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Bhagavad
Gita - November 13, 2009 Vedanta Society of Providence
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IV.39: The person who has faith, is diligent and has control over the organs, attains Knowledge. Achieving Knowledge, one soon attains supreme Peace. IV.40: One who is ignorant and faithless, and has a doubting mind perishes. Neither this world nor the next nor happiness exists for one who has a doubting mind. IV.41: O Dhananjaya (Arjuna), actions do not bind one who has renounced actions through yoga, whose doubt has been fully dispelled by Knowledge, and who is not inadvertent.
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Summary of this lecture:
Without
Sraddha--faith in what the scriptures and teacher have taught--
and an adventurous spirit, the aspirant can make no progress towards
the realization of Truth. This adventurous spirit creates the desire
to go beyond what one can perceive with the five senses and limited
intellect, and the spiritual seeker transcends the sense organs and
nervous system during meditation. In addition to having faith and an
adventurous spirit, the aspirant must lead a controlled life which is
not overrun by the senses. When the ultimate Knowledge is attained,
one will experience great peace regardless of what is going on around
him. Potential dangers on the spiritual path include giving up on spiritual
practice and returning to our old, ignorant ways and being overcome
with doubt. Doubt is good and is encouraged to enquire and then understand
the truth; but the habit of harboring doubts all the time and making
no attempts to resolve them, removes any possibility of progress. Lord
says therefore that this doubt must be destroyed by all means.
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