24th September 2024
A vessel with many holes cannot retain the water poured into it. Similarly, the knowledge of the Self cannot be sustained when there are impurities and disturbances in the mind.
Being the most subtle, this knowledge is comprehended only with a calm mind and an alert intellect. Lord Krishna finally adds, "Steadfastness in the knowledge of the Self, and contemplation on the Goal of the knowledge of Reality is spoken of as Knowledge. Ignorance is that which is other than this." Ignorance is not a lack of knowledge; it is a lack of constant abidance in the knowledge.
Arjuna earlier asked, "What is to be known?" We always seek to know about those which add happiness to us, not sorrow! Ultimately, that which gives us eternal happiness, known as immortality, is the one which is worth knowing.
Lord Krishna answers, "I will now speak of that which is to be known, by realizing which one attains Immortality." What is it? "It is the supreme Brahman, which is without any beginning. That is called neither being nor non-being."
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