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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

63. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 5 Verse 7-10 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 5 (Verses 7-10) of the Bhagavad Gita. In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God).

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0:00.0

Ome, Vasudeva, suttam-devim, Kamsachanurramadanam,

0:07.0

Devaki, Paramanandandam, Krishna, Vandeh Jagad Guru.

0:19.0

All right.

0:21.0

So we are studying the fifth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.

0:27.2

And we had done verse number six and we're entering verse number seven.

0:34.1

In verse number six, we saw, is that right?

0:38.3

Verse number, we're done by verses 4, 5, 6 last time, right?

0:41.3

Sanya says, to Mahavah,

0:44.3

ducham, a up to a yogata.

0:47.3

So the choice of, if I want to realize God,

0:52.3

if I want to be enlightened, so why not give up everything else and make a one-pointed effort?

0:58.0

No, no need for samsara, the family and job and just give it all up and study, meditate, pray and become enlightened.

1:10.0

Why not do that?

1:11.9

Monastic life will enable me to do that.

1:14.7

So Sri Krishna hears he says that without sufficient preparation,

1:19.2

if the body mind are not prepared, then just thinking that I can live like that.

1:25.0

It's not that easy.

1:27.2

To come up to me, it's very difficult to lead an ideal monastic life unless the mind is prepared.

1:34.3

That's why in Adwaita Vedant also, they talk about the entry conditions.

1:39.3

The Vivek, a Vyraga, all the teaching will become beneficial if the entry conditions are there.

1:45.8

In monastic life also, there are certain entry conditions.

1:48.4

Otherwise, what will happen is I gave many examples last time in the last class that the great,

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