CONTEXT AND RELEVANCE FOLLOWED BY GOD THROUGHOUT PREACHING

Quest for Kno !e"#e $s I%&ort'nt for Ass$%$!'t$on

O Le'rne" 'n" De(ote" )er('nts of Go"* [December 15, 2013 Shri Anil Antony asked: One person asked that hy !ord "rishna preached the #ita to Ar$%na in s%ch poll%ted atmosphere o& ar' (e sho%ld ha)e preached in a peace&%l atmosphere*+, ) '%$ Re&!$e"+ -or preachin. kno led.e, the primary &actor is the appetite &or kno led.e e/pressed by the recei)er thro%.h a 0%estion or do%bt+ 1he e/ternal atmosphere is only a secondary &actor+ 2o% may be ser)in. &ood in a .arden ith bea%ti&%l e/ternal atmosphere+ 3& the eater is not ha)in. h%n.er &or &ood, the e/ternal atmosphere cannot in&l%ence him to take the &ood+ 4hen the person is h%n.ry, he ill eat the &ood e)en in a b%s or train or in the )erandah o& an o&&ice+ The quest for knowledge is very important for its assimilation after receiving it. 3& the 0%est is not there, either &ood or kno led.e is not recei)ed+ 3n &act, this is the messa.e .i)en by !ord to all the preachers o& kno led.e hether the kno led.e may be pertainin. to orld 56ra)ritti7 or to #od 58i)ritti7+ 2o% sho%ld preach the spirit%al kno led.e only to the people, ho ha)e interest in it+ Se)eral old retired people o&ten attend the spirit%al speeches $%st to pass the time and their attendance is mainly based on the &ear &or hell a&ter the death+ 1hey don9t ha)e the real 0%est &or the kno led.e o& #od+ 1heir 0%est is only &or &indin. a ay to escape the &%t%re hell to hich they are near+ 1here&ore, they do not assimilate the kno led.e and sit ith inacti)e mood, sometimes e)en sleep+ 1hey become s%ddenly attenti)e once the speaker says that #od can protect any so%l &allin. in the hell+ 1heir interest in the #od is only since #od is an instr%ment to sa)e them &rom the hell+ Similarly, se)eral others are interested in #od since #od has the mirac%lo%s po er to sol)e their problems and .i)e bene&its in the &orm o& boons+ Only one in millions is really attracted to #od and there&ore, has a real 0%est &or the kno led.e o& #od+ 4hen Ar$%na e/pressed the do%bt abo%t the &i.ht, the !ord .a)e rele)ant ans er to his do%bt and did not speak anythin. abo%t #od+ 1he !ord as replyin. to the do%bts o& Ar$%na itho%t crossin. the limits o& scope o& those do%bts+ (e spoke abo%t #od only hen the do%bt to%ched the necessity o& kno led.e o& #od+ The Lord always tried to clarify the doubts of Arjuna and never tried to pour down all His knowledge. Conte t and relevance were mainly followed by the Lord throughout His

preaching. 1he ay in hich the !ord ans ered the do%bts is a .%ideline &or the preachers and teachers+ 1he sa.es li)ed in the &orest to maintain constantly the e/ternal peace&%l atmosphere+ 1he sa.es also spoke abo%t #od to the st%dents only hen the st%dents e/pressed 0%ery+ 1hey did not speak abo%t #od itho%t 0%ery since the e/ternal atmosphere as peace&%l+ 4e &ind the sa.e :ar%na speakin. abo%t #od only hen ;hr%.% approached ith a 0%ery as &o%nd in 1aittireeya <panishat 5Adheehi Bhagavo Brahmeti7+ 1he e/ternal atmosphere de&initely helps the process o& absorption o& the kno led.e+ (ence, the sa.es constantly li)ed in the &orest so that the second &actor is al ays a)ailable+ 3& the kno led.e is preached in a peace&%l atmosphere in the absence o& 0%est in the st%dent, d%e to the e&&ect o& the second &actor the kno led.e may be adsorbed+ Adsorption is s%r&ace phenomenon+ 3& the 0%est is there, the kno led.e .ets absorbed+ Absorption is b%lk phenomenon+ 3& both &actors e/ist, the absorption ill be )ery deep+ -or the sake o& the bene&it o& this deep absorption only, sa.es opted to li)e in the &orests+ 4hate)er #od does is al ays per&ectly correct+ Sometimes, e mis%nderstand #od and do%bt (is ays+ One tra)eler tho%.ht that hy #od .a)e small &r%its to a bi. tree and bi. &r%its to a small creeper on the .ro%nd' (e tho%.ht the )ice=)ersa sho%ld ha)e been ise+ 1hen, he slept &or sometime %nder the bi. tree+ 4hen he a oke he &o%nd se)eral small &r%its on his body &allen &rom the tree+ 1hen, he %nderstood the isdom o& #od+ Sometimes, yo% may not reali>e the reason in the actions o& #od+ ;%t, yo% sho%ld not be haste to comment on #od+ A doubt can be e pressed to find out the reason. !ut" a concluding remark should not be passed on #od. 1hat is the reason hy a real de)otee ne)er critici>es #od since criticism is al ays a&ter concl%sion+

Pun$s,%ent To -e Inferre" 's E.u$('!ent )$n Co%%$tte"

[Shri Anil asked: Sometimes, some people &eel that they are )ery p%re and still they are p%nished by #od+ 4ill it not be proper that a &lashback be .i)en by #od re.ardin. their past sins, so that they can reali>e that #od is correct in s%ch p%nishments'*, ) '%$ re&!$e"+ 2o% are p%ttin. this s%..estion to #od &or.ettin. the h%man psycholo.y+ ?)en i& the &lashback is created in them by #od, some o& the h%man bein.s ill interpret their sins as .ood actions only and those ere mis%nderstood by #od as sins+ Some others think that their sin as small and the p%nishment is %nnecessarily bi.+ "no in. this h%man psycholo.y #od stopped .i)in. the &lashback+ S%ch a h%man psycholo.y

ill ne)er .i)e them a chance to reali>e and de)elop to ards the path o& $%stice+ $hen the punishment is given" you should immediately infer to an equivalent sin committed by you in the past. 1hen only, yo% are the real de)otee acceptin. #od as the best $%d.e+ 1here&ore, a real de)otee ne)er e/presses e)en a trace o& criticism on #od e)en in the dream+ 4hen Sita as sent to &orest, she tho%.ht that @ama ill not do in$%stice to anybody and the p%nishment .i)en to her m%st ha)e been d%e to some %nkno n sin done in the pre)io%s birth 5Mamaiva Janmaantara Patakaanaam Raghuvamsha7+ 3n &act, e &or.et the sins done by %s in this )ery birth itsel& since e do sins and misinterpret those sins as .ood actions+ 4e al ays .et con)inced and s%ch con)iction is the reason &or o%r &or.et&%lness+ !ack o& ri.ht analysis is the reason &or s%ch misinterpretation+ Sometimes, e kno the sins as sins, b%t e misinterpret them as .ood actions d%e to the po er o& o%r per)erted intelli.ence+ (ence, s%ch mis%nderstandin. o& o%r o n actions is the reason &or s%ch %n ise tho%.hts+ A real de)otee ne)er blames #od in any o& (is actions b%t aits patiently to .et his do%bts clari&ied &rom a Di)ine 6reacher+ Sita represented an ordinary h%man bein., ho &or.ets the sins done in past in this birth itsel& and thinks that the sins mi.ht ha)e been done in the pre)io%s birth since he or she is )ery p%re in this birth+ Sita committed the sin o& critici>in. #od by ins%ltin. @ama se)eral times in the past li&e o& this birth itsel&+ -or e/ample, hen @ama re&%sed to take Sita alon. ith (im to the &orest, Sita ins%lted @ama by sayin. that @ama is a oman in the &orm o& a man, ho &ears to protect her in the &orest 5Striyam Purushavigraham @amayana7+ ?)en accordin. to 6ra)ritti, the i&e sho%ld not comment on her h%sband like this+ 8o , @ama sends her alone to the &orest since she s%spected (im ine&&icient to protect her+ 3n &act, the &r%its o& actions done in this birth only .i)e the res%lts in this birth+ Only the 0%alities come &rom the pre)io%s birth, hich pro)oke the aims accordin. to their nat%re that are responsible &or the present actions+ 3n this ay, the pre)io%s birth makes an indirect contrib%tion+ 1he direct contrib%tion is in only &rom the aims and actions done in this birth only+