Meditate Better | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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The mind is very restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate, O Krishna. It appears to me that it is more difficult to control than the wind" - Bhagavad Gita (6.34) "Lord Krishna said: O mighty-armed son of Kunti, what you say is correct; the mind is indeed very difficult to restrain. But by practice and detachment, it can be controlled" - Bhagavad Gita (6.35) Inspired by these verses, Swami Sarvapriyananda provides invaluable guidance on improving our meditation.

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0:00.0	Ome, Asatoma,
0:02.0	Ome, Asatoma, Jutya, Tamasoma, Jutirgamaya,
0:20.0	Mritiurma, Amritam Gamaya.
0:24.6	Ome, Shantay, Shanty, Shanty, He.
0:30.6	Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness unto light, lead us from death to immortality.
0:42.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:46.3	Whenever we have spiritual gatherings like this, especially in India, after a spiritual retreat,
0:51.3	there is always a question answer session. And in the question answer session, there will always be one question which will be most common.
1:00.0	And that is, I can't meditate, my mind doesn't settle down, my mind is distracted.
1:08.0	So that question will always be there in every Q&A session on spiritual
1:13.6	matters. And that is the subject for today's talk. Meditate better. It actually comes out of something
1:23.6	that Arjuna asks Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
1:28.3	In the sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna asks this very question to Krishna.
1:33.3	The sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is about meditation.
1:38.3	Dhyana yoga, the yoga of meditation.
1:42.3	And after Krishna teaches this, in pretty good detail actually,
1:48.0	Arjuna pops this question.
1:51.0	He says that whatever you have taught,
1:54.0	Oh Krishna, I don't think it's practical.
1:57.0	He's a practical man. He's a warrior.
2:00.0	And he's about to be engaged in some very
2:02.0	nasty business of war. And philosophy, no matter how subtle spiritual sentiments, no matter how
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