Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind - Gita Shloka 4.10 - by Swami Mukundanand
*Main points*: 1 the fever is an indication that there is disease inside the body, fever is the symptom, so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the fear and the problem, the disease inside, is attachment If you experience a lot of fear, it means there's a lot of attachment https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=2 2 what is the way to get rid of it : Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10: being free from attachment, fear and Anger, becoming fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me and thus attained My Divine love https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=26 3 Somebody said to his guru that guruji I have got so many problems and you say that God is all pervading, He is everywhere, why can I not see God everywhere ? Guruji said your body is full of bacteria, we all know that it has got billions of bacteria why can you not see them ? he said they are there but I will need a microscope to see them, guruji said you need an apparatus to see what is already there, likewise if you are eager to see God the apparatus you need is a pure heart https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=126 4 “निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा”, God says those who are pure at heart will attain Me, the Bible says blessed are those who are pure at heart for they shall see Me, so this purification of the heart is attained through bhakti, Krishna says out here that purity was achieved by getting rid of attachment, attachment is the bane of human kind, the reason for suffering is attachment because if there is no attachment, then you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए”, howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy, चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=191 5 attachment leads to desire, the desires will keep arising & be never satisfied https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=274 6 so there's a layer of attachment ,desire, attachment, desire, attachment, desire - it goes deeper and deeper and deeper, so the simple solution to get rid of suffering is to get rid of attachment https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=362 7 and we say, no Swamiji, you are a baba, you are saying get rid of attachment, we are Householders, it's not as easy as you think, well one day you will have to leave the world in any case, that attachment will definitely bring you back to this world https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=382 8 once Narada rishi and Angira rishi, they went to a market & saw a goat trying to forcibly eat grain from a shop & shopkeeper beating the goat with a stick - Narad Rishi laughed and said this goat was the father of this current shopkeeper but was too attached to this shop and hence he had to take birth as a goat as he could not do his bhakti in previous life, he did not utilize the human form properly so he went into the lower species and became a goat, so this attachment keeps on bringing us back https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=404 9 and if we decide by our intellect that one day I have to leave it all, why not leave it right now from inside, Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा, गोविन्द राधे, पहले ही छोड़, मन हरी में लगा दे”, so why don't you leave the attachment right now, and when attachment goes, along with it goes fear, the cause of fear is none other than attachment https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=525 10 somebody says, no swamiji I've got fear of insecurity for the future, so now analyze it, why is this fear coming ? because you are attached to the comforts of the present and hence you are fearing if these comforts don't remain, then how will it be like ? that is why you are anxious for what the future holds for You, but if you decide like Krishna says the summer comes and the winter comes, learn to tolerate without being disturbed, then the fear for the future will disappear, so fear is created by God as an indicator, of course some amount of fear is there hardwired in our physiology as a protective measure, so the animals know that fear helps trigger the fight or flight response https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=582 11 likewise if you were walking in the wild, and you saw a bear in front, at that time a little bit of fear would be helpful, but the fear we experience is irrational, abnormal, exacerbated (make look worse than actual), and the reason for that is attachment, so fear becomes an indicator अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, like “fever” ,i.e., the “fear” indicator is still there BUT the problem is the disease inside, which is attachment , now if you experience lot of fear it means there's a lot of attachment https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=653 12 what is the way to get rid of it, open your heart, what does that mean, become slightly Brave, what does that mean ? not everything in life can be the way we want it, bravery means willingness to accept situations that are against our liking, willingness to accept uncertainty, willingness to accept a little bit of pain, if it comes along, so this expansion of the heart will make us brave and enable us to accept life as it is and get rid of the subtle attachments of bodily comfort and security https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=711 13 anger also is caused by attachment, because attachment leads to expectations, when expectations are not met, that creates anger from inside, so all these are happening due to Attachment, Lord Krishna says with true knowledge you get rid of it, true knowledge, not mere theoretical knowledge https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=773 14 in theory we all see, everybody goes to the temple and says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव”, it's the most spoken sanskrit verse in the Hindu Dharma, what are you saying, I am saying, O God, You alone are mine, You alone are my Father, You alone are my mother, the theoretical knowledge is all there but practical knowledge is not there https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=803 15 One jeweller passed away, his son was only seven years old….listen how without knowledge, he would have been cheated, similarly, our ignorance is that I will find happiness in material things – which is like a mirage & we’ll never find happiness here BUT we believe we’ll find it here in this material world & hence this is the false chase we’ve been doing since innumerable births & hence rotating in 84 lakh yonis - not having the knowledge that true happiness lies only in God https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=850 16 listen to another example of our false belief that we will find happiness in this material world, inspite of thousand bad experiences we still believe maybe I did not try correctly https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=975 17 Lord Krishna says through knowledge of Me, this power of knowledge, it will cut your attachments https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=1116 Transcript 0:02 see the fever is an indication that 0:05 there is disease inside, fever is the 0:09 symptom 0:09 so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the 0:12 fear not the fever but the fear 0:15 and the problem, the disease inside is 0:19 attachment If you experience lot of fear 0:23 it means there's a lot of attachment 0:26 what is the way to get rid of it 0:32 BG 4.10 verse chanting is followed by 0:35 translation and commentary by Swami 0:38 mukundananda Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Chanting 0:53 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Translation by Swami Mukundananda 1:06 being free from attachment, fear and 1:11 anger 1:13 becoming fully absorbed in me 1:17 and taking refuge in me 1:20 many persons in the past 1:24 became purified 1:26 by knowledge of me and thus attained my 1:33 Divine love 1:40 So this is a continuation from the past verse he says that in this 1:44 way so many souls in the past 1:48 purified themselves 1:51 they freed themselves from attachment 1:54 from fear from anger 1:58 through knowledge of me and then they 2:02 reached me 2:06 Somebody said to his Guru that guruji I have got 2:11 so many problems 2:15 and you say that God is all pervading he 2:18 is everywhere 2:20 why can I not see God everywhere 2:26 he is everywhere why can't I see him 2:30 guruji said your body is full of 2:33 bacteria 2:36 we all know that it has got billions of 2:39 bacteria why can you not see them 2:43 he said 2:44 they are there but I will need a 2:47 microscope to see them guruji said you 2:50 need an apparatus to see what is already 2:52 there likewise if you are eager to see 2:57 God the apparatus you need is a pure 3:00 heart 3:11 “निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा” God says those who are pure at 3:16 heart will attain Me 3:19 the Bible says blessed are those who are 3:23 pure at heart for they shall see me 3:28 so this purification of the heart 3:35 through bhakti 3:37 so Krishna says out here that Purity was 3:40 achieved by getting rid of attachment 3:45 attachment 3:48 is the bane of human kind 3:52 the reason for suffering is attachment 3:57 because if there is no attachment then 3:59 you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए” 4:04 howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy 4:09 चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए 4:14 but we become attached I want to live 4:18 like this I want this bodily Comfort 4:22 I want this security for myself 4:26 and the quality of my life should not 4:29 get affected these attachments they 4:33 cause anxiety 4:34 and then attachment leads to desire 4:38 so first you are attached now supposing 4:42 you repeatedly thought that rasgulla has 4:45 given me so much of Happiness the Mind 4:48 started clinging to rasgulla that is the 4:52 attachment 4:54 and once that clinging is there it is 4:58 unavoidable the desire will arise 5:11 even while listening to swamiji's 5:13 lecture the mind will in between visit 5:16 the rasgulla 5:18 when will he stop I hope I am going to 5:21 get rasgullas for lunch 5:23 now it may not be attached to rasgulla 5:25 you analyze where does your mind go 5:28 while listening to the lecture 5:31 my child 5:34 that means the attachment is to the 5:36 child 5:37 so this attachment causes desire 5:41 and when you get the object of the 5:43 attachment 5:45 ah so nice you enjoy and again the 5:50 desire arises so the contemplation goes 5:54 on how will I get the object of my 5:56 attachment that increases the attachment 5:59 and which increases the desire further 6:02 so there's a layer of attachment desire 6:04 attachment desire attachment desire it 6:08 goes deeper and deeper and deeper 6:12 so the simple solution to get rid of 6:16 suffering 6:18 is to get rid of attachment 6:22 and we say no 6:26 swamiji you are a baba you are saying 6:28 get rid of attachment we are 6:30 householders 6:31 it's not as easy as you think 6:35 well one day you will have to leave the 6:38 world in any case 6:40 that attachment will bring you back 6:44 once Narada and angira 6:48 they went to a market 6:51 in Delhi 6:53 and there was the kirana shop 6:56 you know the ration shop so they keep 6:58 the Grain in gunny bags 7:01 there's a gunny bag of Wheat and a gunny 7:04 bag of rice 7:06 and a goat came 7:08 started eating the गेहूं, the wheat 7:12 the shopkeeper he caught the goat by 7:16 goat's beard 7:17 and took a stick and started whacking 7:19 the goat 7:21 and the Goat cried 7:23 and it went off from there running 7:26 Narad ji broke into a laughter 7:30 Angir said devarshi you are a saint 7:34 you are laughing at the misery of the 7:36 goat 7:37 this is not appropriate this is not 7:40 saintly 7:42 you should be filled with compassion 7:46 Narad ji said I was looking into the past life of 7:49 this goat 7:51 in the past life the goat was a human 7:54 being 7:55 and it was the father of this shopkeeper 8:00 so this was his shop 8:02 and he was so attached to it 8:06 the only thing in his mind was the shop 8:08 and how much earnings are happening 8:11 the consequence was he did not utilize 8:15 the human form properly so he went into 8:19 the lower species and became a goat but 8:22 because of his attachment he is visiting 8:24 out here 8:26 now the shopkeeper's son is the present 8:29 shop keeper he doesn't realize it's my 8:31 father in his next life who is coming as 8:33 a goat and he is whacking it 8:36 that is why I was laughing at the irony 8:38 of it 8:39 so this attachment keeps on bringing us 8:43 back 8:45 and 8:47 if we decide 8:49 one day I have to leave it all 8:52 why not leave it right now from inside 8:55 foreign 9:00 Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा गोविन्द राधे पहले ही छोड़ी मन हरी में लगा दे” 9:24 so why don't you leave the attachment 9:26 right now 9:28 and when attachment goes along with it 9:32 goes fear 9:35 the cause of fear 9:38 is none other than attachment 9:42 somebody says no swamiji I've got fear 9:45 of insecurity for the future 9:50 I fear the insecurity for the future so 9:54 now analyze it why is this fear coming 9:58 because you are attached to the Comforts 10:01 of the present and hence you are fearing 10:04 if these Comforts don't remain then how 10:07 will it be like that is why you are 10:10 anxious for what the future holds for 10:13 you 10:14 but if you decide all right like Krishna 10:18 says the summer comes and the winter 10:20 comes learn to tolerate without being 10:22 disturbed 10:24 then the fear for the future will 10:28 disappear 10:30 so fear is created by God as an 10:36 indicator 10:37 of course some amount of fear is there 10:41 hardwired in our physiology as a 10:45 protective measure 10:47 so the animals know fear it helps trigger 10:50 the fight or flight response 10:53 likewise if you were walking in the wild 10:56 and you saw a bear in front at that time 10:59 a little bit of fear would be helpful 11:02 but the fear we experience 11:05 is irrational abnormal exacerbated 11:11 and the reason for that is attachment 11:14 so fear becomes an indicator 11:18 अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, “Fever” ,i.e., fear is still there 11:24 see the fever is an indication that 11:27 there is disease inside 11:30 fever is the symptom so in this case the 11:33 same term is the fear 11:35 not the fever but the fear 11:38 and the problem the disease inside is 11:42 attachment 11:44 now if you experience lot of fear it 11:47 means there's a lot of attachment 11:51 what is the way to get rid of it 11:54 open your heart 11:58 what does that mean become slightly 12:01 Brave 12:03 what does that mean 12:06 not everything in life can be the way we 12:09 want it 12:10 bravery means willingness to accept 12:15 situations that are against our liking 12:19 willingness to accept uncertainty 12:23 willingness to accept a little bit of 12:26 pain if it comes along 12:29 so this 12:30 expansion of the heart will make us 12:33 Brave and enable us 12:36 to accept life as it is 12:39 and get rid of the subtle attachments of 12:43 bodily comfort and security 12:46 and then we open up to the possibilities 12:51 of life 12:53 anger also is caused by attachment 12:57 because attachment leads to expectations 13:02 when expectations are not met that 13:07 creates Anger from inside 13:10 so all these are happening due to 13:13 attachment Lord Krishna says with true 13:17 knowledge you get rid of it 13:21 true knowledge 13:23 Not Mere theoretical knowledge in theory 13:27 we all see 13:33 everybody goes to the temple and 13:36 Says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव” 13:39 it's the most spoken Sanskrit verse in 13:43 the Hindu Dharma 13:45 what are you saying I am saying oh God 13:48 you alone are mine you're alone are my 13:50 father you alone are my mother the 13:52 theoretical knowledge is all there 13:54 but practical knowledge 13:57 is not there 13:59 so when we have true knowledge 14:04 then this attachment will go how will it 14:08 go 14:10 one 14:13 Jeweler 14:14 passed away 14:16 his son was only seven years old 14:21 his son said now how do I take care of 14:24 myself 14:26 Mother said beta father had kept some 14:30 jewels in this box 14:32 go and sell it to his friend 14:36 so the seven-year-old Jeweler's son took 14:39 the Box 14:40 to his uncle and said Uncle you know my 14:45 father has passed away can you buy these 14:47 we'll maintain ourselves from it 14:51 the Jeweler looked at it 14:54 he said you know the market is going up 14:57 it's not a good time to sell you do one 14:59 thing you start working at my shop I'll 15:03 train you up 15:05 in seven years you will be a jeweller 15:08 yourself 15:10 so this guy 15:11 Gets trained in his uncle's 15:14 jewelry shop 15:17 one day he was now an expert Jeweler 15:21 he said you know that jewel case 15:24 which I gave you 15:26 should we sell it now the market is up 15:30 so uncle said take a look at it he 15:33 brought it and showed it to him 15:35 and this young boy who was now an expert 15:38 Jeweler he looked and he said these are 15:40 fakes 15:42 he took them and threw them 15:45 he said Uncle why did you not tell me on 15:48 the first day that they were fakes 15:50 uncle said you know he didn't have 15:52 knowledge to recognize that they are 15:54 fakes if I had told you you would not 15:57 have believed 15:59 now you have knowledge you have realized 16:02 them for what they are similarly 16:07 our ignorance is 16:10 that I will find happiness in material 16:14 things 16:15 this is the ignorance if I get this 16:19 sense object I will be happy 16:22 if I get this I will be happy 16:27 this ignorance of ours doesn't go 16:31 I tried a hundred times 16:34 no I did not try correctly now I try 16:38 I'll get happiness 16:40 despite a thousand bad experiences we 16:44 still think, “No, happiness must be there” 16:48 when I was coming to 16:50 the retreat 16:51 my flight landed at IAD 16:54 Washington Dallas airport so one lady 16:58 one Western lady came running to me 17:02 she said I am listening to you on 17:05 YouTube 17:07 so I said very nice then she showed me 17:10 her opened YouTube and showed me the 17:13 channels which she has subscribed to 17:15 and then said what is your name how do 17:17 you say it out it's so difficult to say 17:20 so I explained to her Mukundanand and okay 17:23 okay okay 17:24 so she said everything is all right in 17:27 my life but I have one problem how do I 17:30 find love 17:32 how to explain to her so I said try and 17:36 find selfless Divine perfect love she 17:40 said forget about perfect love I want to 17:42 find love for myself 17:44 I am looking around for love 17:48 so I tried to explain to her that you 17:51 will not get happiness in imperfect 17:53 love 17:55 she said yeah you know I had found it 17:57 but then it went 17:59 I said that means it was not perfect 18:01 love 18:03 so she was not willing I said you go and 18:05 ask anybody has anybody found perfect 18:08 love you are not married you ask the 18:10 married people 18:12 she said no it must be somewhere there 18:16 must be that perfect love I said then 18:19 keep on repeating the experiences again 18:21 and again you keep on getting 18:22 disappointed 18:24 so the knowledge is not there that there 18:27 is no happiness here 18:29 and that is why the running around is 18:31 happening now when that running around 18:34 is going to happen the heart will not 18:36 get cleansed and Lord Krishna says 18:39 through knowledge of me 18:43 now you understood it was not Jewels it 18:46 was my illusion it was fake broken 18:49 pieces of glass. Throw it away 18:53 that is real knowledge 18:55 where you can see the so-called 18:58 happiness and pleasures and love of the 19:01 world for what they are 19:04 false promises fake Illusions and cut 19:09 them out to keep your focus on Divine 19:14 love that perfect love 19:18 this is the power of knowledge it will 19:22 cut 19:23 your attachment Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): BG 4.10 | Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM Free yourself from attachment fear and anger 3 45 purification of the heart means no attachment 6 15 simple solution to avoid suffering is to get rid of attachment 9 one day you have to leave this world why not leave it from now, from inside 14 00 attachment can be got rid of by true knowledge 16 our ignorance is that we will find happiness in material world, inspite of thousand bad experiences we still believe maybe I did not try correctly BG 4.10 | Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM Main points:1 the fever is an indication that there is disease inside the body, fever is the symptom, so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the fear and the problem, the disease inside, is attachment If you experience a lot of fear, it means there's a lot of attachment https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=2 2 what is the way to get rid of it : Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10: being free from attachment, fear and Anger, becoming fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me and thus attained My Divine love https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=26 3 Somebody said to his guru that guruji I have got so many problems and you say that God is all pervading, He is everywhere, why can I not see God everywhere ? Guruji said your body is full of bacteria, we all know that it has got billions of bacteria why can you not see them ? he said they are there but I will need a microscope to see them, guruji said you need an apparatus to see what is already there, likewise if you are eager to see God the apparatus you need is a pure heart https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=126 4 “निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा”, God says those who are pure at heart will attain Me, the Bible says blessed are those who are pure at heart for they shall see Me, so this purification of the heart is attained through bhakti, Krishna says out here that purity was achieved by getting rid of attachment, attachment is the bane of human kind, the reason for suffering is attachment because if there is no attachment, then you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए”, howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy, चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=191 5 attachment leads to desire, the desires will keep arising & be never satisfied https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=274 6 so there's a layer of attachment ,desire, attachment, desire, attachment, desire - it goes deeper and deeper and deeper, so the simple solution to get rid of suffering is to get rid of attachment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=362 7 and we say, no Swamiji, you are a baba, you are saying get rid of attachment, we are Householders, it's not as easy as you think, well one day you will have to leave the world in any case, that attachment will definitely bring you back to this world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=382 8 once Narada rishi and Angira rishi, they went to a market & saw a goat trying to forcibly eat grain from a shop & shopkeeper beating the goat with a stick - Narad Rishi laughed and said this goat was the father of this current shopkeeper but was too attached to this shop and hence he had to take birth as a goat as he could not do his bhakti in previous life, he did not utilize the human form properly so he went into the lower species and became a goat, so this attachment keeps on bringing us back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=404 9 and if we decide by our intellect that one day I have to leave it all, why not leave it right now from inside, Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा, गोविन्द राधे, पहले ही छोड़, मन हरी में लगा दे”, so why don't you leave the attachment right now, and when attachment goes, along with it goes fear, the cause of fear is none other than attachment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=525 10 somebody says, no swamiji I've got fear of insecurity for the future, so now analyze it, why is this fear coming ? because you are attached to the comforts of the present and hence you are fearing if these comforts don't remain, then how will it be like ? that is why you are anxious for what the future holds for You, but if you decide all right like Krishna says the summer comes and the winter comes, learn to tolerate without being Disturbed, then the fear for the future will disappear, so fear is created by God as an indicator , of course some amount of fear is there hardwired in our physiology as a protective measure, so the animals know that fear helps trigger the fight or flight response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=582 11 likewise if you were walking in the wild, and you saw a bear in front, at that time a little bit of fear would be helpful, but the fear we experience is irrational, abnormal, exacerbated (make look worse than actual), and the reason for that is attachment, so fear becomes an indicator अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, like “fever” ,i.e., the “fear” indicator is still there BUT the problem is the disease inside, which is attachment , now if you experience lot of fear it means there's a lot of attachment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=653 12 what is the way to get rid of it, open your heart, what does that mean, become slightly Brave, what does that mean ? not everything in life can be the way we want it, bravery means willingness to accept situations that are against our liking, willingness to accept uncertainty, willingness to accept a little bit of pain, if it comes along, so this expansion of the heart will make us brave and enable us to accept life as it is and get rid of the subtle attachments of bodily comfort and security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=711 13 anger also is caused by attachment, because attachment leads to expectations, when expectations are not met, that creates anger from inside, so all these are happening due to Attachment, Lord Krishna says with true knowledge you get rid of it, true knowledge, not mere theoretical knowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=773 14 in theory we all see, everybody goes to the temple and says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव”, it's the most spoken sanskrit verse in the Hindu Dharma, what are you saying, I am saying, O God, You alone are mine, You alone are my Father, You alone are my mother, the theoretical knowledge is all there but practical knowledge is not there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=803 15 One jeweller passed away, his son was only seven years old….listen how without knowledge, he would have been cheated, similarly, our ignorance is that I will find happiness in material things – which is like a mirage & we’ll never find happiness here BUT we believe we’ll find it here in this material world & hence this is the false chase we’ve been doing since innumerable births & hence rotating in 84 lakh yonis - not having the knowledge that true happiness lies only in God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=850 16 listen to another example of our false belief that we will find happiness in this material world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=975 17 Lord Krishna says through knowledge of Me, this power of knowledge, it will cut your attachments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=1116 Free yourself from attachment fear and anger 3 45 purification of the heart means no attachment 6 15 simple solution to avoid suffering is to get rid of attachment 9 one day you have to leave this world why not leave it from now, from inside 14 00 attachment can be got rid of by true knowledge 16 our ignorance is that we will find happiness in material world, inspite of thousand bad experiences we still believe maybe I did not try correctly Transcript 0:02 see the fever is an indication that 0:05 there is disease inside, fever is the 0:09 symptom 0:09 so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the 0:12 fear not the fever but the fear 0:15 and the problem, the disease inside is 0:19 attachment If you experience lot of fear 0:23 it means there's a lot of attachment 0:26 what is the way to get rid of it 0:32 BG 4.10 verse chanting is followed by 0:35 translation and commentary by Swami 0:38 mukundananda Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Chanting 0:53 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Translation by Swami Mukundananda 1:06 being free from attachment, fear and 1:11 anger 1:13 becoming fully absorbed in me 1:17 and taking refuge in me 1:20 many persons in the past 1:24 became purified 1:26 by knowledge of me and thus attained my 1:33 Divine love 1:40 So this is a continuation from the past verse he says that in this 1:44 way so many souls in the past 1:48 purified themselves 1:51 they freed themselves from attachment 1:54 from fear from anger 1:58 through knowledge of me and then they 2:02 reached me 2:06 Somebody said to his Guru that guruji I have got 2:11 so many problems 2:15 and you say that God is all pervading he 2:18 is everywhere 2:20 why can I not see God everywhere 2:26 he is everywhere why can't I see him 2:30 guruji said your body is full of 2:33 bacteria 2:36 we all know that it has got billions of 2:39 bacteria why can you not see them 2:43 he said 2:44 they are there but I will need a 2:47 microscope to see them guruji said you 2:50 need an apparatus to see what is already 2:52 there likewise if you are eager to see 2:57 God the apparatus you need is a pure 3:00 heart 3:11 “निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा” God says those who are pure at 3:16 heart will attain Me 3:19 the Bible says blessed are those who are 3:23 pure at heart for they shall see me 3:28 so this purification of the heart 3:35 through bhakti 3:37 so Krishna says out here that Purity was 3:40 achieved by getting rid of attachment 3:45 attachment 3:48 is the bane of human kind 3:52 the reason for suffering is attachment 3:57 because if there is no attachment then 3:59 you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए” 4:04 howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy 4:09 चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए 4:14 but we become attached I want to live 4:18 like this I want this bodily Comfort 4:22 I want this security for myself 4:26 and the quality of my life should not 4:29 get affected these attachments they 4:33 cause anxiety 4:34 and then attachment leads to desire 4:38 so first you are attached now supposing 4:42 you repeatedly thought that rasgulla has 4:45 given me so much of Happiness the Mind 4:48 started clinging to rasgulla that is the 4:52 attachment 4:54 and once that clinging is there it is 4:58 unavoidable the desire will arise 5:11 even while listening to swamiji's 5:13 lecture the mind will in between visit 5:16 the rasgulla 5:18 when will he stop I hope I am going to 5:21 get rasgullas for lunch 5:23 now it may not be attached to rasgulla 5:25 you analyze where does your mind go 5:28 while listening to the lecture 5:31 my child 5:34 that means the attachment is to the 5:36 child 5:37 so this attachment causes desire 5:41 and when you get the object of the 5:43 attachment 5:45 ah so nice you enjoy and again the 5:50 desire arises so the contemplation goes 5:54 on how will I get the object of my 5:56 attachment that increases the attachment 5:59 and which increases the desire further 6:02 so there's a layer of attachment desire 6:04 attachment desire attachment desire it 6:08 goes deeper and deeper and deeper 6:12 so the simple solution to get rid of 6:16 suffering 6:18 is to get rid of attachment 6:22 and we say no 6:26 swamiji you are a baba you are saying 6:28 get rid of attachment we are 6:30 householders 6:31 it's not as easy as you think 6:35 well one day you will have to leave the 6:38 world in any case 6:40 that attachment will bring you back 6:44 once Narada and angira 6:48 they went to a market 6:51 in Delhi 6:53 and there was the kirana shop 6:56 you know the ration shop so they keep 6:58 the Grain in gunny bags 7:01 there's a gunny bag of Wheat and a gunny 7:04 bag of rice 7:06 and a goat came 7:08 started eating the गेहूं, the wheat 7:12 the shopkeeper he caught the goat by 7:16 goat's beard 7:17 and took a stick and started whacking 7:19 the goat 7:21 and the Goat cried 7:23 and it went off from there running 7:26 Narad ji broke into a laughter 7:30 Angir said devarshi you are a saint 7:34 you are laughing at the misery of the 7:36 goat 7:37 this is not appropriate this is not 7:40 saintly 7:42 you should be filled with compassion 7:46 Narad ji said I was looking into the past life of 7:49 this goat 7:51 in the past life the goat was a human 7:54 being 7:55 and it was the father of this shopkeeper 8:00 so this was his shop 8:02 and he was so attached to it 8:06 the only thing in his mind was the shop 8:08 and how much earnings are happening 8:11 the consequence was he did not utilize 8:15 the human form properly so he went into 8:19 the lower species and became a goat but 8:22 because of his attachment he is visiting 8:24 out here 8:26 now the shopkeeper's son is the present 8:29 shop keeper he doesn't realize it's my 8:31 father in his next life who is coming as 8:33 a goat and he is whacking it 8:36 that is why I was laughing at the irony 8:38 of it 8:39 so this attachment keeps on bringing us 8:43 back 8:45 and 8:47 if we decide 8:49 one day I have to leave it all 8:52 why not leave it right now from inside 8:55 foreign 9:00 Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा गोविन्द राधे पहले ही छोड़ी मन हरी में लगा दे” 9:24 so why don't you leave the attachment 9:26 right now 9:28 and when attachment goes along with it 9:32 goes fear 9:35 the cause of fear 9:38 is none other than attachment 9:42 somebody says no swamiji I've got fear 9:45 of insecurity for the future 9:50 I fear the insecurity for the future so 9:54 now analyze it why is this fear coming 9:58 because you are attached to the Comforts 10:01 of the present and hence you are fearing 10:04 if these Comforts don't remain then how 10:07 will it be like that is why you are 10:10 anxious for what the future holds for 10:13 you 10:14 but if you decide all right like Krishna 10:18 says the summer comes and the winter 10:20 comes learn to tolerate without being 10:22 disturbed 10:24 then the fear for the future will 10:28 disappear 10:30 so fear is created by God as an 10:36 indicator 10:37 of course some amount of fear is there 10:41 hardwired in our physiology as a 10:45 protective measure 10:47 so the animals know fear it helps trigger 10:50 the fight or flight response 10:53 likewise if you were walking in the wild 10:56 and you saw a bear in front at that time 10:59 a little bit of fear would be helpful 11:02 but the fear we experience 11:05 is irrational abnormal exacerbated 11:11 and the reason for that is attachment 11:14 so fear becomes an indicator 11:18 अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, “Fever” ,i.e., fear is still there 11:24 see the fever is an indication that 11:27 there is disease inside 11:30 fever is the symptom so in this case the 11:33 same term is the fear 11:35 not the fever but the fear 11:38 and the problem the disease inside is 11:42 attachment 11:44 now if you experience lot of fear it 11:47 means there's a lot of attachment 11:51 what is the way to get rid of it 11:54 open your heart 11:58 what does that mean become slightly 12:01 Brave 12:03 what does that mean 12:06 not everything in life can be the way we 12:09 want it 12:10 bravery means willingness to accept 12:15 situations that are against our liking 12:19 willingness to accept uncertainty 12:23 willingness to accept a little bit of 12:26 pain if it comes along 12:29 so this 12:30 expansion of the heart will make us 12:33 Brave and enable us 12:36 to accept life as it is 12:39 and get rid of the subtle attachments of 12:43 bodily comfort and security 12:46 and then we open up to the possibilities 12:51 of life 12:53 anger also is caused by attachment 12:57 because attachment leads to expectations 13:02 when expectations are not met that 13:07 creates Anger from inside 13:10 so all these are happening due to 13:13 attachment Lord Krishna says with true 13:17 knowledge you get rid of it 13:21 true knowledge 13:23 Not Mere theoretical knowledge in theory 13:27 we all see 13:33 everybody goes to the temple and 13:36 Says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव” 13:39 it's the most spoken Sanskrit verse in 13:43 the Hindu Dharma 13:45 what are you saying I am saying oh God 13:48 you alone are mine you're alone are my 13:50 father you alone are my mother the 13:52 theoretical knowledge is all there 13:54 but practical knowledge 13:57 is not there 13:59 so when we have true knowledge 14:04 then this attachment will go how will it 14:08 go 14:10 one 14:13 Jeweler 14:14 passed away 14:16 his son was only seven years old 14:21 his son said now how do I take care of 14:24 myself 14:26 Mother said beta father had kept some 14:30 jewels in this box 14:32 go and sell it to his friend 14:36 so the seven-year-old Jeweler's son took 14:39 the Box 14:40 to his uncle and said Uncle you know my 14:45 father has passed away can you buy these 14:47 we'll maintain ourselves from it 14:51 the Jeweler looked at it 14:54 he said you know the market is going up 14:57 it's not a good time to sell you do one 14:59 thing you start working at my shop I'll 15:03 train you up 15:05 in seven years you will be a jeweller 15:08 yourself 15:10 so this guy 15:11 Gets trained in his uncle's 15:14 jewelry shop 15:17 one day he was now an expert Jeweler 15:21 he said you know that jewel case 15:24 which I gave you 15:26 should we sell it now the market is up 15:30 so uncle said take a look at it he 15:33 brought it and showed it to him 15:35 and this young boy who was now an expert 15:38 Jeweler he looked and he said these are 15:40 fakes 15:42 he took them and threw them 15:45 he said Uncle why did you not tell me on 15:48 the first day that they were fakes 15:50 uncle said you know he didn't have 15:52 knowledge to recognize that they are 15:54 fakes if I had told you you would not 15:57 have believed 15:59 now you have knowledge you have realized 16:02 them for what they are similarly 16:07 our ignorance is 16:10 that I will find happiness in material 16:14 things 16:15 this is the ignorance if I get this 16:19 sense object I will be happy 16:22 if I get this I will be happy 16:27 this ignorance of ours doesn't go 16:31 I tried a hundred times 16:34 no I did not try correctly now I try 16:38 I'll get happiness 16:40 despite a thousand bad experiences we 16:44 still think, “No, happiness must be there” 16:48 when I was coming to 16:50 the retreat 16:51 my flight landed at IAD 16:54 Washington Dallas airport so one lady 16:58 one Western lady came running to me 17:02 she said I am listening to you on 17:05 YouTube 17:07 so I said very nice then she showed me 17:10 her opened YouTube and showed me the 17:13 channels which she has subscribed to 17:15 and then said what is your name how do 17:17 you say it out it's so difficult to say 17:20 so I explained to her Mukundanand and okay 17:23 okay okay 17:24 so she said everything is all right in 17:27 my life but I have one problem how do I 17:30 find love 17:32 how to explain to her so I said try and 17:36 find selfless Divine perfect love she 17:40 said forget about perfect love I want to 17:42 find love for myself 17:44 I am looking around for love 17:48 so I tried to explain to her that you 17:51 will not get happiness in imperfect 17:53 love 17:55 she said yeah you know I had found it 17:57 but then it went 17:59 I said that means it was not perfect 18:01 love 18:03 so she was not willing I said you go and 18:05 ask anybody has anybody found perfect 18:08 love you are not married you ask the 18:10 married people 18:12 she said no it must be somewhere there 18:16 must be that perfect love I said then 18:19 keep on repeating the experiences again 18:21 and again you keep on getting 18:22 disappointed 18:24 so the knowledge is not there that there 18:27 is no happiness here 18:29 and that is why the running around is 18:31 happening now when that running around 18:34 is going to happen the heart will not 18:36 get cleansed and Lord Krishna says 18:39 through knowledge of me 18:43 now you understood it was not Jewels it 18:46 was my illusion it was fake broken 18:49 pieces of glass. Throw it away 18:53 that is real knowledge 18:55 where you can see the so-called 18:58 happiness and pleasures and love of the 19:01 world for what they are 19:04 false promises fake Illusions and cut 19:09 them out to keep your focus on Divine 19:14 love that perfect love 19:18 this is the power of knowledge it will 19:22 cut 19:23 your attachment
Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): BG 4.10 Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind Swami Mukundananda.mp4
