CH 6, Verse 8

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Chapter 6

Verse 8

 

Jnaana-vijnaana-triptaatmaa kuuta-stho vijit'endriyah

/

yukta ity uchyate yogee sama-loshht'aashma-kaa.nchanah

//

 

That Yogi is steadfast, who is content with knowledge

and realization, who remains unshaken, who has subdued

his senses and to whom a lump of earth, stone and gold

are equal.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 56

>From the discourses of Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

 

Bhakti Mala, March 1998

 

"That Yogi is steadfast, who is content with knowledge

and realization, who remains unshaken, who has subdued

his senses and to whom a lump of earth, stone and gold

are equal."

 

There are two kinds of knowledge. The first one

pertains to the knowledge acquired through the study

of scriptures and the second to intuitive perception

of the reality or direct experience of the truth.

Whatever a man has learned from scriptural texts has

to be realised by him in his own self and he should

make that a part of himself. He has to taste,

experience and enjoy the essence of the scriptures in

his own self. This is what is called Vijnana or

realization and the knowledge that is derived from the

scriptural texts is called as Jnana, that is,

knowledge.

 

The man who is content with Jnana and Vijnana secures

a thorough control over his sense organs. Such a man

who has kept all his sense organs under effective

control is called Vijitendriyaí. As he remains

unshaken under all circumstances, he is also called

Kutastha. Ordinary people cannot be at peace with

themselves when they meet with adversities in life.

But he who is self-controlled and steadfast in the

knowledge and realization of God sees the one absolute

existence in the midst of relative existence. As such

he remains unaffected by the dualities belonging to

the earthly existence like pain and pleasure, heat and

cold, honor and dishonor etc. To such a Yogi a log of

wood, a piece of stone and a lump of gold are all

alike.

 

 

 

 

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