Sixteenth
Discourse – The Yoga of the Division between the Divine and the Demoniacal
Lord
Krishna brings about quite clearly the intimate connection between ethics and
spirituality; between a life of virtue, God-realisation and liberation.
The
Divine qualities are conducive to liberation and the demoniacal (undivine)
qualities lead to bondage. Purity, good conduct and truth are indispensable to
spiritual progress and leading an honourable life. Devoid of these higher
qualities and having no faith in God or a higher Reality, man degenerates into
a beast of ugly character and cruel actions, sinking into darkness. Caught in
countless desires, a slave to sensual enjoyments and beset by worry and
anxiety, his life ultimately ends in misery and degradation. Haughtiness,
arrogance and egoism lead to this dire fate. Therefore, a wise person, desiring
success, must eradicate vice and cultivate virtue.
Released
from passion, anger and greed, one can succeed in attaining salvation and
reaching the highest goal viz. God.
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