Do you know the Wisdom of “Self-Knowledge”? - 2

 

Continuation to my previous post… where Arjuna was in despair and a series of questions were asked to his Guru, Lord Krishna.

Lord Krishna understood that Arjuna has stepped out of the right track following the series of his questions in the middle of the battlefield and decides to use a three-pointed è Philosophical, Ethical, and Practical approach which is the best suited for the situation to bring back Arjuna to the right track for performing his duty.

Arjuna was immersed in the emotional turmoil of attachment, grief, and delusion, and the only solution to come out of it is to know the real “him”. This is called the knowledge of “Self”.

Lord Krishna has given the most wonderful teachings to the entire world through Arjuna, how to handle the worst situations that we come across in our day-to-day life. The emotional imbalance that Arjuna was going through, we can relate at some point of time in our life too, either it could be a professional or personal and the only solution is to know “Yourself”, that is the wisdom of “Self Knowledge”.

To understand that self-knowledge is the only solution to overcome every problem, we have to undergo the sequence of processes only then we would be able to connect to that solution and Lord Krishna has given a very detailed explanation on the processes that have to be experienced and realized.


There are four steps that one has to go through to master the knowledge of self.

1.   Discovery of problems of emotions and realize the problem is with self and not to blame any other. And try to change self rather than trying to change others or situations.

2.   Discovery of helplessness. After putting all human efforts to resolve the issues and still issue is not resolved this is where you discover the helpless situation.

3.   Surrender to the higher source of knowledge that is a Guru or a teacher.

4.   Commitment towards the teachings of Guru and understand the knowledge of “Self”

Coming back to Arjuna’s situation, he was going through all the above stages, He discovered his emotional problems and wanted to quit the battlefield rather than going ahead with it and he also discovered his helplessness and expressed to Lord Krishna seeking his guidance on what he has to do at the situation and as an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna he has a commitment towards his teachings and that’s the reason he has surrendered himself to Lord Krishna to help him overcome the situation and show him the right direction.

Lord Krishna waited until Arjuna was totally exhausted with his suffering and surrendered completely because only the best teacher knows when to give the ultimate knowledge to the right student.

Arjuna’s emotional turmoil was the preparation step to acquire the eligibility of the ultimate knowledge.

Lord Krishna’s approach of Philosophical, Ethical and Practical to give the ultimate knowledge to Arjuna will be discussed in the next post…

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