बनो नहीं मिटो (Only for True Hearts)

  What if one gets attached to the Truth? (Chapter 2, Verse 62, 63) ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः। स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati If a person dwells on objects, there arises attachment for them. From attachment grows hankering, from hankering springs anger. From anger follows delusion; from delusion, failure of memory; from the failure of memory, the loss of understanding; from the loss of understanding, he perishes. ~ Chapter 2, Verse 62-63 ✥ ✥ ✥ Questioner (Q):  Any two objects kept together in proximity and for a long period of time will get attached. We stay in proximity to our family, and thus we are attached. Does it mean that to have a stable mind one has to be close to no o

  Yoga is the intensity of your want to live without fear (Chapter 2, Verse 53) श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला | समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि || śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalā samādhāv-achalā buddhis tadā Yogam avāpsyasi When your mind, now perplexed by what you have heard, stands firm and steady, then you will have attained Yoga or Self-Realization. ~ Chapter 2, Verse 53 ✥ ✥ ✥ Acharya Prashant (AP):  We come to verse 53 of chapter 2. We would either get the whole of it, Yoga, Krishna and Gita together, or we miss the whole of it. Yoga, Krishna and Gita all at once. It’s not possible to be versed in Yoga, to excel in Yoga while not understanding the principle yogi, Krishna. And, it’s not possible to claim Krishna without closeness to his Gita. We will be getting all of them together. Let’s enter this verse with the utmost attention. “When your mind, now perplexed by what you have heard, stands firm and steady in the Self, then you will have attained