Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2

• Introduction
• Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2

Introduction - Please Note

Please Note.

The following "segment" of the Bhagavad Gita is only in relation to a specific topic of discussion within this website.

It does NOT represent the entire Bhagavad Gita and it does not represent all of the mystical knowledge associated with "any part" of the Bhagavad Gita.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2

The following is from the Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 and it is reason after reason why Controlled Meditation is THE more intelligent method.

This is because there are many "distractions" you will encounter on your spiritual journey and if you do not have control, you will not get very far and this means that you will miss out on massive opportunities and wonderful sublime experiences.

Remember that you have just this lifetime (now) to do amazing things, so why waste any of that small amount of time chasing "extraneous" thoughts and music?

Bhagavad Gita 2:55

The Supreme Lord said: "O Parth" (Parth), when one discards all selfish desires and cravings of the senses that torment the mind, and becomes satisfied in the realization of the self, such a person is said to be transcendentally situated.

Comment: (In order to discard all selfish desires and cravings of the senses, you must first be able to control your mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:56

One whose mind remains undisturbed amidst misery, who does not crave for pleasure, and who is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.

Comment: (This requires a controlled mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:57

One who remains unattached under all conditions, and is neither delighted by good fortune nor dejected by tribulation, they are a sage with perfect knowledge.

Comment: (This requires a controlled mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:58

One who is able to withdraw the senses from their objects, just as a tortoise withdraws its limbs into its shell, is established in divine wisdom.

Comment: (This requires a controlled mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:59

Aspirants may restrain the senses from their objects of enjoyment, but the taste for the sense objects remains. However, even this taste ceases for those who realizes the Supreme.

Comment: (This requires a controlled mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:60

The senses are so strong and turbulent, O son of Koonti, that they may forcibly carry away the mind even of a person endowed with discrimination who practices self-control.

Comment: (This requires a controlled mind to avoid being carried away.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:61

They are established in perfect knowledge, who subdue their senses and keep their minds ever absorbed in The Creator.

Comment: (This requires a controlled mind.)

Comment: (This is why Transcendental meditation and Guided meditation are so limited because they do not allow you to have mind control. They allow for constant distractions.)

If you seek true enlightenment, then you must first seek pure Love.

Pure Love exists as a single entity and if "any" other emotion such as anger, hate, physical desire etc - encroaches into your heart, then you have fallen from the perfection of true Love.

The only other "emotion" that should exist before true Love is the "Pure Desire" to dwell in the presence of The Creator.

The word "desire" is a coarse description commonly associated with physicality, and in no way represents the transcendant light that is the true "Pure Desire" to be "in the presence" of The Creator.

The easiest way to see this (these days) is that Pure Desire is the secret password to open and activate Pure Love.

The journey of 1,000 miles (Kms, or to anywhere), begins with a single step. That step is the "Pure Desire" to be "in the presence" of The Creator.

Bhagavad Gita 2:63

Anger leads to clouding of judgment, which results in bewilderment of memory.

When memory is bewildered, the intellect gets destroyed - and when the intellect is destroyed, one is ruined.

Comment: (A controlled mind does not allow you to get angry in the first place. BTW: Revenge is also a destructive force to yourself.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:64

But one who controls the mind, and is free from attachments and aversions, even while using the objects of the senses, attains the Grace of God.

Comment: (This is why you need a controlled mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:65

By divine grace comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and the intellect of such a person of tranquil mind soon becomes firmly established in God.

Comment: (Tranquility requires a controlled mind.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:66

But an undisciplined person, who has not controlled the mind and senses, can neither have a resolute intellect nor steady contemplation on God.

For one who never unites the mind with God there is no peace - and how can one who lacks peace be happy?

Comment 1: (Undisciplined people do not have a controlled mind. This is why so many of them end up in jail.)

Comment 2: (When the Dalai Lama talks about being "happy", he is not talking about eating pizza happy, he is inferring that when one (a person) attaches themselves to the "Creator:, then and only then can they be truly happy.)

Bhagavad Gita 2:67

Just as a strong wind sweeps a boat off its chartered course on the water, even one of the senses on which the mind focuses can lead the intellect astray.

Comment: (Control of your senses including the sense of desire, requires a controlled mind.)

Why Is This Here? ↟↟

It is here because if you wish to ascend spiritually, then you need to have a scalable "mind-set" - not limit your mind - which allows you to think deeper than just eating and sleeping.

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