March 10, 2024
Bhagavad Gita, Concluding Remarks, the Supreme Secret
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English commentary of Sri Aurobindo drawn from Sri Aurobindo's Essays on the Gita and Bhagavad Gita and Its Message
The USA editions of these books are published by Lotus Press
The recording features Sanskrit recitation by Sri Vinayak and English introduction and translations recitation by Santosh Krinsky. The recording was made in 1973 at Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
All introductory notes have been extracted from Sri Aurobindo's writings on the Bhagavad Gita from the sources noted above
More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at http://www.aurobindo.net
An in depth review of Essays on the Gita is available at the daily blog http://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com
Additional recitations can be found at the following YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871
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The Bhagavad Gita concluding
remarks the Gita throughout has
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been insisting on a great and
well built discipline of Yoga.
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A large and clearly traced
philosophical system on the
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00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,360
Swabhava and the Swadharma, on
the Satvik law of life as
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00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:27,160
leading out of itself by a self
exceeding exaltation to a free
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00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,080
spiritual Dharma of immortal
existence, utterly wide in its
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spaces and high lifted beyond
the limitation of even this
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00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,120
highest guna on many rules and
means and injunctions and
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00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,440
conditions of perfection.
And now suddenly at the end of
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00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,800
the 18th chapter, it seems to
break out of its own structure,
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00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:56,000
and says to the human soul,
abandon all dharmas, give
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00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,520
thyself to the divine alone, to
the supreme Godhead above and
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around and within thee.
That is all that thou needest,
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00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:09,200
that is the truest and greatest
way, that is the real
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00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,800
deliverance.
The master of the world,
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00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,640
speaking as the Spirit and
Godhead in man and in all
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00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,360
things, says to him all this
personal effort and
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self-discipline will not in the
end be needed.
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All following and limitation of
rule and Dharma can at last be
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00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,160
thrown away as hampering
encumbrances.
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If thou canst make a complete
surrender to me, depend alone on
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00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,720
the Spirit and Godhead within
thee, and all things, and trust
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to his soul.
Guidance, turn all thy mind to
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me, and fill it with the thought
of me and my presence.
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Turn all thy heart to me.
Make thy every action, whatever
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it be, a sacrifice and offering
to me That done, Leave me to do
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00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,320
my will with thy life and soul
and action.
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00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,199
Do not be grieved or perplexed
by my dealings with thy mind and
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00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:13,280
heart, and life and works, or
troubled, because they do not
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00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,600
seem to follow the laws and
dharmas.
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00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,840
Man imposes on himself to guide
his limited will and
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intelligence.
My ways are the ways of a
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perfect wisdom and power and
love that knows all things and
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combines all its movements in
view of a perfect eventual
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result, for it is refining and
weaving together the many
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00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,440
threads of an integral
perfection.
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I am here with thee, and thy
chariot of battle, revealed as
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00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,960
the master of existence within
and without thee.
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00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,600
And I repeat the absolute
assurance, the infallible
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promise, that I will lead thee
to myself through and beyond all
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00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,200
sorrow and evil.
Whatever difficulties and
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00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,520
perplexities arise, be sure of
this, that I am leading thee to
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00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,640
a complete divine life in the
universal, and an immortal
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00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,120
existence in the transcendent
spirit.
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00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,640
Oh peace, peace, peace.
00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,800
The Bhagavad Gita concluding
remarks the Gita throughout has
2
00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,440
been insisting on a great and
well built discipline of Yoga.
3
00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520
A large and clearly traced
philosophical system on the
4
00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,360
Swabhava and the Swadharma, on
the Satvik law of life as
5
00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:27,160
leading out of itself by a self
exceeding exaltation to a free
6
00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,080
spiritual Dharma of immortal
existence, utterly wide in its
7
00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,320
spaces and high lifted beyond
the limitation of even this
8
00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,120
highest guna on many rules and
means and injunctions and
9
00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,440
conditions of perfection.
And now suddenly at the end of
10
00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,800
the 18th chapter, it seems to
break out of its own structure,
11
00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:56,000
and says to the human soul,
abandon all dharmas, give
12
00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,520
thyself to the divine alone, to
the supreme Godhead above and
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00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,840
around and within thee.
That is all that thou needest,
14
00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:09,200
that is the truest and greatest
way, that is the real
15
00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,800
deliverance.
The master of the world,
16
00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,640
speaking as the Spirit and
Godhead in man and in all
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00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,360
things, says to him all this
personal effort and
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00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,040
self-discipline will not in the
end be needed.
19
00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,520
All following and limitation of
rule and Dharma can at last be
20
00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,160
thrown away as hampering
encumbrances.
21
00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:37,560
If thou canst make a complete
surrender to me, depend alone on
22
00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,720
the Spirit and Godhead within
thee, and all things, and trust
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00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,000
to his soul.
Guidance, turn all thy mind to
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00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,040
me, and fill it with the thought
of me and my presence.
25
00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,720
Turn all thy heart to me.
Make thy every action, whatever
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00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:01,080
it be, a sacrifice and offering
to me That done, Leave me to do
27
00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,320
my will with thy life and soul
and action.
28
00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,199
Do not be grieved or perplexed
by my dealings with thy mind and
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00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:13,280
heart, and life and works, or
troubled, because they do not
30
00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,600
seem to follow the laws and
dharmas.
31
00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,840
Man imposes on himself to guide
his limited will and
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00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,840
intelligence.
My ways are the ways of a
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00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,400
perfect wisdom and power and
love that knows all things and
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00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,760
combines all its movements in
view of a perfect eventual
35
00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,240
result, for it is refining and
weaving together the many
36
00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,440
threads of an integral
perfection.
37
00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,880
I am here with thee, and thy
chariot of battle, revealed as
38
00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,960
the master of existence within
and without thee.
39
00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,600
And I repeat the absolute
assurance, the infallible
40
00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,680
promise, that I will lead thee
to myself through and beyond all
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00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,200
sorrow and evil.
Whatever difficulties and
42
00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,520
perplexities arise, be sure of
this, that I am leading thee to
43
00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,640
a complete divine life in the
universal, and an immortal
44
00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,120
existence in the transcendent
spirit.
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00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,640
Oh peace, peace, peace.