How to Clear Your Karmas QUICKLY? Lord Krishna answers - by Swami Mukundanand
https://youtu.be/KkhcxLrADxc
*Main points*:
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 31: those who abide by these teachings of Mine with profound faith and free from envy, are released from the bondage of karma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=52
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Those who accept My ”matt” (opinion), Sri Krishna is not saying principle, one is Siddhanth, siddhanth is irrevocable principle, nobody can cut it, it is the truth, now God is giving this knowledge but He is out of His humbleness saying this is My opinion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=113
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you see when Shri Krishna says by karma yoga you will attain God, that is the truth, by karma sannyas, you will attain God, that is a truth, that is a Siddhanth, by surrendering your mind completely to Him, you will receive His grace that is an eternal truth, but when He says Arjun, between these two Paths, I recommend this path, that is His opinion, it's not obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=145
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as I always say that if you wish to do the practical, the theory must be clear, if in regard to the theory there are all cob webs in the mind, then in that confusion you cannot do practical properly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=221
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so the first step is to get all the knowledge clear, what is this atman (soul), what is God, what is Maya, what is karma, what is gyan, what is Bhakti, clarify the theory and Shri Krishna has done that in great detail in this chapter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=241
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now if you remain in knowledge, ultimately that doesn't amount to anything. If you put on a donkey, a load of chandan sandalwood, the donkey only knows its weight, it doesn't realize it's carrying chandan it may be carrying stones for all it knows, similarly we learn up all the scriptures but we don't put them into action, the scriptures say then we are like that donkey carrying the chandan, we have no realization so knowledge must be followed by action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=274
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Krishna says that if you follow this path (of Bhakti) these are the virtues that you will get but He is saying that in order to do that, you will need faith you will need dedication, so even the Lord gives us the knowledge, but grants us the free will to choose what we like, He is not imposing it upon us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=345
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now God has given us all free will, at every moment, we have a choice to make, we have the choice, should i spend the evening receiving the knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita from Swami ji, or should I be relaxing in the sofa of my drawing room watching television, or should I be going for a game of golf with my friend, or should I sit in the bar and drink alcohol, so many choices, infinite choices at every moment, even while sitting in the Bhagavad-Gita class you have the choice should I be trying to focus completely on what Swami ji is saying or shall I let my mind loose and let it wander around a little bit for some side enjoyment, so every moment we have a choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=386
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now some people say why did God give us a choice ? so if God had not given us a choice, we would do nothing wrong, we would have to do everything that he wanted us to do, why is this choice been given to us and then our children use it wrongly to indulge in drugs and smoking etc, why this defect in God's world, His design ?
The fact is that if God had not given us any free will, we would do nothing wrong but we would also do nothing right because to do something right you need a choice, for example, a machine is neither good nor bad, just doing what it's supposed to do but then a machine doesn't have the ability to love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=446
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in order to love, you need the free will, only somebody who has the free will, can choose all right, should I love God, no I'll love him after retirement, no this life i've got a doubt whether there's God or not, in next life I'll see to it, so this free will gives us the option and it gives us the opportunity to love God, so He wants us to love Him and that is why He has given us a free will
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=502
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scientists who are analyzing this body and in their reductionist understanding assuming it to be mere combination of atoms and molecules, let them explain what is this free will, if everything is a combination of atoms and molecules, there is no scope for free will, then our actions are absolutely decided by the state of our atoms and molecules and the combination of them. Does science permit free will ?, and yet all scientists realize that they have a free will, there was once a scientist who used to keep a horseshoe in his house as he believed that that a horseshoe is auspiciousthat a horseshoe will give you good luck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=542
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how is this free will explained on the basis of science ? There is no explanation but it exists, it has been given to us by God so that we can love Him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=644
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now we are misutilizing it (our God given free will) and getting into trouble, but God knows in His wonderful arrangement, they (people) will slowly learn, if by misutilizing the free wil, l we could be happy, then we could get away from God permanently. Let's say forgetting God, somebody says I don't choose God, I choose maya, and that person becomes happy then God would have something to worry about, oh this child of mine has got permanently separated from Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=657
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but God has created this maya in such a way, that it keeps giving slaps to souls, you want to enjoy separate from God ? all right, now your cholesterol is going up, now what are you going to do ? now you've got a problem in the family, now what ? now the business is on the decline, now what ? so the material energy ensures that soul is somehow tormented & directed towards God , i.e., away from false attractions of this temporary world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=699
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the Ramayana says “verse” “हिम ते अनल प्रकट बरु होई, विमुख राम सुख पाव् न कोई” Tulsidas ji gives now, not his opinion, but he gives the siddhant, he says fire may be created from ice, this impossible may become possible, but by being vimukha (separated) from Ram, ,i.e., separated from God in our consciousness, nobody can be happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=727
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so God has given us the free will, He has given us the opportunity to make mistakes, and He has created all these rectifiers in his material energy, so that we slowly slowly keep learning, growing, maturing, He knows one day, we will reach that ultimate perfection and that is the goal of religion & of entire humanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=769
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Swami Vivekananda said these prophets were not unique, we say they were unique, you know they were so pure, I can never be like that, so I have got all the right to continue sinning, no, these prophets were not unique, they were men as you and I and they had attained super consciousness and you and I can do the same, the very fact that one man attained that state indicates that all men can do so and that ultimately is religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=803
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so what is religion, to re-link, we've broken the link with God, to re-link that is religion, that is yog, union, to unite, so when the individual soul unites with the supreme soul, that is yog, that is religion, that is the purpose of all spirituality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=841
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Kripaluji Maharaj says the soul is in “viyog” separated from God, true yog is that which unites the soul with God and if it doesn't unite the soul with God, then it is not “yog” it Is “ku-yog”, so that is the purpose of all spirituality and that is the purpose of our life, to go back to our source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=916
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all religions are saying the same thing, the Quran Sharif ends here “verse”, Allah (God) made you for this purpose, you people of faith that you should do His ibadat, His mohabbat, and if you do it you are “insaan”, this word in “insaan” is coming from the arabi arabics root “uns” which means surrender to God, and one who doesn't do it is “shaitaan”, the Bible also said the first and foremost commandment is to love the lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy might and all thy soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=974
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so we human beings have been created, we have come in this world, so that we should learn to love Him and perfect our lives, but that love requires the free will, if there is force, there is no love, you experienced it with your own children, once they are 15 force doesn't work, it rebounds, even God does not force, He merely gives the knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=1025
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Lord Rama gave one lecture, Shri krishna's lecture is the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Rama gave one lecture in His 11,000 years of age, all the residents of Ayodhya came, even guru Vashisht came, so Rama said “बड़े भाग मानुष तनु पावा सुर दुर्लभ सब ग्रंथन्हि गावा”, the human form you have received is very Precious, it is desired even by the celestial gods, the devatas, make me a human, so utilize this form very carefully, very wisely, and He gave them a whole set of instructions which is there in uttar-kand, I have given you the knowlege hear it, think about it do what you like, that is how shri Krishna concludes the Gita as well, in the 18th chapter towards the end (BG 18.63), He says, now it is up to you, do what you wish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=1090
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so to love God means to exercise our free will in His direction, not in the past, you know I surrendered to Him five years ago, so now there's nothing to do. Surrender means, at every moment because at every moment, God is giving you a choice, so at every moment to choose God, that is the manifestation of our love to God, that is our real surrender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=1195
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so Shri Krishna has given Arjun the call for action, now He is giving him the choice and inducing him by telling him that Arjun, if with faith, dedication and devotion, you follow this instruction of Mine, then you will find yourself reaching the ultimate goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhcxLrADxc&t=1225
Transcript
Intro
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[Music]
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god has given us all free will at every
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moment we have a choice should i spend
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the evening receiving the knowledge of
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the bhagavad-gita from swamiji uh should
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i be relaxing in the sofa of my drawing
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room watching television or should i be
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going for a game of golf with my friend
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or should i sit in the bar and drink
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alcohol so every moment we have a choice
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some people say why is this choice been
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given to us and then our children use it
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wrongly to indulge in drugs and smoking
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etc why this defect in god's world with
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design
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gita chapter 3 karma yoga
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verse chanting is followed by
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translation and commentary by swami
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mukundananda
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[Music]
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 31 Chanting
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[Music]
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[Music]
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 31 Translation by Swami Mukundananda
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those who abide
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by these teachings of mind
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with profound faith
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and free from envy
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are released
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from the bondage of karma
Commentary by Swami Mukundananda
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opinion
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sri krishna is not saying principle one
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is siddhanth
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siddhanth is
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irrevocable principle
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nobody can cut it
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it is the truth
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now god is giving this knowledge
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but he is out of his humbleness saying
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this is my opinion
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actually shri krishna
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he is also presenting an opinion
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you see when shri krishna says by karma
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yoga you will attain god
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that is the truth
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by karma sannyas you will attain god
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that is a truth that is a siddhanth
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by surrendering your mind completely to
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him you will receive his grace that is
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an eternal truth
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but when he says arjun between these two
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paths
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i recommend this path
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that is his opinion
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it's not obligatory
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there are people who choose the path of
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sannyas shri krishna himself recommended
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i was mentioning yesterday
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just renounce everything and perform
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your sadhana
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that was for a different purpose this is
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for a different purpose the teachers
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preach according to time place and
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circumstance
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so shri krishna out of his humbleness
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and accuracy is saying arjun
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when i am telling you that you be a
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karma yogi that is my opinion
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so shri krishna first gave that
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knowledge
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to our church
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as i always say that if you wish to do
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the practical
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the theory must be clear
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if in regard to the theory there are all
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cob webs in the mind
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then in that confusion you cannot do
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practical properly
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so the first step is to get all the
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knowledge clear what is this atman what
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is god what is
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maya what is karma what is gyan what is
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bhakti clarify the theory
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and shri krishna has done that in great
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detail in this chapter
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explaining work the signs of work karma
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yoga then
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in the previous verse
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was the call for action
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now if you remain in knowledge
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ultimately that doesn't
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[Music]
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a load of chandan sandalwood
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the donkey only knows its weight
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it doesn't realize it's carrying chandan
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it may be carrying stones for all it
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knows
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similarly we learn up all the scriptures
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but we don't put them into action
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the scriptures say then we are like that
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donkey carrying the chandan
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we have no realization
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so knowledge must be followed by action
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and shri krishna gave the call for
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action
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in the previous verse he says
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now
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do this
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and in this verse
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he is now giving consequences
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that if
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you follow this path
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these are the virtues that you will get
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but he is saying
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that in order to do that
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you will need faith
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you will need dedication
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so
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even the lord
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gives us the knowledge
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but grants us the free will to choose
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what we like
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he is not imposing it upon us
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arjun i am god you have to do this
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now
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god has
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given us all free will
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at every moment we have a choice between
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us
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we had the choice
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should i spend the evening
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receiving the knowledge of the
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bhagavad-gita from swamiji
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uh should i be relaxing in the sofa of
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my drawing room watching television
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or should i be going for a game of golf
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with my friend
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or should i sit in the bar and drink
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alcohol
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so many choices
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infinite choices at every moment
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even while sitting in the bhagavad-gita
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class you have the choice should i be
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trying to focus completely on what
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swamiji is saying or shall i let my mind
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loose and let it wander around a little
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bit
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for some side enjoyment
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so every moment we have a choice
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now some people say why did god give us
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a choice
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so if he had not given us a choice we
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would do nothing wrong
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we would have to do everything that he
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wanted us to do
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why is this choice been given to us and
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then our children use it wrongly to
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indulge in drugs and smoking etc
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why this defect in god's world his
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design
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the fact is
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that if he had a choice
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we would do nothing wrong but we would
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also do nothing right
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because to do something right you need a
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choice
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i mean a machine
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is neither good nor bad
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just doing what it's supposed to do
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but then a machine
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doesn't have the ability to love
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[Music]
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in order to love
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you need the free will
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only somebody who has the free will can
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choose all right should i love god no
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i'll love him after retirement
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no this life i've got a doubt whether
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there's god or not next life i'll see to
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it
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so this free will
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gives us the option
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and it gives us the opportunity
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to love god so he wants us to love him
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and that is why he has given us a free
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will
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scientists
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who
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are analyzing this body
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and
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in their reductionist understanding
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assuming it to be mere combination of
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atoms and molecules
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let them explain what is this free will
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if everything is a combination of atoms
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and molecules there is no scope for free
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will
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then our actions are absolutely decided
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by the state of our atoms and molecules
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and the combination of them
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does science permit
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free will
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and yet all scientists realize
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that they have a free will
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there was once a scientist
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who used to keep a horseshoe in his
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house
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so
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somebody asked him that why do you keep
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a horseshoe this superstitious thing
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he said you know people have told me
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that a horseshoe is auspicious so i keep
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it
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that person said but scientists are not
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superstitious don't tell me you believe
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that a horseshoe will give you good luck
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no but this person told me that whether
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you believe or not believe the horseshoe
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will do its work
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that's why i'm keeping it there
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now each scientist is realizing
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that there is this thing called free
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will
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now
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how is this free will explained on the
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basis of science
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there is no explanation
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but it exists
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it has been given to us by god
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so
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that we can love him now we are
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misutilizing it
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and getting into trouble
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but god knows in his wonderful
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arrangement
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they will slowly learn
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if by misutilizing the free will we
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could be happy
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then we could get away from god
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permanently
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let's say forgetting god you know
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somebody says i don't choose god i
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choose maya
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and that person becomes happy
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then god would have something to worry
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about oh
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this child of mine has got permanently
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separated
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but god has created this maya in such a
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way that it keeps giving slaps
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you want to enjoy separate from god
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all right now your cholesterol is going
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up now what are you going to do
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now you've got a problem in the family
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now what
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now the business is on the decline now
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what
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so the material energy ensures
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the ramayana says
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gives now not his opinion he gives the
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siddhant
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he says
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fire may be created from ice
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this impossible may become possible
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but vimukharam
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separated from god in our consciousness
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nobody can be happy
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so
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god has given us the free will
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he has given us the opportunity to make
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mistakes
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and he has created all these rectifiers
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in his material energy so that we slowly
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slowly slowly keep learning
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growing maturing
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he knows one day
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we will reach that ultimate perfection
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and that is the goal of religion
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swami vivekananda said
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these prophets
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were not unique
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we say they were unique you know they
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were so pure i can never be like that so
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i have got all right to continue sinning
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no these prophets were not unique they
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were men as you and i
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and they had attained super
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consciousness
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and you and i can do the same
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the very fact that one man attained that
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state
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indicates that all men can do so
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and that ultimately is a religion
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so what is religion
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religion
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to re-link
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we've broken the link with god to
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re-link that is religion
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that is yog
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so yoga
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is not yoga
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i mean there's a slight difference you
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know yoga is very popular
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every 10th person in the western world
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nowadays is practicing yoga
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and the latest fashion
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is to be a yoga teacher
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even dan brown and his angels and demons
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his heroine is a yoga teacher
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so the latest fashionable thing is to be
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a yoga teacher
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this yogg
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yoga doesn't agree exist in sanskrit
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sanskrit has got yog and yoga means
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union
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to unite
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so when the individual soul
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unites with the supreme soul
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that is yog
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that is religion
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that is the purpose of all spirituality
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kripaluji mahad says
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the soul is in viog
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separated from god
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true yoga
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is that which unites the soul with god
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now whether it's
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whatever if it is uniting the soul with
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god it is true yoke
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and if it doesn't then it is not yog it
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is
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so
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that is the purpose of all
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spirituality and that is the purpose of
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our life to go back to our source
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all religions are saying the same thing
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the quran sharif ends here
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in
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of faith
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that you should do his ibadat
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his mohabbat
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and if you do it you are insane
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this word in san is coming from the
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arabi arabics root uns
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which means surrender to god
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and one who doesn't do it is shaitaan
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so all of them that is what the bible
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also said the first and foremost
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commandment is to love the lord thy god
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with all thy heart and all thy might and
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all thy soul
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so we human beings have been created
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we have come in this world
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so that we should learn to love him and
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perfect our lives
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but that love requires the free will
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if there is force
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there is no love
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you experienced it with your own
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children
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once they are 15
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force doesn't work
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it rebounds
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people come to me swamiji you know
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how can i make my child spiritual
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i say how old is your child
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he's
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now
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as he just stand back it's better
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you try and force him he's not going to
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listen
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let the world and you give him good
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opportunity for knowledge but at this
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stage you can't force him
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so this
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even god does not force
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he merely gives the knowledge
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lord rama gave one lecture shri
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krishna's lecture is the bhagavad-gita
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lord ram gave one lecture in his 11 000
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years
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all the residents of ayudhya came even
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guru vashisht came
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so ram said
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surah
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the human form you have received is very
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precious
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it is desired even by the celestial gods
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the devatas
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make me a human
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so utilize this form
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very carefully
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very wisely
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and he gave them a whole set of
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instructions
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which is there and uttar can't
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i have given you the knowledge
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hear it
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think about it do what you like
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that is how shri krishna concludes the
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gita as well
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in the 18th chapter towards the end he
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says
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now it is up to you
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do what you wish
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so to love god means to exercise our
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free will in his direction
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not in the
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past you know i surrendered to him five
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years ago so now there's nothing to do
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at every moment
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because at every moment he's giving you
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a choice
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so at every moment to choose god
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that is the manifestation of our love
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so shri krishna has given arjun the call
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for action
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now he is giving him the choice
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and
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inducing him
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by telling him that our churn if with
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faith dedication
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and devotion
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you follow this instruction of mine
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then you will find yourself reaching the
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ultimate goal
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you
Standby link (in case youtube link does not work):
How to Clear Your Karmas QUICKLY Lord Krishna answers Swami Mukundananda Bhagavad Gita.mp4
