Stabilising the Mind in God: The Twelfth Chapter of the Bhagavadgita-3. Swami Krishnananda
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04/12/2019.
(Spoken on June 26, 1983)
Post-3.
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#Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chpter-12. Slokam-s 8 to 11.
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Mayya eva mana adhatsva mayi buddhim nivesaya,
nivasshiayasi mayy eva ata urdhvahm na samsayah. - Slo-8.
Aatha cittam samadhatum na saknoshi mayi sthiram,
abhyasayogena tato mam ichaptum dhananjaya. - Slo-9.
Abhyasepy asamarthosi matkarmaparamo bhava,
madartham api karmani kurvan siddhim avapsyasi.-Slo-10.
Athaitad apy asaktosi kartum madyogam asritah
sarvakarmaphalatyagam tatah kuru yatatmavan. - Slo-11.
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Tat kathanam:
If you meet anybody, speak only on this topic, and speak nothing else. Do not speak on any other topic except this. Anyonya? tat prabodhanam: Awaken yourselves mutually on this topic by discourse and conversation.
Ask someone, “Oh, how do you do it, my dear friend?” And he will ask you, “How do you do it?”
So you will mutually benefit by classroom consultation, as it were. This is anyonya? tat prabodhanam.
Eta deka paratvam ca:
You are convinced that you have no other way. This is the only way, and every other way has failed. You have tried every method of saving yourself. Every other method has left you, and no hope is there from anything in this world. The whole world is cracking under your foot and there is nothing to support you. Your only saviour is this.
This is my only support, this is my sustenance, this is my friend, this is my delight, this is my very breath. This conviction is eta deka paratvam. This is called brahma abhyasa. Day in and day out chat, talk, discourse, think, meditate, cry aloud: only this, only this, and nothing but this.
This is a state of what is called God-intoxication, the madness of being possessed by God. Such a thing is perhaps indicated in this original admonition to us: Root your mind only in God and think nothing else.
In these four sloka-s of the Twelfth Chapter of the Bhagavadgita we have the well-known fourfold method of stabilising consciousness expounded in the language of tradition.
How would you do this?
It is very satisfying indeed to hear that we shall attain abundance by this practice and we shall be freed from every kind of agony, anguish and sorrow in life; indeed this is a great joy even to hear, but how are we going to achieve it? How is this practicable for us?
Mayya eva mana adhatsva. How would we concentrate on God?
What is the method?
To be continued ...
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04/12/2019.
(Spoken on June 26, 1983)
Post-3.
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#Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chpter-12. Slokam-s 8 to 11.
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Mayya eva mana adhatsva mayi buddhim nivesaya,
nivasshiayasi mayy eva ata urdhvahm na samsayah. - Slo-8.
Aatha cittam samadhatum na saknoshi mayi sthiram,
abhyasayogena tato mam ichaptum dhananjaya. - Slo-9.
Abhyasepy asamarthosi matkarmaparamo bhava,
madartham api karmani kurvan siddhim avapsyasi.-Slo-10.
Athaitad apy asaktosi kartum madyogam asritah
sarvakarmaphalatyagam tatah kuru yatatmavan. - Slo-11.
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Tat kathanam:
If you meet anybody, speak only on this topic, and speak nothing else. Do not speak on any other topic except this. Anyonya? tat prabodhanam: Awaken yourselves mutually on this topic by discourse and conversation.
Ask someone, “Oh, how do you do it, my dear friend?” And he will ask you, “How do you do it?”
So you will mutually benefit by classroom consultation, as it were. This is anyonya? tat prabodhanam.
Eta deka paratvam ca:
You are convinced that you have no other way. This is the only way, and every other way has failed. You have tried every method of saving yourself. Every other method has left you, and no hope is there from anything in this world. The whole world is cracking under your foot and there is nothing to support you. Your only saviour is this.
This is my only support, this is my sustenance, this is my friend, this is my delight, this is my very breath. This conviction is eta deka paratvam. This is called brahma abhyasa. Day in and day out chat, talk, discourse, think, meditate, cry aloud: only this, only this, and nothing but this.
This is a state of what is called God-intoxication, the madness of being possessed by God. Such a thing is perhaps indicated in this original admonition to us: Root your mind only in God and think nothing else.
In these four sloka-s of the Twelfth Chapter of the Bhagavadgita we have the well-known fourfold method of stabilising consciousness expounded in the language of tradition.
How would you do this?
It is very satisfying indeed to hear that we shall attain abundance by this practice and we shall be freed from every kind of agony, anguish and sorrow in life; indeed this is a great joy even to hear, but how are we going to achieve it? How is this practicable for us?
Mayya eva mana adhatsva. How would we concentrate on God?
What is the method?
To be continued ...
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