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Bhagavad
Gita - June 13, 2008
Chapter
2, Verses: 68-69
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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II.68:
Therefore, O mighty-armed one, his/her wisdom becomes established whose
organs in all their varieties are withdrawn from their objects.
II.69:
The self-restrained person keeps awake during that which is night for
all creatures. That during which creatures keep awake it is night to
the seeing sage.
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Summary
of this lecture:
If the sense organs are dominant and the mind follows to the objects
of these organs, the intellect (buddhi) then is dragged after it, giving
up its function of deciding what is right and what is wrong. It becomes
slave to the senses. Then what should a yogi do? Bring the senses organs
under control. We have to be patient because it's a difficult process,
but achievable through diligent practice. We feel a sense of joy when
we attain some control over the senses.
Arjuna's question about how is an enlightened person different from
an ordinary person could be summed up by saying the difference is like
day and night. What a deluded, worldly person considers as important
in life (viz. money, sense-pleasures, fame, power etc) are considered
as useless, unimportant things by this person and what this person,
established in wisdom, holds in high esteem, is not seen so by the worldly
person. That is why the analogy of day and night is given to show their
diametrically opposite consciousness.
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