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Bhagavad
Gita - April 18, 2007
Chapter
2, Verses: 54-56
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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II.54:O
Kesava! What is the description of a man of steady wisdom who is Self-absorbed?
How does the man of steady wisdom speak? How does he/she sit? How does
he/she move about?
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:
The Bhagawad Gita is the unique sacred text preached on a battlefield.
Life is a battlefield where many opposite tendencies in us are fighting
with each other and Lord Krishna has told Arjuna to stand up and fight
with the attachments, likes-dislikes etc upholding the banner of righteousness
and doing one's duty and that will gradually make him established in
wisdom.
Arjuna wants to know about the life of an illumined person. How is it
different? How does an illumined person act, walk, talk, etc. For, life
is the actual test of wisdom. Lord Krishna replies that there is ONE
difference and it is not in external appearance but in internal awareness.
An illumined person or the one established in wisdom has gotten rid
of all desires. It's not like he becomes lifeless or joyless when that
happens. Actually just the opposite is true. This individual finds complete
happiness and is completely satisfied, for he has found the source of
it. He is happy in the Self by the Self! The ordinary person is propelled
by desires. He is not propelled by desires and achieves peace, harmony,
and satisfaction. That sage is said to be of steady wisdom.
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