November 3, 2011
You can tell by now that Prof V Krishnamurthy's talk at the International Gita forum resonated with me. I have posted twice about his talk, here and here.
During the Q&A, a lady in the audience asked a very pertinent question. Again, all of the below this is based on my memory and notes, any inaccuracies are entirely mine. I hope I have captured the essence of the dialog between the lady and the Professor.
The general thrust of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's teaching could not have been new to Arjuna but it was only when Arjuna made it his own truth that he was able to declare in the 18th chapter, "I will do as you say!"
Guruji, Pujya Swami Tejomayanandaji refers to this as श्रुति (shruti - listening), युक्ति (yukti - understanding the logic though analysis and reasoning) and अनुभूति (anubhUti - experience, I verify what the teacher and the scripture have been saying).
Hari Om and Namaskaar until the next post
You can tell by now that Prof V Krishnamurthy's talk at the International Gita forum resonated with me. I have posted twice about his talk, here and here.
During the Q&A, a lady in the audience asked a very pertinent question. Again, all of the below this is based on my memory and notes, any inaccuracies are entirely mine. I hope I have captured the essence of the dialog between the lady and the Professor.
You had mentioned earlier that we must have an attitude that everything is the Lord's will. I just bought several books and left it at my seat and in the time I was having tea during the break, someone seems to have taken them. I am angry that at such a sacred event, we think only good people come here, but even here there are still people who steal. Is this God's will?"Prof Krishnamurthy responded very compassionately.
I may say that this is God's will but until YOU believe it in YOUR heart and look upon it like that, it is of no use. All we can do collectively is pray that you find those books or someone returns them to you.Often, we hear spiritual precepts from a Guru and wonder if it is true. These precepts are only as true as our conviction. When we accept the person as a Guru, what we can do is work at it until it we internalize the teaching and it becomes our own experience.
The general thrust of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's teaching could not have been new to Arjuna but it was only when Arjuna made it his own truth that he was able to declare in the 18th chapter, "I will do as you say!"
Guruji, Pujya Swami Tejomayanandaji refers to this as श्रुति (shruti - listening), युक्ति (yukti - understanding the logic though analysis and reasoning) and अनुभूति (anubhUti - experience, I verify what the teacher and the scripture have been saying).
Hari Om and Namaskaar until the next post
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