06 02 lesson-01
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Krishna instructs Arjuna that he is not his body but rather a spirit soul residing within the body. The body is subject to constant change but the soul within remains eternal and unchanged. Krishna explains that one who understands the distinction between the body and soul will not grieve for the living or dead state of the body. True knowledge lies in understanding that we are not these perishable bodies but eternal spirit souls.
06 02 lesson-01
- 1. STANDARD VI CHAPTER 02 WHO AM I You are not this body; you are spirit self The body goes on changing, but the change is never in self Lesson-01 WHAT DO WE FIND IN HERE? As we saw in the last chapter, Arjuna is feeling compassionate for his relatives. Not bearing the thought of killing his relatives, he is full of tears. Should he shirk from his duty just because he had to fight with his relatives? Krishna will answer this in this chapter. Arjuna inquires from Krishna what would be the better course for him, to fight or not to fight. While answering this query, Krishna will also enlighten him (and us) about more fundamental question:Who we are? All our decisions, action plans, lifestyle, motivations and goals will be dependent on how we see ourselves.
- 2. Just like a man wears a shirt and over his shirt he wears a coat. Similarly every one of us is actuallyan individual soul or spirit self that never changes nor dies. The soul is residing within mind and body just as a man resides within his shirt and coat respectively. KRISHNA’S FIRST INSTRUCTION: YOU ARE NOT THIS BODY. YOU ARE SPIRIT SOUL. Krishna says to Arjuna-“You are lamenting for what is not worthy of grief. One who knows what is body and what is soul—doesnot lament for any stage of the body, neither in the living nor in the dead condition.” One who is lacking in this knowledge should not pose himself as a very learned man. If we have all kinds of PhDs but if we don’t have this basic knowledge then all our education is a joke. Who is advanced? There was an old farmer. He sent his son to city for some big agricultural degree. The boy becomes puffed up by education.He comes home and laughs at father's old techniquesand their conversation goes as follows. Son: Dad, with your technology, I will be surprised if this tree could bear mango in next 10 years.
- 3. Farmer: Son, I will be surprised if this tree bears mango in its entire life. Son: Why? Farmer: Because it’s a Jamoon tree, not a Mango tree. So there we go. MORAL: The knowledgeof soul and body is the beginning of spiritualknowledge, withoutwhich we will be confused in all our activities to become happyin this world.