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Bhagavad
Gita - April 03, 2009 Vedanta Society of Providence
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IV.4: Arjuna said: Your birth was later, (whereas) the birth of Vivasvan was earlier. How am I to understand this that You instructed (Him) in the beginning? IV.5: The Blessed Lord said: O Arjuna! Many lives of Mine have passed, and so have yours. I know them all, (but) you know not, O scorcherer of enemies! IV.6: Though I'm birthless. undecaying by nature, and the Lord of beings, (still) by subjugating My Prakriti, I take the birth by means of My own Maya.
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Summary of this lecture:
Last time
we heard that Arjuna is not the first to receive the teachings of Yoga;
it was first taught by Sri Krishna to Vivaswan, the "The Sun-God
or the first born", and then the teaching continued through the
tradition of teacher & taught. But the meaning of the teachings
was corrupted over time due to desires of human beings. In Verse 4,
Arjuna asks how it is possible that Sri Krishna, his contemporary and
friend, could have taught this Yoga to Vivaswan, who was born ages ago.
We identify ourselves with our bodies and thus forget our previous births.
However, as Sri Krishna explains in Verse 5, he can remember them all.
In Verse 6, we learn that the birth of God as an incarnation is not
like the birth of ordinary people. The Lord freely chooses to assume
human form in order to help the rest of humanity understand that we
are essentially Divine. As the saying goes, "God becomes man so
that man may become God."
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