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VERSE 6.1:-
The Lord first praises karma yoga because of
its practicality.
CCP:-
1-9 Advancement in astanga yoga in stages.
Aruruksha------ arudha.
10-15 brahman 16-23 parmatma 24-33 bhagavan
Generally fruit is the motivator,people take
shelter of result.
If outer achivement is the only goal one may
not have inner development.
Karma yogi has to detach himself from this
world.
Pure devotee may meditate on offering to be
made to the lord for his pleasure that is
different.
Till now term of yogi is used for karma
yogi.
VERSE 6.2:-
one can never become a yog unless he
renounces the desire for sense
gratification.
Real sannysa-yoga or bhakti means that one
should know his constitutional position as
the living entity, and act accordingly.
CCP:-
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Unless one gives up desire to worldy
enjoyment one cannot be yogi.
When there is yoga then sanyasa has to be
there.
Chnating sincerely should lead to
detachment.
VERSE 6.3:-
Karma need not be done throught the life ,
it is required till ones heart is purified
in yogaruruksha stage.
CCP:-
Yama,niyama, asana can be done in regular
world but in stages from pratyahara ..one
has to renounce the world.
Yogaruruksha yama,niyama,asana,pranayama.
Yogarudha- pratyahara..
By regulatin of the breath the mind becomes
calm.
Pratyahara not giving the foodto senses,
like beautiful object for eyes,sound for
ears thes has to be done in yogrudha stage,
then the person has to leave the common
world and leave in the seclusion like in the
forest.
LINK:- what is that situate the person in the
yogarudha stag
VERSE 6.4:-
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CCP:-
One does not engage in direct sense
gratification nor in the activities to
attain the enjoyment finally he gives up
desire to enjoy sense
gratification.(yogarudha stage)
Main focus of yoga practice is mind control.
LINK:- what is the main obstacle tocome to
yogarudha stage-mind
VERSE 6.5:-
The word tm denotes body, mind and soul
depending upon different circumstances.
the mind is the central point of yoga
practice, tm refers here to the mind.
In the yoga system, the mind and the
conditioned soul are especially important.
The purpose of the yoga system is to control
the mind and to draw it away from attachment
to sense objects.
the pure soul is entangled in the material
world because the mind is involved with the
false ego, which desires to lord it over
material nature.
One should not degrade oneself by attraction
to sense objects.
The more one is attracted by sense objects,
the more one becomes entangled in material
existence.
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The best way to disentangle oneself is to
always engage the mind in Ka
consciousness.
mana eva manuy kraa bandha-mokayo
bandhya viaysago muktyai nirviaya
mana
The mind is the cause of both bondage and
liberation for humans. The mind in
association of sense objects leads to
bondage and the mind detached from sense
objects leads to liberation. Amta-bindu
Upaniad 2
CCP:-
Mind is both friend and the enemy of the
soul.
Mind has to directed in such a way to not
entangle the soul.
In the conditioned stage mind is very
connected to body,if engaged physically mind
is engaged very difficult to have peaceful
mind without physical engagement.
Mind is the door to the consciousness.
Whereever the mind is opened we perceive the
reality. Ex;-
materialist seeeing the material things even
in the temple.
We have the choice to focus the mind either
to sense objects or spiritual things.
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Mind is the cause of bothbondage and
liberation.(amrit bindu upanishad)
To do that krishna asks to focus the mind on
him
We do not have the absolute control on mind
but we have the significant control.ex
driving the car by default goes off track,
we need to do conscious,consistent
cultivation.
Greatest threat to the individual
independence is the individual.
Inattention can lead to destruction.
LINK;- mind can be the friend and enemy also, if
we are in control then mind is friend, if mind
is in control then mind is enemy.
VERSE 6.6:-
Unless the mind is controlled, the practice
of yoga (for show) is simply a waste of
time.
CCP:-
Here word tm is used to mean mind, soul,
self.
Some commentators talk In terms of lower and
higher self.
In material world we need mind and senses
but we need to regulate them. We will serve
Krishna or Maya cant stay sense controlled
without serving Krishna for long time.
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Most of the time we are servant of mind.
Instead of trusting mind we should trust
Krishna
LINK: - symptoms of one who has controlled the
mind.
VERSE 6.7:-
CCP:-
One who has controlled the mind becomes
deeply peaceful.
First reference to the paramatma, who is
that explained in chap 13
When mind is controlled one will turn
inwards and can approach the lord.
Heat cold physical level, happiness distress
mental level, honour dishonor ego level one
will be able to transcend all these
dualities
Mind causes soul to enjoy the material
world, when mind is controlled then lord can
be approached.
VERSE 6.8:-
Book knowledge without realization of the
Supreme Truth is useless.
Only when one becomes spiritually saturated
by transcendental service to the Lord are
the transcendental name, form, qualities
and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him.
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No one can become Ka conscious simply by
mundane scholarship.
By realized knowledge, one becomes perfect.
By transcendental knowledge one can remain
steady in his convictions, but by mere
academic knowledge one can be easily
deluded and confused by apparent
contradictions.
CCP:-
VERSE 6.11-12:-
It is forbidden to use another persons
seat, as that is unfavorable for yoga
practice due to uncertainty of anothers
consent to use their seat.
One should sit rather than stand or lie on
that asana which has been established, since
the vednta says sna sambhavt: one
should sit, because then meditation is
possible.
CCP:-
If too high then is distracting,too low not
secure.
Tiger skin keeps snake away,taken when tiger
dies natural death.
Yoga time is not the sadhana, physical
cannot be spiritual.
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tatraikgra mana ktv
yata-cittendriya-kriya fixing mind at one
point, keeping everything aside, this can be
used before chanting .
this chapter gives guidelines for sadhana
for all paths.
Walking and chanting dont go to long area
do it in the same small area to avoid the
distractions.
VERSE 6.13-14:-
karma manas vc
sarvvasthsu sarvad
sarvatra maithuna-tygo
brahmacarya pracakate
"The vow of brahmacarya is meant to help one
completely abstain from sex indulgence in
work, words and mindat all times, under all
circumstances, and in all places."
Vigata-bh. One cannot be fearless unless
one is fully in Ka consciousness.
CCP:-
Yogi have to have some focus of
concentration which is not very special so
that mind will not be distracted, like in
middle of eye brows or tip of nose.
V 13 external V 14 internal.
1st time in BG here directly talk about
celibacy.
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Brahmacari in generic way anyone trying to
be fixed in brahman is brahmachari but in
technical way brahmachari is a person who
doesnt get married and focuses mind on
absolute truth.
In generic way anyone can be brahmachari
even householder ,females.
Here krishna is talking in technical way.
Sex is not just physical activity but it
drags our consciousness to physical level
more than any other activity.
In this chapter this is the 1st referncewhere
krishna is talking about himself.
VERSE 6.15:-
CCP:-
Yama and niyama have further elements.
BG is not the systematic analysis of any
particular pathnot even the bhakti path but
it is book in emergency.
Its like the carrier counselling / yoga
counselling which yoga to be practiced in
life.
In BG general principles of different paths
are given not the in detail explanation of
any particular path.
By practicing ahimsa people give up enemity
to us, as they dont feel us to be threat.
By being truthful we gain trust of others,
and word comes true.
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Careful speech gains the respect of others.
One practicing brahmacharya acquires the
power.
In sex life there are social
problems,diseases,entanglement.
By celibacy one gains power of speech,
thinking , grasping.
By not being posesive helps one to go deep.
Suchi/cleanliness- forces us to know how
dirty the body is,discipline of cleanliness
brings detachment.
Santosha- comparison is the cancer of mind,
satisfaction comes by not thinking about the
thingsthat causes dissatisfaction.
satisfaction is not just the
emotion/condition but the choice.
There is no limit to improvement.
We should know what is our capacity,we
should be clear about our prioprity.
Satisfaction doesnt mean laziness,devotee
are ambitious spiritually by reading
scriptures ,giving the spiritual knowledge
to others gives satisfaction.
TAPAH;- austerity removes the impurity.
Swadhyaya:- leads to connection with the
god,swadhyaya refers to study of scriptures
not mundane news. it gives sastra chaksu,
one can see the hand of god, everything as
the energy of lord, very nourishing.
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Ishvar pranidhan: - devotion is the integral
part of the yoga.
Yoga refuted as the independent body of
knowledge, which leads to impersonal
conclusion, but not all yoga conclusions are
like that.
Patanjali doesnt directly talk about the
lord as he assumes the people have the
understanding of lord.
Yama, niyama, and asana these eight
principles are required in every path even
ordinary sports.
Yama are rules for group discipline, niyama
are rules for individual discipline.
Pranayama refers to canalizing the energy
FIVE STAGES IN MIND CONTROL
1) Mudha foolish, lethargic.
2) Ksipta agitated. Very much active mind,
but not able to do anything, under pressure
people become tense but not able to do
things.
3) Viksipta- trying to be focused but not
able, class in noisy surrounding.
4) Ekagra focused, resolution, consciouly
focused.
5) nirodha- minds attraction to other things
is naturally stopped and it is drawn
naturally to spiritual things.
LINK: - if one goes on practicing in this way
what will be the result.
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He attains the lords abode, mat samtham
cant be reduced to impersonal
understanding.
Story of child having cataract in the eyes
1)remove the eye impersonalist as material
variety causes disturbance
2) kill the child voidist end
existence,as it is causing the problem.
3) remove cataract- devotee problem is
forgetfullness of krishna not the material
world,we need to remove this
forgetfullness,not deny variety or end the
exitence.
Real purpose of yoga is liberation from
material world.
VERSE 6.16:-
One should not sleep more than six hours
daily.
One who sleeps more than six hours out of
twenty-four is certainly influenced by the
mode of ignorance.
CCP:-
VERSE 6.44:-
CCP:-