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Bhagavad
Gita - April 25, 2008
Chapter
2, Verses: 55-56
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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II.55:
O Partha, when one fully renounces all the desires that have entered
the mind, and remains satisfied in Self alone by the Self, then he/she
is called a person of steady wisdom.
II.56:
That person is called a man of steady wisdom when his/her mind is unperturbed
in sorrow, he/she is free from longing for delights, and has gone beyond
attachment, fear, and anger.
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Summary
of this lecture:
What happens when one is established in wisdom? How are the day-to-day
actions of such a person? That person is free from the erroneous identification
with body-mind and thus free from all desires in the mind. He/she always
has steady contentment. There are the mundane problems of life - diseases,
bereavements, financial problems, natural calamities - all come to such
a person too; but they do not irritate/unsettle him. There is no craving
for pleasure, because there is the unfading, infinite, pure joy right
within. He knows nothing is really his; so no attachment for any thing.
In addition he is free from fear and anger. Whom can he fear or get
angry with if he sees God in all? This is the sign of a sage, one established
in wisdom.
'What about love? And I do not see the possibility of love without
attachment' - a Q was asked. A: It is natural to feel that way when
one is established in ignorance. But if we calmly see and compare the
characteristics of attachment & love, we will be able to see easily
that not only they are different but are mutually exclusive. Real love
has no idea of 'mine'. Vivekananda's BHAKTI-YOGA explains the difference
very nicely.
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