Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.
Bhagavad Gita
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 8th 2015
That is a unique sunset photo. Very nice.
(I am too tired for thinking about thoughts tonight).
I am glad you like the photograph, thank you
As to the thought… It will wait for eternity!
Some thoughts on the Bhagavad Gita: Whatever you do, do not ask Krishna to drive your chariot. He is unlicenced. But should you, do not look upon his face. He doesn’t like that.
Looking into his face did seem to cause him to talk a lot!
The Bhagavad Gita is a metaphor and thought not to be part of the Mahabharata but placed within the text at a later date.
WOW Cherie!!!
i love that sunset through a misty sky… it suites your thought for the week….peter:)
I miss seeing that sky every evening before dinner
That is a very colourfull sunset. I can imagine you there at the beach letting your thoughts go and just be happy…
The quote…hmm…my experience with wisdom, don’t ventilate too much wisdom around when you are not with the right people. And often my mom would tell me (when I was around 21 years old) ‘don’t always know it better, even if you do, you scare away men…they don’t like too smart…’
And now…. I just listen and I have my thoughts and I am happy.
Have a great day and of course I gave you far too much information
don’t ventilate too much wisdom around when you are not with the right people
Very wise
There is no point in discussing some things until the other person is open to listening to your thoughts.
I think you and I are on the same page today, sort of, Cherry!
Such a calm evening sky, Cherie – it does me good to look at it
Remembering it as I saw it on the day does me good too
Hmmmm, not sure the womb analogy holds up.
In the context of the wider text it does hold up.
I read this quote again, then put down my donut and had greek yogurt instead, is that what it means?
What a great quote – how often we humans misdirect both the quest for – and the expression of – true wisdom in favor of our own wants and needs. Dang our egos!
For example, some people think if we are “unfaithful” Christians if we dare glean wisdom and entertain philosophies about life from other religions. I believe we limit ourselves in wisdom if we rule out basic wisdoms and teachings about life from places like Vedic scripture, Buddhist tenets, Confucious. It’s not worship, it’s philosophy study
I’m also a fan of Buddhist teachings, especially considering Buddha explicitly said he wasn’t a God, don’t pray to him, he won’t hear you, he’s dead – that he wasn’t here to save us, he was here to teach us a better way to live and that we should seek out our our salvation elsewhere with diligence.
But then like all religions, people often put their own spins on things, often to incorporate their prior religions in the mix, such as ancestor worship, etc., and boom, Buddhism’s now a religion instead of philosophy. (The same has actually happened to Christianity, so I’m not picking on Buddhists;)
I think people do these things because it makes them more comfortable and fine if it works for them – however, in doing so, are we right back to the quote from the Bhagavad Gita?
The Gita is complexed; in part it is teaching as you say ‘a better way to live’ and the discourse between Krishna and Arjuna refers to the struggle between ego and spirit.
There is more to it than that of course and it needs to be studied to glean an understanding of what it means.
Quote: “”For example, some people think if we are “unfaithful” Christians if we dare glean wisdom and entertain philosophies about life from other religions. I believe we limit ourselves in wisdom if we rule out basic wisdoms and teachings about life from places like Vedic scripture, Buddhist tenets, Confucious. It’s not worship, it’s philosophy study
”" Unquote.
Hmmmmm. Warning, warning, Will Robinson. Straw man alert. So, ’some people think’ eh? But of course. Some people think all sorts of strange ideas. Even global warming, feminism, socialism, whathaveyou. Just let Krishna drive your chariot and get on with the job at hand.
I should clarify that by that I mean “some people from televangelist-type protestant churches I was forced to attend as a teenager, who didn’t care for the fact that I sometimes read about other philosophies and religions.”
And there was definitely danger there , Will Robinson, believe me. No one sacrificed live chickens or handled snakes or anything, but close;)
(Disclaimer: Erm – not that there’s anything wrong with that, I guess, if that’s anyone reading’s current way of worship. But I’m thinking that whole snake-handling thing doesn’t work out so well in the long run
a magnificent shot, CP
Thank you Ayush