The ONLY Goal of Life Worth Chasing – Shree Krishna’s ULTIMATE Verdict | Swami Mukundananda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM
Main Points: 1 0:00 – 1:13 — Story of Bharat and Bahubali: Bharat desired to be emperor, but Bahubali defeated him; realizing the futility of kingdom, Bahubali renounced everything for higher truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=0 2 1:20 – 2:31 — Krishna in Gita (6.20–23) declares that the happiness of samadhi surpasses all; once attained, no calamity can shake it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=80 3 2:38 – 3:33 — Example of poor man valuing $1000 vs. billionaire dismissing it: shows relative value of pleasures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=158 4 3:35 – 4:23 — Material progress excites us (flat → bungalow), but samadhi sukh makes external gains insignificant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=215 5 4:28 – 5:21 — Rishabh Dev’s sons: Bharat sought worldly conquest but Bahubali chose renunciation, highlighting true valuation of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=268 6 5:51 – 7:58 — In battle, Bharat cheated with chakra weapon; it failed, Bahubali won, but he renounced kingdom out of wisdom and respect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=351 7 8:00 – 8:58 — Krishna’s teaching: the happiness of yoga is so deep that no external misery can disturb it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=480 8 8:58 – 9:46 — True sadhana is to remain peaceful even in adverse conditions; ordinary peace in favorable times is easy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=538 9 9:48 – 10:24 — We lose peace even by trivial insults (“you are a donkey”), showing lack of inner strength. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=588 10 10:49 – 11:24 — Socrates’ practice: visiting the market to realize how many things he can do without — true wealth is inner contentment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=649 Full Text
Intro
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Bharat the son of Rishab Dev had the
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ambition I wish to become Chakravarti
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emperor one of the brothers was Bahubali
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so Bahubali said I am willing to battle
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We’ll both do a malyudh a wrestling match
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and whoever wins will be declared the
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winner so it was agreed it would be a
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fight without any weapons
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and the fight began where Bharat
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realized he's going to lose. So he
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did a cheating. He called a weapon
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called chakra ratna that he had got from
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his father and he released the weapon to
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kill Bahubali. But he forgot that father
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has said you cannot use it on any family
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member. It will not work. Bahubali got
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annoyed. He picked up Bharat and threw him
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on the ground and then got onto his
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chest and he was about to box him when
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he had a change of mind he said forgive
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me in my irreverence I forgot I am
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supposed to respect elders to hell with
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this kingdom he left his kingdom he left
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everything and became a sadhu took sanyas
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so for him this kingdom is now nothing
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he values something else beyond that
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likewise Sri Krishna says that when you
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have that kind of happiness as samadhi sukh
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one is not shaken even in the midst of
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the greatest calamity.
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Bhagavat Gita chapter 6 dhyan yog the yog
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of meditation shloka chanting is
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followed by translation and commentary
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by swami mukundanandha.
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having gained that state, one does not
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consider any attainment to be greater.
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Being thus established, one is not
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shaken even in the midst of the greatest
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calamity.
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What an amazing statement.
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Sri Krishna says when you get that kind
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of happiness, you will say there's
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nothing greater than this. Now see, if
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somebody is poor
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and you offer that person
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$1,000,
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that person will say, "Oh my god, today
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is my lucky day. I would have to work
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one month for $1,000 and today I just
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got it straight.
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Oh god, you're so kind."
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But another person is a billionaire.
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He's got in his bank balance one with
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nine zeros in front.
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You say, "Mr. Billionaire,
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God is so kind on you today. He's
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inspired me to give you 1,000 rupees."
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The billionaire will say, "I have got
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1,000 million." What is this 1,000?
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He will, look at it with disdain (contempt). No big
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deal.
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Likewise when we are running after
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material happiness and we get a higher
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happiness.
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Oh wow.
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I was living in a condominium (small flat) in Irving
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and now I got a bungalow house in Allen.
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It's a promotion.
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Like Indians when they first come to
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Dallas they come to Irving and live in
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condos, right? And then they move to
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Allen Plano and Frisco.
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So wow my dream come true.
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But Sri Krishna says that when you have
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that samadhi sukh then you will say no it
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doesn't matter wherever it is I got such
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a big happiness
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nothing can disturb my peace.
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Why ? I have found something truly
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valuable
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That value is the thing. What have you
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valued?
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Bharat we have heard of. One Bharat was the
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brother of Ram.
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And there was another Bharat
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the son of Shakuntala.
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And there was a third Bharat the son of
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Rishab Dev
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of Jad Bharat fame. So Rishab Dev had
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100 sons.
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81 of them became Karma-kandis.
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Nine became the Yogeshwar
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and Bharat and nine brothers, Rishabdev
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made them kings of different places on
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the planet.
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So Bharat was the eldest and he had the
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ambition I wish to become chakravarti
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emperor.
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So he went out on a dig vijayi yatra. They used
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to have this chariot driving that
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anybody stops then we will fight them in
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battle. If they give way they have
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accepted subjugation. So you subjugate
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all the other kings and become emperor.
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So all the other brothers said you know
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Bharat is so powerful. Sure.
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One of the brothers was Bahubali.
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He said I got this kingdom from my
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father who is Bharat to cast his greedy
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eyes on it. So Bahubali said I am
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willing to battle you.
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And people said look Bharat and Bahubali
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are brothers. So why engage
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in bloodshed? Let us do a compromise.
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You both do a malyudh, a wrestling match
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and whoever wins will be declared the
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winner.
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So it was agreed it would be a fight
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without any weapons
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and the fight began. Now Bhat was bigger
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but Bahubali was more brawny
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and they reached a stage where Bharat
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realized he's going to lose.
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So he did a cheating. He called a weapon
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called chakra ratna that he had got from
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his father
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and he released the weapon
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to kill Bahubali.
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But he forgot that father has said you
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cannot use it on any family member. It
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will not work. He released it and the
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weapon came straight to Bahubali and
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stopped.
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So the weapon didn't do anything to
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Bahubali but Bahubali got annoyed. You
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broke the rules
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my dear brother. He picked up Bharat and
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threw him on the ground and then got
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onto his chest and he was about to box
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him
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when he had a change of mind.
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He said, "Forgive me.
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In my irreverence (disrespect),
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I forgot I am supposed to respect elders,
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Fie upon (shame on) this kingdom, to hell with this
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kingdom." He left his kingdom. He left
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everything and became a sadhu. Took
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sanyas.
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So for him this kingdom is now nothing.
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He values something else beyond that,
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his respect to the elders.
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So this is when you feel that these
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things cannot disturb me. And when you
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have got that kind of happiness
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then what happens? Nothing can disturb.
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See if the stream is very
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shallow
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then it keeps on drowning others
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a little extra water and it's inundating
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here inundating there but if the ocean
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is so deep
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then it doesn't drown anyone it doesn't
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inundate anyone
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likewise Shri Krishna says that when you
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have that kind of happiness “ये लब्ध्वा चापरे लाभं मन्यते नाधिक”
“Having obtained which, one considers no other gain superior to it; and established in which, one is not moved even by great sorrow”
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You will think there is nothing greater
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than this. And
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even if you get a big misery,
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you will not feel disturbed.
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This is something worth practicing.
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What is that? to be peaceful in the
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midst of disturbing circumstances.
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Now when the circumstances are not
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disturbing and people are at peace that
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anybody can do.
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When the circumstances are adverse
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and still you are at peace then you are
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a sadhak then you are practicing mind
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control.
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So we people
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have a long way to go because we allow
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little things to disturb our peace.
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Somebody created one sentence joining a
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few letters “tu gadha hai”
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some crazy guy
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said “you are a donkey”. Now by his saying
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do we become a donkey? Of course not.
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But why do we allow that to disturb our
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peace?
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Because we have not yet found the peace
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that surpasseth all understanding.
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That peace is not dependent on
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externals.
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It is within us. It will require getting
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a taste of the higher bliss. That is
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what Sri Krishna has said out here.
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So Socrates used to do an interesting
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thing.
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He would go to the marketplace in Athens
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and look around
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and he would not buy anything. He would
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just look around and come back.
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So somebody asked that every day you go
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to the market, what do you do? You don't
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purchase anything.
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Socrates said I like to think of the
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number of things I can do without.
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I am able to do without this, able to do
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without that etc. This able to do. That is the
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achievement. That is the accomplishment.
