79. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 6 Verse 15 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 June 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 6 (Verse 15) 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	O, Vasudeva,
0:02.6	Suttam-Devam, Kamsachanurram-Ram,
0:07.7	Devaki, Paramanandtham, Krishna, Vande Jagad Guram.
0:17.6	So we are studying the Bhagavad Gita in chapter 6, which is a chapter on meditation.
0:24.9	We have seen that Sri Krishna has started giving instructions on meditation.
0:29.6	And in verse number 14, which we saw last time, Prashantatma Vigigata Bhir, Brahmhachari Pradesh-thita,
0:40.8	mana-sayyta-a-sita, yukta-a-sita-mat-para.
0:45.3	A very comprehensive verse.
0:47.3	It talks about a pacified mind, a calm mind, free of fear, settled in the vows of Brahmacharya, controlling the mind,
1:02.4	focusing it on, on the Atman, or if you are in a dualistic mode, on the ishtra Devata.
1:10.2	Two things. Matchitta, Matpara.
1:12.6	Matchitta means the stream of thoughts which is continuously going on
1:17.6	should be consciously with effort focused on God.
1:21.6	If you are meditating on God.
1:23.6	Or if you're doing Vedantic Nidhyasana,
1:26.6	it should be focused on the Atman, the self within.
1:32.0	And Matpara, considering God or that self within, the ultimate self within, to be the highest.
1:39.3	Not one of the things that we do in life, not one of the things to be accomplished in life, but the
1:43.7	final goal of life, the purpose of life, the deepest, most profound thing we can have in life, and the most,
1:51.2	the thing which takes us beyond sorrow, which fulfills us completely. So, Matpara, considering me or that
2:00.4	self within to be the highest.
2:03.2	So this is, these are some of the instructions on meditation.
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