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Wisdom of the Sages

Happiness Through Externals is a Failed Strategy

Wisdom of the Sages

David Ramella

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss how true happiness is an internal experience, as the nature of the soul is spiritual happiness, and when we seek happiness through externals we enter into a disappointing competition for limited resources.

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Oh, no, no, Bhagavatee vaseutee

0:05.0

vase d'E byea.

0:07.0

Oh, no, Bhagvateh aa.

0:10.0

O'na no, baghavate

0:16.0

Vassudaya.

0:19.0

Come on!

0:25.0

All right, what, text 9?

0:30.0

The Lord continued, those who remember your, you are, you're, those who remember you

0:39.6

every evening of every day will become friendly with their brothers and with all other living entities.

0:46.0

What a nice benediction.

0:47.8

Yes.

0:48.8

So again, it's Lord Vishnu speaking to the Pacheta's, the 10 Pachetas who had just completed their prayers and

0:55.0

austerity and now he's so pleased with them, particularly in text 8 he was saying he was

1:01.2

pleased because of their friendly relations.

1:04.0

Those who will offer me the prayers composed by Lord Shiva both in the morning and in the

1:10.2

evening will be given benedictions by me. In this way they can fulfill their desires

1:16.0

and attain always intelligence. It's just sometimes not good. Meaning, that doesn't mean you're

1:30.6

going to get smarter. It means your intelligence itself is going to get refined.

1:35.3

So we're not going to use our intelligence

1:37.6

to pursue things that don't serve us.

1:41.2

You can have great intelligence,

1:42.6

and super sharp, but it's all used in the service

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