Toronto, Ontario
Detach
Before an eleven
hour flight to Santiago, Chile, and then a two hour soaring over to Buenos Aires, I
took a one hour walk through Rosedale.
No coat required. It appears to
be an extended, warm fall. The
occasional changes in Canada are a constant reminder of the temporariness of
the world.
This feature of
material nature should serve to remind us of the world’s fleeting way and how
we can learn detachment.
In Sutapa’s
rendition of Bhagavad-gita: A Short
Summary in Acronyms, he addresses this principle of detachment in Chapter
15.
“Imagine someone
checks into their holiday hotel room and then begins painting the walls, buying
new furniture, refitting the bathroom and hanging up family pictures. It sounds
ludicrous—you don’t make arrangements for long-term comfort in a temporary
residence. This world is likened to a hotel room within which people make
complicated plans for security and enjoyment. In Chapter Fifteen, Krishna uses a wonderful
analogy to create detachment within the spiritualist and fuel his desire to
re-enter his real home in the spiritual realm.”
The banyan tree is
used by Krishna to help us understand life’s complexities, its entanglement, and that life’s
aim is to move in the direction of exiting this. For that, great reflection is required.
Please refer to
the banyan tree example in Chapter 15 to help understand reflection.
May the Source be
with you!
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