yoga(Basics)
karmany evadhikaras te ma phalesu kadacana ma karma-phala-hetur bhur ma te sango 'stv akarmani
You have a right to work, but never to the result thereof. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty||2:47||.
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Karma Yoga(Basics)
We have right to karmaWe do not have right to the result
Result depends on other factors Our karma + other factors = results
Do not credit yourself for the resultDo not think of not doing any karma
No karma = no result
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Karma
Nishkam Karma – mundane karma = karma sanyas(Mundane karma + essential karma = karma)
sakam karma – mundane karma = karma sanyas(karma = mundane karma + essential karma)
karma – karta bhava (I-ness) = working for parmatma(Karma = karma +karta (doer)
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Karma
Karma + Kamana Sakam Karma
divided buddhi
Sakam Karma-Kamana Nishkam Karma
ek buddhi
ek buddhi = definitive intellect Buddhi = intellect
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Karma Yoga
Nishkam Karma Sakam karma – desires/expectations Does not mean selfless action
Sakam Karma Does not mean selfish action Karma + desires/expectations = SK Not always bad
Karma Sanyas Sakam karma – mundane karma = KS (desires still present) Nishkam karma – mundane karma = KS
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Nishkam Karma
Frees from bondage of karmaNo effort of nishkam karma is wastedThere are no obstacles in the path of
nishkam karmaNishkam karma protects one from the
greatest fearsNishkam karma leads to ek-buddhi (clarity)