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The Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse Hindu scripture, is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna. It addresses the moral and philosophical dilemmas faced by Arjuna, providing timeless guidance on how to live a life of righteousness and purpose.<\/p>\n
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\u0936\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0917\u0924\u092d\u0940\u0930\u094d\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u091a\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0935\u094d\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924\u0903 \u0964 \u015b\u0101nt\u0101tm\u0101 vigata-bh\u012br brahmac\u0101ri-vrate sthita\u1e25 For one who has conquered the mind, So we are in Chapter Six, about the Yoga of Meditation. And in the previous verses, Lord Krishna started saying that one should dedicate one\u2019s life, energy, and time to raise oneself by oneself, not waiting for others.<\/p>\n You know, certain times, certain opportunities, certain teachers, certain abilities \u2014 you should raise yourself by yourself all the time. Why? Because the nature of the mind is going downwards, toward the senses and toward objects.<\/p>\n And if the mind is not checked, then the interaction with objects can become indulgence, can become dependency, can become addiction, and can take you down. So you have to be very alert, because this is the tendency of the mind. So you have to raise the mind upwards.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 2. Turning Inward to the Divine Intelligence” open=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Take the mind and the senses away from objects and turn them inward, toward the Divine, toward the realization of the intelligence that operates the senses, that operates the mind.<\/p>\n Usually we are not aware of it. We are not taking the time to recognize it. We take it for granted: \u201cI just see, I just think, I just plan,\u201d as if it\u2019s obvious. But you should say it is not obvious.<\/p>\n There is divine intelligence operating in your eyes. There is divine intelligence operating in your mind. There is divine intelligence operating behind your emotional system.<\/p>\n In fact, your whole body is like a shrine. It is like a big temple complex in which there are many, many shrines. In each shrine, there is a divinity, a divine intelligence operating. So bring your attention to it.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 3. Worship Through Right Living” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Worship it. How will you worship? By feeding it with the right, appropriate things that will elevate \u2014 elevate your vision, elevate your thinking.<\/p>\n Because so many times, if we start to indulge, at a certain point we create disorders within ourselves. Then we have digestive disorders, mental disorders, emotional disorders.<\/p>\n And then we say, \u201cOh, I lost my health.\u201d And we think, \u201cOh my God, health is so important.\u201d Why didn\u2019t you invest when it was there? Why did you allow disorder to happen?<\/p>\n So this was already there before \u2014 it\u2019s just that we did not pay attention.<\/p>\n One should raise oneself by oneself.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 4. Realizing the Supreme Self” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n And now, in Verse 7, he says: the Supreme Self of one who is self-controlled and peaceful is balanced in heat and cold, pleasure and pain, and also in honor and dishonor.<\/p>\n If you are engaging your life like this, it is not only that you will be healthy \u2014 you will realize a supreme sense of Self. You will realize your divine nature.<\/p>\n When? In all conditions.<\/p>\n If you take the time to treat your instruments as a temple and realize that the Divine operates through the functions of the body, the mind, and the emotions, then at a certain point this Divine will reveal itself as your higher nature.<\/p>\n It is called the Param\u0101tma \u2014 the Supreme Self.<\/p>\n It is not something else. It is yourself.<\/p>\n You thought until now that you are just flesh and blood. You thought that you are just a human being. But if you follow what Krishna is teaching, you will realize that you are not just a human being.<\/p>\n You are a divine being having a human experience.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”\ud83d\udd38 5.The Yogi Beyond the Pairs of Opposites” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Before, the human experience seemed to cover the divine being completely. But when you act in the right way, the divine being is revealed as your own Self \u2014 at all times.<\/p>\n What is \u201call times\u201d?<\/p>\n In all situations, the Divine is realized as your own Self.<\/p>\n The self-controlled yogi, rooted in the Self, remains poised amidst the pairs of opposites.<\/p>\n What happens to us normally? When I take myself to be this body, this mind, this small individual \u2014 when things go well, I am elated; when things go wrong, I am depressed. I am always swinging like a pendulum.<\/p>\n But the yogi is not in the pendulum. The yogi is beyond it.<\/p>\n The yogi abides in divine bliss \u2014 a state beyond happiness and sorrow.<\/p>\n All experiences are allowed to come and go, like clouds in the sky. When I know myself as the vast sky, experiences arise and dissolve, but they do not affect me.<\/p>\n Just like waves in the ocean \u2014 whether there are waves or not, water remains water.<\/p>\n The yogi does not become divine. The yogi realizes that he was always that \u2014 eternal, immortal, divine.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||80px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe nature of the mind is going downwards to the senses, towards the objects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cIf the mind is not checked, the interaction with the objects can become an indulgence, a dependency, an addiction, and can take you down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse Hindu scripture, is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna. 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mana\u1e25 sa\u1e41yamya mac-citto yukta \u0101s\u012bta mat-para\u1e25<\/strong><\/p>\n
who is peaceful, fearless, and established in discipline,
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