Transcript Bhagavad- Gita As It Is. Chapter 6 Text 10-17

BhagavadGita As It Is.
Chapter 6
Text 10-17
Process of
Astanga-Yoga
and it’s rules
and regulations.
Text 10 :
Real renunciation.
• “A transcendentalist
should always engage
his body, mind and self
in relationship with the
Supreme; he should
live alone in a secluded
place and should
always carefully
control his mind. He
should be free from
desires and feelings of
possessiveness.”
• “When one is not
attached to anything,
but at the same time
accepts everything in
relation to Kåñëa, one
is rightly situated
above possessiveness.
On the other hand, one
who rejects everything
without knowledge of
its relationship to
Kåñëa is not as
complete in his
renunciation.”
Accepting and rejecting
• He should be very careful to accept
favorable and reject unfavorable
conditions that affect his realization.
• “When one is not attached to
anything, but at the same time
accepts everything in relation to
Kåñëa, one is rightly situated above
possessiveness. On the other hand,
one who rejects everything without
knowledge of its relationship to Kåñëa
is not as complete in his
renunciation.”
Text 11-12
• “To practice yoga, one should go to a
secluded place and should lay kuça
grass on the ground and then cover
it with a deerskin and a soft cloth.
The seat should be neither too high
nor too low and should be situated in
a sacred place. The yogé should
then sit on it very firmly and
practice yoga to purify the heart by
controlling his mind, senses and
activities and fixing the mind on one
point.”
Most practical
meditation for Kali-Yuga
One who is not self-controlled and whose mind is not
undisturbed cannot practice meditation.
harer näma harer näma
harer nämaiva kevalam
kalau nästy eva nästy eva
nästy eva gatir anyathä
• “In this age of quarrel
and hypocrisy the only
means of deliverance
is chanting the holy
name of the Lord.
There is no other way.
There is no other way.
There is no other way.”
Text 13-14
• “One should hold one’s body,
neck and head erect in a
straight line and stare steadily
at the tip of the nose. Thus,
with an unagitated, subdued
mind, devoid of fear, completely
free from sex life, one should
meditate upon Me within the
heart and make Me the ultimate
goal of life.”
Strict rules of Yoga
practice
• Freedom from sex life by
following Brahmcarya.
• Householder brahmacäré
• Householder brahmacäré
may be accepted in the
bhakti school, but the
jïäna and dhyäna schools
do not even admit
householder brahmacärés.
They require complete
abstinence without
compromise.
• Vigata-bhéù. One cannot
be fearless unless one is
fully in Kåñëa
consciousness.
karmaëä manasä väcä
sarvävasthäsu sarvadä
sarvatra maithuna-tyägo
brahmacaryaà pracakñate
“The vow of brahmacarya is
meant to help one
completely abstain from
sex indulgence in work,
words and mind—at all
times, under all
circumstances, and in all
places.”
Text 15
• “Thus practicing constant control of
the body, mind and activities, the
mystic transcendentalist, his mind
regulated, attains to the kingdom of
God [or the abode of Kåñëa] by
cessation of material existence.”
• tam eva viditväti måtyum eti: “One can
overcome the path of birth and death
only by understanding the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Kåñëa.”
Text 16-17
• There is no possibility of one’s
becoming a yogé, O Arjuna, if one
eats too much or eats too little,
sleeps too much or does not sleep
enough.
• He who is regulated in his habits of
eating, sleeping, recreation and
work can mitigate all material pains
by practicing the yoga system.
Regulations in eating
and sleeping.
• Bhuïjate te tv aghaà päpä ye pacanty ätma-käraëät.
Anyone who eats for sense pleasure,
or cooks for himself, not offering his
food to Kåñëa, eats only sin.
• One who eats more than required
will dream very much while sleeping,
and he must consequently sleep
more than is required.
• Thus regulation in all respects is
must for any Yoga practice.