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Bhagavad
Gita - February 26, 2010
Chapter
5, Verses 24-29
Swami
Yogatmananda
Vedanta
Society of Providence
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V.24:
One
who is happy within, whose pleasure is within, and who has light only
within, that yogi, having become Brahman, attains dissolution in Brahman.
V.25:
The seers whose sins have been attenuated, who are freed from doubt,
whose organs are under control, who are engaged in doing good to all
beings, attain dissolution in Brahman.
V.26:
To the monks who have control over their internal organ, who are free
from desire and anger, who have known the Self, there is dissolution
into Brahman either way.
V.27-28: Keeping
the external objects outside, the eyes at the juncture of the eye-brows,
and making equal the span of outgoing and incoming breath that move
through the nostrils, the contemplative, who has control over his/her
organs, mind, intellect should be fully intent on Liberation and free
from desire, fear and anger. He/she who is ever thus, is verily free.
V.29:
One attains Peace by knowing Me who, as the great Lord of all the worlds,
am the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, (and) who am the friend
of all creatures.
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Summary
of this lecture:
In the last class we heard that the practice of yoga offers a sustained
and successful resistance to the drags of desire and anger in us. As
a roll of metal sheeting may be successfully flattened by reverse rolling
and placing a heavy weight on top, so too can the continued practice
of yoga bring the mind (which is 'bent' to seek out pleasure in the
world), under control. It may be initially a painful process but the
effort is worthwhile, because the certainty of our success on the path
of yoga is ASSURED! Verses 24-26 describe the life of a yogi, one who
has controlled the feelings of desire and anger. This person finds true
happiness by turning within. By not seeking happiness from the contacts
with objects, the yogi understands that he IS Brahman, the source of
all Happiness and Knowledge. Knowledge of the true Self is a life-transforming
force; although externally he may appear to be the same as the rest
of us, the yogi no longer strives to get things from the world. He works
for the good of others because he has no selfish agenda or desires to
impress upon those he serves. Without reducing selfishness, 'doing good
to others' is impossible. In Verses 27-29, Sri Krishna tells the prerequisites
for techniques of meditation that will be explored in Chapter 6: performing
all our actions in a meditative way, eliminating external distractions
during meditation by closing off the "inlets to the mind"
(i.e. our sense organs), and connecting ourselves to a higher power--God.
Thus ends Chapter 5, "The Yoga of Renunciation," in which
Sri Krishna instructs Arjuna to renounce the sense of "I and mine"
through the practice of yoga in order to realize the true, Divine nature
of the Self.
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