Reality and illusion
let there be no confusion
have to be separate clearly first
and to be mixed intimately next
it's a culinary art
contents in separate parts
added in right ratio and proportion
to prepare cookies of taste and nutrition
Rishi sees
sees dream while dreaming
sees sleep while sleeping
sees wake while waking
and never he is in illusion
since he is a thuriaatheeth , ie 4th state coexisting in 3 states
He knows even wake is mithya, the ever changing reality ephemeral
which is different from never changing reality that is brahma
he knows lives brahma sathyam
while staying in jagath mithya
Rama and Krishna
Ram is not called Purna Avtar. Only Krishna Avtar is purna. Rama was 14 kala sampurna and krishna was 16 kala sampurna. Shri Ram had first 14 kalas but the last two were missing viz. Paripurna & Swarupavasthit ... here paripurna means complete knowledge of all forms of awakening and swarupavasthit - swarup + awasthit = established in his real true self.
Shri Rama before, incarnation had decided to hide two kalas....declaring him a God....because of boon to Ravan... in which he was promised that no god would kill him
So Rama intentionally hid his 2 kalas and behaved like a common man... to fulfil the boon that Ravan would be killed by a man. (this has a reply to questions like why Rama cried for his wife,... why he took help from monkeys...etc etc).
Krishna was simultaneously awakened in Jiva consciousness.....God consciousness... and Brahm(Turiya) consciouness.... that is the beauty of Krishna avtar.
Krishna Tattwa is unique.
!6 kalas are as follows:- That only krishna has:-
1) Anna Maya
2) Pranamaya
3) Mano Maya
4) Vigyanamaya
5) Anandamaya
6) Atishayini
7) Viparinabhimi
8) Sankramini
9) Prabhvi
10) Kunthini
11) Vikasini
12) Maryadini
13) Sanhaladini
14) Ahladini
15) Paripurna
16) Swarupavasthit
Krishna was complete and that could be witnessed from his activities-he was a philosopher, politician, diplomat, warrior, yogi, lover, renunciant etc. etc. It is impossible for one person to possess all these and that too in totality. Therefore, Krishna wasn't only the Supreme Person but while descending, he came with all his opulences. Rama didn't because his mission was to establish an ethical govt. and to teach people how to establish Dharma-rajya.
So it's not that Rama was inferior but his purpose was limited to one aspect of life, namely how a king should be a raja-rishi and establish his kingdom based on dharma.
Krishna's mission was diverse, it was multi-faceted. He descended to teach practically everything under the sun, from politics and diplomacy to the highest flights of Vedanta and yoga. So people say krishna was purna-avatar not because he was superior to Ram (because they were both one and the same) but because his mission was integral and all-inclusive.
one aspect is that rama respected social duties
krsna transcended even them showing that god is above everything
rAma is maryAdA purusottama incarnation.
he accepted limits as to what he can do in his lila.
krishna is pUrna purushottama incarnation.
he had no limits.
All other avtaars except shri Krishna were not poorna why ?
A poorna avataar is the one where the avatar is full conscious, simultaneously about his Jiva form, his God form and his Turiya (Brahm) form.
Rama was aware of his Jiva form and Turiya form but unaware of his God's form (that too for a purpose)
Shri Krishna is the only avataar who was fully conscious of all the three states of existence, simultaneously
Lord Krishna was a Purna-Avatara, with sixteen rays (kala) Lord Rama was an Avatara of fourteen rays (kala).
………….from Swami Amaranandaji lecture notes:
Rise and fall
Getting to the heights involves effort sacrifice dedication.
Falling from heights can happen without effort, if one is not alert
‘’Bharthruhari has said
shiraha sharva swargat pashupatishirastaha kshitidharam
mahidhra tungadavanimavane shchapi jaladhim|
adho adho gangeya pad upagata stoka athava vivek
bhrashtanam bhavati vinipataha shatamukhaha| ‘’
…meaning….’’Ganga fell from sky on to the head of shiva,
from there on the Himalaya ,
and then to the ocean
from there ended reaching the deepest down into the earth
The falling happens in many ways if one falls from the path of viveka /discretion’’….భర్తృహరి నీతి శతకం
-ఏనుగు లక్ష్మణ కవి
ఆకాశంబున నుండి శంభుని శిరం, బందుండి శీతాద్రి, సు
శ్లోకంబైన హిమాద్రి నుండి భువి, భూలోకంబునందుండి య
స్తోకాంబోధిఁ, బయోధి నుండి పవనాంథోలోకముం జేరె గం
గాకూలంకష! పెక్కు భంగులు వివేకభ్రష్ఠ సంపాతముల్! |శా|
…….India did reach the heights, but Indian, chose to only satisfy the four instincts ahar, nidra, bhaya, maithunam
And simply surrendered to the 6 enemies,…kama krodha lobha moha mada matsarya, lost the goal of mukthi
So the solution is to go back to the roots of our culture of tapas, sadhana, under right guidance from sathguru
India is veda bhumi, enriched by great tapasvees, not easy to relive, but is possible if we are serious, shradhavan labhate gyanam
One should become alert, and shift the attention to the real purpose of life from the routine trivialities, and thru sincere efforts the silent transformation can be made possible
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