Hari OM!
Today, we reviewed the summary of chapter 11 of the Gita. Lord Krishna talks about a plan for everyone to follow. We should consider our work as a dedication to God, be it writing SAT or applying for college, so that we can do the best we can as an offering to God. We should accept the results of our work as God's prasad and not develop attachment to a specific result. We should pray to God, and with His grace, we will learn to love everyone.
In the seventh chapter, Lord Krishna talks about the formation of prakruti, the world. We talked about the five subtle elements, space, air, fire, water, and earth and how sensory organs (ear, touch, sight, taste, and smell) and actions of organs (mouth, hand, legs, procreation, and excretion) arise from them. We also talked about the five grosser elements that we see and experience through the sense organs. The gross elements are derived from the subtle elements through a process called panchikaranam. This process could explain how Ahalya was turned into a stone upon receiving the curse of Sage Gautama!
To understand panchikaranam better, we did a project using five different juices (guava, lychee, mango, jamun, and pomegranate) that we took to represent the subtle elements. We mixed them in a specific proportion to get five different types of fruit punches to get the gross elements! Even though we used the same ingredients, we got different fruit punches. Similarly even though we look and behave differently, we all have things in common. If we are really the same underneath, we should learn to love all and have no enmity towards others, which is the essence of the Gita.
In the seventh chapter, Lord Krishna talks about the formation of prakruti, the world. We talked about the five subtle elements, space, air, fire, water, and earth and how sensory organs (ear, touch, sight, taste, and smell) and actions of organs (mouth, hand, legs, procreation, and excretion) arise from them. We also talked about the five grosser elements that we see and experience through the sense organs. The gross elements are derived from the subtle elements through a process called panchikaranam. This process could explain how Ahalya was turned into a stone upon receiving the curse of Sage Gautama!
To understand panchikaranam better, we did a project using five different juices (guava, lychee, mango, jamun, and pomegranate) that we took to represent the subtle elements. We mixed them in a specific proportion to get five different types of fruit punches to get the gross elements! Even though we used the same ingredients, we got different fruit punches. Similarly even though we look and behave differently, we all have things in common. If we are really the same underneath, we should learn to love all and have no enmity towards others, which is the essence of the Gita.
