Srimadh Bagawatham - Krishna’s Instruction To Udhavar Part 8

Continued from: http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2014/09/srimadh-bagawatham-krishnas-instruction_18.html

‘The three gunas are associated with prakruthi. As the body is made off prakruthic material, the three gunas are associated with the body and not the atma. The atma sends its knowledge to the mind. The mind contains the three gunas and depending upon which one is in higher concentration it affects sensory perception as well as learning. You must try to enhance satva guna by eliminating the other two gunas. Finally you must also rid yourself of satva guna in order to attain me.’ said Lord Krishna.

‘Why should satva guna be eliminated as well?’

‘Increased satva guna will keep you happy. As you are happy, you will never wish to leave samsara. People wish to leave samsara because they know that they cannot be always happy.’

‘Why should I increase satva guna in the first place? Why not eliminate it as well?’

‘Increase in rajo and tamo gunams make your senses go astray. In order to control your senses you need satva guna which also increases devotion towards me. Bakthi further enhances satva guna.’

‘Why did you give us tamo and rajo gunas in the first place if we should eliminate them?’ asked Udhavar.

‘To make creation more interesting. The following ten can be subdivided into three categories based on the guna they enhance. Take the category which enhances satva guna and leave the rest.’

Item	Sub division	Quality enhanced
Shastra	Upanishads and Vedanta	Satva
	Karma Kandam	Rajas
	Avedic shastras	Tamo
Water	Holy rivers, natural sources	Satva
	Flavoured	Rajas
	Mixed with alcohol	Tamo
People	Bagawathas, Prapannas	Satva
	Ritualist	Rajas
	Against Shastras	Tamo
Country	Solitary places dedicated to Lord's worship	Satva
	Crowded places	Rajas
	Gambling places	Tamo
Time	Dawn between 4 am - 6am	Satva
	Afternoon	Rajas
	Night	Tamo
Karma	Nithya karmas like sandhyavandhanam, naimithika like amavsai tarpanam	Satva
	Kamya karma like ishti yagams	Rajas
	Abhijara karma like senai yagam.	Tamo
Births	With bakthi, kaimkaryam to bagawatha	Satva
	Egoist, worship other deities	Rajas
	Those who worship ghosts etc	Tamo
Meditation	Upon Lord	Satva
	Upon other deities	Rajas
	Upon evev lower deities like village deities	Tamo
Manthram	Upon Perumal	Satva
	Upon other deities	Rajas
	Upon evev lower deities like village deities	Tamo
Samskaram	Done to uplift mind	Satva
	Done to improve bodily functions	Rajas
	Done to improve family life etc	Tamo

‘Why did you give rajasic and tamasic shastras/karmas? Why didn’t you just give satvik shastras?’

Continued On: http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2014/09/srimadh-bagawatham-krishnas-instruction_25.html