I remember when I showed Gita to one fellow who was totally unaware of Mahabharata( which is generally rare in India), he asked me the question by seeing the cover picture of Gita, "who is God, the person who is sitting on the chariot and ordering or one who is driving chariot or is there someone else other than these 2?", the question was normal because In various religions of world God is depicted as that Supreme Being who exists independent of the universe, who does not change, is absolute, transcends space and time, who is self-aware, who is all-knowing, ever present, and can accomplish whatever he desires to accomplish which means the supreme controller. People get bewildered by seeing God driving a chariot and think no..he can't be God.
Most of the times religions project Him like a superintendent of jail who is always ready with his staff to punish those who commit mistakes and ready to cast them into hell for eternity, as if He is the most cruel and don't have any work other than troubling. This knowledge of God is correct in one way but not complete. That's why we find many people have lost their faith in religious systems and the God. But the eternal and original religion of soul, Sanatan dharma presents God through the Vedic scriptures as most loving father who is ready to forgive his children and give them another chance to make improvements.
Lord's one of the name is 'Achyuta' which means He never fails in affection for His devotees, He is always protecting the devotee and his devotional service. During Mahabharata war Lord became peacemaker but that didn't work because Duryodhana wanted the war. Whole Narayani Sena was given to evil Duryodhana and Krishna remained with Arjuna with the vow of not lifting any weapon. Lord acted as charioteer for him. To become a chauffeur is not at all a prestigious job and no one will want to ever do such thing as to run by someone else's command. But Lord did that to show how much He loves His devotees to give us the hope to practice Bhakti. Arjuna was hitting Krishna with his legs to indicate where to take chariot but Lord didn't say a word, He kept assisting him in whole warfare till end...can you imagine the compassion of God!!
All qualities are found within Him with fullest extent. He is all perfectionist and thus He is perfect servant also towards His devotees, He wants to serve them just like a menial servant without any complaints, that's what He exhibited by becoming peacemaker and a charioteer. He is won only by power of love, He is perfect reciprocator of that love and never ditches a lover(which is generally seen in this world). Who chauffeur of our life? The contaminated intelligence is our driver currently, which make our defeat easy while fighting with conditionings of our nasty mind. In conclusion let's make the Lord as a chauffeur of our life and lead a victorious life as Arjuna.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
Most of the times religions project Him like a superintendent of jail who is always ready with his staff to punish those who commit mistakes and ready to cast them into hell for eternity, as if He is the most cruel and don't have any work other than troubling. This knowledge of God is correct in one way but not complete. That's why we find many people have lost their faith in religious systems and the God. But the eternal and original religion of soul, Sanatan dharma presents God through the Vedic scriptures as most loving father who is ready to forgive his children and give them another chance to make improvements.
Lord's one of the name is 'Achyuta' which means He never fails in affection for His devotees, He is always protecting the devotee and his devotional service. During Mahabharata war Lord became peacemaker but that didn't work because Duryodhana wanted the war. Whole Narayani Sena was given to evil Duryodhana and Krishna remained with Arjuna with the vow of not lifting any weapon. Lord acted as charioteer for him. To become a chauffeur is not at all a prestigious job and no one will want to ever do such thing as to run by someone else's command. But Lord did that to show how much He loves His devotees to give us the hope to practice Bhakti. Arjuna was hitting Krishna with his legs to indicate where to take chariot but Lord didn't say a word, He kept assisting him in whole warfare till end...can you imagine the compassion of God!!
All qualities are found within Him with fullest extent. He is all perfectionist and thus He is perfect servant also towards His devotees, He wants to serve them just like a menial servant without any complaints, that's what He exhibited by becoming peacemaker and a charioteer. He is won only by power of love, He is perfect reciprocator of that love and never ditches a lover(which is generally seen in this world). Who chauffeur of our life? The contaminated intelligence is our driver currently, which make our defeat easy while fighting with conditionings of our nasty mind. In conclusion let's make the Lord as a chauffeur of our life and lead a victorious life as Arjuna.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
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