BHAGAVAD GEETA: 95 - Swami Advayananda.

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BHAGAVAD GEETA
Chapter - 2
Discourse – 2 (72 Slogas)
“Yoga of the SUPREME SELF”
Sri Veda Vyasaji

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Tuesday 26, November 2024, 06:40.
Discourse 2 | Yoga of the Supreme Self  
2.13   THE SADHANA FOR PERFECTION 
(Slogas - 68-72, 5 No.) 
Slogam- 71: The Final Prize – A “Peaceful” Mind 
Post - 95.

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Slogam- 71: The Final Prize – A “Peaceful” Mind: 

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Vihaaya kaamaan yah sarvaan = He who abandons all desires, 

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pumaan charati nisprihah; = and moves about without any longing

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nirmamah nirahamkaarah = devoid of ‘mine’-ness, and ‘I’-ness (ego), 

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sah shaantim adhigacchhati. = he attains the Supreme Peace. 

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Sri Krishna adds the final stroke to His painting of the Sthitaprajna on the canvas of our mind. The whole citadel of a steady-minded sage is now complete in every detail. If our minds have remained still up to this point, a perfect replica of it should appear to our mind’s eye. There should be no doubt in our mind as to what is required of us on this Path. 

Aptly, the last stroke added to complete the picture is Renunciation. That tells us something – the dividing line between the paths of Karma/Upasana Kanda on the one hand and the path of Jnana Kanda on the other is Renunciation of desire. 

Liberation is undoubtedly a matter of Renunciation. It is no surprise that in Indian culture, Renunciation stands uppermost in the list of spiritual Sadhanas. More on this most important theme will follow in later Discourses. The theme reaches a crescendo in the final Discourse, making it the kingpin of the Geeta philosophy. The Four Stages of Renunciation This slogam gives 4 clear instructions on the basic requirement for Renunciation: 

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 i) Vihaaya Kaamaan – giving up the external desire-prompted actions; 

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ii) Nihspriha – giving up the internal longing or craving for pleasures; 

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 iii) Nirmama – giving up the ego’s identification with pleasures, i.e. “mine”-ness. 

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 iv) Nirahamkara – giving up the ego-sense itself, i.e. the “I”-ness. 

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Peace of mind immediately follows one who carries out all four of these steps. Each holds a cause for Sorrow. Abandoning them, one is freed from all sorrow.  Gross Level the Three Levels of Renunciation or the “abandoning of desires” takes place at three different levels:  

1: This is the external renunciation. The sense objects are literally abandoned. There is no trace of attachment or craving for them. 

2. Subtle Level: This is the internal, mental renunciation. At this level all planning, scheming, scheduling and organizing oneself for pleasure is rooted out. There is no longer any lingering taste or zest for the objects renounced; no thirst for them remains even in one’s imagination. 

3. Causal Level: This is the renunciation of the very root of desire, namely, ignorance or delusion out of which arises the ego-self. Knowledge of the Self is needed to perform this operation. All lurking subconscious tendencies to enjoy sensual pleasures are the “smell”, as it were, that is left behind after the operation is done.  

4.  Shaanti: “Supreme Peace”. This is the final or highest goal attained through all these intense efforts. It is placed firmly before the seeker’s eye. 

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Next 

Slogam - 72: PEACE – Passport to the Brahmic State

Continued

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