Inner Voice - Vedas, Gita and Pareto principle
Uddhav was more serious in spiritual life compared to the other members in Chintane club. He had taken Guru asraya - shelter of a spiritual master to seriously advance in Spiritual techniques.
It was Monday and Uddhav had to attend Gita discourse that evening. During the afternoon training in his work place he got quite excited about learning the pareto princple. In everything he learnt that 20% of the things are more important than 80%. Quite often we get lost when there is a huge body of information but almost everytime in any subject if one struggles to get hold of the Pivotal 20% core of the subject matter, he becomes an expert in the field.
He extended the similar thought to spirituality, what is the pivotal 20% of the vedas knowing which one can know everything? In the evening, after the discourse he put the question to his Guru - " You said that vedas is very huge body of knowledge and one life is insufficient to know the entirety of the vedas, is there simplied way of knowing the vedas in entirety? I have heard of the Pareto principle where it says that pivotal 20% is to be known to master anything"
Guruji replied " You are right, Sri Krishna gives you the clue to unravel the mystery of the vedas in Gitopanishad, i quote the following slokas from Gita which are self explanatory for your question
Sri Krishna said to Arjuna
Chapter 7, Verse 2. I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge both phenomenal and noumenal, by knowing which there shall remain nothing further to be known.
Chapter 7, Verse 3. Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.
Chapter 15, Verse 15. I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas I am to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.
Chapter 4, Verse 9. One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
When the cause of all causes becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains unknown. The Vedas say, "yasmin vijnate sarvam eva vijnatam bhavanti."
The following slokas are evidence enough of why Harikatha was very prominent even 30 years back in India. The secret is by knowing Supreme Lord Sri Krishna one can know everything that is knowable.
It was Monday and Uddhav had to attend Gita discourse that evening. During the afternoon training in his work place he got quite excited about learning the pareto princple. In everything he learnt that 20% of the things are more important than 80%. Quite often we get lost when there is a huge body of information but almost everytime in any subject if one struggles to get hold of the Pivotal 20% core of the subject matter, he becomes an expert in the field.
He extended the similar thought to spirituality, what is the pivotal 20% of the vedas knowing which one can know everything? In the evening, after the discourse he put the question to his Guru - " You said that vedas is very huge body of knowledge and one life is insufficient to know the entirety of the vedas, is there simplied way of knowing the vedas in entirety? I have heard of the Pareto principle where it says that pivotal 20% is to be known to master anything"
Guruji replied " You are right, Sri Krishna gives you the clue to unravel the mystery of the vedas in Gitopanishad, i quote the following slokas from Gita which are self explanatory for your question
Sri Krishna said to Arjuna
Chapter 7, Verse 2. I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge both phenomenal and noumenal, by knowing which there shall remain nothing further to be known.
Chapter 7, Verse 3. Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.
Chapter 15, Verse 15. I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas I am to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.
Chapter 4, Verse 9. One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
When the cause of all causes becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains unknown. The Vedas say, "yasmin vijnate sarvam eva vijnatam bhavanti."
The following slokas are evidence enough of why Harikatha was very prominent even 30 years back in India. The secret is by knowing Supreme Lord Sri Krishna one can know everything that is knowable.
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