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Bhagavad Gita Selection Number 322, for Friday, May 9, 2008
From Chapter XVI: The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the Daemonical
XVI.10. KAAMAMAASHRITYA DUSHPOORAM DAMBHAMAANAMADAANVITAAH;
MOHAADGRIHEETVAASADGRAAHAAN PRAVARTANTE'SHUCHIVRATAAH.
(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)
Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and
arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they (the
daemonical) work with impure resolves.
XVI.11. CHINTAAMAPARIMEYAAM CHA PRALAYAANTAAMUPAASHRITAAH;
KAAMOPABHOGAPARAMAA ETAAVADITI NISHCHITAAH.
Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with
death, regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim, and
feeling sure that that is all,
XVI.12. AASHAAPAASHASHATAIRBADDHAAH KAAMAKRODHAPARAAYANAAH;
EEHANTE KAAMABHOGAARTHA MANYAAYENAARTHASANCHAYAAN.
Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger,
they strive to obtain by unlawful means hoards of wealth for
sensual enjoyment.
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The moment you turn your mind Godward, you will gain immense strength and peace.
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Raja Yoga Selection Number 60, for Friday, May 9, 2008
[from Chapter I: "Samadhi Pada- On Contemplations"]
I.49. SRUTANUMANA-PRAJNABHYAM ANYA-VISAYA VISESARTHATVAT
'Knowledge gained from inference and testimony is not equal to that
obtained in higher states of consciousness, because it is confined to a
particular object'.
Commentary:
This refers back to the seventh sutra, which defines correct
knowledge. Even if knowledge is gained through intellectual process or
through the statement of a great sage, it is limited, and this is
inferior to direct experience itself. In this case, the direct
experience is the intuitive limitless knowledge of 'Purusha', or the
Self.
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51. LOOK WITHIN
Go where you will -
To Benares or Brindavan,
Mt. Kailas or Badri,
Kedarnath or Amarnath;
If you cannot find Him
In your own heart,
You cannot find Him anywhere.
Give up this wandering, friend!
Sit selent, look within,
Behold Him in thy heart-temple;
He is shining there
From eternity,
He is the Light of lights,
He is thy Inner Atma:
So says Sivananda.
a) Benares, Brindavan, Mt. Kailas, Badri,
Kedarnath & Amarnath - Sacred locations
in Northern India that are considered very
holy and sacred for travel and worship.
b) Benares - City of Siva, a.k. Varanasi, and Kashi
c) Brindavan - Birthplace of Sri Krishna
d) Mt. Kailas - The Himalyan(actually in Tibet now)
mountain home of Mahadev Siva.
e) Atma - The immortal self.
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