A Study of the Bhagavadgita - Chapter 6.2. Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 07, 2021. 08:12.PM. Chapter 6: Sankhya – The Wisdom of Cosmic Existence - 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How would you, then, make yourself fit for the universal vision if you are rejoicing in the world of the sense organs? Another verse gives a little clue in this matter. BG-CH-2, SLO-70. "apuryamanam achala-pratishtham samudram apah pravishanti yadvat tadvat kama yam pravishanti sarve sa shantim apnoti na kama-kami." BG 2.70: Just as the ocean remains undisturbed by the incessant flow of waters from rivers merging into it, likewise the sage who is unmoved despite the flow of desirable objects all around him attains peace, and not the person who strives to satisfy desires. A person filled with desires cannot have any vision of the Universal Spirit. If it could be possible, by way of intense austerity and restraint of sense ...