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Bhagavad
Gita - November 23, 2007
Chapter
2, Verse: 14
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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II.14:
"The contacts of the organs with the objects are the producers
of cold and heat, happiness and sorrow. They have a beginning and an
end, and are transient. Bear them, O descendant of Bharata."
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Summary
of this lecture:
Our life is mixture of pleasures and pains brought in due to the variety
of contacts between the senses and their objects. The senses are the
measuring devices to measure the degree of the various qualities like
heat or cold. (Sense of vision gives a measure of size, shape, color,
distance; sense of hearing measures the pitch, rhythm, loudness etc.
& so forth). They are sometimes pleasant and sometimes painful.
There is no rule that a given sensation will always be pleasant or always
be painful. It keeps on changing. A hot touch is pleasant for a while
in cold weather but the same is painful in warm weather. Moreover these
sensations come and go. Knowing this, one should learn to bear these
sensations. The life's journey towards the goal must go on without getting
bogged down by the temporary pleasure-pains. Take the 'measure' of the
world by the senses - that is what they are for; but do not get swayed
by these sensations; because they will keep on changing. We run after
a sensation when it brings pleasure; but as soon as we get there, the
sensation turns into pain. But because of our desire for it, we are
now stuck to it, even when it is giving pain. So Sri Krishna is making
Arjuna aware of this profound truth: senses, when come with contact
with their objects, give their measurements, like a thermometer telling
you of the temperature. The pleasures/pains are not objectively associated
with them. They come and go. They are not real. So one should learn
to withstand these and not get rattled.
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