Lord Krishna teaches how to FOCUS the MIND by Swami Mukundanand

Lord Krishna teaches how to FOCUS the MIND by Swami Mukundanand

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Full Text 1  The intellect rules the mind. God has bestowed the human intellect with the power to control the mind if it so decides. Shree Krishna says if somebody can strengthen that decision, intellect will be one-pointed and the mind will come into focus. You will shoot towards the goal like an arrow.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=1  2  Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Sloka 41 Chanting  व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् || 41|| vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-shakha hyanantash cha buddhayo ’vyavasayinam O descendent of the Kurus, the intellect of those who are on this path is resolute (marked by firm determination), and their aim is one-pointed.  But the intellect of those who are irresolute is many-branched. How to Focus the Mind He says that Arjun, in order to traverse this path, you will need a resolute intellect.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=34  3  We have come to this point that you need to give up attachment. This attachment to the world happens in a variety of ways. One is positive attachment –  The object of your attachment, the wife or the husband or the children or the parents or the ice cream or the chocolate. Your mind keeps going there. Again and again and again.  Sitting there, if your mind is repeatedly going to chai (tea) you can understand that your mind is attached to the chai, the tea. That is why the thought of the tea is coming again and again. That is positive attachment.  The scriptures say, “Even if you are negatively attached, that is also attachment.” In other words, if there is hatred, whom do you hate? That fellow, he did bad to me 3 years ago. Listen, listen, he’s so bad. Listen, he’s so bad. He did this to me. He did this to me. The same bhajan/kirtan is going on.  Just like in positive attachment, your mind goes there Similarly, in hatred also, your mind goes there. Whether you love the world or you hate the world - Either way, the scriptures say, “Your mind is attached.” Or you fear the world. Or you envy the world. Or you detest the world. Or you loathe (to hate somebody/something) the world. All this is different forms of attachment.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=94  4  If somehow, you attach your mind to God, gopyah kamad bhayat kamso dvesac caidyadayo nrpah Whatever way their mind went to Shree Krishna, the mind got attached to the Supreme Lord And they all got purified. When the mind goes to something pure, it becomes pure.  And the reverse, whatever way we bring our mind to the world, as the world consists of the three gunas (three material modes of nature), the mind becomes dirty. Detachment means that you are neither to love the world, nor to hate it, nor to fear it.  Kabira khada bazaar mein sabki mange khair Na kahu so dosti na kahu so bair Na Dosti, Na Dushmani, neither friendship nor hatred  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=216  5  Like a mother, she has lost her son in the fair/exhibition She’s looking around. Where has he gone? Where has he gone? From a distance, she saw one little boy there She thinks it’s her child.  She goes running - beta, beta She reaches the child and sees, Oh he’s somebody else Immediately, she becomes neutral to him. That is detached. She doesn’t say, “Now, not my child, Never mind, let me lift up this child and hug him and get motherly love from him.”  Nor does she start fighting - I thought you were my child Why did you turn out to be somebody else? It was my mistake. I thought he was my child He’s not really. Forget it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=291  6  Similarly, detachment means earlier, we were thinking. The world is the source of happiness. We were running after the world. 1 million; 2 million; 3 million.  Now we understood that there is no real happiness in the world. What to talk of 3 million? Those who got 30 billion are not happy. So we have become detached.  We don’t start fighting - Why are you doing this? We become neutral.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=355  7  What am I supposed to do? Living in this world, I am supposed to go towards God. Let me focus upon that. Detachment means ‘Neutrality.’  Shree Krishna says that in order to develop that kind of detachment, Arjun, you will need to have a resolute intellect. In other words, your intellect will have to tell you to be firm in this knowledge that the world is not mine.  The world does not have the happiness that I want. That is vyavasayatmikabuddhi - A resolute intellect The moment the intellect makes that strong decision, the work is done. You don’t need to take the mind away. The mind naturally comes away. If your intellect is not resolute, the mind will start running towards the world as well.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=395  8  Any of you if you so decide - No matter your favorite food item may be in front of you - If you are confirmed there is poison in it, you will never take it. If there is no poison in it, then you may break the rules of dieting. Let me take more. It doesn’t matter. The doctor is not watching.  This knowledge is not resolute that this is harmful for me. That knowledge has to become firm. Knowledge is all available, it is for us to utilize it and to make a strong resolve accordingly.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=487  9  One woman came to me and said, “Swamiji, baki sab to thik hai sab bahut gussa atta” Everything else is all right but I have a lot of anger in me. What should I do? Give me some gem of knowledge to destroy this I said, “Deviji, does anybody want to harm themselves?” No.  Supposing, I give you a pin and say, “Jab it into your arm.” Will you do it? No. In the same way, anger harms you. You get angry at the other person but the anger resides in you. He is the object and you are the receptacle in which the anger is residing It burns your heart. It burns your blood. It dirties your mind. It’s like jabbing a 100 pins in your arm.  Why should you harm yourself? The lady said, “Swamiji, that is a wonderful piece of knowledge.” I said, “But it will be no use to you.” Why? Because you don’t really believe it. When that opportunity for anger comes, this knowledge will slip out of the mind.  You will make the mistake and later on, you will regret “Oh oh I became angry.” That knowledge has to be utilized by the intellect. That is vyavasayatmika buddhi - Resolute intellect.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=537  10  If the intellect becomes resolute in this decision that I am not the body, I am the soul And hence the happiness I want, will not come from these things. Your mind will come off from the world in a moment.  Presently, that strength of decision is not existing. We do have a general notion. How much do you struggle for the world for worldly attainments? How much do you struggle for God? That shows that at present, our decision of the intellect needs to be strengthened.  Shree Krishna says here, “Arjun, if somebody can strengthen that decision towards God, his intellect will be one-pointed and the mind will come into focus. If you strengthen that decision, you will shoot towards the goal like an arrow.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIKfiUR_DI&t=644  Transcript Intro 0:00 Bhagavad Gita Gyan Yagna by Swami Mukundananda 0:01 The intellect rules the mind. 0:04 God has bestowed the human intellect with the 0:07 power to control the mind if it so decides. 0:12 Shree Krishna says: If somebody can strengthen that decision, 0:18 intellect will be one-pointed and the mind will come into focus. 0:22 You will shoot towards the goal like an arrow. 0:27 Bhagavad Gita Sloka Chanting is followed by translation and commentary by Swami Mukundananda 0:34 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Sloka 41 Chanting 0:36 व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् || 41|| vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-shakha hyanantash cha buddhayo ’vyavasayinam 0:54 0:57 O descendent of the Kurus, the intellect of those who are on this path is resolute, and their aim is one-pointed. But the intellect of those who are irresolute is many-branched. 1:21 How to Focus the Mind 1:24 He says that Arjun, in order to traverse this path, 1:30 you will need a resolute intellect. 1:34 We have come to this point that you need to give up attachment. 1:42 This attachment to the world happens in a variety of ways. 1:51 One is positive attachment - 1:54 The object of your attachment, the wife or the husband or the children 1:59 or the parents or the ice cream or the chocolate. 2:02 Your mind keeps going there. 2:04 Again and again and again. 2:08 Sitting there, if your mind is repeatedly going to chai (tea) 2:13 you can understand that your mind is attached to the chai, the tea. 2:20 That is why the thought of the tea is coming again and again. 2:27 That is positive attachment. 2:30 The scriptures say, “Even if you are negatively attached, 2:30 that is also attachment.” 2:35 In other words, if there is hatred, whom do you hate? 2:40 That fellow, he did bad to me 3 years ago. 2:44 Listen, listen, he’s so bad. Listen, he’s so bad. 2:48 He did this to me. 2:50 He did this to me. 2:53 The same bhajan/kirtan is going on. 2:56 Just like in positive attachment, your mind goes there 3:01 Similarly, in hatred also, your mind goes there. 3:07 Whether you love the world or you hate the world - 3:13 Either way, the scriptures say, “Your mind is attached.” 3:20 Or you fear the world. 3:23 Or you envy the world. 3:25 Or you detest the world. 3:27 Or you loathe (to hate somebody/something) the world. 3:30 All this is different forms of attachment. 3:36 If somehow, you attach your mind to God, 3:39 gopyah kamad bhayat kamso dvesac caidyadayo nrpah 3:52 Whatever way their mind went to Shree Krishna, the mind got attached to the Supreme Lord 4:01 And they all got purified. 4:03 When the mind goes to something pure, it becomes pure. 4:08 And the reverse, whatever way we bring our mind to the world, 4:14 The world consists of the three gunas The mind becomes dirty. 4:22 Detachment means that you are 4:23 neither to love the world, nor to hate it, nor to fear it. 4:28 Kabira khada bazaar mein sabki mange khair Na kahu so dosti na kahu so bair 4:43 Na Dosti, Na Dushmani 4:47 Neither friendship nor hatred 4:51 Like a mother, she has lost her son in the fair/exhibition 5:01 She’s looking around. Where has he gone? 5:05 Where has he gone? 5:06 From a distance, she saw one little boy there 5:10 She thinks it’s her child. 5:15 She goes running - beta, beta 5:19 She reaches the child and sees, Oh he’s somebody else 5:25 Immediately, she becomes neutral to him. 5:30 That is detached. 5:31 She doesn’t say, “Now, not my child, 5:34 Never mind, let me lift up this child and hug him and get motherly love from him.” 5:40 Nor does she start fighting - I thought you were my child 5:44 Why did you turn out to be somebody else? 5:47 It was my mistake. I thought he was my child 5:51 He’s not really. 5:53 Forget it. 5:55 Similarly, detachment means 5:57 Earlier, we were thinking. 6:01 The world is the source of happiness. 6:07 We were running after the world. 6:09 1 million; 2 million; 3 million Now we understood that there is no real happiness 6:18 in the world. 6:20 What to talk of 3 million? 6:21 Those who got 30 billion are not happy. 6:26 So we have become detached. 6:27 We don’t start fighting - 6:29 Why are you doing this? 6:30 6:31 6:33 We become neutral. 6:35 What am I supposed to do? 6:38 Living in this world, I am supposed to go towards God. 6:43 Let me focus upon that. 6:48 Detachment means ‘Neutrality.’ 6:53 Shree Krishna says that in order to develop that kind of detachment, 7:00 Arjun, you will need to have a resolute intellect. 7:10 In other words, your intellect will have to tell you to be firm 7:14 in this knowledge 7:15 The world is not mine. 7:19 The world does not have the happiness that I want. 7:26 That is vyavasayatmikabuddhi - A resolute intellect 7:34 The moment the intellect makes that strong decision, the work is done. 7:42 You don’t need to take the mind away. 7:44 The mind naturally comes away. 7:47 If your intellect is not resolute, 7:56 the mind will start running towards the world as well. 8:07 Any of you if you so decide - 8:09 No matter your favorite food item may be in front of you - 8:13 If you are confirmed there is poison in it, you will never take it. 8:20 If there is no poison in it, then you may break the rules of dieting. 8:25 Let me take more. 8:27 It doesn’t matter. 8:29 The doctor is not watching. 8:32 This knowledge is not resolute that this is harmful for me. 8:39 That knowledge has to become firm. 8:45 Knowledge is all available 8:47 It is for us to utilize it and to make a strong resolve accordingly. 8:57 One woman came to me and said, “Swamiji, baki sab to thik hai sab bahut gussa atta” 9:07 Everything else is all right but I have a lot of anger in me. 9:12 What should I do? 9:13 Give me some gem of knowledge to destroy this 9:20 I said, “Deviji, does anybody want to harm themselves?” 9:26 No. 9:27 Supposing, I give you a pin and say, “Jab it into your arm.” 9:33 Will you do it? 9:35 No. 9:36 In the same way, anger harms you. 9:40 You get angry at the other person but the anger resides in you. 9:45 He is the object and you are the receptacle in which the anger is residing 9:51 It burns your heart. 9:53 It burns your blood. 9:55 It dirties your mind. 9:57 It’s like jabbing a 100 pins in your arm. 10:02 Why should you harm yourself? 10:06 The lady said, “Swamiji, that is a wonderful piece of knowledge.” 10:09 I said, “But it will be no use to you.” 10:13 Why? 10:15 Because you don’t really believe it. 10:17 When that opportunity for anger comes, this knowledge will slip out of the mind. 10:24 You will make the mistake and later on, you will regret 10:27 “Oh oh I became angry.” 10:31 That knowledge has to be utilized by the intellect. 10:38 That is vyavasayatmika buddhi - Resolute intellect. 10:44 If the intellect becomes resolute in this decision that 10:51 I am not the body, I am the soul 10:55 And hence the happiness I want, will not come from these things. 11:01 Your mind will come off from the world in a moment. 11:07 Presently, that strength of decision is not existing. 11:14 We do have a general notion. 11:18 How much do you struggle for the world for worldly attainments? 11:23 How much do you struggle for God? 11:29 That shows that at present, 11:33 our decision of the intellect needs to be strengthened. 11:38 Shree Krishna says here, 11:39 “Arjun, if somebody can strengthen that decision towards God, 11:45 his intellect will be one-pointed and the mind will come into focus. 11:51 If you strengthen that decision, you will shoot towards the goal like an arrow. 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The Mind-Blowing Wonder of Shree Krishna - Understanding the Nature of God by Swami Mukundanand

The Mind-Blowing Wonder of Shree Krishna - Understanding the Nature of God by Swami Mukundanand

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Full Text  1#  Ram Valmiki Samvad Episode 11  The Nature of God  the Kathopnishad states God walks, He is mobile, He is immobile and stationary the Shvetashvatara upnishad states that God is subtle, He's so tiny, He's smaller than the smallest because He's all pervading.  Now people say we found the God particle, that tiny little particle, but actually God is tinier than the God particle, the Higgs Boson, because he's energizing the God particle by sitting inside it. God is also bigger than the biggest, so big that he absorbs all of creation within Him,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaATkKGQUA&t=20  2#  He is Akarta, the non-doer “verse”, Shvetashvatara upnishad says, Akarta “verse” Lord Krishna is saying The Srishti sambandhi (related) work is done by Shiv and Vishnu, I don't do anything but the same Lord says “verse”, I control Maya and create the world, so He is Akarta & He's also “Srishti karta”,  He is nyay-karta the dispenser of justice, in the Bhagavad-Gita, He says “verse” Arjun, let it be known that I don't have any biases, I am beyond all prejudice, neither do I hate anyone nor am I particularly kind to anyone,  I am equitable but in the second line of the same verse, He says “verse”, if you engage in My devotion, I will reside in you and you will reside in Me, now He's becoming biased towards the devotee, this is the nature of God, who can comprehend Him,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaATkKGQUA&t=82  3#  The Mind-Blowing Wonder of God: Even His material energy Maya is so glorious, see we have nowadays emails and prior to that now, in today's terminology, it is called snail mail but before the snail mail  they used to have kabootar mail, pigeon mail you know the homing pigeon, it has such tremendous faculties, if you wrap up the homing pigeon in a cloth and take it from here A 1000 miles away and release it with a message tied to its feet, it will head straight back to the window of the house from where it had been taken, the technology it uses in its head, I think that should be replicated by the GPS etc, so amazing,  and look at the technology of the aeroplanes, can they outdo those insects on a monsoon night in India under the lamp post you find 10,000 insects flying in crazily without any accidents happening, while aeroplanes are known to have had accidents  but even more astonishing is the bat, the bat is not able to see, it just uses radar technology, you may have had this occasion when a bat comes flying and you think oh my God it's coming straight for me and it diverts, it's radar technology tells us there's somebody in front, move in this direction, all this is the material energy of God,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaATkKGQUA&t=187  4#  beyond that is Yoga Maya, these contradictory attributes in His personality are made possible by Yoga Maya, that is why Valmiki says, Maharaj,  even the biggest geniuses, the Nobel Prize winners etc., they can also not lay claim to knowing You but there is one way to understand You and what is that way, He will tell us next  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaATkKGQUA&t=304  Transcript Ram Valmiki Samvad Episode 11 The Nature of God 0:20 the Kathopnishad states God walks, He 0:25 is mobile, He is immobile and stationary 0:35 the Shvetashvatara upnishad states that God is subtle, He's so tiny, 0:41 He's smaller than the 0:44 smallest because He's all 0:47 pervading. Now people say we found the 0:50 God particle, that tiny little particle, 0:54 but actually God is tinier than the God 0:57 particle, the Higgs Boson, because he's 1:00 energizing the God particle by sitting 1:03 inside it.  1:13 God is also bigger than the biggest, so 1:17 big that he absorbs all of creation 1:21 within 1:22 Him, He is Akarta, the non-doer “verse”, Shvetashvatara upnishad says, Akarta “verse” 1:41 Lord Krishna is saying 1:44 The Srishti sambandhi (related) work is done by Shiv and Vishnu, I 1:48 don't do 1:49 anything but the same Lord 1:55 Says “verse” 1:56 I control Maya and create the world, so 2:01 is Akarta & He's also “Srishti karta”, He is nyay-karta 2:06 the dispenser of justice, in the Bhagavad-Gita, He 2:16 says “verse” Arjun, let it be known that I don't 2:20 have any biases, I am beyond all 2:26 prejudice, neither do I hate anyone 2:31 nor am I particularly kind to 2:36 anyone, I am 2:39 equitable but in the second line of the 2:43 same verse, He 2:50 Says “verse”, if you engage in My devotion, I will 2:53 reside in you and you will reside in Me, 2:56 now He's becoming biased towards the devotee, 3:00 this is the nature of God, who can The Mind-Blowing Wonder of God 3:07 comprehend Him, even His material energy 3:11 Maya is so 3:15 glorious,  3:17 see we have nowadays 3:20 emails and prior to that now, in today's 3:25 terminology, it is called snail 3:28 mail but before the snail mail they used 3:31 to have kabootar mail, pigeon mail you 3:35 know the homing pigeon, it has such 3:38 tremendous 3:40 faculties, if you wrap up the homing 3:43 pigeon in a cloth and take it from here 3:47 A 1000 miles 3:49 away and release 3:52 it with a message tied to its feet, it 3:56 will head straight back to the  4:00 window of the house from where it had 4:02 been 4:03 taken, the technology it uses in its head, 4:07 I think that should be replicated by the 4:10 GPS etc, so 4:13 amazing, and look at the technology of 4:16 the 4:16 aeroplanes, can they outdo those insects 4:21 on a monsoon night in India under the 4:25 lamp post you find 10,000 insects 4:29 flying in crazily without any accidents 4:33 happening, while aeroplanes are known to 4:36 have had accidents but even more 4:39 astonishing is the bat, the bat is not 4:43 able to see, it just uses radar 4:47 technology, you may have had this 4:49 occasion when a bat comes flying and you 4:52 think oh my God it's coming straight 4:53 for me and it 4:54 diverts, it's radar technology tells us 4:58 there's somebody in front,  move in this 5:01 direction, all this is the material 5:04 energy of God, beyond that is Yoga Maya, 5:08 these contradictory attributes in His 5:11 personality are made possible by Yoga 5:16 Maya, that is why Valmiki says, Maharaj, 5:20 even the biggest 5:22 geniuses, the Nobel Prize winners etc., 5:27 they can also 5:29 not lay claim to knowing You but there 5:35 is one way to understand You and what is 5:39 that way,  He will tell us next   Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) The Mind-Blowing Wonder of Shree Krishna - Understanding the Nature of God Swami Mukundananda.mp4

How to develop faith and love for God by Swami Mukundanand

How to develop faith and love for God by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ Full Text 1   There was once a great scholar of the scriptures. He went to a God-realized Saint. He said, "Maharaj I have studied many books and done many rituals. But till today I have not had a divine experience. I have not even seen the light of God. Can you please tell me some sadhana that will give me a divine realization."  The saint smiled, he knew where the problem was. So he asked the scholar to go out, to lift his hands towards the heavens and cry out for two hours to God. He promised he would get a divine experience.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=7  2   The scholar was obedient. He walked out into the open sky, and there he lifted his hands and he was crying out to God. Unfortunately, after 15 minutes, it started raining and then it started pouring. So all the water was falling upon him, he was getting drenched for one hour and 45 minutes.  Finally he returned. The sage said, "what was your experience?" He said, "Maharaj, the water was drenching my face. My clothes were all soaked and so was the hair, it was flowing down. A puddle had formed around my feet. I was feeling cold and I had my arms up towards that sky. I was crying out to God. I felt like I'm a gross fool.  The Saint said you got your first spiritual experience. What is spirituality - to humble yourself, to make way for God. I am nothing, He is everything. By thinking I'm a fool, you got your first spiritual step. Until then you were just increasing your pride learning the different verses and different quotations. This journey begins with humbleness.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=66  3   So, similarly we do engage in devotion. But we are not there as yet, our faith is lacking and so is our love. But that doesn't mean that we should remain there. Once we realize a deficiency, we are now prepared to take the step. How do we move forward from here? So come to an important spiritual principle. I'll tell you a formula of how to develop love for God. This is related by Tulsi das ji Maharaj in Ramayan.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=173  4   He says (Hindi verse) He says, if you wish to develop love for God, you need faith in God. And if you wish to have faith, you need knowledge of God. So knowledge will lead to faith, faith will lead to love, this is a sequence. Understand the sequence through a worldly example.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=218  5   There is a man who lives at home in the city. His family lives in the village. He's working in the city. That's why he lives by himself. So to take care, he's kept a servant. Now in the morning, he goes to office and then comes back. The servant takes care of the home.  One day while this officer was in the office, a sadhu came to the house. The sadhu told the servant, "look I am really hungry. give me lunch, I have got a Paras (mythical stone). I'll give that to you." Does anybody know what is a Paras? It's a mythical stone. In English, it's called philosopher's stone.  If you touch iron to the Paras, the Paras transforms the iron into gold. so this Sadhu promised the servant, you feed me, I'll give you the Paras. The servant was illiterate. He did not know what this Paras was. But he had a rough idea, it's something nice.  So he fed the sadhu, and the sadhu handed the Paras to him. Now the servant thought, what will I do with it? let me offer it to my master, and he will decorate it and keep it in his drawing-room. So the servant put the stone on his master's table.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=266  6   In the evening at six o'clock, the officer returned. He was in a bad mood. Some people, when they come back from office ,they are in a bad mood. Similarly, some people leave the office there and come with a free mind. Some people bring the office with them. Some people bring the bad mood with them.  The wife knows my husband's voltage has doubled because he come from office. He is now a 220 or 440 volt not 110 volt. The master saw this stone on the table. He said, "Ramu, who has put this stone here?" Ramu said, "Sahab, you know one sadhu came. I gave him lunch and he has handed me this Paras. So I have given it to you.  Sahab said, "Ramu what a buddhu (idiot) you are!" somebody who has got Paras, will he go around begging? He has given you an ordinary piece of stone. Sahab took the stone, and chucked it. The stone went and hit the latch of the door. That latch happened to be of iron & in contact with the Paras, it transformed into gold.  Now that officer saw, oh my god this has become yellow metal ! is it actually Paras? He ran to pick it up, he touched his key to it. The key also became gold. He took the spoon from the table, touched it, that also became gold. Three out of three!  now the statistical probability is tremendously high, right? It's a confirmation. His intellect is convinced, this is a Paras. He started thinking of all it can do for him. "Ohh my God, if I had touched that railway line it will become gold all the way from here to Houston." "if I walk into the steel plant, I'll make a mountain of gold." "I don't need to work for anybody now. Happy days are here for the rest of my life." He has fallen in love with the Paras.  He went running with it to his bedroom, went into his closet, opened the locker and then there's a locker within the locker of the closet, right? So, he put it there. He has developed so much of love for the stone. How did this love develop ? Only by knowledge.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=368  7   When he had no knowledge of what the stone can do, what it is, he threw it away out of contempt, and when he realized the value of that little mass, he fell head over heels in love with it.  So similarly if we really understand who is God, if we appreciate the personality of God, we will definitely have faith in Him. And if we have faith, we will fall in love with Him. The problem right now is we don't have faith in God.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3M929BpKQ&t=534  Transcript 0:07 There was once a great scholar of the scriptures. He went to a God-realized Saint. 0:17 He said, "Maharaj I have studied many books and done many 0:24 rituals. But till today I have not had a divine experience. I have not even seen 0:35 the light of God. Can you please tell me some sadhana that will give me a divine 0:46 realization." The saint smiled, he knew where the problem was. So he asked the 0:56 scholar to go out, to lift his hands towards the heavens and cry out for two 1:06 hours to God. He promised he would get a divine experience. The scholar was 1:15 obedient. He walked out into the open sky, and there he lifted his hands and he was 1:24 crying out to God. Unfortunately, after 15 minutes, it started raining and then it 1:32 started pouring. So all the water was falling upon him, he was getting drenched 1:38 for one hour and 45 minutes. Finally he returned. The sage said, "what 1:47 was your experience?" He said, "Maharaj, the water was drenching 1:54 my face. My clothes were all soaked and so was the hair, it was flowing down. A 2:02 puddle had formed around my feet. I was feeling cold and I had my arms up 2:09 towards that sky. I was crying out to God. I felt 2:15 like I'm a gross fool. The Saint said you got your first spiritual experience. What 2:27 is spirituality - to humble yourself, to make way for God. 2:35 I am nothing, He is everything. By thinking I'm a fool, you got your first 2:41 spiritual step. Until then you were just increasing your pride learning the 2:47 different verses and different quotations. This journey begins with 2:53 humbleness. So, similarly we do engage in devotion. But we are not there as yet, our 3:05 faith is lacking and so is our love. But that doesn't mean that we should remain 3:14 there. Once we realize a deficiency, we are now prepared to take the step. How do 3:21 we move forward from here? So come to an important spiritual 3:28 principle. I'll tell you a formula of how to develop love for God. This is related 3:38 by Tulsi das ji Maharaj in Ramayan. He says (Hindi verse) 3:49 He says, if you wish to develop love for God, you need 4:02 faith in God. And if you wish to have faith, you need knowledge of God. So 4:14 knowledge will lead to faith, faith will lead to love, this is a sequence. 4:26 Understand the sequence through a worldly example. There is a man who lives 4:34 at home in the city. His family lives in the village. He's working in the city. 4:41 That's why he lives by himself. So to take care, he's kept a servant. Now in the 4:49 morning, he goes to office and then comes back. The servant takes care of the home. 4:55 One day while this officer was in the office, a sadhu came to the house. The 5:04 sadhu told the servant, "look I am really hungry. 5:10 give me lunch, I have got a Paras (mythical stone). I'll give that to you." Does anybody know what 5:18 is a Paras? It's a mythical stone. In English, it's called philosopher's stone. 5:25 If you touch iron to the Paras, the Paras transforms the iron into gold. 5:34 so this Sadhu promised the servant, you feed me, I'll give you the Paras. The 5:40 servant was illiterate. He did not know what this Paras was. But he had a rough idea, 5:51 it's something nice. So he fed the sadhu, and the sadhu handed 5:54 the Paras to him. Now the servant thought, what will I do with it? let me offer it 6:01 to my master, and he will decorate it and keep it in his drawing-room. So the 6:08 servant put the stone on his master's table. In the evening at six o'clock, the 6:14 officer returned. He was in a bad mood. Some people, when they come back from 6:22 office ,they are in a bad mood. Similarly, some people leave the office there and 6:28 come with a free mind. Some people bring the office with them. Some people bring 6:34 the bad mood with them. The wife knows my husband's voltage has doubled because he 6:40 come from office. He is now a 220 or 440 volt not 110 volt. The master saw this stone on 6:49 the table. He said, "Ramu, who has put this stone here?" 6:55 Ramu said, "Sahab, you know one sadhu came. I gave him lunch and he has handed me this Paras. 7:00 So I have given it to you. Sahab said, "Ramu what a buddhu (idiot) you are!" 7:07 somebody who has got Paras, will he go around begging? He has given you an 7:14 ordinary piece of stone. Sahab took the stone, and chucked it. The stone went and hit 7:20 the latch of the door. That latch happened to be of iron & in contact 7:27 with the Paras, it transformed into gold. Now that officer saw, oh my god this has 7:34 become yellow metal ! is it actually Paras? He ran to pick it up, he touched his key 7:40 to it. The key also became gold. He took the spoon from the table, touched 7:45 it, that also became gold. Three out of three! now the statistical 7:53 probability is tremendously high, right? It's a confirmation. His intellect is 7:58 convinced, this is a Paras. He started thinking of all it can do for him. "Ohh my 8:08 God, if I had touched that railway line it will become gold all the way from 8:14 here to Houston." "if I walk into the steel plant, I'll make a mountain of gold." 8:20 "I don't need to work for anybody now. Happy days are here for the rest of my life." 8:26 He has fallen in love with the Paras. He went running with it to his 8:32 bedroom, went into his closet, opened the locker and then there's a locker within 8:37 the locker of the closet, right? So, he put it there. He has developed so much of 8:44 love for the stone. How did this love develop ? Only by knowledge. 8:54 When he had no knowledge of what the stone can do, what it is, he threw it away 9:01 out of contempt, and when he realized the value of that little mass, he fell head 9:11 over heels in love with it. So similarly if we really understand who is God, if we 9:23 appreciate the personality of God, we will definitely have faith in Him. And if 9:31 we have faith, we will fall in love with Him. 9:34 The problem right now is we don't have faith in God. Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): How to develop faith and love for God.mp4 

Are our Actions predestined? Is God the Doer? MUST WATCH Explanation! by Swami Mukundanand

Are our Actions predestined? Is God the Doer? MUST WATCH Explanation! by Swami Mukundanand

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Full Text 1  If God is forcing us to do something, He should bear the karma. Why should we bear the karma? Ramesh ate the food and Dinesh vomited out? But Swamiji, what we do, we are doing ? God is not doing?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=0  2  We are the doers. If God was our director, then we would never have made a mistake. Can God make mistakes ? Of course not. If God was our director then we should be free from any mistake, simple logic.  If the driver of the car is sane, the car will go properly. If the driver is inebriated, the car will go off course. If God is our driver, all our actions should be perfect.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=29  3  But we people make so many mistakes. "Sorry". What sorry?! I made a mistake. Why did you make a mistake? To err is human. So to err as human means that we humans are doing it, not the all-perfect God.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=66  4  Second point if God is the doer, then the karmic reactions of those actions should be borne by God. If God is forcing us to do something he should bear the Karma , why should we bear the karma ?  Ramesh ate the food and Dinesh vomited out. What kind of logic is this? God made us do all these awful things, and the karma He is putting it on to us. Let Him either bear the Karma Himself or forgive Himself. But let Him release us.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=88  5  If this philosophy is true that God is the doer, then nobody can ever punish anyone. One criminal has committed murder and he is being brought to court. The the judge says all the evidence has come & it is confirmed that you were the killer and you should be punished.  The convict says, "Your Honor, don't you know philosophy? All that we do, we are not the doers. It is God who is making us do. If you have any punishment in mind, give it to God. Please free me from here."  The judge will say, look in every country of the world, no matter what their religious tradition, everybody understands, for your actions you are responsible. Even when in Bharatvarsh, the rule of Manu Smriti was there, even then everybody was responsible for their actions. That means we are the doers, not God.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=135  6  Third point. If God is the doer then he should do equally through everyone. Because he's perfectly unbiased to all. Either he should make all God realized or he should make everybody a demon.  But why does He make somebody Vibhishan and somebody Ravan, someone Prahlad and someone Hiranyakashipu. The equitably disposed God, why does He engage in such prejudice?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=201  7  Further God in the scriptures has given injunctions. There is "Vidhi" and "nishedh". Do this, don't do this. If you do this, you'll get this fruit. If you get do that, you'll get that punishment.  Now if God is the doer, why is He telling us, do this, don't do this. This is the consequence, that is the consequence. What is the need for explaining all that?  In the Bhagavad-gita itself, He repeatedly tells Arjun, Arjun this work will have that consequence. This path will lead to such a goal. At the end of the Bhagavad-gita, He says I've given you the knowledge, now do what you wish.  Supposing Shri Krishna is the doer, then he should say, Arjun, you don't need to hear anything. I will do what I want. The whole Gita will end in two sentences. Arjun, you don't need to understand. I am going to do. What is the need for the whole lecture?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=233  8  So we are responsible for our actions. If we make a mistake, we must correct it and not blame God for it. Does the point make sense? But then somebody who has been reading scriptures can question that swami ji, the scriptures have repeatedly said that God is the doer. Arjun, I am seated in everybody's heart.  And from me comes knowledge, remembrance and forgetfulness how come the scriptures are saying this? Yes, this philosophy is a little intricate and needs to be understood seriously, not just casually.  You see you apply yourself to your material field of specialty. Apply your intellect to spiritual knowledge as well. It is equally if not more important. I am sure, each of you can understand this point if you just try.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=311  9  Why do the scriptures say somewhere the soul is the doer and somewhere God is the doer . The reason is there are two kinds of doers.  One is He who provides the power and energy to do and second is the one who utilizes that energy. Just like the powerhouse, the energy company supplied the energy and then we have utilized it to illuminate this room.  Now if the energy company did not give the power, we could do nothing of electric work here. However once the power has been given, how we utilize it is our own choice. You can light an LED or an LCD or a halogen.  You can cool the room, you can heat the room or if somebody is off balance, they can catch the two terminals and get electrocuted. But they should not blame the energy company. Even an American Society, where suing is an epidemic, I don't think anybody has sued the energy company. "I got shocked; it's all the energy company's fault."  They will say, look we gave you the power. What you did with it was your own lookout. Similarly God gives us the power to do.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=385  10  Just like this clock is insentient, dead matter, this microphone is insentient. Similarly the body, the mind, the intellect are all insentient. God energizes them with the ability to do. He gives our eyes the power to see.  Now what do you make of it. Either you come to the temple and see the form of the Lord or you sit in a cinema hall and see Bollywood and Hollywood. But whatever you see, don't blame God.  Why does God show me Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan? God is not showing you. God is only giving you the power to see. The ability to choose is yours. God has given the mind the ability to think.  Now either you think of Virat Kohli and Dhoni or you think of God and guru. That is a choice that you will make. If God did not give us the power, we would not be able to do anything. It's a fact.  Not even a leaf can move but by God's power. However once he has given us the power, what we do with it is the decision we make and that is why we are responsible for our actions.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMErBt9ZIsY&t=491  Transcript 0:00 If God is forcing us to do something, He should bear the karma. Why should we bear 0:07 the karma? Ramesh ate the food and Dinesh vomited out? 0:24 But Swamiji, what we do, we are doing ? God is not doing? 0:29 We are the doers. If God was our director, then we would never have made a mistake. 0:42 Can God make mistakes ? Of course not. If God was our director then we should be 0:50 free from any mistake, simple logic. If the driver of the car is sane, the car 0:59 will go properly. If the driver is inebriated, the car will go off course. If 1:06 God is our driver, all our actions should be perfect. But we people make so many 1:15 mistakes. "Sorry". What sorry?! I made a mistake. Why did you make a mistake? To 1:23 err is human. So to err as human means that we humans 1:28 are doing it, not the all-perfect God. Second point if God is the doer, then the 1:37 karmic reactions of those actions should be borne by God. If God is forcing 1:46 us to do something he should bear the Karma , why should we bear the karma ? 1:54 Ramesh ate the food and Dinesh vomited out. What 2:00 kind of logic is this? God made us do all these awful things, and the karma He is 2:08 putting it on to us. Let Him either bear the Karma Himself or forgive Himself. But 2:15 let Him release us. If this philosophy is true that God is the doer, then nobody 2:22 can ever punish anyone. One criminal has committed murder and he is being brought 2:29 to court. The the judge says all the evidence has come & 2:36 it is confirmed that you were the killer and you should be punished. The convict 2:43 says, "Your Honor, don't you know philosophy? All that we do, we are not the 2:49 doers. It is God who is making us do. If you have any punishment in mind, give it 2:54 to God. Please free me from here." The judge will say, look in every country of 3:01 the world, no matter what their religious tradition, everybody understands, for your 3:07 actions you are responsible. Even when in Bharatvarsh, the rule of Manu Smriti was there, 3:15 even then everybody was responsible for their actions. That means we are the 3:21 doers, not God. Third point. If God is the doer then he should do equally through 3:29 everyone. Because he's perfectly unbiased to all. Either he should make 3:37 all God realized or he should make everybody a demon. But why does He make 3:42 somebody Vibhishan and somebody Ravan, someone Prahlad and someone Hiranyakashipu. 3:46 The equitably disposed God, why does He engage in such prejudice? 3:55 Further God in the scriptures has given injunctions. There is "Vidhi" and "nishedh". Do 4:06 this, don't do this. If you do this, you'll get this fruit. If you get do that, you'll 4:15 get that punishment. Now if God is the doer, why is He telling us, do this, don't 4:22 do this. This is the consequence, that is the consequence. What is the need for 4:27 explaining all that? In the Bhagavad-gita itself, He repeatedly tells Arjun, 4:33 Arjun this work will have that consequence. This path will lead to such 4:38 a goal. At the end of the Bhagavad-gita, He says 4:47 I've given you the knowledge, 4:53 now do what you wish. Supposing Shri Krishna is the doer, then 4:59 he should say, Arjun, you don't need to hear anything. I will do what I want. The 5:05 whole Gita will end in two sentences. Arjun, you don't need to understand. I 5:11 am going to do. What is the need for the whole lecture? So we are responsible for 5:21 our actions. If we make a mistake, we must correct it and not blame God for it. 5:30 Does the point make sense? But then somebody who has been reading scriptures can 5:34 question that swami ji, the scriptures have repeatedly said that God is the 5:39 doer. 5:48 Arjun, I am seated in everybody's 5:53 heart. And from me comes knowledge, remembrance and forgetfulness how come 5:58 the scriptures are saying this? Yes, this philosophy is a little intricate and 6:06 needs to be understood seriously, not just casually. You see you apply yourself 6:14 to your material field of specialty. Apply your intellect to spiritual 6:19 knowledge as well. It is equally if not more important. I am sure, each of you can 6:25 understand this point if you just try. Why do the scriptures say somewhere the 6:32 soul is the doer and somewhere God is the doer . The reason is there are two 6:39 kinds of doers. One is he who provides the 6:49 power and energy to do and second is the one who utilizes that energy. Just like 7:00 the powerhouse, the energy company supplied 7:03 the energy and then we have utilized it to illuminate this room. Now if the 7:12 energy company did not give the power, we could do nothing of electric work here. 7:19 However once the power has been given, how we utilize it is our own choice. You 7:28 can light an LED or an LCD or a halogen. You can cool the room, you can heat the 7:36 room or if somebody is off balance, they can catch the two terminals and get 7:42 electrocuted. But they should not blame the energy company. Even an American 7:50 Society, where suing is an epidemic, I don't think anybody has sued the energy 7:56 company. "I got shocked; it's all the energy company's fault." They will say, look 8:03 we gave you the power. What you did with it was your own lookout. Similarly God 8:11 gives us the power to do. Just like this clock is insentient, dead matter, this 8:23 microphone is insentient. Similarly the body, the mind, the intellect are all insentient. 8:30 God energizes them with the ability to do. He gives our eyes the power to see. 8:38 Now what do you make of it. Either you come to the temple and see the form of 8:44 the Lord or you sit in a cinema hall and see Bollywood and Hollywood. But whatever 8:52 you see, don't blame God. Why does God show me Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh 8:59 Bachchan? God is not showing you. God is only giving you the power to see. The 9:07 ability to choose is yours. God has given the mind the ability to think. Now either 9:15 you think of Virat Kohli and Dhoni or you think of God and guru. 9:21 That is a choice that you will make. If God did not give us the power, we would 9:28 not be able to do anything. It's a fact. Not even a leaf can move but by God's 9:35 power. However once he has given us the power, what we do with it is the 9:43 decision we make and that is why we are responsible for our actions.   Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Are our Actions predestined Is God the Doer MUST WATCH Explanation!.mp4

BEWARE - 3 Diseases of the MIND that 99% Don't Realize | Control your Mind by Swami Mukundanand

BEWARE - 3 Diseases of the MIND that 99% Don't Realize | Control your Mind by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg

Full Text 1  everybody is getting affected by mental afflictions but very few recognize them the vedas call these as “Manas Rog”, diseases of the mind, anger, greed, desire, etc. so what if so many mental afflictions torment us, what will be the situation of the soul ? That is the plight of us souls in the material realm.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=6  2  The 3 Mental Afflictions: We are going to discuss the functioning of the mind which results in the development of anger, greed, desire etc. , the vedas call these as “Manas Rog”, diseases of the mind, like there are physical diseases, hepatitis, jaundice typhoid etc.,  we all know about them, so there are also mental diseases, anger, greed, desire etc., we have never seen them as diseases, we know that we experience anger but we don't know it's a mental affliction,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=51  3  the Ramayan says “verse”, everybody is getting affected by these mental afflictions but very few recognize them, and when they don't recognize, where is the question of treating them ? But their consequences are disastrous “verse”,  Tulsi Das ji Maharaj says, if you get one physical ailment, it cripples you for a whole day, Swami I could not come yesterday, my tooth was aching, one tooth ache is causing such problems, so what if so many mental afflictions torment us, what will be the situation of the soul, that is the plight of us souls in the material realm and hence the subject behooves a deeper study.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=104  4  There is the subject of psychoanalysis and there have been many psychologists who have studied this human psyche and presented their theories, it started with Sigman Freud and then Carl Jung and then Adler and Maslow and McClelland etc. but you take the whole of Western psychology  and then compare it with the vedic psychology, the vedas have separated each strand and given such a perfect analysis that leaves no scope for guess work or doubt, they start very simply, the two first afflictions, one is anger and the other is greed, 

Anger: take a look at anger - it is such an awful thing, people who are affected by rage and fury, they lose their intellect, they destroy property, they hurt, injure and even kill people.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=196  5  A case happened in Uttar Pradesh in India, two brothers were having a legal battle over their father's property, the mother used to stay with the elder brother, the two of them were thakurs, you know the land owners there are called thakurs, and they love to have big mustaches, which they twirl around in a circle if you see the thakurs of Uttar Pradesh,  now the case came up in the court and the judgment went in favor of the younger brother, in the evening the younger brother was returning and he was passing by the boundary of his elder brother and while passing by, he looked and he lifted up his moustache, indicating that I won,  the mother said to the elder one, if you have drunk my milk, teach him a lesson, the elder one in a rage of fury took a lathi (a staff) and started whacking the younger one, until he died,  now when the inquiry was done what was the cause of this murder, it came to light that the only problem was that he had lifted his mustache but the anger that resulted from it was so decimating.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=271  6  Once a father became subject to it, he was changing the wheel of his car while his son was on the other side and unknown to the father the son took a piece of stone and was scratching something on his BMW, after the wheel had been changed  the father came around, you have spoiled my car, he took the spanner and started hitting his son on his hand so hard that he made mince meat of the knuckles and son had to be taken to the hospital where the doctor said that these are unusable now, three fingers have to be removed, the father was crestfallen,  later on when the son came to consciousness and saw three fingers missing, he said, dad, when will these fingers grow back, the father felt greater regret,  totally shattered he walked back and took a look at what his son had scratched on his BMW, the son in his innocence had written dad I love you, now the father caught his head what did I do, this is the anger which destroyed the intellect, the first mental affliction.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=378  7  Greed  The second one is greed. Greed is such a thing, anger rises and subsides, but greed never subsides, it just goes on and on and on. One sadhu, he went to a king's court and the king said what do you want, ask and I I'll give you, the sadhu said maharaj, I have got my mendicant bowl, just fill this up with jewels, the king said that's all ?  you have come to the king of this country for and you're asking for one bowl of jewels, ask ! The sadu said, maharaj, greed is not good, just fill this one up, the king asked his servants to bring,  they kept on pouring jewels in bowl and no matter how much they put, it was not filling up, the king's treasure house got emptied, he admitted defeat, he said, O sage, what is the secret of your bowl ?  the sadhu said, o king, this is the human heart, it never fills up, no matter how much you have, you always want more,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=478  8  is there any rich person who says enough is there, any powerful person who says enough is there, any president or prime minister who says okay one term is enough, even two terms, it goes on and on and on,  no matter how much of fame, prestige, power, wealth, opulence you get, the nature of greed is, it wants even more, so this then is the second mental affliction, it is called Lobha, greed  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=575  9  Desire  but then the vedas say these two are only Incidental, the bigger affliction is a third one , really, what is this third affliction, it is desire. Desire ? yes, what desire ? desire to see, taste, touch, smell hear, desire for becoming rich and famous etc, these desires the vedas say are the biggest affliction of our inner world,  you can say what is wrong with desire swami ji, in anger people commit murder, in greed their whole life gets wasted and in desire they're only wanting, craving, I want rasgula, gulab jamun, harmless thing, no ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=621  10  This desire is the mother of anger and greed, why does anger arise ? when you make a desire and it is obstructed, it is unfulfilled, your expectation is unmet that leads to the outburst of anger,  you desired that your child should be obedient and disciplined and the child did not conform to your desires, it made you angry,  you desired that people should offer me respect, they neglected you, you became angry. Anger is always the consequence of an obstructed desire, it can never come without that, so now we have understood when we make a desire and it is hindered, it results in fury,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=694  11  now supposing that desire is fulfilled, then what happens ? the desire subsides for a little while and then it comes back with redoubled intensity - that is the enigma of desires. “verse”  this is a beautiful verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam Mahapuran, Ved Vyas has written, “verse”, the kamna or desire is such it is never going to go away by fulfilling it, if you say you know, swami ji, everything is all right but that one desire I have, if that desire gets fulfilled then I'll have no further desires, you are a simpleton (fool) because the moment it is fulfilled it is going to become double,  just like if you have an itch, now you say I have got one little out here, let me scratch it, ah, now I don't have any it anywhere but does it solve the problem after a little while it comes back and then after a little while it comes back so also are all kinds of desires “verse”, slowly slowly as you keep fulfilling the desires, it results in greed, so what is greed? Greed is an intense desire  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5jQOiYevg&t=768  Transcript Introduction 0:06 everybody is getting affected by mental 0:09 afflictions but very few recognize them 0:14 the vedas call these as “Manas Rog”, 0:20 diseases of the mind, anger, greed, desire, 0:24 etc. so what if so many mental 0:29 afflictions torment us, what will be the 0:33 situation of the soul ? That is the plight 0:38 of us souls in the material The 3 Mental Afflictions 0:51 realm. We are going to discuss the 0:54 functioning of the mind which results in 0:57 the development of anger, greed, desire 1:03 etc the vedas call these as “Manas 1:08 Rog” diseases of the 1:12 mind, like there are physical 1:16 diseases, hepatitis, jaundice typhoid etc., 1:21 we all know about 1:24 them, so there are also mental 1:28 diseases, anger, greed, desire 1:32 etc., we have never seen them as 1:35 diseases, we know that we experience 1:39 anger but we don't know it's a mental 1:44 affliction, the Ramayan 1:55 says “verse”, everybody is getting affected by 1:59 these mental 2:01 afflictions but very few recognize them, 2:06 and when they don't recognize, where is 2:08 the question of treating 2:12 them ? But their consequences are 2:16 Disastrous “verse”, 2:31 Tulsi Das ji Maharaj says, if you get one physical 2:37 ailment, it cripples you for a whole 2:40 Day, Swami I could not come yesterday, my tooth 2:44 was 2:45 aching, one tooth ache is causing such 2:50 problems, so what if so many mental 2:54 afflictions torment us, what will be the 2:58 situation of the soul, 3:00 that is the plight of us souls in the 3:05 material 3:07 realm and hence the subject behooves a 3:12 deeper 3:16 study. There is the subject of 3:20 psychoanalysis and there have been many 3:24 psychologists who have studied this 3:27 human psyche and presented their 3:31 theories, it started with Sigman Freud 3:34 and then Carl Jung and then Adler and Maslow 3:38 and McClelland etc. 3:41 but you take the whole of Western 3:46 psychology and then compare it with the 3:49 vedic  3:50 psychology, the vedas have separated each 3:54 strand and given such a perfect analysis 4:00 that leaves no scope for guess work or 4:04 doubt, they start very Anger 4:08 simply, the two first 4:11 afflictions, one is anger and the other 4:14 is greed, take a look at anger - it is such 4:19 an awful thing, people who are affected 4:24 by rage and fury, they lose their 4:28 intellect, they destroy property, they 4:31 hurt, injure and even kill people. A case 4:37 happened in Uttar Pradesh in 4:40 India, two brothers were having a legal 4:44 battle over their father's 4:48 property, the mother used to stay with 4:51 the elder 4:54 brother, the two of them were thakurs, you 4:57 know the land owners there are called thakurs, 5:00 and they love to have big mustaches, 5:03 which they twirl around in a circle if 5:05 you see the thakurs of Uttar Pradesh, 5:10 now the case came up in the 5:15 court and the judgment went in favor of 5:18 the younger brother, in the evening the 5:21 younger brother was returning and he was 5:24 passing by the boundary of his elder 5:28 brother and while passing by, he 5:31 looked and he lifted up his 5:35 moustache, 5:36 indicating that I 5:39 won, the mother said to the elder one, if 5:43 you have drunk my milk, teach him a 5:47 lesson, the elder one in a rage of fury 5:51 took a lathi (a staff) and started whacking 5:55 the younger one, until he 5:57 died, now when the inquiry was done what 6:01 was the cause of this 6:04 murder, it came to light that the only 6:07 problem was that he had lifted his 6:10 mustache but the anger that resulted 6:14 from it was so 6:18 decimating. Once a father became subject 6:22 to it, he was changing the wheel of his 6:25 car while his son was on the other side 6:30 and unknown to the father the son took a 6:33 piece of stone and was scratching 6:36 something on his 6:39 BMW, after the wheel had been changed the 6:42 father came 6:44 around, you have spoiled my car, he took 6:48 the spanner and started hitting his son 6:51 on his hand so hard that he made mince 6:56 meat of the 6:58 knuckles and son had to be taken to the 7:01 hospital where the doctor said that 7:04 these are unusable now, three fingers 7:06 have to be 7:09 removed, the father was 7:12 crestfallen, later on when the son came 7:15 to consciousness and saw three fingers 7:18 missing, he said, dad, when will these 7:20 fingers grow 7:22 back, the father felt greater 7:27 regret, totally shattered he walked back 7:31 and took a look at what his son had 7:34 scratched on his 7:36 BMW, the son in his innocence had written 7:41 dad I love you, now the father caught his 7:46 head what did I 7:48 do, this is the anger which destroyed the 7:53 intellect, the first mental Greed 7:58 affliction. The second one is 8:03 greed. Greed is such a thing, anger rises 8:08 and 8:09 subsides, but greed never subsides, it 8:13 just goes on and on and 8:18 on. One sadhu, he went to a king's 8:24 court and the king said what do you want, 8:28 ask and I I'll give you, the sadhu said 8:32 maharaj, I have got my mendicant bowl, 8:36 just fill this up with jewels, the king 8:40 said that's all ? you have come to the 8:44 king of this country for and you're asking 8:46 for one bowl of jewels, ask ! The sadu said, 8:51 maharaj, greed is not good, just fill this 8:54 one 8:55 up, the king asked his servants to 8:59 bring, they kept on pouring jewels in 9:03 bowl and no matter how much they put, it was 9:07 not filling 9:10 up, the king's treasure house got emptied, 9:14 he admitted 9:15 defeat, he 9:17 said, O sage, what is the secret of your 9:23 bowl ? the sadhu said, o king, this is the 9:27 human heart, it never fills up, no matter 9:32 how much you have, you always want 9:35 more, is there any rich person who says 9:40 enough is there, any powerful person who 9:43 says enough is there, any president or 9:47 prime minister who says okay one term is 9:51 enough, even two terms, it goes on and on 9:54 and 9:55 on, no matter how much of fame,  9:59 prestige, power, wealth, opulence you get, 10:03 the nature of greed is, it wants even 10:09 more, so this then is the second mental 10:16 affliction, it is called 10:19 Lobha,  10:21 greed but 10:23 then the vedas say these two are only 10:28 Incidental, Desire 10:30 the bigger affliction is a third 10:35 one , 10:37 really, what is this third 10:40 affliction, it is 10:44 desire.  10:46 Desire ? yes, what desire, desire to see, 10:52 taste, touch, smell 10:55 hear, 10:57 desire for becoming rich and famous 11:03 etc, these desires the vedas say are the 11:07 biggest affliction of our inner 11:12 world, you can say what is wrong with 11:15 desire swami ji, in anger people commit 11:19 murder, in greed their whole life gets 11:23 wasted and in desire they're only 11:26 wanting, craving, I want rasgula, gulab 11:31 jamun, harmless 11:34 thing, no ? This 11:37 desire is the mother of anger and 11:44 greed, why does anger 11:48 arise ? when you make a 11:52 desire and it is 11:55 obstructed, it is 11:57 unfulfilled, your expectation is 12:01 unmet that leads to the outburst of 12:06 anger, you 12:09 desired that your child should be 12:11 obedient and 12:13 disciplined and the child did not 12:16 conform to your desires, it made you 12:19 angry, you desired that people should 12:23 offer me 12:24 respect, they neglected you, you became 12:27 angry. 12:29 Anger is always the consequence of an 12:33 obstructed desire, it can never come 12:37 without that, so now we have understood 12:41 when we make a desire and it is hindered, 12:46 it results in 12:48 fury, now supposing that desire is 12:53 fulfilled, then what 12:57 happens ? the 13:00 desire subsides for a little 13:05 while and then it comes back with 13:10 redoubled 13:13 intensity - that is the enigma of desires. “verse” 13:31 this is a beautiful verse of the Srimad  13:34 Bhagavatam  13:36 Mahapuran, Ved Vyas has 13:42 written, “verse”, the kamna or desire is 13:45 such it is never going to go away by 13:49 fulfilling 13:51 it, if you say you know, swami ji, 13:54 everything is all right but that one 13:56 desire I have, 13:59 if that desire gets fulfilled then I'll 14:01 have no further 14:03 desires, you are a simpleton (fool) because the 14:07 moment it is fulfilled it is going to 14:09 become 14:11 double, just like if you have an 14:14 itch, now you say I have got one little 14:17 out here, let me scratch it, ah, now I 14:20 don't have any it anywhere but does it 14:23 solve the problem after a little while 14:25 it comes back and then after a little 14:27 while it comes back so also are all 14:32 kinds of 14:35 desires 14:41 “verse”, slowly slowly as you keep fulfilling 14:45 the desires, it results in 14:49 greed, so what is 14:52 greed? 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