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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 90

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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 90


पुनरावर्तिनः  ...  (अध्याय ८ - श्लोक १६)
புநராவர்தினஹ  ...  (அத்யாயம் 8 - ஶ்லோகம் 16)
Punaraavartinah ...  (Chapter 8 - Shloka 16)

Meaning :  Everything is repetitive , cyclic ...

That is a great statement by Shri Krishna ...  May be , this statement is also repeated many times in the Gita .

There are two approaches to experiences in the world , linear and cyclic ...

Linear approach attaches a beginning and end to everything .  The experiences are one time .  "if you lose this , it'll never ever come again' .  Hence , there is excitement on an experience and disappointment , depression and grief at the loss of an experience .  This approach is due to short sight , ignorance and lack of a comprehensive or an 'over-all view' .  Western world suffers from this .  The thinkers , scientists and philosophers there are gradually coming out of this shortfall .

The other approach is 'cyclic' .  Here , everything is cyclic and repetitive .  Hence , nothing is lost , if you lose this .  It will come again .  Time is cyclic .  Life is cyclic .  Experiences are cyclic .  Peace , solitude , taking things in their stride , lack of revolutionary approach , absence of excitement , absence of anxiety in our country in particular and Eastern world in general , is the result of cyclic approach .

Shri Krishna says , 'Everything is cyclic' .  If you look back at your life , you'll realize that incidents have repeated .  Words are repeated .  If someone travels with me to all places I visit for speech , he'll find me repeating .  For one who is better learned , the repetition would be less frequent .  Worms are born everyday .  Ravana or HiranyaKashipu is born once in millions of years .  Ordinary incidents may repeat frequently and dazzling ones less frequently .  Everything will repeat nevertheless .

Our memory is short and our life span is short .  Hence , we tend to forget .   Time is cyclic and hence birth and death are repetitive .  Death is not a full stop , but only a comma , to be continued .

This approach is criticized as the reason for lack of initiative among Hindus .  May or may not be true .  But , this a Fact and it is futile to fight with Fact .

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