The Bhagavad Gita - The Song of God - Daily Readings Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita by Swami Venkatesananda - in the form of daily readings january 17 sreyas or preyas ii:7 - kaarpanyadoshopahataswabhaavah pricchaami twaam dharmasammoodha chetaah yac chreyah syaan nishchitam broohi tan me shishyas te ham shaadhi maam twaam prapannam ii:7 - my heart is overpowered by the taint of pity. my mind is confused as to duty. i ask thee, tell me decisively what is good for me. i am thy disciple. instruct me, who has taken refuge in thee. this is one of the greatest verses in the scripture. it is the spark that ignites the magazine of wisdom. much of the perversion that our philosophy has been subjected to of late can be directly attributed to the tragic fact that we have ignored an ancient wise injunction: do not proffer advice, unless you are asked to. if spiritual knowledge is treated as a commodity, the seller goes on his knees pleading with the prospective buyer! the latter feels that he - and therefore his own ignorance - is superior to the formers wares. he might condescend to buy, but remodels it to suit his taste, affixes his own label to it and remarkets it. the result is evident in any book-shop. the guru waits not only for the disciple to ask, but to get into the proper attitude of receptivity. if the disciple has made no effort to deal with his problem or as his own solution to it, he is not receptive. if he has reached the end of his own resources, does not doubt the guru! unless the disciple completely surrenders or empties himself, he cannot benefit by instruction from even god himself! when he enters the gurus abode, the disciple has to discard his own knowledge - ignorance - at the door. and, of course, he will leave the abode through the gate of true wisdom, thus leaving ignorance behind. one who thus surrenders himself to the guru should wish for sreyas - his ultimate, enduring, and supreme good - god-realization. arjuna, the ideal aspirant, thrice insisted upon sreyas (i:31; ii:5, ii:7). the katho upanisad makes a clear distinction between sreyas which is sought by the wise, and preyas - pleasure, sought by the fool. do not proffer advice, unless you are asked to.
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