yajvan
27 July 2007, 02:16 PM
Hari Om
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Namaste,
This has much to do with several conversations of late, and I thought I would offer this for examination.
Have you ever considered why Krsna chose to teach Arjuna the Truth while on the battlefield? Krsna is the Lord of this Universe and could just have easily 'willed' Arjuna to go fight and save the 700 verses of the Bhagavad Gita for another time, perhaps even another sisya.
While it is proposterious of me to even think I know what was on the Keshava's mind, I do see the teaching of His way.
When we look at our lives, we often wonder how free are my choices? Here, the conversation between Arjuna and Krsna ( some think these two are Nara and Narayana) helps us with this understanding.
In ones life, as reflected in ones birth chart, there are several houses ( bhava's) that are called Upachaya. That is, they grow over time. The affairs of these houses are , in part, influenced by the choices we make as we exercise this free will we are afforded in this life. So these houses are about 1/3rd of all the houses in ones chart. One of these houses, a Upachaya, is the 6th house, that of enemies among other things. And why is Arjuna and his brothers on this battlefield? To fight his enemies. Being a 'free will' house, Krsna most clearly understands this.
He is respecting the 'system' he has installed in the universe and respecting the free choices that are possible to humans , as represented by Arjuna.
Hence Krsna does not instruct Arjuna until asked to do so. From this point Krsna is offering the wisdom of the ages to his Disciple. He is allowing the intellect of Arjuna to process the information and make choices as a human being. This is the Lord's gift to us, this is an example of His grace. This ability for us to choose is a gift vs. being cajoled like a farm animal to return to the stables using a stick.
Chapter 2 of the Gita is quite profound. Giving Arjuna insights on the workings of life. Yet in Chapter 3, Arjuna asks, 'tell me what is most beneficial for me'. By Arjuna's own free will he asks Hari what is best.
Now it is interesting to me that these upachaya's are 1/3rd of ones chart. The other 2/3rd's then suggest past actions that have made , that will come to pass in this life or a future one, the influence of your family on your condition, all these other things. But this precious 1/3rd of the houses, allow you to choose is the Blessing in ones chart.
This is how I see the Love of Ksna for Arjuna and the Family of man. Choice, then reaping the rewards or challenges originating from that action.
pramans,
~~~~~
Namaste,
This has much to do with several conversations of late, and I thought I would offer this for examination.
Have you ever considered why Krsna chose to teach Arjuna the Truth while on the battlefield? Krsna is the Lord of this Universe and could just have easily 'willed' Arjuna to go fight and save the 700 verses of the Bhagavad Gita for another time, perhaps even another sisya.
While it is proposterious of me to even think I know what was on the Keshava's mind, I do see the teaching of His way.
When we look at our lives, we often wonder how free are my choices? Here, the conversation between Arjuna and Krsna ( some think these two are Nara and Narayana) helps us with this understanding.
In ones life, as reflected in ones birth chart, there are several houses ( bhava's) that are called Upachaya. That is, they grow over time. The affairs of these houses are , in part, influenced by the choices we make as we exercise this free will we are afforded in this life. So these houses are about 1/3rd of all the houses in ones chart. One of these houses, a Upachaya, is the 6th house, that of enemies among other things. And why is Arjuna and his brothers on this battlefield? To fight his enemies. Being a 'free will' house, Krsna most clearly understands this.
He is respecting the 'system' he has installed in the universe and respecting the free choices that are possible to humans , as represented by Arjuna.
Hence Krsna does not instruct Arjuna until asked to do so. From this point Krsna is offering the wisdom of the ages to his Disciple. He is allowing the intellect of Arjuna to process the information and make choices as a human being. This is the Lord's gift to us, this is an example of His grace. This ability for us to choose is a gift vs. being cajoled like a farm animal to return to the stables using a stick.
Chapter 2 of the Gita is quite profound. Giving Arjuna insights on the workings of life. Yet in Chapter 3, Arjuna asks, 'tell me what is most beneficial for me'. By Arjuna's own free will he asks Hari what is best.
Now it is interesting to me that these upachaya's are 1/3rd of ones chart. The other 2/3rd's then suggest past actions that have made , that will come to pass in this life or a future one, the influence of your family on your condition, all these other things. But this precious 1/3rd of the houses, allow you to choose is the Blessing in ones chart.
This is how I see the Love of Ksna for Arjuna and the Family of man. Choice, then reaping the rewards or challenges originating from that action.
pramans,