Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 8
Devotees, who attach importance to the evolutes of Nature, which are called 'others', by accepting their independent existence, have no exclusive devotion, to the Lord, so they cannot attain the Lord quickly. If they accept every being, thing and action, as His manifestation, and then perform actions, in order to, please Him only, their devotion is exclusive, and so they attain the Supreme Lord. As water, exists as snow, hail, cloud, fog, dew, vapour, river, pond and sea etc., the gross, subtle and causal universe, which seems, is nothing besides the Lord. Therefore, all his actions such as eating, drinking, sitting, walking, speaking, sleeping etc., are nothing, but adoration of the Lord (Gita 18/46). Arjunas question, "How are you to be known, at the time of death?" (8/2) seems to be full of emotion, because in spite of beholding, the Lord before him, he became curious to know His singularity. In response to his question, the Lord explains the general rule of thinking of Him, at the time of
death, direct him to think of Him, at all times. Then, from the eighth verse to the sixteenth verse, He explained how to attain the Lord 'Endowed with attributes and formless', 'Attributeless and formless', and 'Endowed with attrihutes, and form', each in three verses. Out of the three, He explained, that attaining the Lord 'Endowed with attributes and formless' and 'Attributeless and formless', is difficult, because all the media of perception have to be restrained, while He, endowed with attributes and form, can be attained easily, depending on Him, and constantly by thinking of Him.
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