Avoid these 3 Desires for Spiritual Progress | Lord Krishna Warns - by Swami Mukundanand
https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ *Main Points*: 1 By our knowledge, we are able to discriminate this is correct, this is incorrect, however Shri Krishna says Arjun even knowledge gets shrouded and he gives three examples https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=88 2 Krishna says (1) just like fire gets covered by smoke, (2) just like a mirror gets covered by dust, and (3) just like an embryo is covered by the womb, similarly this desire to enjoy the material energy covers the knowledge of the soul, these three examples, He has given are related to the three gunas satogun, mode of goodness, rajogun mode of passion and tamogun mode of ignorance https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=112 3 the first example, satogun person: the fire is covered by smoke, it is mildly covered, the fire is still visible and the visibility has reduced slightly, but you can see the fire practically, so similarly is with the mode of goodness when this dominates, then the knowledge of the intellect, the discrimination, is slightly covered, so a person in the mode of goodness, person is not doing what society would call sinful things, the person is cultivating knowledge, doing good deeds etc. But yet doesn't have the pure discrimination, that could lead to the final connection with God https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=160 4 he's not a transcendentalist and that is why he is still not satisfied, he is feeling a hunger within, I am doing all these good deeds, I am feeding the poor and I'm opening hospitals but still the complete satisfaction has not come, something is missing – the connection with God ,i.e., the internal motivation to work for the pleasure of God is lacking https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=224 5 and then we have the mode of passion, this is compared with a mirror being covered by dust, now the visibility is further reduced, now that person is not really able to see things as they are, the vision has got more distorted, so the mode of passion would create deep attachments within the family, the person is not able to see that one day I'll have to leave everybody and go away, would create great hankering for enhancement of wealth, enhancement of prestige, so it shrouds the intellect https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=274 6 I like to give a story, there was a man walking by the side of a forest in the evening, he enjoyed his walking so he thought today let's walk in the forest, he entered the forest, now he went a couple of miles in and the light started falling, so he thought before it becomes dark let me exit from this forest https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=330 7 he turned around and started walking back to the road but then he found that some animals had appeared, so these animals were scary and they were ferocious & carnivores so he turned around and decided to run deeper into the forest, as he was running he found a witch standing there, then there was a pit and some grass and vine was over it, he could not see clearly, he fell head long but his luck was such that his feet got entangled in the vine, now he was hanging upside down https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=367 8 and he found there's a snake at the bottom of the pit, in the meantime two mice came, one black mouse and one white mouse and they started nibbling at the branch from which the vine was hanging, and then some bees made their appearance, and they started biting him on the face, BUT IN THAT SITUATION THIS PERSON WAS FOUND TO BE SMILING https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=449 9 so all the philosophers of Virginia and Maryland got together, how can he smile in this situation, so they looked up and they found a beehive, some honey was falling from the beehive onto his mouth, he was licking that the honey is so tasty, he had forgotten about the mice, the snake, the witch, and the bees and those animals https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=501 10 you will say what a grass fool he was, he did not have the discrimination to analyze and understand the precariousness (dangerous) of his position, but this is what rajogun the mode of passion does to us https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=541 11 those animals that were chasing him, these are diseases that start chasing us in life https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=564 12 and that witch which was standing there is old age, willing to embrace us, come, I will latch on to you- the old age, जो जा कर ना आये हो जवानी देखी, which once it left it never came back https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=591 13 the snake at the bottom of the pit is TIME, in the form of death, it's willing to finish us off & meet us in the form of death https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=628 14 the mice that had made their appearance and were nibbling at the branches, one white mouse one black mouse, these are day and night, one by one they are reducing our lifespan https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=642 15 the bees that came and started stinging him on the face are innumerable desires that arise and disturb us, and yet the little bit of honey he was getting, he had forgotten his situation out of the coffee and the television, we forget what our situation is, isn't that a fact ? https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=657 16 so what has happened that the knowledge of the intellect has shrouded, the discrimination has been covered, why ? mode of passion has done it https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=687 17 and then Krishna says that like the embryo is covered by the womb, this is the mode of Ignorance, it totally shrouds the discrimination, what does it do ? it covers the soul in darkness, you look at the addicts, the drug addicts, the alcohol addicts https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=706 18 the next injection dose of the drug addict or whatever, it is the intellect is so shrouded, all they want is that joint of theirs, and they will do anything for it, what is the cause of all the crime in New York, all the addiction, they need that joint and if they have to steal, they have to loot, they have to engage in dacoity or even kill, they don't mind - that is the extent to which the intellect of the tamogun persons has got shrouded https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=761 19 So Shree Krishna says Arjun, this material energy has given us the facility to enjoy in terms of the three gunas but as we associate with it, that intellect, its discrimination starts getting lost https://youtu.be/7p2t7-CympQ&t=796 Transcript 0:03 okay now your cholesterol has increased 0:06 now watch your sugar count and don't eat 0:10 this don't eat that now the BP has also 0:12 increased 0:13 time in the form of death it's willing 0:16 to finish us off, meet us in the form of 0:20 death 0:21 out of the coffee and the television we 0:24 forget what our situation is 0:27 isn't that a fact 0:31 bhagavad-gita chapter 3, verse 38, Karma Yoga verse 0:36 chanting is followed by translation and 0:39 commentary by Swami mukundananda Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 38 Chanting 0:55 yet Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 38 Translation by Swami Mukundananda 1:09 just as a fire is covered by smoke 1:14 a mirror is masked by dust and an embryo 1:19 is concealed by the womb 1:22 similarly once knowledge gets shrouded 1:26 by desire 1:28 Commentary by Swami Mukundananda: Avoid these 3 desires for spiritual progress. 1:33 By our knowledge, we are able to discriminate this is 1:36 correct this is incorrect 1:41 however Shri Krishna says Arjun even 1:45 knowledge gets shrouded 1:48 and he gives three examples! 1:52 he says just like 1:55 Fire gets covered by smoke 2:00 just like 2:02 a mirror gets covered by dust 2:06 and just like an embryo is covered by 2:09 the womb 2:11 similarly this desire to enjoy the 2:15 material energy 2:17 covers the knowledge of the Soul 2:22 these three examples he has given are 2:26 related to the three gunas 2:29 satogun, mode of goodness 2:31 rajogun mode of passion and tamogun mode 2:35 of ignorance! 2:40 the first example 2:42 the fire is covered by smoke it is 2:45 mildly covered 2:48 the fire is still visible 2:51 and the visibility has reduced slightly 2:54 but you can see the fire practically 2:57 not clearly but still 3:00 so similarly is with the mode of goodness when 3:04 this dominates 3:06 then the knowledge of the intellect the 3:09 discrimination is slightly covered 3:14 so a person in the mode of goodness 3:17 is not doing what society would call 3:20 sinful things 3:22 the person is cultivating knowledge 3:25 doing good deeds 3:28 etc 3:29 But yet doesn't have the pure 3:33 discrimination 3:35 that could lead to the final connection 3:38 with God 3:41 so that is a good person 3:44 but he's not a transcendentalist and 3:48 that is why he is still not satisfied he 3:52 is feeling a hunger within you know 3:55 I am doing all these Good Deeds I am 3:58 feeding the poor and I'm opening 4:00 hospitals but still the complete 4:03 satisfaction has not come something is 4:06 Missing! 4:08 so what is missing is he is still acting 4:10 from the platform of goodness the 4:14 transcendental platform would be that you do 4:17 everything in the service of God whether 4:20 it was feeding the poor opening 4:23 hospitals but the internal motivation 4:26 would be for the pleasure of God so the 4:30 the knowledge is slightly shrouded 4:34 and then we have the mode of passion 4:38 this is compared with a mirror being 4:42 covered by dust 4:44 now the visibility is further reduced 4:50 now that person 4:52 is not really able to see things as they 4:55 are 4:57 the vision has got more distorted 5:01 so the mode of passion 5:03 would create deep attachments within the 5:06 family 5:08 the person is not able to see that one 5:10 day I'll have to leave everybody and go 5:12 away 5:13 would create great hankering 5:16 for enhancement of wealth enhancement of 5:19 prestige! 5:21 this is the result of the mode of 5:23 passion 5:25 so it shrouds the intellect 5:30 I like to give a story 5:32 in this regard 5:34 you may have heard it from me in the 5:36 past 5:37 there was a man 5:39 walking by the side of a forest 5:43 in the evening 5:46 he enjoyed his walking 5:48 so 5:50 he thought today let's walk in the 5:52 forest 5:53 he entered the forest 5:56 now he went a couple of miles in and the 6:00 light started falling 6:02 so he thought before it becomes dark let 6:05 me exit from this Forest 6:07 he turned around and started walking 6:10 back to the road but then he found that 6:12 some animals had appeared 6:16 so these animals were scary 6:19 and they were ferocious! 6:21 carnivores so he turned around and 6:24 decided to run deeper into the forest! 6:28 now 6:30 as he was running he found a witch 6:33 standing there 6:35 the witch had its arms open come here I 6:40 shall latch on to you 6:43 he said what is this 6:45 now he turned perpendicular at 90 6:48 degrees and continued his running away 6:51 from the witch and the animals 6:54 he didn't realize it had become dark by 6:57 now 6:58 there was a pit 7:00 and some grass and vine was over it he 7:03 could not see clearly he fell head long 7:07 but his luck was such that his feet got 7:10 entangled in the vine 7:14 now he was hanging upside down 7:18 on top of the pit 7:20 his head below and his feet above 7:24 after a couple of minutes he came to 7:27 sufficient senses 7:29 to see and he found there's a snake at 7:32 the bottom of the pit 7:35 you fall I will bite you 7:40 he said I will not fall 7:42 maybe in the morning somebody will 7:44 discover me 7:46 in the meantime two mice came 7:49 one black mouse and one white mouse and 7:52 they started nibbling 7:54 at the branch from which the vine was 7:56 hanging 7:58 this is a very temporary situation 8:02 and then some bees made their appearance 8:04 and they started biting him on the face 8:08 now what a precarious position to be in 8:13 but in that situation this person was 8:17 found to be smiling 8:21 so all the philosophers of Virginia and 8:24 Maryland got together how can he smile 8:27 in this situation 8:31 so 8:32 they looked up 8:34 and they found a beehive 8:37 some honey was falling from the Beehive 8:41 onto his mouth 8:43 he was licking that 8:46 the honey is so tasty 8:49 he had forgotten about the mice 8:52 the snake 8:54 the witch 8:55 and the bees and those animals! 9:01 you will say 9:02 what a grass fool he was 9:06 he did not have the discrimination 9:10 to analyze and understand the 9:13 precariousness of his position 9:15 but this is what rajogun the mode of 9:19 passion does to us! 9:24 those animals that were chasing him 9:28 these are diseases that start chasing us 9:33 in life! 9:35 okay now your cholesterol has increased 9:40 now watch your sugar count 9:43 and don't eat this don't eat that now 9:45 the BP has also increased so these are 9:48 the animals that get after us 9:51 and that witch which was standing there 9:54 is old age 9:56 willing to embrace us 9:59 come 10:00 I will latch on to you! 10:03 as somebody said 10:10 once it came it never left till the very 10:12 end this is “Budhapa” (बुड़ापा), the old age 10:19 जो जा कर ना आये हो जवानी देखी, which once it left it never came back 10:22 so that is the witch 10:26 and 10:28 the snake at the bottom of the pit 10:31 is 10:33 time in the form of death 10:35 it's willing to finish us off 10:38 meet us in the form of death! 10:42 the mice that had made their appearance 10:45 and were nibbling at the branches one 10:49 white mouse one black mouse these are 10:51 day and night one by one they are 10:54 reducing our lifespan! 10:57 the bees that came and started stinging 11:00 him on the face are innumerable desires 11:04 that arise and disturb us 11:09 and yet the little bit of honey he was 11:13 getting he had forgotten his situation 11:17 out of the coffee and the television 11:21 we forget what our situation is 11:25 isn't that a fact! 11:27 so what has happened the knowledge of 11:31 the intellect has got shrouded 11:35 the discrimination 11:37 has been covered 11:40 why this mode of passion has done it! 11:46 and then he says the embryo is covered 11:50 by the womb this is the mode of 11:53 ignorance it totally shrouds the 11:58 discrimination 11:59 what does it do 12:03 it covers the soul in darkness 12:07 you look at the addicts 12:10 the drug addicts the alcohol addicts! 12:14 because as I travel around the country I 12:17 do have satsangi devotees whose 12:20 children are drug addicts 12:22 and they are so harassed swamiji we are 12:25 from good families give them good 12:27 upbringing 12:29 and what has it come to not 12:31 my child is not willing to listen he 12:34 even wants to break his connection with 12:37 me as long as he gets the next joint or 12:39 whatever it's called 12:41 the next Mac or whatever it is the 12:44 intellect is so shrouded all they want 12:47 is that joint of theirs 12:49 and they will do anything for it 12:53 what is the cause of all the crime in 12:55 New York 12:57 all the addiction 12:59 they need that joint and if they have to 13:03 steal they have to loot they have to 13:05 engage in dacoity or even kill 13:08 they don't mind that is the extent to 13:11 which the intellect has got shrouded! 13:16 So Shree Krishna says Arjun this material 13:19 energy 13:21 has given us the facility to enjoy in 13:26 terms of the three gunas but as we 13:29 associate with it that intellect its 13:32 discrimination starts getting lost Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Avoid these 3 Desires for Spiritual Progress Lord Krishna Warns Swami Mukundananda Gita.mp4
