Swami Paramarthananda Saraswati is giving lecture on "Jiva Yatra". This is a small text written by Swami Jnanananda Bharati of Sringeri Mutt.
Jiva Yatra means the journey of Jiva (atma).Here Swamiji gave an example, which was very interesting. A person, who had come to Bangalore, was waiting at a bus stop. Many buses came and went. He was just looking at them and not getting into any. Another passenger, who was also waiting for a bus, wanted to help him and asked him as to where he wanted to go.Then the new comer answered that he was not sure where to go in this city.
Then Swamiji commented that it was not to be laughed at, because the blocks, stages, phases and nagars of Bangalore would baffle anyone who was new at this place. Similar is the case of Jiva in this world. but luckily scriptures give the destination, he has to reach (i.e) Moksha. But who will give the directions for this? Luckily he has the help of GPS, which is none other than the Vedas. This GPS is controlled by the satellite, Bhagavan.This GPS takes the Jiva thru highway no. 1(Karma Yoga), to highway no.2(Bhakti / Upasana Yoga), to highway no 3(Jnana. Yoga) to reach the destination (Moksha).
