RE: The Yoga of Action

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

 

From Chapter III: The Yoga of Action

 

III.42. INDRIYAANI PARAANYAAHUR INDRIYEBHYAH PARAM

MANAH;

MANASASTU PARAA BUDDHIR YO BUDDHEH PARATASTU SAH.

 

(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)

'They say that the senses are superior (to the body);

superior to the senses is the mind; superior to the

mind is the intellect; and one who is superior even to

the intellect is He-the Self.'

 

III.43. EVAM BUDDHEH PARAM BUDDHWAA SAMSTABHYAATMAANAM

AATMANAA; JAHI SHATRUM MAHAABAAHO KAAMAROOPAM

DURAASADAM.

 

'Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect

and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O

mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire,

hard to conquer!'

 

COMMENTARY: Restrain the lower self by the higher

Self. Subdue the lower mind by the higher mind. It is

difficult to conquer desire because it is of a highly

complex and incomprehensible nature. But a man of

discrimination and dispassion, who does constant and

intense Sadhana, can conquer it quite easily.

 

Sri Ramakrishnaya Namah

Vivekananda Centre London

http://www.vivekananda.co.uk

 

 

 

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Hello

 

I am Vikshuk. You have explained the subject excellently.With reference to what

you have said I would like to a dd a few lines from Katha Upanishad:

 

" ATMANAM RATHINAM VIDDHI SHARIRAM RATHAMEWATU BUDDHIM TU SARATHIM VIDDHI MANAH

PRA GRAHA ME VACHA. "

 

Know the Atma as the charioteer, the body (Sharir) as the chariot, Buddhi

-Intellect as the driver The Mind as the reins.

 

" YASTU VIJNANAWAN BHAVATI YUKTEN MANSA SADA TASYA INDRANYIWASHANI SADASHWA IYA

SARATHE. "

 

Those whose mind is controlled, the reins are in control can control senses,

those who are not cannot control their senses.

 

Om Shanti!!

-- Vikshuk

 

 

 

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