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Knowledge liberates

CHENNAI: The Bhagavad Gita is a comprehensive description of the reality of the universe and of the individual’s role in it. These esoteric truths have been dealt with in the scriptures but continue to evade the grasp of human beings.

Lord Krishna Himself becomes the preceptor and explains the nature of the Ultimate Reality to remove the ignorance of the people. The Lord discloses the highest wisdom and states that realising this profound knowledge leads to liberation. There is nothing beyond this that can be learnt. Since this is the knowledge that liberates one from the bondage of birth, it is imperative that human beings, endowed with the choice of free will and action, make use of the opportunity of the human birth and strive to achieve the purpose of life here and now, said Srimati Sunanda in a lecture.

Probing the purpose of life is obligatory on the part of every human being. When one engages in this quest, one also learns how to lead life during one’s lifetime. There is the chance for every individual to aim to become a better person, and aim for perfection.

But the paradox of human life is that the divine nature is camouflaged by the senses with which one interacts with the external world. When the tendency of the average individual is to be drawn towards worldly activities the spiritual quest is shelved to the background. All religions and great thinkers have emphasised the need to overcome the senses.

Lord Krishna says that He is the life principle in all aspects of the world. Search for this truth begins with faith in the instruction. When faith clarifies this truth one realises the divinity in the deepest core of one’s personality.

Only when the truth of one’s self is pursued in earnest can one understand the divinity within each one. One recognises the ephemeral nature of the external world and the changeless quality of the eternal self. This knowledge gives inner peace and helps to deal with the dynamism and hectic activities of day to day tensions with detachment while looking inwards for the peace that sustains.

From a life of limitations one experiences a sense of spiritual freedom.

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