Guest guest Posted September 7, 2002 Report Share Posted September 7, 2002 Chapter 6 Verse 2 yam sa.nnyaasam iti praahur yogam tam viddhi Paandava / na hy asa.nnyasta-sankalpo yogee bhavati kashchana // Oh! Arjuna, that which is called sanyaasa, know that to be yoga also: none becomes a yogi without renouncing "Samkalpa" (hopes and expectation). LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA - 54 >From the discourses of Pujya Sri Swamiji "Oh! Arjuna, that which is called sanyaasa, know that to be yoga also: none becomes a yogi without renouncing "Samkalpa" (hopes and expectation)." Desire for the fruits of work distracts one’s mind. Therefore any doer of works who has renounced the desire for the fruits of his works is a yogi because he has discarded the cause of distraction of his mind, that is, the mental clinging to the fruits of works. As such his mind gets easily concentrated on God. Therefore, that which is called sanyaasa (renunciation) is also yoga. To entertain hopes and expectations in the mind concerning the fruits of work is Samkalpa. Samkalpa is born of desire. He who cannot renounce Samkalpa cannot become a yogi because his mind cannot have peace, rest and contentment. Therefore ho who wants to attain to yoga must give up Samkalpa. Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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