Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
God is eternal and controls the universe by his appearance and disappearance. Bhagavanta can appear in earth from moksha or he can go to moksha from earth. But the jeevas who have reached moksha cannot come back. The one who has the knowledge of God and thinks in the same way as God may attain moksha. The one who believes that Vedas are apourasheya and who understands the knowledge given by Bhagavanta in puranas and Itihasas (Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavata) can reach moksha. It is difficult to understand the mystic language of Vedas and Puranas directly. It is believed that Vedas and Puranas are in three forms: Saatvika, Raajasa, Taamasa. But Vedas and Puranas are not Raajasa or Taamasa. Vedas and Puranas should be understood in proper way. We must become SAtviks to understand Vedas and Puranas. In Bhagavad-Gita Bhagavanta has stated that there are two jeevas namely Dyvi Sampath jeevas and Asuri Sampath jeevas. Dyvi Sampath jeevas reach God and Asuri Sampath jeevas will never reach God. Even in moksha Bhagavanta is Supreme and he controls muktas. He is niyamaka (Controller) and antaryami.
There are six waves categorized into three types: Psychophysical, Psychological and Physical waves.
1. Psychophysical waves are HaSivu and bAyArike
(hunger and thirst). A jnani (scholar)
cannot overcome from hunger and thirst. Bhagavanta
is free from these two waves.
2. Psychological waves are shOka(grief) and mOha (delusion
or ignorance). When we lose something
dear to us or acquire unpleasant things, we become sad. When, what we don’t get what we desire and when
we get what we do not desire, we become sad.
Our mind is affected. Mind goes
to depression. That is shOka. The reason for shOka is attachment (mOha). Attachments through ignorance is mOha. Ajnana (ignorance) and mamakara (love and
attachment) are mOha. If these feelings
of attachment are reduced then shOka also get reduced. ShOka and mOha are psychological waves.
3. Physical waves - Dyhika wave – jara (disease)
& mrutyu (death). Muppu (old age) and
rOga are another two waves. You cannot
overcome muppu and rOga. Jara and rOga
are physical.
Jnanaswarupa Bhagavanta is not bounded by these six waves. The binding of these six waves is samsara or life.
Bhagavanta will help to surpass these six waves. Bhagavanta is always free from these six waves. Those who do not have these six waves are muktas. The one who has this knowledge is a Brahmana. BrahmAparoksha and mukta means brahmana. (mental waves) attachment itself ignorance. If you get rid of this then then you become aparoksha jnani of Bhagavanta. Mrutyu means diseases. This is dyhika (related to body). Jara and rOga are physical. After disease to death occurs. If you can get rid of shOka and mOha then mukti can be attained.
The three desires (aasegalu) are
i)
Continuation of parampare (heritage)
ii)
Acquiring property
iii)
Reservation for paraloka (other or future world).
The aspirants of moksha must not have these desires. These
are three foolish desires. For Swarupa Ananda these external things are not
required. All these desires lead to
unhappiness. PUNYADA BAYAKE , ELLA
BAYAKE DUKKAMAYA. Accept the world as it
is. Enjoy the world as it is. One gets freedom (mukti) by parting with
these desires. Read Shaastra and
understand it well. Respect shAstra. Understand the meaning of shAstra in the
right perspective. Then one can become BrahmaJnaani. Then he can see God mentally and can see Bhagavanta
by becoming a mukta. Even in moksha God
is EEsha (powerful) and muktas are dAsAs(servants).
In this way Yagnavalka Rishi clears the doubts of VidvAns
about the difference between Muktas and Bhagavanta.
Based on Shri Bannanje Govindacharya’s discourse.