Comments on: Understanding the Concept of God – Part 7 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/ Reviews Stories Technology People Recipe Mon, 20 May 2013 00:38:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Understanding the Concept of God – Part 11 ( Moralization of the 6 bad qualities ) | Ginger Chai http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Understanding the Concept of God – Part 11 ( Moralization of the 6 bad qualities ) | Ginger Chai Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:09:32 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1794 [...] Understanding the Concept of God – Part 11 ( Moralization of the 6 bad qualities ) Thursday, October 22, 2009 By Radha Chandran The 6 major bad qualities are strong desire (passion), anger, miserliness, immoral sexual passion, vanity & vengeance. All these qualities arise only when one is in beta level, as normally everybody will be in this level due to their constant thinking of some matters or problems that come across their life. The level swings from beta to alpha according to our thoughts & emotions. So it is in our hands to see that we don’t go beyond a certain level. (To know further about various levels read part 7) [...]

]]> By: Ambi http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Ambi Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:35:10 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1175 Krishna says it from his position as God instructing his devotee, Arjuna, in the middle of the battlefield. There is no other context possible apart from this, apart from speculation, that is.

Yes, BG 8.4 says that the person attains the supreme nature… mat bhAvam… doesn’t say that person becomes God.

]]> By: Radhachandran http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Radhachandran Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:14:13 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1161 Ambi, i went through BG 13. 23 & yes it is stated as you have said.Might be He says in a different context.I read chapter 8, The name given is “Attaining the Supreme” & in that Krishna says, ‘And whoever at the end of his life quits his body remembering me alone at once attains My nature, of this there is no doubt.Any way i’ll go through it again & you too read it.

]]> By: Ambi http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Ambi Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:41:31 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1142 You can refer BG 13.23 which clearly states within the jivatma, the paramatma resides… as overseer and permitter (upadraṣṭā & anumantā), and that he is the master, supreme enjoyer and the supreme Lord (bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ).

No where is it stated both are same.

]]> By: Ambi http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Ambi Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:27:48 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1141 And what is the verse that says that? I don’t know of any verse in chapter 8 that gives this statement.

]]> By: Radhachandran http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Radhachandran Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:22:51 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1139 Ambi, I have read “Geetha Vahini” by Sathya Sai Baba & some translated versions Of Geetha.I ‘ve understood like what I’ve said.
To confirm it I asked my cousin who attends Geetha classes & reads Geetha regularly.She sent an e-mail to me in which she has said, “The limitations belong to the body & not to the self that is the nature of awareness”She also quoted that in the 8th Chapter the Lord says,”He who knows himself to be not different from Me, he is one with Me.He is wise & liberated from birth & death”.

He says that knowing the truth itself is one with Me & liberated from birth & death.What i say is you purify yourself with meditation & introspection & then realize that jeevathma & paramathma are one.

]]> By: Ambi http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Ambi Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:23:30 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1125 “It is the self one has to find i.e the answer for “Who am I?’”

For once, Agreed :) .

But can’t give a break to my reputation… I do not agree that the self is ‘God’. Lord Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita, clearly states the difference between atma and the paramatma. So, to say both are one and the same is unacceptable.

]]> By: Bharathi http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Bharathi Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:02:45 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1121 Thanks a lot. will wait for your post :-)

]]> By: Radhachandran http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Radhachandran Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:37:16 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1093 No Ambi, it’s not controlling the mind,(not suppressing)its again understanding the mind.If you suppress or control the mind the effect will be different. You know the root cause of the mind, & you realize the self.My guru says “The other end of the mind is God”(the self).It is the self one has to find i.e the answer for “Who am I?’When we go within the mind through meditation & when all the imprints(karmas) are cleared we experience the self.The process through meditation& introspection is sublimation.

]]> By: Aneet http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Aneet Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:46:24 +0000 http://www.gingerchai.com/2009/09/19/understanding-the-concept-of-god-part-7/#comment-1090 So ‘Introspection’ keeps you at bay… Looking forward to your next chapter!

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