Gita Chapter 10: Vibhuti Yoga . Summary and Slides

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Chapter 9 Rāja Vidyā Raja Guhya Yoga

Chapter 10 VIBHUTI YOGA

Chapter 10 VIBHUTI YOGA

•God as the Creator

• Superhuman, remote, and that seeing God will give us fulfillment.

• What is the right form?

• Only then our attempts will be in the right direction.

• “With what material did God create this world?”

• God used the material from within Himself to create the world.

• Two aspects of God the intelligent (chetana) and material (achetana)

Vibhuthi is the ability to see God in the world.

Vishwa Roopa Ishwara darshana is the ability to see the world as God

Stepping stone to Aroopa Ishwara.

Work on dislikes, hate, can't stand this

•God is now viśvarūpa-Īśvara darśanam.

•All the glories in this creation will be the glory of Īśvara.

•Viśvarūpa is too vast to conceive of and meditate upon.

• He wants a few symbols to invoke the Lord with.

•The glories of God is called the Vibhūti Yoga.

aum brahmavid

apnoti param,

tad esa, abhyukta,

satyam jnanam anantam brahma,

yo veda nihitam guhayam parame vyoman,

so, asnute sarvan Kaman saha,

brahmana vipasciteti,

Sat eva Chit and Chit eva Sat.

Vedanta says that Existence (Sat) and Consciousness (Chit) are one and the same .

Sat Chit Ananda

Sat (pure Existence) pervades the universe

We experience the world of objects and come to know of the world existing in front of us. (Body/mind)

Anything that does not exist cannot be experienced.

Therefore, it is clear that the world which is experienced by us has to be “existent”. Is

Existence (Sat) as Paramatma andthe Consciousness (Jhit) as jivatma

•Our scriptures refer to this existence (Sat) as Paramatma and to the consciousness (Chit) as Jivatma.

•The recognition of this teaching alone is known as Jivatma-Paramatma aikyam/ oneness

Introducton - Nirguna Ishwara Swarupam

CHAPTER 10 – SHLOKA 1

Contributed By Apeksha

śrībhagavānuvāca

bhūya ēva mahābāhō śṛṇu mē parāmaṃ vacaḥ |

yattē'haṃ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā || 10.1 ||

The Lord said --- Oh Arjuna! Once again may you listen to My supreme words which I, wishing your welfare, shall tell you who are delighted.

The Immanence and Transcendence of God

VishwarupaIshwara Swaroopa CHAPTER 10 – SHLOKA6

Contributed By Dr. Sandhya Ravi

God Alone has manifested in the form of the entire universe

Para ( material ) + Apara ( consciousness)

Concept of God moves from

Inferred to Percieved

Paroksha to pratyaksha

Nimitta Karanam to Abhinna Nimitta Upadhana Karanam

So he is the cosmic architect. Other than him there is nothing; no time, no space, so there is no question of searching for material cause

A Seeker’s questions

Gita Dhyana Shloka - 8

Contributed By Veeksha

DHYANA SHLOKA 9

Contributed By Dr. Sandhya Ravi

yam brahmA varuNendra rudra maruta: stunvanti divyai: stavai:

vedai sAnga padakramOpanishadair gAyanti yam sAmagA |

dhyAnAvastita tatgatena manasA pasyanti yam yOginO

yasyAntam na vidhu surA suragaNA devAya tasmai nama: ||

No Ordinary God

The Transcendental Entity – the very essence of the Universe

TasmaiDevAyaNamaha

Brahma, Varuna, Indra,Rudra , Maruts- Divyasta Vaihi Stunvanti

Eulogize with divine praises

Vedai sAnga padakramOpanishadair gAyanti yam sAmagA

The Samagana Exponents sing in praise through the vedas, vedangas Upanishads

DhyAnAvasthitha tatgatena manasA yoginah yam pashyanti

whom the Yogis perceive in their minds during their dhyAna avasta with Him as the only refuge

YasyAntham surA suraganA na vidhuh

whose limitlessness even the devAs and devAganAs know not

Introduction of ParamAtma

Bhakti and UpAsana

Our well being and our spiritual inclinations are always guided by and towards the ParamAtma only.

Benefit of Viswarupa Ishwara Bhakti

CHAPTER 10 – SHLOKA 11

Contributed By Dr Komal Prasad

tēṣāmēvānukampārtham ahamajñānajaṃ tamaḥ |

nāśayāmyātmabhāvasthō jñānadīpēna bhāsvatā || 10.11 ||

Out of compassion for them, I remaining in their intellect, destroy the

darkness born of ignorance by the brilliant light of knowledge.

Arjuna’s Namakam & Chamakam

CHAPTER 10 – SHLOKA 12, 17

Contributed By Dr Sunder

Arjuna’s Wish

Krishna earlier revealed - Everything is himself & one who knows this will gain Jnanam

So Arjuna is very much interested, to know the Lord glories, before that he praises the Lord

NAMAKAM

āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve

devarṣir nāradas tathā

asito devalo vyāsaḥ

svayaṁcaivabravīṣi me 10.13

CHAMAKAM

kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogiṁs

tvāṁ sadā paricintayan

keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu

cintyosi bhagavan mayā 10.17

Ishwara Vibhuti – Chit, Sat & Saguna Vibhutis

CHAPTER 10 – SHLOKA 20, 21 & 39

Contributed By Ullas

Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam

Puurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate

PuurnnasyaPuurnnam-Aadaaya

Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||

Om ShaantihShaantihShaantih ||