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Bhagavad
Gita - March 20, 2009
Chapter
3, Verses: 42-43
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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III.42:
They say that the organs ar superior (to the gross body); the mind
is superior to the organs; but the intellect is superior to the mind.
However, the one who is superior to the intellect is He.
III.43:
Understanding the Self thus as superior to the intellect, and completely
establishing (the Self) in spiritual absorption with the (help of) the
mind.
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Summary
of this lecture:
Our attitude about work must gradually be transformed so that it becomes
an instrument for our liberation from desire. Working "for the
good of the world" helps us shift our attitude towards work in
the right direction. However, we mustn't fool ourselves into thinking
that we are making the world better. By working in this way we are
only doing good to ourselves.
In the last 2 verses of the third chapter (v. 42 and 43), Sri Krishna
shows that the Self is superior to the body, sense organs, mind, and
intellect, and thus taking stand on the Self, we will be able to kill
desire - our arch-enemy which is difficult to conquer. Our divine nature--the
awareness that "I am"--is ever unshakable. Krishna proclaims
if we are rooted in a confident conviction of this divine nature, then
we WILL defeat desire and achieve our goal of God realization.
The class was followed by several interesting questions related to
the "I am" of the Self versus the "I am" of the
ego, about why we feel strengthened by social service work, and about
suppressing desires.
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