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Bhagavad
Gita - April 16, 2010
Chapter
6, Verses: 15-18
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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VI.15:
Concentrating the mind thus for ever, the yogi of controlled mind
achieves the Peace which culminates in Liberation and which abides in
Me.
VI.16:
But, O Arjuna, Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who
does not eat at all; neither for one who habitually sleeps too long,
nor surely for one who keeps awake.
VI.17:
Yoga becomes a destroyer of sorrow of one whose eating and movements
are regulated, whose effort in works is moderate, and whose sleep and
wakefulness are temperate.
VI.18:
A person who has become free from hankering for all the desirable objects
is then said to be Self-absorbed when the controlled mind rests in the
Self alone.
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Summary
of this lecture:
A Yogi does not seek pleasure from other objects; knowing that true
joy comes from within, he leads a disciplined life. Cultivating
this discipline isn't easy, but when one begins to practice it the mind
gradually comes under control. In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna gives
no prescriptions in terms of so many calories or vegetarian or coshered
for what an aspirant should eat or how many hours of sleep are best;
instead, He espouses Yukta-- what is right. We should eat the
right foods in the right quantity, and it varies from person
to person according to inner constitution and external environment.
Also the intake through all the sense-organs must be 'right' too; meaning
to see and hear what is right (pure) so as not to upset the mind. We
should sleep, be active, relax, all in the right measures. This is the
Middle Path taught by Lord Buddha. What is right will depend upon the
individual. The guru, or spiritual teacher, will know what is right
for the disciple. In the Gospel, we see Sri Ramakrishna giving particular
advice to one devotee, and the opposite advice to another! Disciplined
life is a gradual, evolutionary process. Eventually the aspirant feels
more and more peace and happiness and seeks less in the external world.
The mind becomes like a steadily burning flame: steadily fixed on the
ideal - unwavering and uninfluenced by the outside world.
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