Daily Study of Bhagavad Gita As It Is - one verse and purport per day

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Dear Swami Gaurangapada and assembled devotees.

Please accept my simple obiesances.

Years ago the Gita As It Is was a book I admired in my library, but a seed of prejudice resided in my heart, that the translation was limited in some way. So I eventually applied intelligence and decided to do an in depth study of the book to find the truth of the matter, rather than make commentary from the position of here-say, ignorance, and thwarted ego. Presently that thwarted ego still dominates me in many ways – but faith and common sense tells me it will never win out – humility will! By the grace of sadhu sangha!

Since last November, desiring to simplify and become a servant, I have been reading one or two verses and purport perday, meditating and applying intelligence on that daily reading. Praying to God for self-realization of the subject matter. I have realized one very small thing during this last 12 months. And it is this....the content in this Gita As It Is is realized content, a very clear purport of the Gita's inner (internal) meaning...and very beneficial to awaken a living entity to higher truth of the self and consciousness.

I have several Gita versions, and find them all beneficial...but personally this Gita As It Is will remain a solid foundation for me of what it means to be a living entity - in all possibility of service mood.

Gradually the soul will realize that 'the misconception of - controlling mood' is the root of all suffering and the potential cause of great evils and attrocities in this world, what to say of day to day selfishness. And for those conditioned souls who wish to exercize 'dominating mood' the wall of the Lord's external energy captivates them and eventually vanquishes them to lower and lower states of consciousness in due course of time. This can be seen if we analyze this world with intelligence and thoughtfullness. The glory of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, is that it shows the potential for each living entity to escape this false identification as 'controller'. And shows the living entity its true constitutional nature. 'Serving mood'. Bhakti yoga to the core - Reality the Beautiful. The treaure gems of the middle six chapters of the book, beautified on both sides by six chapters each. Making the book a wonderful treasure chest of complete truths. Truly a masterpiece is the Bhagavad Gita, giving us the keys and gift of positive progressive immortality, and the ultimate gift of pure personality. To negate these truths (which various mayavadi commentators have done) limits the Gita in many ways - hiding the gift of the contents. Such commentaries lack true compassion, and are misleading.

In realized serving mood we can begin to enter higher plains of conscious awareness....gradually freeing ourselves from the pressing down of the Lord's extremely powerful external energy. Once we realize that this maya is the perfect prison house for grossly rebellious souls, who crave dominating mood...by grace one birth we will become humbled....and be granted the assocaition and kindness of sadhu. Then we can begin to serve the higher plane, rather than attempting to be lords of a lower field. These have been my realizations this week, after much stumbling. The hope is to oneday be placed in service of the higher plane - of the vaisnavas. 'To follow the angels'. Rather than being king of misconception, of a lower field, which in fact by the Lord's design is never possible. Our lording temperament will be baffled at every step. We are minute and the Lord's external energy is great. The mystery is...why do we struggle hard for existence, and despise service?

Bhagavad Gita As It Is is the personal realizations of a simple, sincere, sadhu in serving mood.

This Gita As It Is explains eternal truth and religion. Sanatana Dharma.

y.s. who is fallen in maya,

Nava.

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