The Highest Knowledge (para vidya)

Bhagavan Shree Krishna tells Arjuna that He is revealing him "the most secret, highest knowledge knowing which there will be nothing else left to know!" Such a beautiful secret knowledge is available to us! But, the Lord further adds that "One in a thousand is ever showing interest to attain to Me"! In fact, we are such fools.

 What is that secret highest knowledge and why are we, fools, not interested in it?

  This secret knowledge is explained in Chapter 7- Jnyana-vijnyana yoga. The Knowledge of the Self, 'Atmajnyan' is the secret revealed to Arjuna. This Atman is nothing but the manifest aspect of Brahmn, and that is the Lord seated in the Lotus Heart of all, 'Self' of all. Once this secret is known, there is nothing else need to be known. However, this is not an easy task. How to know this? It is not possible to know that which is the subtler-most than the subtlest, this 'Atman', the Self, through the scriptures, or from the learned sages; not even the devi devata know Him! Then, is this problem of knowing the secret ruled out? No. The means of knowing is also revealed by the Lord!

   The moment an ardent devotee surrenders to the supreme Lord, He reveals Himself to his devotees! But this is also ridiculous! There is no question of a revelation of the 'brahmn' here. 'Brahmn' only exists and nothing else exist besides brahmn! "Brahmn is the absolute". Brahmn is One, and no other exists besides! "What all exists is brahmn only" !  sarvam khaluvidam brahmn | 

  So, one should realize this secret of 'Brahmn'. The Veda and the Upanishads, the Brahma sutras, the Bhagavad-Gita- all eulogize /brahmn'. The Bhagavad-Gita is an yogopanishad and 'brahmavidya'. It reveals the utmost secret knowledge, 'brahmn', revealed to Arjuna. Once, a person realizes this manifest aspect of 'brahmn' in everything, he/she becomes a jnyani. A Jnyani is superior to all! So, one should know that "everything that exists here is the manifest form of brahmn" in its subtlest form and assumes the gross form (that is only transient!).

   This highest knowledge of "Who the supreme Lord is and how He manifests Himself as everything" will help us to develop a divine attitude and ignore the weaknesses of others and seek the divine in all!